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Aviation and the Environment: FAA's Role in Major Airport Noise Programs

RCED-00-98 Published: Apr 28, 2000. Publicly Released: May 15, 2000.
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Pursuant to a congressional request, GAO provided information on airport-related noise, focusing on the: (1) types of projects that are eligible for federally authorized funding to reduce airport-related noise or mitigate its effects; (2) differences in the major methods for measuring the impact of airport-related noise; (3) Federal Aviation Administration's (FAA) noise standards for civil subsonic turbojets and the reasons some of those aircraft are not required to comply with these or earlier standards; and (4) status of FAA's Land Use Planning Initiative and the major issues the initiative has raised about how best to address airport-related noise.

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Aircraft enginesAircraft industryAirportsEligibility determinationsFederal aid for transportationstate relationsLand use agreementsNoise pollution controlStandardsAircraft acquisition program