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May 6, 2022

“Community Engagement or DIS-Engagement” Presentation at Aviation Noise and Emissions (ANE) Symposium by Darlene Yaplee – May 2022

This presentation will discuss Community Engagement based on the speaker’s experience and perspectives from additional members of aviation-impacted communities. Is the term “community” used consistently? What is “meaningful engagement” for people near flight paths? Who is the “community” in Community Engagement? The presentation was subsequently covered by Airport Noise Report (ANR).
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February 21, 2022

62 Organizations Signed Letter to Congressional Quiet Skies Caucus (QSC) Re: NextGen Advisory Committee (NAC) Membership – December 2021-November 2022

The December 20, 2021 letter requests the Congressional Quiet Skies Caucus to contact DOT Secretary Buttigieg requesting that he direct the FAA to recommend multiple community representatives to the NextGen Advisory Committee (NAC) before the June 2022 NAC charter renewal. Subsequently the 62 organizations’ letter was covered by Airport Noise Report (ANR) and the Quiet Skies Caucus sent a letter to DOT Secretary Buttigieg and issued a press release.
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December 30, 2020

Letter and Proposal to President-Elect Biden to “Restore $35M in Funding to the Environmental Protection Agency’s Office of Noise Abatement and Control” (ONAC) – December 2020

Grassroots groups nationwide encouraged President-Elect Biden to include funding to restore the EPA’s’s Office of Noise Abatement and Control (ONAC) in his Fiscal Year 2023 Budget Proposal and presented his transition team with a proposal that describes the role the ONAC would take in regulating aviation noise. Letters also were sent to Secretary John Kerry, Senator Elizabeth Warren, Senator Ed Markey, and Congressman Stephen Lynch asking that they give the proposal to President-Elect Biden’s transition team.
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