he role of the FAA which is seen, as are so many regulatory agencies, as more of a functionary for the industry they are intended to regulate than as an executor of public policy. The airlines, of course, oppose any restrictions on aircraft noise levels, and, thus, will not be happy with any noise abatement law (George, 1990, p. 56).
The federal noise abatement legislation applicable to airport operation is a type of environmental legislation. The law is partially related to the issue of environmental health because some people have linked high levels of noise to some physical and metal health concerns. The law also is partly linked to environmental pollution, as noise pollution is viewed as a factor that denies people of the right to enjoy their lives and property, and as a factor that may reduce the economic value of their property.
Noise abatement legislation falls in between ecological protection with no direct link to human health, and env
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