TagHR2440(1)

To provide assistance to airport operators to prepare and carry out noise compatibil- ity programs, to provide assistance to assure continued safety in aviation, and for other purposes. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled. That this Act may be cited as the "Aviation Safety and Noise Abatement Act of 1979". TITLE I SEC. 101. For purposes of this t i t l e - CD the term "airport" means any air carrier airport whose projects for airport development are eligible for terminal devel- opment costs under section 20(b) of the Airport and Airway Development Act of 1970 (49 U.S.C. 1720(b)); (2) the term "airport operator" means any person holding a valid certificaite issued pursuant to section 612 of the Federal Aviation Act of 1958 (49 U.S.C. 1432) to operate an airport; and (3) the term "Secretary" means the Secretary of Transporta- tion. SEC. 102. Not later than the last day of the twelfth month which begins after the date of enactment of this Act, the Secretary, after consultation with the Administrator of the Environmental Protec- tion Agency and such other Federal, State, and interstate agencies as he deems appropriate, shall by regulation— (1) establish a single system of measuring noise, for which there is a highly reliable relationship between projected noise exposure and surveyed reactions of people to noise, to be uni- formly applied in measuring the noise at airports and the areas surroimding such airports; (2)…