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    AVIATION NOISE LAW Petersen v. Port of Seattle Cite as: 618 P.2d 67, 94 Wash.2d 479 SUPREME COURT OF WASHINGTON Tom E. PETERSEN and Ruby Petersen, Appellants, v. The PORT OF SEATTLE, a municipal Corporation, Respondent/Cross-Appellant. No. 45817 Oct. 9, 1980 As Changed Nov. 10, 1980 COUNSEL: Jones, Grey & Bayley, E. Michele

Maximum permissible environmental noise levels. (1) No person shall cause or permit noise to intrude into the property of another person which noise exceeds the maximum permissible noise levels set forth below in this section. (2)(a) The noise limitations established are as set forth in the following table after any applicable adjustments provided for herein

Purpose. The legislature finds that inadequately controlled noise adversely affects the health, safety and welfare of the people, the value of property, and the quality of the environment. Antinoise measures of the past have not adequately protected against the invasion of these interests by noise. There is a need, therefore, for an expansion of efforts

WASHINGTON, June 21 —Sweeping recommendations designed to quiet the din of jet aircraft at airports around the country were made public to day by an Environmental Protection Agency study group. The proposals were quickly as sailed in statements by pilots and airport and airline executives as potentially unworkable and, in some cases, unsafe. The recommendations

U.S. Supreme Court City of Burbank v. Lockheed Air Terminal, Inc., 411 U.S. 624 (1973)City of Burbank v. Lockheed Air Terminal, Inc. No. 71-1637 Argued February 20, 1973 Decided May 14, 1973 411 U.S. 624 Syllabus Appellees sought an injunction against enforcement of a Burbank city ordinance placing an 11 p.m. to 7 a.m. curfew