BAC SP #2 Case Study Of Public Outreach By FAA Greener Skies Beacon Hill 0001

1. FAA’s regulatory “oversight” intentionally ignored the existeace of their own noise metric methodologies as reported by two airports: Sea-Tac (aka SEA) and King County International Airport, (aka KCIA/Boeing Field). Furthermore, FAA neglected to honor their responsibility and duty to recognize valid non-compatible land uses reported in K(:IA’s 2003-2008 Part 150 Study as Recornmendation #1, described as “combined contours” on Beacon Hill. If FAA had properly provided oversight, the decibel measurements for the Greener Skies Program/NextGen flights would have revealed decibel levels above 65 dB DNL for areas of Beacon Hill; and would have necessitated mitigation of hundreds of homes otherwise denied sound insulation assistance. Combined Noise Contours from KCIA In March 2002, King County intenrational Airport (KCIA) submitted its Final Study Advisory Committee’s (SAC) 2003-2008 Part 150 Study recommendations to the FAA and the first of its recommendations included this quote on Page 13 (attached as Exhibit A): “One of the unusual, perhaps unique, features of KCIA is its close proximity to Sea-Tac International Airport (SEA) to the south. The two facilities are so close that their noise contours actually overlap. This Part 150 Study has taken the unusual analytical step of creating a combined coatour for both airports. The purpose of this exercise is to define areas, which would not fall into either airport’s individual 65 DNL and above contour, but which are exposed to 65 DNL when the noise levels aom both airports are considered together. ... .For this reason, the area within the combined KC-IA/Sea.. Tac…

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