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 94 STAT. 50

PUBLIC LAW 96-193—FEB. 18, 1980 Public Law 96-193 96th Congress

An Act Feb. 18, 1980 [H.R. 2440]

Aviation Safety and Noise Abatement Act of 1979. 49 USC 2101 note. Definitions. 49 USC 2101.

Regulations. 49 USC 2102.

Noise exposure map. 49 USC 2103.

Revision.

To provide assistance to airport operators to prepare and carry out noise compatibility programs, to provide assistance to assure continued safety in aviation, and for other purposes.

Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled. That this Act may be cited as the "Aviation Safety and Noise Abatement Act of 1979". TITLE I SEC. 101. For purposes of this title CD the term "airport" means any air carrier airport whose projects for airport development are eligible for terminal development costs under section 20(b) of the Airport and Airway Development Act of 1970 (49 U.S.C. 1720(b)); (2) the term "airport operator" means any person holding a valid certificaite issued pursuant to section 612 of the Federal Aviation Act of 1958 (49 U.S.C. 1432) to operate an airport; and (3) the term "Secretary" means the Secretary of Transportation. SEC. 102. Not later than the last day of the twelfth month which begins after the date of enactment of this Act, the Secretary, after consultation with the Administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency and such other Federal, State, and interstate agencies as he deems appropriate, shall by regulation— (1) establish a single system of measuring noise, for which there is a highly reliable relationship between projected noise exposure and surveyed reactions of people to noise, to be uniformly applied in measuring the noise at airports and the areas surroimding such airports; (2) establish a single system for determining the exposure of individuals to noise which results from the operations of an airport and which includes, but is not limited to, noise intensity, duration, frequency, and time of occurrence; and (3) identify land uses which are normally compatible with various exposures of individuals to noise. SEC. 103. (a)(1) After the effective date of the regulations promulgated in accord£ince with section 102 of this title, any airport operator of an airport may submit to the Secretary a noise exposure map, prepared in consultation with any public agencies and planning agencies in the area surrounding such airport, which sets forth, in accordance with the regulations promulgated pursuant to section 102, the noncompatible uses in each area of the map, as of the date of submission of such map, a description of the projected aircraft operations at such airport during 1985, and the ways, ^any, in which such operations will affect such map. (2) If, after the submission to the Secretary of a noise exposure map under paragraph (1), any change in the operation of an airport would create any substantial new noncompatible use in any area surround-

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