On the recordSeptember 24, 1998
All that we have asked is that, as with each of our other major industrial competitors in the western world, noise be considered as a factor in the operation of this Nation's airports. That is all. And on two bases. First, when the FAA establishes methodology to determine whether or not particular noise involving airplanes is safe for schoolchildren or families or recreation, that methodology be evaluated by the EPA. That is all. They will not establish it. They will not make the decisions. They will evaluate whether the methodology is sound because scientific studies are indicating our current methodology does not accurately gauge whether or not our children are safe. Second, that the appropriate levels of what is safe be established. There is also independent scientific evidence, as confirmed by European allies, that current levels may allow a level of noise pollution that does have detrimental health impacts.
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