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September 13, 2026

Federal Register Comment on FAA Enabling Supersonic Overland Flight – August 2026

AICA’s public comment, submitted to the Federal Register, Docket No. FAA-2026-6935. The comment finds that the FAA’s proposed interim framework for supersonic overland flight does not yet provide the noise, vibration, operational, community-response, and environmental evidence needed to support authorizations of unspecified scope and duration. AICA recommends that the FAA evaluate all pressure disturbances and acoustic signals that may reach the Earth’s surface, require monitoring and reporting of actual operations, establish common operating boundaries and evaluation milestones, and use the resulting evidence to inform environmental review, FAA noise-policy work, and future supersonic decisions.
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September 13, 2026

Federal Register Comment on FAA Commercial Space Launch and Reentry Waiver – August 2026 – Current

AICA’s public comment, submitted to the Federal Register, Docket No. FAA-2026-8614. The comment opposes the FAA’s proposed General Waiver provision, which would remove requirements under 13 federal environmental and preservation laws from covered commercial space launch and reentry licenses and permits. AICA recommends that FAA withdraw the proposed General Waiver and pursue licensing efficiencies through coordinated, site-specific review that preserves safeguards for public health, safety, property, communities, and environmental resources.
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September 13, 2026

Advanced Air Mobility (AAM) – January 2025 to Current

AICA is active in representing communities directly affected by Advanced Air Mobility (AAM) in federal legislation, policy development, research, and industry practices. This ongoing project area includes AICA’s presentations, policy materials, research participation, and AAM resources, including Darlene Yaplee, AICA President and Co-Founder, contributing author for NASA’s Urban Air Mobility Noise: 2025 Update on Current Practice, Gaps, and Recommendations and author of AAM presentations for the Aviation Noise & Emissions Symposium (ANES). As AAM continues to emerge, AICA’s work focuses on ensuring that communities’ lived experience is represented in decisions about AAM noise, operations, and impacts.
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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 4, 2024

Aviation Noise & Emissions Symposium (ANE) 2025: Presentations “Realizing a 21st Century Noise Policy”, “Attributes of a 21st Century Noise Report” and “NASA’s Quesst and Advanced Air Mobility Missions – Updates and Exploring Community Engagement Strategies”– March 2025

Presentations by Darlene Yaplee (AICA) on FAA Noise Policy Review, by Marie-Jo Fremont (Concerned Residents of Palo Alto, CA) and contributions by Darlene Yaplee (AICA) on a 21st Century Report, and by Darlene Yaplee (AICA) and Jonathan Rathsam (NASA) on updates to the Quesst (Supersonic) and Advanced Air Mobility missions and community engagement strategies.
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