Chapter 487
2004 -- H 8202
Enacted 07/07/04
A N A C T
RELATING
TO AERONAUTICS -- NOISE MONITORING ACT
Introduced
By: Representatives Flaherty, Naughton, Ginaitt, McNamara, and Palumbo
Date
Introduced: February 26, 2004
It
is enacted by the General Assembly as follows:
SECTION
1. Section 1-5-2 of the General Laws in Chapter 1-5 entitled "Permanent
Noise
Monitoring Act - Aircraft Operations Monitoring System" is hereby amended
to read as
follows:
1-5-2.
Copies of reports to government entities. -- The Rhode Island airport
corporation
shall will prepare a report on a quarterly basis pertaining to
the volume and quantity
and
flight track
of air traffic at the T.F. Green airport in the city of Warwick, occurring
during
each
quarter being reported on. These reports shall be submitted on a quarterly basis
in each and
every
calendar year to: the office of the governor; the office of the president of
the senate; the
office
of the senate minority leader; the office of the speaker of the house; the
office of the house
minority
leader; and the Rhode Island department of environmental management and the
mayors
of
the cities of Warwick and Cranston.
The report shall will include the total number of aircraft
landings and departures, by
aircraft
type and time of day; an analysis of the amount of total usage of the runways
during the
reporting
period; actual deviation from approved Part 150 departure and arrival flight
paths by
percent,
runway, airline and time; and other information as may be desirable to ensure
compliance
with approved noise abatement and land use compatibility plans.
SECTION
2. Chapter 1-5 of the General Laws entitled "Permanent Noise Monitoring
Act
- Aircraft Operations Monitoring System" is hereby amended by adding
thereto the following
section:
1-5-3.
Biannual public hearings. – The Rhode Island Airport Corporation, on
a biannual
basis,
beginning in January 2005, will present the reports provided for in section
1-5-2 to the
general
public at public hearings to be held within the cities of Warwick and Cranston.
The
Rhode
Island Airport Corporation shall report findings based on performance standards
and
compliance
with approved federal aviation administration (FAA) Part 150 noise abatement
measures.
SECTION
3. This act shall take effect upon passage.
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