2024-01-07
Summary: After years of waiting, legislation to provide repairs and updates for people with Port Package Problems is being proposed this session in Olympia. It could become law in April and began helping homeowners next year. No kidding. It's complicated, time is short, and we will need all of you to help get it passed. Instructions below.
S-3831.1 _______________________________________________ SENATE BILL 5990 _______________________________________________ State of Washington 68th Legislature 2024 Regular Session By Senators Lovelett, Saldaña, Dhingra, Frame, Hasegawa, Keiser, Kuderer, Nobles, Salomon, Stanford, Trudeau, Valdez, and C. Wilson Prefiled 01/04/24.Read first time 01/08/24. Referred to Committee on Environment, Energy & Technology. AN ACT Relating to integrating environmental
2024-01-03
S-3815.1 (companion bill: HB2103) SENATE BILL 5955 State of Washington 68th Legislature 2024 Regular Session By Senators Keiser, Hasegawa, Kauffman, Nguyen, and C. Wilson Prefiled 01/03/24.Read first time 01/08/24.Referred to Committee on Local Government, Land Use & Tribal Affairs. AN ACT Relating to mitigating harm and improving equity in large port districts; amending RCW 53.36.020, 53.54.010, 53.54.020, 53.54.040, and 70A.65.260;
2024-01-03
Port districts authorized to undertake programs for the abatement of aircraft noise,,, must additionally undertake a remedial mitigation program... Remedial mitigation programs must consist of... repair or replacement of failed mitigation equipment... The provision of air quality mitigation equipment to residential, recreational, or educational facilities that will measurably improve air quality... Programs to provide urban forests or green space within an impacted area...
2023-10-24
Commissioners, It’s with an increasingly heavy heart we take in your discussion of the Property Tax Levy every year now. Despite your claims to be the most progressive commission ever, the tax levy is evidence that your relationship with the cities under the flight path, especially fence line communities, is steadily becoming less equitable with
2023-06-15
118th CONGRESS BILLS-118hr4178ih To reestablish the Office of Noise Abatement and Control in the Environmental Protection Agency, and for other purposes. IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES Sponsors Ms. Meng (for herself, Mr. Beyer, Ms. Brownley, Mr. Cárdenas, Ms. Chu, Ms. Clarke of New York, Mr. Fitzpatrick, Mr. Grijalva, Ms. Lee of California, Mr. Lynch, Mr. Nadler, Ms. Moore of Wisconsin, Mr. Quigley, Mr. Raskin, Ms. Norton, Mr. Schiff, and Mr. Sarbanes) introduced the following bill; which
Like many agencies of the Federal Government, the law giving life to the FAA needs to be reauthorized periodically. The last bill was in 2018 and the current version will be passed this year. A reauthorization bill is something of a misnomer. The first page reauthorizes the agency; the remaining hundreds and hundreds of pages
June 12, 2023 United States leadership in technology and innovation, along with a dynamic workforce, will define the future of aviation U.S. Senator Maria Cantwell (D-Wash.), Chair of the Senate Committee on Commerce, Science and Transportation, Ranking Member Ted Cruz (R-Texas), Aviation Subcommittee Chair Tammy Duckworth (D-Ill.) and Subcommittee Ranking Member Jerry Moran (R-Kan.) introduced
2023-06-09
The 'Securing Growth and Robust Leadership in American Aviation Act,' introduced in the 118th Congress, proposes to reauthorize and reform the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) and other civil aviation programs. The bill covers a wide range of topics including FAA organizational restructuring, general aviation safety and pilot protections, and aerospace workforce development. Of particular relevance to airport noise concerns, the legislation includes provisions for an aviation noise officer and required consultation with the National Parks Overflights Advisory Group.
2023-05-02
Last week the State of California put forward an audacious proposal to regulate emissions from railroads. And you should read it because to us, this the ball game for airport communities. Their plan is a bit like early marijuana law. As it stands, it cannot take effect without an Executive Order from the Biden Administration.
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