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2023-04-10 23:12Port Package Update Letter – Spring 2023
Greetings, As always, this is behind schedule. However, in addition to the the usual procrastination, things change all the time. Sorry, but for newcomers we always start with some background. If you’ve heard all this, just skip down… Your original Port Package was almost certainly financed through FAA funding called the Airport Improvement Program (AIP). -
2021-04-29 11:51
A letter to Representative Adam Smith: Conservation
Representative Smith, I had a conversation yesterday with your wonderful aide . I mentioned the idea of bringing ‘conservation’ into the discussion of air travel and she must have thought I was nuts. It is hard to explain to younger people how much Americans used to glamourise cars. The idea that we might ever feel -
2020-12-14 17:34
A Letter To Congressman Adam Smith – AQM
The Sea-Tac Annual Air Quality Monitoring Program – a proposal Background Since 1971 there have roughly thirteen ‘studies’ of various air toxins around Sea-Tac Airport. We put the word ‘studies’ in air quotes because almost all of them have been limited either to a single toxin or to a subset of the complete Sea-Tac air -
2020-09-23 00:00Congressional Quiet Skies Caucus Letter To FAA Administrator Steve Dickson re DNL65
Currently, FAA law has extremely complicated rules for establishing a noise boundary around airports. (A noise boundary is a geographic area inside which there is a certain acceptable noise level.) This is referred to as the DNL65. and it has several major flaws. The FAA Reauthorization Act Of 2018 attempted to address these flaws in several ways. This letter, from a caucus of Congressmen engaged on airport community issues complains to the Administrator that the spirit of the law is not being adhered to and demands that he make attempts to put his agency into compliance. The language is fairly technical, however there are a couple of basic points they raise: First, that the noise boundary be determined by actual noise measurements (currently the noise boundaries are 'modeled' and those calculations often do not reflect in any way the lived experience for residents.) Second, that the 'acceptable' noise level of sixty five decibels (hence DNL65) has been determined to be far too high to conform with current understandings of healthy living. -
2020-09-02 00:00Airport Improvement Program Noise Mitigation Projects Bill
To amend title 49, United States Code, to allow additional funds to be provided under the airport improvement program for certain noise mitiga- tion projects, and for other purposes. IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES Mr. SMITH of Washington introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee on llllllllllllll A BILL To amend title 49, United States Code, to allow additional funds to be provided under the airport improvement pro- gram for certain noise mitigation projects, and for other purposes. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa-1 tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, 2 SECTION 1. NOISE MITIGATION PROJECTS. 3 (a) GOVERNMENT SHARE.—Section 47109 of title 4 49, United States Code, is amended by adding at the end 5 the following: 6 VerDate Mar 15 2010 14:20 Sep 02, 2020 Jkt 000000 PO 00000 Frm 00001 Fmt 6652 Sfmt 6201 C:USERSKEANDERSONAPPDATAROAMINGSOFTQUADXMETAL7.0GENCSMITWA September 2, 2020 (2:20 p.m.) G:M16SMITWASMITWA_020.XML g:VHLC�90220�90220.106.xml (746025|9) -
2020-03-31 12:44
AICA Gone Local
For the past several years there has been a lot of energy directed at creating Federal legislation to correct the systemic unfairness we all experience living near a large airport like Sea-Tac. On the surface, this makes perfect sense: the FAA has direct authority over all airports. And many, many attempts at obtaining relief by -
2020-02-28 11:53
Congressman Smith Reintroduces the Aviation Impacted Communities Act
WASHINGTON, D.C. – Congressman Adam Smith (D-WA) reintroduced the Aviation Impacted Communities Act today, which will help communities better address noise and other environmental impacts stemming from nearby airports. Communities across the nation continue to experience an increased and disproportionate share of noise and other environmental impacts stemming from commercial aviation. The Aviation Impacted Communities -
2020-02-28 00:00HR 6038 Aviation-Impacted Communities Act (2020 version)
An earlier version of this bill was introduced into the 115th Congress as HR6168 -
2020-02-12 21:16
HR 5874 – Decrease Noise Levels Act
116th CONGRESS 2d Session H. R. 5874 To require the Administrator of the Federal Aviation Administration to amend regulations concerning the day-night average sound level, and for other purposes. IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES February 12, 2020 Ms. Meng (for herself, Mr. Smith of Washington, Mr. Espaillat, Ms. Brownley of California, Mr. Beyer, Mr.