AICA, ​GrotonAyer Buzz, and Keep It Down Up There’s Federal Register Comment on FAA Noise Portal – December 2021

Date: December 29, 2021

Description: Three community groups submitted a public comment in the Federal Register regarding the FAA’s Noise Portal. The overarching message of the comment letter is that the FAA’s proposed collection of information fails the OMB’s collection requirements.

On December 29, 2021 the Aviation-Impacted Communities Alliance (AICA), ​GrotonAyer Buzz, and Keep It Down Up There commented on the Federal Register Requests for Comments about:

Clearance of a Renewed Approval of Information Collection: FAA Aircraft Noise Complaint and Inquiry System (Noise Portal) – Docket Number FAA-2021-25944; OMB Control Number: 2120-0773.

The overarching message of the comment letter is that the FAA’s proposed collection of information fails the OMB’s collection requirements. The comment letter provides details on 10 issues about the FAA’s inconsistent, confusing, inaccurate, insufficient, and overlapping processes for communicating noise concerns and the excessive burden to members of the public who use the Noise Portal collection system.

In addition, the letter asks the FAA to include, not summarize, the letter’s comments when it makes its Office of Management and Budget (OMB) request for renewal of the FAA Noise Portal data collection.