Airport Noise Abatement Issue

The federal government defines serious noise levels associated with aircraft as those situations where the annual average exceeds 65 decibels (Aviation Week and Space Technology, 1988). That noise level is somewhat louder than normal conversation (which is 60 decibels), and much quieter than the average household vacuum cleaner (which is 80 decibels).

Federal law mandates that all aircraft and all airports meet these standards by 2000. Individual airlines are permitted to stretch this deadline by an additional three years, if hardship can be demonstrated.

The Federal Aviation Agency (FAA) is charged with the responsibility to develop rules for implementing the federal noise abatement legislation by 1 July 1991. The FAA desires uniform noise abatement procedures across the nation. In 1990, the municipalities and community groups around SeattleTacoma International Airport (SeaTac), the airlines which operate at the airport, and the Port of Seattle (operator of the airport), with the cooperation o

. . .
ection measures such as those designed to assure the purity of ground water are encompassed within the concept of environmental health. Noise abatement legislation falls in between ecological protection with no direct link to human health, and environmental pollution laws where a direct link to human health may be defined. In some instances, human health will be harmed by noise pollution; however, in many instances, noise pollution will not harm the physical environment. In contemporary society, prospects for the health of individuals are . . . determined by public policy, by those decisions which shape contemporary environments in communities, workplaces, homes, and schools. Public policy sets parameters for the mode and character of industrial and agricultural production, corporate management, and individual behavior (Milio, 1981, p. 3). Public health, thus, is more than a polio epidemic or an AIDS crisis, and public health policies concern more than the programs required to deal with such epidemics and crises. "Health is not a 'state' to be captured and dealt with; nor is it some achievement to be attained with finality. It is rather the response of people to their environments" (Milio, 1981, p. 3). Public healt
. . .

Some common words found in the essay are:
Sound Alaska, Congress November, International Airport, Space Technology, ABATEMENT ISSUE, Agency FAA, Eventually Washington, noise abatement, ABATEMENT LAW, environmental protection, , Congress FAA, noise abatement legislation, public health, abatement legislation, federal law, noise levels, public policy, airport noise, environmental health, noise abatement law, federal noise, aviation week space, federal noise abatement, airport noise abatement,
Approximate Word count = 2187
Approximate Pages = 9 (250 words per page)

More Essays on Airport Noise Abatement Issue