Resources

Media – AICA and Its Alliances

• Article: Now is your time to comment as FAA evaluates jet noise standards and mitigation; La Jolla Light; Guest Commentary: Dr. Matthew Price, Chris McCann, Anthony Stiegler, Quiet Skies La Jolla (May 15, 2023): “San Diego, Los Angeles, Palo Alto, Baltimore, Philadelphia, Lake Tahoe, Boston and many others have joined the 67 members of the Aviation Impacted Communities Alliance to pool resources, coordinate efforts and work at the national level for change.“

• Article: Aviation-Impacted Communities Alliance Submits Legislative Proposals to Congressional Committees; Oregon Aviation Watch; Miki Barnes (April 13, 2023): “Oregon Aviation Watch is one of the 67 community groups that signed on in support of the bills and other legislative proposals discussed in the above letter.“

• Article: What’s been happening since the court dismissed the city of Scottsdale lawsuit?; SCANA and Quiet Skies; Bud Kern (February 2023): “A national alliance named the Aviation Impacted Communities Alliance (AICA) has reached out and is working with local organizations to create a national voice and to work with our U.S. Senators and U.S. Representatives to create new legislation that will force the FAA to address the issues it created and is ignoring.“

Organizations

• Congressional Quiet Skies Caucus (QSC) members listed on this independent website
• Earthjustice; AICA cosigned “Petition Letter on Leaded Aviation Gasoline” (August 2021)
  • Press Release; “EPA commits to regulating lead in aviation gasoline” (January 2022)
  • Press Release; “EPA proposes “endangerment finding” of leaded aviation gasoline” (October 2022)
• Center for Biological Diversity; AICA cosigned “Petition Letter on Urgent Need to Propose and Adopt a New Rule for Greenhouse Gas Emission Standards for Airplanes and Airplane Engines” (September 2021)
  • Press Release; “100 Groups Demand Biden Cut Airplane Climate Pollution”
• American Public Health Association Policy Statement; “Noise as a Public Health Hazard” (October 2021)

Key Cited References

• Neighborhood Environmental Survey (NES) Study by FAA (January 2021)
  • Neighborhood Environmental Survey (NES) Guide for Public Use Files (January 2021)
  • Neighborhood Environmental Survey (NES) Technical Report (January 2021; updated February 2021)

• Aviation Safety and Noise Abatement Act of 1979, Sec.102(1)

• Federal Advisory Committee Act
  • Preparing Federal Advisory Committee Charters, GSA Office of Governmentwide Policy
  • Federal Advisory Committee Membership Balance Plan, GSA Office of Governmentwide Policy
  • Creating a Federal Advisory Committee in the Executive Branch, Congressional Research Service R44232
  • Federal Advisory Committees: An Introduction and Overview, Congressional Research Service R44253