TagAirport Noise Law(21)
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1978-09-01Policy Advisory Committee for Sea-Tac Plan Implementation
★Document outlining the establishment of a Policy Advisory Committee (PAC) to monitor Sea-Tac Plan implementation. Details committee functions including long-term monitoring, dealing with special problems, making recommendations to King County Executive and Port of Seattle Commission, and composition of 12 representatives from various stakeholder groups. -
2026-04-2125 1505 Misc 12 12 25
Motion presented by Councilwoman Traci Park requesting the Department of City Planning to report back within 90 days on creating an Airport Noise-Contour and Environmental Exposure Overlay Zone. The motion addresses environmental and health impacts of airport-adjacent residential development, equity concerns for low-income communities, and best-practice standards for protecting residents in airport-impacted areas. -
D.C. Circuit Court of Appeals Cracks Down on FAA Compliance with NEPA
Article discusses a D.C. Circuit Court of Appeals decision that addresses FAA compliance with the National Environmental Policy Act (NEPA). The court appears to have made rulings that strengthen environmental review requirements for aviation projects. -
2024-07-12RCW 53.54.020 Investigation and monitoring of noise impact—Programs to conform to needs—”Impacted areas.”
Washington state law defining requirements for port commissions to investigate and monitor aircraft noise impact before initiating abatement programs. Establishes geographic boundaries for “impacted areas” where port districts may undertake noise programs, with specific distance limitations from runway ends and centerlines. -
2020-06-11SHB1847 – Aircraft Noise Abatement Various Provisions
Washington State legislation that amends RCW 53.54.010, 53.54.020, and 53.54.030 to expand aircraft noise abatement programs. The bill reduces the threshold for port districts to undertake noise abatement programs from twenty to nine hundred scheduled jet aircraft flights per day and modifies the boundaries of impacted areas eligible for various remedial programs including property acquisition, -
2020-06-11Substitute House Bill 1847 – Aircraft Noise Abatement – Defining aviation impacted area
Washington State legislation (Chapter 105, Laws of 2020) that amends aircraft noise abatement provisions, reducing the threshold for port district noise programs from airports serving twenty to nine hundred scheduled jet flights per day and expanding impacted area definitions. -
2009-05-18Low Frequency Noise. What we know, what we do not know, and what we would like to know
A review paper examining human perception of low frequency noise (LFN) and responses to it. The paper discusses what is known about LFN, identifies gaps in understanding, and explores possibilities for enhanced sensitivity and false perceptions related to low frequency noise complaints. -
2009-05-18
Low Frequency Noise. What we know, what we do not know, and what we would like to know
Academic review paper examining perception of low frequency noise and infrasound, including human responses, measurement challenges, and the historical misconceptions that have created public fear around these sound phenomena. The paper addresses hearing thresholds, sensitivity variations, and unexplained complaints of low frequency noise. -
Petersen v. Port of Seattle
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 -
AN ACT Relating to aircraft noise abatement
Washington State legislation (H-602/79) amending aircraft noise abatement laws. The act modifies distance restrictions for port district noise mitigation programs, changing limits from three miles to six miles beyond runway ends and from fifteen hundred to thirty-three hundred feet from runway centerlines for defining ‘impacted areas’.