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    D.C. Circuit Court of Appeals Cracks Down on FAA Compliance with NEPA

    A legal article categorized under 'Aviation & Airport' reports that the D.C. Circuit Court of Appeals cracked down on FAA compliance with NEPA (National Environmental Policy Act). The publication appears to be from a legal news outlet with a red 'IL' or 'JL' logo.
    CategoriesLitigation, News Stories TagsAirport Expansion, Airport Law, Airport Noise Law, ANCA, Aviation Committees, Aviation EmissionsFolderFAA
  • John Wayne Airport Settlement Agreement

    The landmark 1985 Settlement Agreement formalized consensus between the County of Orange, the City of Newport Beach, the Airport Working Group (AWG) and Stop Polluting Our Newport (SPON) on the nature and extent of facility and operational improvements that could be implemented at John Wayne Airport (JWA) through 2005. The Settlement Agreement established quarterly noise
    CategoriesFrom The Web TagsANCA, John Wayne Airport, Noise Abatement Procedures
  • CFR Title 14 Part 161 NOTICE AND APPROVAL OF AIRPORT NOISE AND ACCESS RESTRICTIONS

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    Title 14: Aeronautics and Space PART 161—NOTICE AND APPROVAL OF AIRPORT NOISE AND ACCESS RESTRICTIONS Contents Subpart A—General Provisions §161.1   Purpose. §161.3   Applicability. §161.5   Definitions. §161.7   Limitations. §161.9   Designation of noise description methods. §161.11   Identification of land uses in airport noise study area. Subpart B—Agreements §161.101   Scope. §161.103   Notice of the proposed restriction. §161.105   Requirements for new entrants. §161.107   Implementation of the restriction. §161.109   Notice of
    CategoriesKey Documents, Legislation TagsAirport Noise Capacity Act, ANCA, CFR, Code of Federal Regulations, FAA, Part 161, Title 14
  • 2020-04-22

    30 Years After ANCA: Can Airports Live with New Community-Imposed Noise Restrictions?

    Airport Infrastructure & Operations Curt Castagna Advances in technology allow manufacturers to build quieter, more efficient aircraft with less noise impacts on airport neighbors. In In Colorado, Congressional lawmakers are considering a bill that would allow general aviation airports to impose new operational restrictions to reduce aircraft noise, including the ability to limit access to
    CategoriesFrom The Web TagsANCA, Aviation Pros
  • 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
    CategoriesNews Stories TagsAdam Smith, Airport Impacted Communities Act, ANCA, Commerce Impacts Study 2018, HR6168, Tina Orwall
  • What do Port Packages have to do with me?

    Perhaps the most common question we get these days is “Why do you keep going on about ‘Port Packages’? I don’t care about Port Packages. I care about all the damned planes! That is what we should be focused on!” This is a great question. It’s the only question, really because it gets to the
    CategoriesChange The Culture TagsANCA, HB2315, Port Packages, SB6214
  • A Letter To Amanda Wyma-Bradley re. HR 6168

    Ms. Wyma-Bradley is a Legislative Assistant for Congressman Adam Smith (D) 9th District, WA. Thank you for your work on this issue.I worry that my comments at the meeting may have veered discussion away from your intended text. But I think I do understand the local situation and my concern in HR 6168 was that
    CategoriesLegislation TagsAdam Smith, ANCA, HR6168
  • A Letter To Adam Smith Re. HR 6168

    Dear Congressman, As I wrote you on 24 March re. ANCA, I want to thank you for all your help for airport communities. I now have the following comments ahead of your August 27 Meeting with our communities. Representation I am very concerned about the definition and structure of ‘community’ and who will be designated
    CategoriesLegislation TagsAdam Smith, ANCA, Green New Deal
  • Why is it getting so much worse? (NextGen For Dummies)

    Spoiler alert: The answer is not ‘The Third Runway’. However, you might call the current situation for residents in certain neighborhoods around Sea-Tac Airport a ‘Perfect Storm’. What’s The Frequency, Kenneth? Yes, there has been a great deal of growth in the number of daily operations. First, there is the fact that in 2012 Delta
    CategoriesExplainers TagsANCA, NextGen, PBN, Performance Based Navigation
  • Show Me The Money!

    The problem with all airport community issues come down to M-O-N-E-Y. There are currently some programs that try to account for noise. There are almost no programs that account for pollution; or lower property values; or an array of socio-economic harms. If you look at the galaxy of Federal Regs that have sprouted from ANCA,
    CategoriesLegislation TagsANCA, Part 158, Passenger Facility Charges

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    Attend a Port of Seattle open house on the Part 150 Study Noise Compatibility Program (NCP). The Part 150 program determines the noise boundary around the airport and opportunities for noise mitigation such as sound insulation.

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Sea-Tac Airport is currently undergoing the largest and longest expansion in its history, collectively known as the Sustainable Airport Master Plan (SAMP). Some of it you can already hear, but you’re probably not aware of what it all means. Here’s what you need to know.
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As the source for federal transportation grants, the Puget Sound Regional Council was charged with developing a system to meet the growing need for commercial aviation. When the search for a second airport failed, they authorized the Port of Seattle to build the Third Runway, with a mandate to develop a noise abatement and mitigation program. In their effort to stop the Third Runway, the ACC argued over every detail of the Port's efforts--including property buyouts and sound insulation. The dispute was meant to be settled by a three member Expert Arbitration Panel. This is their final report. It finds 2-1, that the Port's program was insufficient in several respects. Despite that, funding for the Third Runway was approved by the PSRC, and the 'Port Package' program, proceeded largely unchanged. Expert Arbitration Panel's final decision finding that the Port of Seattle had not shown sufficient reduction in real on-the-ground noise impacts to satisfy noise reduction conditions required for approval of a third runway at Sea-Tac International Airport. The majority decision concluded the Port's noise abatement programs were insufficient despite being impressive in scope.
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