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Chapter 2 - At RPGRT NOISE. COIiTOURS + Scope Definition of Terms I’laps Flight Operational Data Speciat Information Sources of Irtfonnat ion + + ----U.bb / +P &B a + lb • IF + C}:APTER I }ITP.ODU CT : at: r . I 1.1 Pol P '-mbe This manual contains the orocedura I infor=nt Ten reay i red for compliance wi th CAR 340-35-045 , I'!cise Control Recu iaeicns for A i r':arts e Chapter 2 describes the information reaui red by the GepartHene for calculat ing a ::oi se InFact eoundac/ ear non air carrier ai rports . The chapter identifies tIle amount and. nature of information that will normally be needed by the Department fo r making accurate calculations . In' unusual ci rcumstan€es additional information may be required, it is the Departnent 1 s- policy to perform the i:oi se !ntpact eoundar/ calculations to avoid placing an onerous burden upon smaller ai rport facilities or proprietors , and any additional information will be requested with cognizance of Chi s policy le 2+ T Aa the r i tv This procedure manual OAP. 3£n-35-045. is to be used pursuant to eRS chapter 467 and • + • J t F};'A (f T t 'e CHAPTER 2 AIRPORT NOISE CONTOURS r 2. 1 Sec>pee This Chapter describes the information needed by the Department fo r catculating an airport noise impact boundary' pursuant lo-DAR 340-35-045 (3) (b) , The Chapter applies to general aviation airports that have the following characteristics…

A memorandum from James Branch documenting 23 questions raised by the public at a Zone Three Steering Committee meeting regarding airport development, noise issues, land acquisition programs, and community concerns around Sea-Tac Airport. Questions cover topics including flight patterns, noise abatement, land use planning, and community impacts.

Letter from Port of Seattle Executive Director Richard D. Ford to Virginia E. Dana expressing concerns about the Concorde aircraft (supersonic) and federal regulations permitting noisier aircraft operations. Ford discusses how this undermines the Sea-Tac Communities Plan’s cornerstone principle that aircraft should become quieter, not noisier.

Document is available to the public through the National Technical Information Service, Springfield, Virginia 22151 Prepared for U.S. DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION FEDERAL AVIATION ADMINISTRATION Office of Environmental Quality Washington, D.C. 20591 Technical ~eport Documentation Page 1. Report No. 2. Government Accession No. FAA-EQ-76~6 4. Title ond Subtitle FAA Integrated Noise Model Data Base 7. All.thorls) ~eter A. Mansbach 9. Performing Organization Name and Address THE MITRE CORPORATION/METREK DIVISION 1820 DOLLEY MADISON BOULEVARD MCLEAN, VIRGINIA 22101 12. Sponsoring Agency Name and Address DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION FEDERAL AVIATION ADMINISTRATION OFFICE OF ENVIRONMENTAL QUALITY 'WA~HTNGTON. D,C 20591 3. Recipient's Cotolog No. 5. Report Dote August 1976 6. Performing Orgoni zoti on Code W-47 8. Performing Organization Report No. MTR-7289 10. Work Unit No. (TRAIS) 11. Contract or Grant No. DOT-FA69NS-162 13. Type of Report ond Period Covered 14. Sponsoring Agency Code DOT/FAA 15. Supplementary Notes 16. Abstroct The FAA Integrated Noise Model computer program INMPROG has been made available to the public for computing a variety of noise indices in the vicinity of airports. One component of this program package is a data library which provides both acoustic and operational data for certain standard aircraft types and flight procedures. This paper presents the data used to construct the supplied program library. It thus provides the information needed to reproduce a particular analysis. Further, it provides a necessary reference point for the user who specifies his own operational procedures. 17. Key Words 18. Distribution Statement Document is available to the public through the National…

Letter from Port of Seattle President Henry T. Simonson to King County Councilwoman Bernice Stern regarding decisions on two specific areas adjacent to Sea-Tac International Airport: the West acquisition area and the southeast conversion area. The Port concludes against acquiring the westside area due to costs and recommends addressing the southeast conversion area through noise

ARLINE L. BRONZAFT is an Associate Professor of Psychology at Herbert H. Lehman College of the City University of New York. Professor Bronzaft is a member of the Governor’s Energy Task Force of New York and the Chairman of the Mayor’s Subway Service Watchdog Commission of New York City. Her major interest is the harmful effects of subway noise and subway travel on mental health. DENNIS P. McCARTHY is a member of the Environmental Psychology Program at the Graduate Center of the City University of New York. His par- ticular interests are environmental stressors in urban living, and he is presently investigating the effects of high-rise dwelling on low-income families. Early laboratory work (Kryter, 1950, 1970; Broadbent, 1957) had found no compelling support for direct effects of noise on mental and psychomotor performance, and it was concluded that people seem to adapt to noise (Kryter, 1970). However, G lass and Singer (1972a), through an extensive survey of previous noise research and their own studies on noise adapta- tion, found that, following exposure to unpredictable and uncontrollable high-intensity noise, the often reported after- effects were: degradation in quality of task performance, lowered frustration tolerance, and impaired ability to resolve cogn itive conflict. Most recently, in a study on the effect of noise in a natural environment, Cohen et al. (1973) found that elementary school children living on the lower floors of buildings, directly exposed - to high-intensity expressway noise, showed greater impairment Environment and Behavior, Vol. 7 No. 4, December 1975…

This document has been approved for general availability. It doas not constitute a standard, specification, or regulation. Ftw Ale bJ tbe Baperlntendent of Doeamenta, U.S. OOTernment Prlntlnc OIBce, WubJncton, D.C. 21M02 ·Price *1.96 FOREWORD The Noise Control Act of 1972 requires that the Administrator of The Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) develop and publish criteria with respect to noise. These criteria are to "reflect the scientific kno~ledge most useful in indicating the kind and extent of all identi- fiable effects of noise on the public health and welfare which may be expected from differing quantities and qualities of noise." This document meets that requirement. The terms "criteria and standards" are generally used interchangeably in the scientific communities concerned with noise and its control. However, in accordance with the intent of the U.S. Congress, criteria for environmental pollutants are to reflect an honest appraisal of available knowledge relating to health and welfare effects of pollutants, (in this case, noise). The criteria are descriptions of cause and effect relationships. Standards and regulations must take into account not only the health and welfare considerations described in the criteria, but also, as called for in the Noise Control Act of 1972, technology, and cost of control. This criteria document, therefore, serves as a basis for the establishment of the recommended envir- onmental noise level goals to be related to the "Effects Document" called for by Section 5(a)(2) of the Noise Control Act. That document, along with this criteria document, will become the basis for standards…

Meeting minutes from the Near Term task force discussing zoning changes, tax relief, noise abatement and community survey. The group decided to support the Port of Seattle’s 90-day Interim Study for property acquisition in the extended clear zone and planned to contact U.S. Senators Magnuson and Jackson for funding assistance.

WAY ALIGNMENT AND ARE AT DISTANCES OF 5JQQQJ 16J000J OR l~JQQQ FEET FROM THE END OF THE RUNWAYS. THE NOISE MEASU~EMENTS OBTAINED AT THESE SITES WILL BE COMPUTED TO ACTUAL NOISE EXPOSURE {ANE) VALUES TO PROVIDE CONTOURS OF NOISE IMPACT. PREDIC- TIONS FOR THE FUTURE WILL BE MADE AND A BACKGROUND NOISE SURVEY WILL HELP DEFINE NON~AIRPORT-GENERATED NOISE (VEHICULAR TRAFFIC AND INDUSTRIAL NOISE) AND COMPARISONS WILL BE MADE WITH THE INITIAL SURVEY MEASUREMENTS. USING INITIAL SURVEY FINDINGSJ A MORE COMPREHENSIVE MEASUREMENT GRID USING DIFFERENT SITES AROUND SEA-TAC WILL BE ESTABLISHED AND CALIBRATED RE- CORDINGS WILL BE MADE. RESULTING WILL BE A SERIES OF TABLES SHOWING THE NOISE DENSITYJ DURATIONJ AND FREQUENCY AT EACH MEASUREMENT SITE CAUSED BY FLY-OVERS. A RECOMMENDED ALTERNATIVE WILL BE PRESENTED AFTER ALL MEASUREMENTS AND EVALUATIONS OF ALTERNATIVES ARE COMPLETED. ALTERNATIVE LAND USES WILL BE EVALUATED IN CONJUNCTION WITH OTHER ENVIRONMENTAL DATA. PUBLIC PARTICI- PATION WILL BE IMPORTANT IN VALIDATING THE NOISE EXPOSURE CRITERIA AND GUIDELINES. THE CONSULTANTS SHALL ALSO CONSIDER AND DISCUSS STRUCTURAL VIBRATIONS CAUSED BY AIRCRAFT OPERATIONSJ INCLUDING EVALUATION OF THE REPORT MATERIAL PREPARED BY THE SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH AND COMMUNITY MEDI- CAREJ UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTONJ AND THE HIGHLINE PUBLIC SCHOOLS. 5/2/73 eac community office • 253 SOJth 152nd. street • burien, wash. 98148 • ch 3-7033