Neighborhood Environmental Survey (NES) Responses – March-May 2021
Date: March-May 2021
Description: Responses regarding the NES: 1. Quiet Skies Caucus (QSC) letter to FAA Administrator Dickson, 2. AICA’s public comment in the Federal Register, and 3. AICA’s response to FAA Administrator Dickson’s announcement that the FAA will work with the Federal Mediation and Conciliation Service to update FAA’s aviation noise policy.
4. Published Article: “Community Alliance Leaders Define Issues Noise Policy Review Must Address” Airport Noise Report (ANR)
May 28, 2021 – Community advocates respond to FAA Administrator Dickson’s May 10th announcement that the FAA will work with the Federal Mediation and Conciliation Service to update FAA’s aviation noise policy. Featured in Airport Noise Report (ANR) vol. 33, no. 18, (May 28, 2021), pp. 72-74.
Letter dated May 10, 2021 – On May 14, 2021 Congresswoman Eleanor Holmes Norton (D-DC) “released the response she and other Quiet Skies Caucus (QSC) members received from the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) to their [March 11, 2021] letter regarding the FAA’s Neighborhood Environmental Survey, a nationwide survey about aircraft noise annoyance
2. AICA’s Federal Register Comment on NES
AICA’s public comment in the Federal Register regarding the FAA’s Neighborhood Environmental Survey (NES), April 14, 2021.
1. “Norton, Quiet Skies Caucus Send Letter to FAA on Aircraft Noise” Press Release and Letter
Press Release March 11, 2021 – Members of the QSC send a letter to FAA Administrator Dickson expressing concerns over the Neighborhood Environmental Survey (NES). The letter points out that the noise metrics are outdated and do not accurately reflect the level of disruption caused by aircraft noise. “We also sought formal responses to the questions in the appended Citizens’ Response Report, a Technical Report to the FAA’s April 2020 Report on Alternative Noise Metrics (Reauthorization Act of 2018, Sections 173 and 188). We have not received responses.”
Key Related Resources
- FAA Briefing to REDAC E&E Subcommittee – Summary of Comments from FAA Noise Research Federal Register Notice (NES Study), March 23, 2022
- FAA’s Neighborhood Environmental Survey (NES) (January 2021)
- Neighborhood Environmental Survey (NES) Guide for Public Use Files (January 2021); Retrieved from here
- Neighborhood Environmental Survey (NES) Technical Report (January 2021; updated February 2021); Retrieved from here