"It is horrifying that we have to fight our own government to save the environment. ~Ansel Adams"
Aviation Conspiracy Newsletter #118................................................June 3, 2001 Past newsletters can be accessed at: http://pages.prodigy.net/rockaway/ACNewsmenu.htm Affiliated with, but not a publication of, the U.S. Citizen's Aviation Watch http://www.us-caw.org/
Dr. Passchier's Article On Aviation Health Impacts!!!
Editorial As Bill
Sees It: Read
Dr. Willy Passchier-Vermeer's Article On Noise and Public Health:
The last thing "our" government wants is for the public
to have good scientific studies on the health impacts of
aviation. This is why congress stopped the funding of the
EPA's Office of Noise Abatement and Control. However,
that doesn't prevent scientists from other countries from doing
studies. The Netherland's Dr. Passchier's presentation at the
recent 16th
Annual Airport Noise Symposium at Berkeley was based on an
article she wrote on Noise Exposure and Public Health.
This article was printed in the March 2000 issue of Environmental
Health Perspectives Volume 108, Supplement 1. I uploaded
it and it can be found at: http://www.hvinet.com/rockaway2/passchierarticle.pdf
You need the Acrobat Reader to read it. You can get a Acrobat
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The Associated Press
Helps Push For More Runways: Rather than blame the
airlines for overbooking flights, the aviation industry-bought
media has decided to join the Aviation Cabal's scheme to use the
delay problem to push for airport expansion. The
Associated Press whose influence gets spread over MANY
newspapers, continues to ignore airport opposition even
as they quote Aviation Cabal agents like the FAA's Jane Gravey
who blame local opposition for holding up airport expansion. This
is corrupt journalism and the AP should be ashamed!!!
Helicoper Noise Coalition Complains
About Noise Study Not Being Done: Gerald A. Silver gsilver@sprintmail.com , Pres.
Homeowners of Encino Stop
the Noise Coalition and National Helicopter Noise Coalition, has
sent out a letter he received from Mr. Carl Burlson, FAA Dir. of
Environment and Energy. He also sent a letter signed by three
local congressmen requesting the FAA explain why the Helicopter
Noise Study that was supposed to finished by the FAA in April
hasn't been completed. You can read them below.
National Anti Aviation Noise Coalition Posts
Noise Studies: Jack Saporito jack@areco.org, Pres. of U.S. Citizen's Aviation Watch
says the USCAW site has posted studies to "show how aircraft
noise harms health and our quality of life. Unlike the ludicrous
claims by the federal government that only 500,000 Americans are
affected by noise, you can see major studies such as from Cornell
University that shows over 10-million American Schoolchildren are
harmed by aircraft noise." Just go to the USCAW site and
click on "Studies."
2,400 "Noise Spikes" A DAY Are Not
Enough For Airline Industry-Bribed Politicians!!! According
to the Associated Press: "(Senator) Durbin, who supports
expanding O'Hare and building the Peotone airport, has called for Republican Gov.
George Ryan and Democratic Chicago Mayor Richard Daley to reach
an agreement by July 1. After that, he warns, frustrated members
of Congress may step in to propose their own solution and strip
control from state and local government." Read the story
at: Editor's Note: 2,400 over flights and 2,400
"Noise Spikes" inflicted on Chicago area residents
every day and the politicians demand more!!! Once again the
Associated Press doesn't feel the environmental impacts issue,
which is at the heart of this story, deserves even a mention,
much less any opponents.
Washington Aviation Meetings
Coming Up: Will any communities to
be impacted be at this meeting? Of course not! Government without
representation is TYRANNY!!!
June 13
House Subcommittee on Aviation
Hearing on
Airport Runway Construction Challenges
9:30 a.m.
2167 Rayburn House Office Building
"Inverse Condemnation"
Noise Lawsuit Goes To Jury: When
Dennis and Barbara Solomon bought 17 acres in Boone County some
13 years ago, they planned to develop a subdivision with
expensive homes. But increased
traffic and noise from the expanding Cincinnati/Northern Kentucky
International Airport have rendered their land useless, they say.
Called an inverse condemnation lawsuit, it's one of the first of
its kind in Northern Kentucky. http://www.cincypost.com/2001/may/31/ksuit053101.html
Piedmont Triad Airport Environmental
Review Due Soon: After nearly three
years, a key federal study of the Triad's proposed FedEx hub is
nearing completion. FAA spokesperson Kathleen Bergen said that
her agency hopes to have the FedEx study done sometime in the
next three weeks. Hub critics are leery of accelerating the
process for fear it would cut corners on critical environmental
issues. They believe the FAA's draft environmental study released
last spring was done too hastily, said FedEx critic Ron Goga.
"There's a tendency to rush through this process," Goga
said. "They view the common citizen's comments and concerns
in a very dismissive manner." Read story at: http://www.news-record.com/news/local/faa03.htm
Swiss Airports To PAY Local Communities For Noise Pollution: New noise-emission restrictions were introduced recently by the Federal Council and the charge is designed to compensate residents living near Switzerland's airports for noise pollution caused by takeoffs and landings. The Swiss Environmental Protection office is expected to set the level of the charge over the coming months. http://library.northernlight.com/FC20010530200000370.html?cb=0&dx=1006&sc=0#doc
England: Gatwick Airport claims a ground-breaking sustainable development strategy: Actually, it looks as if they hired some ex-FAA people to use the tried and true FAA public relations con jobs. The even use FAAspeak to describe how they are going to "minimize" the increased impacts. No doubt the they will use the FAA's favorite method of "averaging" of yearly computer estimates as the basis of their methodology. http://www.janes.com/business/news/jar/jar010530_1_n.shtml
British Controversey Over Free Airport Parking For Members Of Parliment: Britain's biggest airport operator, which is lobbying for a huge new terminal at Heathrow, is giving free airport parking to MPs in a benefit worth more than an estimated £100,000 a year. http://www.sunday-times.co.uk/news/pages/Sunday-Times/stinwenws02015.html? Editor's Note: How much is the free airport parking that members of the U.S. Congress get worth ?
British Airways Discovers Faults in Its Boeing 747s: Europe's No. 2 carrier canceled the flights to the United States and Asia on Thursday after discovering what it called "minor wear and tear" to seals between the wing and pylons holding the suspended engines. http://www.iht.com/articles/21749.html
FAA to use new alert system at airports: MAY 29—The Federal Aviation Administration will begin using an alert warning system to prevent runway accidents at the country’s 34 busiest airports. Editor's Note: No doubt they will use this technology to reduce safety by allowing more planes to land per hour. http://www.gcn.com/vol1_no1/daily-updates/4335-1.html
FAA's Capacity Benchmark Study: The FAA defined a capacity benchmark as the number of takeoffs and landings per hour that can be handled safely under given conditions. But it said that the results exclude GA and military operations, non-scheduled flights and some cargo operations, which it said typically account for between 1 and 30 percent of the total traffic at the 31 airports studied. http://www.ainonline.com/issues/06_01/june_01_airportcapacitpg29.html
COLUMBUS, Ohio,
June 1 /PRNewswire/ -- The Rickenbacker Port Authority has
received notification via Congresswoman Deborah Pryce that the
Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) has awarded grants totaling
over $6.5 million for improvements at
Rickenbacker International Airport (LCK) http://news.excite.com/news/pr/010601/oh-lck-terminal
Questions On Cost Overruns On Philadelphia Airport Expansion: Council's action raised the price tag of the three-year-old airport expansion project from $443 million to $618 million, making it the most expensive public building project in the city. "This bill represents what I believe is a disgraceful situation existing at the airport," said Councilman James F. Kenney, who opposed the bond issue, along with Council members Angel Ortiz and David Cohen. http://inq.philly.com/content/inquirer/2001/06/01/business/AIR01.htm
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Aviation News Stories
To: Parties Interested in Helicoper Noise Issues
From: Gerald A. Silver, Pres. Homeowners of Encino
email: gsilver@sprintmail.com
Stop the Noise Coalition and
National Helicopter Noise
Coalition
PO Box 260205, Encino, CA 91426
RE: UPDATE ON NON-MILITARY HELICOPTER NOISE STUDY
The following are two letters regarding the status of the
helicopter
noise study. The FAA was charged with doing a helicopter
noise study, to be completed by April of this year. This study
was
mandated by H.R. 1000. The bill was sponsored by Rep. Carolyn B.
Maloney
(D-NY)-contact Donald C. Auerbach: donald.auerbach@mail.house.gov
AND
Rep. Jerrold L. Nadler (D-NY)-contact Lisette Morton:
Lisette.Morton@mail.house.gov.
Below is a copy of a letter from the FAA (Carl E. Burlson) to
Gerald A. Silver
of the National Heliocopter Noise Coalition [Homeowners of
Encino].
It is followed by another letter signed by three California
Congressmen, who
are "concerned about the delay" in releasing the FAA
study.
You may wish to encourage your Congressional delegation to write
a
similar letter to Jane Garvey, FAA Administrator. Clearly the FAA
and
Congress needs take immediate and decisive action to reduce
helicopter
noise over congested communities.
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U S. Department of
Transportation
Federal Aviation Administration
800 Independence Ave., S.W
Washington, D.C 20591
May 17, 2001
Mr. Gerald A. Silver
President, Homeowners of Encino
PO Box 260205
Encino, CA 91426
Dear Mr. Silver:
Thank you for your April 30 letter requesting the status of the
Federal
Aviation Administration (FAA) "Report to Congress on the
Effects of
Nonmilitary Helicopter Noise on Individuals in Densely Populated
Areas in
the Continental United States."
Given the concerns expressed by you and others regarding the
public interest
on helicopter noise, the FAA is making every effort to complete
the report
in an accurate and complete manner. In so doing, a delay was
incurred in
order to perform a comprehensive and thorough evaluation of
ground surface
reflection effects to substantiate the noise measurements.
Having completed a technical peer review of the measurements and
acknowledgement of contributing noise effects, the report is
anticipated for
FAA approval by July 2001. Additional Department of
Transportation (DOT)
oversight approvals are required. It is estimated that the
earliest issuance
to Congress will be in August 2001. Following the
transmission of the
report to Congress by the Secretary of Transportation, the report
will be
made available to the public.
Sincerely,
Carl E. Burleson
Director of Environment and Energy
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CONGRESSMAN BRAD SHERMAN
24TH DISTRICT, CALIFORNIA
SERVING THE SAN FERNANDO AND CONEJO VALLEYS,
LAS VIRGENES AND MALIBU
May 24, 2001
Ms. Jane Garvey, Administrator
Federal Aviation Administration
800 Independence Avenue, SW
Washington, DC 20591
Dear Ms. Garvey:
On April 5, 2000, President Clinton signed into law H.R. 1000 -
the Wendell
H. Ford Aviation Investment and Reform Act for the 21 St Century.
Section
747 of this bill addresses public concerns regarding the effects
of
nonmilitary helicopter noise on highly populated areas by
requiring the
Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) to investigate the impact
of
helicopter noise on individuals and report recommendations on
reducing this
noise within a year of the date of enactment of the Act.
We are concerned about the delay, especially considering that the
FAA report
has not yet been forwarded to the Department of Transportation or
the Office
of Management and Budget for their review. Helicopter noise
is a serious
and persistent problem for our constituents, and we look forward
to working
with the FAA to minimize its negative impacts on the residents of
Los
Angeles and other urban areas. We would appreciate any
input you can
provide at this time with regard to the status of the report.
Thank you for your prompt attention to this important matter.
Sincerely,
BRAD J. SHERMAN
Member of Congress
HOWARD L. BERMAN
Member of Congress
HENRY A. WAXMAN
Member of Congress
cc: Norman Y. Mineta, Secretary of Transportation
Mitchell E. Daniels, Jr., Director of Office of
Management and Budget
Carl Burlson, FAA
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