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October 4, 2024

FAA Reauthorization Act of 2024 – April 2023-Current

71 Community groups urge Congressionals to protect communities from adverse aviation impacts of noise, health, and emissions through the FAA Reauthorization Act of 2023. The FAA Reauthorization Act is a United States federal law that is passed by Congress and signed by the President. It reauthorizes the FAA for five years on a wide range of measures: extends the FAA’s funding and provides new authorities and responsibilities. For reference, the FAA Reauthorization Act of 2018 was signed by Congress on October 3, 2018, and the President on October 5, 2018.
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October 4, 2024

FAA Noise Policy Review – October 2022-Current

After reporting the Neighborhood Environmental Survey (NES) results on January 13, 2021, FAA stated its plan to “bringing on board the Federal Mediation and Conciliation Service (FMCS) to assist with designing an inclusive and participatory policy review framework and process that prioritizes input from substantially affected stakeholders, including local communities”. The FAA/FMCS Interagency Agreement (IAA) was signed September 10, 2021. On May 1, 2023 the FAA announced it would review its Noise Policy and solicited comments to the Federal Register.
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October 3, 2024

“Turbulence Ahead? Supreme Court Rulings & Environmental Law” Webinar – September 2024

AICA and CJSC, LLC co-hosted a webinar with panelists Barbara Lichman at Buckhalter and Steve Taber at Leech Tishman to learn about what Supreme Court cases Loper Bright and Corner Post might mean for the legal challenges on aviation environmental issues, such as noise impacts. The four panelists have extensive backgrounds in aviation law, environmental policy and compliance, and environmental advocacy. The webinar covered an overview of cases and a question/answer session.

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April 28, 2024

AICA, Studio City For Quiet Skies, and UproarLA’s Federal Register Comment on NASA’s test on human response to Advanced Aviation Mobility (AAM) vehicle noise  – April 26, 2024

Three community groups submitted a joint public comment in the Federal Register regarding NASA’s planned test. The overarching input is for NASA to design, execute, and derive findings from the Varied AAM Noise and Geographic Area Response Difference (VANGARD) test to accurately reflect how impacted communities experience noise.

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July 10, 2023

Additional Work (Ongoing)

Media Coverage “JASA study to narrow to draw broad conclusions on AEDT accuracy, FAA says,” Airport Noise Report (ANR), March 22, 2024; Public Record Submissions for the June 12, 2023 NextGen Advisory Committee (NAC) Meeting; Public Record Submissions for the February 28, 2023 NextGen Advisory Committee (NAC) Meeting; Comment on Petition for Exemption – Summary of Petition Received; Ampaire, Inc.; Public Record Submission for the August 23, 2023 Advance Aviation Advisory Committee (AAAC) Meeting; Comment on Modernization of Special Airworthiness Certification
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October 10, 2022

FAA Community Engagement Scorecard (FAACES) – May 2022-Current

The FAA has asserted that it has improved its community engagement efforts over the past few years. To determine if these efforts have been adequate and resulted in improvements, from the perspective of local community groups, the Aviation-Impacted Communities Alliance (AICA) developed the project FAA Community Engagement Scorecard (FAACES). This project originated at the Aviation Noise and Emissions Symposium and received media coverage by Airport Noise Report (ANR).
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October 9, 2022

FAA Research, Engineering and Development Advisory Committee (REDAC) – October 2022 – Current

AICA presented at the REDAC meeting during the public forum. REDAC provides a public forum at their bi-annual meetings. As an FAA advisory committee, REDAC provides advice and recommendations to the FAA Administrator on the needs, objectives, plans, approaches, content, and accomplishments of the aviation research portfolio. Additionally REDAC works the ensure FAA present and future aviation research activities are coordinated with similar research being conducted outside the FAA.
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