II 110th CONGRESS 1st Session S. 1866 IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES July 24, 2007 Mr. Schumer introduced the following bill; which was read twice and referred to the Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation A BILL To amend title 49, United States Code, to exempt certain local restrictions from review under the airport noise and access restriction review program.

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Airport noise and access restriction review program

Section 47524(d) of title 49, United States Code, is amended— (1)by striking or at the end of paragraph (5)(B); (2)by striking the period at the end of paragraph (6) and inserting ; or; and (3)by adding at the end the following: (7)a local restriction limiting the hours of operation of a publicly-owned airport maintained by the owner of the airport, if the owner had previously maintained a local restriction limiting the hours of operation of the airport that was disallowed by a court before 1985, and the owner has— (A)without interruption since 1985, maintained a policy of encouraging voluntary limitation of the hours of operation of the airport; (B)without interruption since 1985, imposed restrictions limiting the capacity of the airport terminal; and (C)developed and implemented an environmental management system that is certified as conforming to the International Standards Organization 14001 Environmental Management System Standard. .