OVERSIGHT HEARING ON NOISE CONTROL ACT 93-1 97-555 O HEARING BEFORE THE SUBCOMMITTEE ON AVIATION OF THE COMMITTEE ON COMMERCE NINETY-THIRD CONGRESS FIRST SESSION ON OVERSIGHT HEARING ON NOISE CONTROL ACT MARCH 30, 1973 Serial No. 93-21 Printed for the use of the Committee on Commerce U.S. GOVERNMENT PRINTING OFFICE WASHINGTON: 1973 Meyer, Dr. Alvin F., Deputy Assistant Administer for Noise Control Pro- 67, 94 Prepared statement____ 78 Skully, Richard, Director, Office of Environmental Quality, Federal Avia- tion Administration; accompanied by Arvin Basnight, Regional Director Yost, Nicholas C., deputy attorney general in charge, environmental unit, Blumenthal, Vaughn, director, noise and emissions abatement programs, Boeing Commercial Airline Group, letter of March 2, 1973__. 183 182 Collins, Walter V., director, Los Angeles Sound Abatement Coorinating Dominick, Hon. David D., Assistant Administrator for Categorical Pro- Neumann, Lynn Jane, adviser to STOP committee, letter of April 28, 1973__ Westchester Apartments-Planners Scale Down Airports Site Density, (III) The subcommittee met, pursuant to notice, at 9 a.m., in community center room, city of Inglewood Community Hall, Inglewood, Calif., Hon. Howard W. Cannon, [chairman of the subcommittee] presiding. OPENING STATEMENT BY SENATOR CANNON Senator CANNON. The hearing will come to order. Today's hearing of the Subcommittee on Aviation of the Senate Commerce Committee is being held to enable us to be brought up to date on the aircraft noise problem and government and industry efforts to deal with it. It is appropriate that our hearing is being held here in Inglewood, Calif., as this community, like many others in the Nation which adjoin major jet ports, is seriously impacted by unwanted noise from jet aircraft. Indeed, the Los Angeles area, as I'm told by my distinguished Senate colleague from California, probably faces as serious an aircraft noise problem as anywhere in the United States. Senator Tunney has been deeply concerned about this situation and has worked diligently in the U.S. Congress to provide a more effective program to control all types of unwanted and unnecessary noise from whatever source. In fact, my colleague was the author of the Noise Control Act of 1972, landmark legislation which provides the Government with broad new powers to deal with the noise problem. Senator Tunney's efforts should be applauded by all Americans whose health and welfare is jeopardized by unwarranted and unnecessary intrusions from noise. As a result of passage of the 1972 law, the Environmental Protection Agency was given new authority to play a major role in the development of programs and standards to protect the public from aircraft noise. Presently, EPA and the FAA share this authority, with the EPA playing the role of initiator of new programs and alternatives. It is our intention, in this hearing, to be brought up to date on recent actions by both Federal agencies and actions which are contemplated in the near future. We also wish to assess the progress being Staff member assigned to this hearing: Robert Ginther. (1) |