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CFR Title 14 Part 161 NOTICE AND APPROVAL OF AIRPORT NOISE AND ACCESS RESTRICTIONS
★ 32Title 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 -
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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. -
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. -
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 -
2020-04-2230 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 -
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 -
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 -
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 -
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