NOISE POLLUTION see also Pollution

Articles and editorials

Railroad Quiet Zones Will Silence Train Horns at Four Arvada Crossings, H1597 [4MR]

Bills and resolutions

EPA: reestablish the Office of Noise Abatement and Control (see H.R. 3384), H5767 [29JY]

FAA: address increase of aircraft noise due to implementation of new flight paths under Next Generation Air Transportation System (NextGen) (see S. 2406), S8725 [16DE]

——— improve process for establishing and revising flight paths and procedures (see H.R. 3965), H8151 [5NO]

——— prohibit operation of commercial aircraft not complying with certain noise levels (see H.R. 4171), H9011 [3DE]

Remarks in House

Dept. of Transportation: allow use of Surface Transportation Block Grant Program funding for type II noise barriers, H7603, H7604 [3NO]

FAA: address increase of aircraft noise due to implementation of new flight paths under Next Generation Air Transportation System (NextGen), H6275 [28SE]

——— prohibit funding exempting Bob Hope Airport in Burbank, CA, from implementing a nighttime curfew, H3894 [4JN]

——— require air noise mitigation be factored into any airspace redesign in New York, New Jersey, or Philadelphia, PA, area, H3972 [9JN]

GAO: conduct a study to evaluate effectiveness of Federal Railroad Administration rule on use of locomotive horns at rail crossings, H1596, H1597 [4MR]

Remarks in Senate

FAA: address increase of aircraft noise due to implementation of new flight paths under Next Generation Air Transportation System (NextGen), S8064 [18NO], S8877 [18DE]