agreement exempted from the federal law; however, Congress balked at providing such an exemption to any other community that might be able to negotiate a local or regional noise abatement agreement that would be tougher than the federal law. This omission was unfortunate because it virtually eliminated the citizen group and local community participation in the planning process for the development of noise abatement procedures throughout the rest of the United States. Local community participation is vital if such procedures are ever going to gain public support. Without public support, Congress, the FAA, and the airlines will likely find themselves continually on the defensive over the noise abatement issue.
The federal noise abatement law for aircraft operating within the United States and for airports located within the country was supposed to reduce the noise associated with airport operation by a significant level, and to create peace between the airlines and the anti-noise groups in the count
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