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Research support was provided by the Investigative Fund of The Nation Institute. Follow-ups: “Amplification,” June 19, 2000 and letters exchanges: “Lead–Balloons and Bouquets,” May 15, and “Lead-Letter Office,” July 3, 2000. JAMIE LINCOLN KITMAN The next time you pull the family barge in for a fill-up, check it out: The gas pumps read “Unleaded.” You might reasonably suppose this is because naturally

DCA Nighttime Noise Rule History: Since 1941, Reagan National (DCA) has operated as a commercial airfield, 24-hours a day, 7-days a week. In the early 1980s, louder aircraft operating at Reagan National prompted the FAA – the original airport operator – to impose nighttime noise limits and the ability to fine non-compliant operations between 10 p.m. and 6:59 a.m. which became known

99-R-1271 USE RESTRICTIONS AND NOISE STUDY AT BRADLEY INTERNATIONAL AIRPORT By: James J. Fazzalaro, Principal Analyst You asked what authority the Department of Transportation (DOT) has to restrict the use of Bradley International Airport through means such as a late night curfew in order to reduce the negative effects the noise of these aircraft may

Court of Appeals of Washington,Division 1. The CITY OF DES MOINES, The City of Burien, The City of Federal Way, The City of Normandy Park, The City of Tukwila, Highline School District No. 401, and The Airport Communities Coalition, Appellants, v. The PUGET SOUND REGIONAL COUNCIL, The Executive Board of the Puget Sound Regional Council,

  City of Burien City of Tukwila City of Des Moines City of Federal Way City of Normandy Park Highline School District AIRPORT COMMUNITIES COALITION September 8, 1999 To the Editor: It’s never too late to save over a billion dollars in public funds. It’s not too late to ease freeway gridlock. And it’s not

L.A. Times Archives Feb. 28, 1999 12 AM PT * The county has provided a report regarding the noise to be experienced by the residents of Orange County from proposed El Toro jet plane operations. This report was prepared with the assistance of the county’s own noise consultant, Vince Mestre. According to the county, the

Feb 2, 1999 CANDIDATES, please. Two positions on the Port of Seattle commission are on the ballot this fall. If tradition holds, incumbents Gary Grant and Clare Nordquist will seek re-election and face minor opposition from unknowns who are driven more by a generalized beef with the Port than an informed set of ideas. The

By Mildred Andrews Posted 1/14/1999 HistoryLink.org Essay 679 On Armistice Day, November 11, 1921, members of the Seattle Garden Club, led by President Lillian Gustin McEwan, planted the first 25 elm trees along Des Moines Way S  (later renamed Des Moine Memorial Drive) — the beginning of a living memorial to “American men who gave

The City of Des Moines, located 15 miles south of Seattle along the shores of Puget Sound, has never been a large center of industry like other Seattle suburbs. Although it incorporated as recently as 1959, it has been a Northwest community for more than 100 years. Europeans first saw the high bluffs of Des