Key Reports

• Government Accountability Office Report:  FAA Could Improve Outreach Through Enhanced Noise Metrics, Communication, and Support to Communities

• FAA: Neighborhood Environmental Survey (NES) 

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• FAA Order 1050.1F Environmental Impacts: Policies and Procedures
• FAA Order 7100.41 ("dot 41") Performance Based Navigation Implementation Process
• FAA Order 7400.2N Procedures for Handling Airspace Matters

• Day-Night Average Sound Levels Sec 173 and (controversially) applied to Sec 188
• Community Involvement in FAA NextGen Projects Located in Metroplexes Sec 176
• Airport Noise Mitigation and Safety Study Sec 179
• FAA Leadership on Civil Supersonic Aircraft Sec 181
• Air Traffic Modernization (NextGen) Sec 502

THE FAA REAUTHORIZATION ACT OF 2018

• Airport Improvement Program (AIP) Grant Assurances
• Draft Airports Series 150 Advisory Circulars (ACs)
• Overview of FAA Aircraft Noise Policy and Research Efforts: Request for Input on Research Activities To Inform Aircraft Noise Policy
• Agency Information Collection Activities: Requests for Comments; Clearance of a Renewed Approval of Information Collection: FAA Aircraft Noise Complaint and Inquiry System (Noise Portal) 2021
• Agency Information Collection Activities; Proposals, Submissions, and Approvals: Aircraft Noise Complaint and Inquiry System 2017

 A GUIDE TO THE RULE MAKING PROCESS

FAA Organizational Chart