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  • H.R. 3001: To reestablish the Office of Noise Abatement and Control in the Environmental Protection Agency

    Sponsor and status Introduced: May 23, 2019 Status: Introduced on May 23, 2019 This bill is in the first stage of the legislative process. It was introduced into Congress on May 23, 2019. It will typically be considered by committee next before it is possibly sent on to the House or Senate as a whole.
    CategoriesFrom The Web, Legislation TagsGrace Meng
  • H.R. 2351: Protecting Airport Communities from Particle Emissions Act

    To direct the Administrator of the Federal Aviation Administration to conduct a study relating to ultrafine particles, and for other purposes. The bill’s titles are written by its sponsor. Sponsor and status Adam Smith Sponsor. Representative for Washington’s 9th congressional district. Democrat. Read Text » Last Updated: Apr 22, 2019 Length: 4 pages Introduced: Apr
    CategoriesLegislation TagsAdam Smith
  • A Letter To Adam Smith Re. ANCA

    Dear Congressman, Per my public comment today. I would like you to consider creating legislation to provide some very minor changes to the 1990 ANCA law. I’ve included the specifics in the attachment. As you will see, the changes I would like to see represent a total of merely eleven (11) lines of text. In
    CategoriesLegislation TagsAdam Smith
  • A Letter To Tina Orwall re. Port Package Problems

    Tina Orwall is a State Representative For the 33rd District. This letter is in regard to a conversation I had with her after the 33rd District Democrats Town Hall on March 23, 2019 and the LiUNA Hall in Des Moines. Dear Tina, Just following up on our conversation today re. the Port Packages. To summarise,
    CategoriesLegislation TagsDes Moines, Port Packages, Tina Orwall
  • Washington lawmakers wrestle with how to purge greenhouse gases from state power supply

    The coal plant in Colstrip, Montana, is partly owned by Puget Sound Energy. The plant sends power to Washington, but under bills pending in the state Environmentalists are pushing for 100 percent clean power by 2045, while utilities are wary of the costs and risks of leaving behind all fossil fuel-generated electricity. By Hal Bernton
    CategoriesFrom The Web, Legislation TagsHB 1211, SB5116, Seattle Times
  • Well that’s a relief! SB5370

    TVW Video (1:45:00) Just a quick note to give followers a bit of the sausage making in those whole boring process of SB5370. One nice thing about State business is that even the Executive Sessions are available on video. Ironically, this is one of their arguments against having full transparency of all documents. At the
    CategoriesLegislation TagsKaren Keiser, SB5370, Second Airport
  • What’s Not To Like? HB1683

    So I was back in Olympia last Thursday, this time at the House Transportation Committee to comment on HB1683, the companion to SB5370 which we talked about last time. TVW Video House Transportation Committee Feb 7 3:30PM (HB1683 begins @ 43:00) I made my feeble comments along with Des Moines City Councilor Traci Buxton and
    CategoriesLegislation TagsHB1683, SB5370, Second Airport
  • Lynch bill seeks plane noise study

    MILTON − U.S. Rep. Stephen Lynch (D-Mass.) has refiled a bill which would require a study of health effects of airplanes flying over residential areas. The bill, introduced Tuesday, would require the Federal Aviation Administration to sponsor an Expert Consensus Report issued by the National Academies of Sciences, Engineering and Medicine. The reports examine scientific
    CategoriesFrom The Web, Legislation
  • S.3094 – Airport Noise and Capacity Act of 1990 (ANCA)

    The full text of the 1990 ANCA bill S.3094. To get a clear understanding of what the law is really about, one should look at the House version described in the Budget Resolution HR 5835 where it is referred to as the “Aviation Safety and Capacity Expansion Act”.   S 3094 IS 101st CONGRESS 2d
    CategoriesLegislation, Resources TagsANCA
  • Second Airport: Arguing about capacity won’t work

    I got several objections to my last post on SB5370 and specifically my public comment at the Senate Transportation Committee Hearing: Go to 57:00 But at the risk of sounding demagogic, I have to remind readers that our job is to tell the truth. And the truth is that siting a second airport will have
    CategoriesLegislation TagsSB5370, Second Airport

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