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Exposure to Airplane Noise Increases Risk of Sleeping Fewer than 7 Hours Per Night; BU School of Public Health, Apr. 28, 2023

FAA and Congress Finally Awaken to Citizens’ Discontent with Aircraft Noise Impacts; Aviation & Airport, Apr. 18, 2023

Washington Takes FAA to Task on Lack of “Safety and Efficiency” in U.S. Air Traffic System; Aviation & Airport Development Law News, Feb. 8, 2023

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Journal Articles and Research

The Health Impacts of Aircraft Noise

Journals

Associations between Aircraft Noise Exposure and Self-Reported Sleep Duration and Quality in the United States-Based Prospective Nurses’ Health Study Cohort

This paper reveals how exposure to noise pollution increases violent crime. To identify the causal effect of noise pollution, I use daily variation in aircraft landing approaches to instrument noise levels. Increasing background noise by 4.1 decibels causes a 6.6% increase in the violent crime rate…The results imply a substantial societal burden from noise pollution beyond health impacts.

The Federal Aviation Administration (FAA), recognizing that aircraft noise intrudes on children’s learning, spent millions of dollars to quiet schools subjected to aircraft noise. Yet, despite other efforts by the FAA to lessen noise impacts, residents across the United States are still experiencing much aircraft noise in their homes.

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MCQSC Archives

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April 2024 Join Quiet Communities for the US Online Premiere The Quietest Year April 24-30

Join Quiet Communities for the US Online Premiere The Quietest Year April 24-30

We hate to share bad news, but it appears that the date for changes to approach procedures into DCA from the north has slipped from May 16th to July 11th. We were not officially notified of the change by the FAA nor given any explanation, but the date of publication has changed on the FAA website that tracks these things, the IFP Gateway, and it was brought to our attention by our consultant, Jim Allerdice. If you were counting the weeks (like we were), add 8 more weeks to your counting - and let's all hope that it doesn't slip again.

Hello and New Year’s greetings from the Montgomery County Quiet Skies Coalition!

The new year is an opportunity to reflect on what we learned and accomplished in 2023 as we continue to seek solutions to excessive and repetitive aircraft noise in our communities.

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Local, State and Federal Contacts

U.S. Senate

Senator Chris Van Hollen
- Brent Girard, Constituent Services Representative brent_girard@vanhollen.senate.gov,
  (301) 545-1500
Senator Ben Cardin, 451 Hungerford Drive, Suite 230, Rockville, MD 20850
(301) 762-2974

U.S. House of Representatives

Congressman Jamie Raskin - Maryland’s 8th District, https://raskin.house.gov
- Nina A. Weisbroth, Senior Advisor, Nina.Weisbroth@mail.house.gov , (301) 354-1000
Congressman David Trone - Maryland’s 6th District. https://trone.house.gov/, (301) 926-0300

Federal Aviation Administration
https://www.transportation.gov/contact-us

Pete Buttigieg, U.S. Secretary of Transportation, @SecretaryPete
Billy Nolen, Acting FAA Administrator, @FAA_Billy
Bradley Mims, Deputy FAA Administrator
David Fish, FAA Eastern Region Director (DE, DC, MD, NJ, NY, PA, VA, WV) david.fish@faa.gov , 718-553-3330
FAA Aviation Noise Ombudsman, AEE-2 9-AWA-NoiseOmbudsman@faa.gov

Metropolitan Washington Airports Authority

John E. Potter, President and Chief Executive Officer
David Mould, Vice President of Communications David.Mould@mwaa.com
William E. Sudow, Chair, Board of Directors
Mark Uncapher, Mamie Mallory, Timothy F. Poole, Board Members (appointed by MD Governor)
Michael Jeck, Manager, Noise Information Office
michael.jeck@mwaa.com, 703-417-1204

MD State Senate

Senator Susan Lee, District 16, susan.lee@senate.state.md.us ,
(301) 858-3124

MD State House of Delegates

Delegate Marc Korman, District 16, marc.korman@house.state.md.us,
(301) 858-3649
Delegate Sara Love, District 16, sara.love@house.state.md.us,
(301) 858-3454
Delegate Ariana Kelly, District 16, ariana.kelly@house.state.md.us,
(301) 858-3642

Montgomery County Office of County Executive

Marc Elrich, County Executive
(240) 777-0311
Dale Tibbitts, Special Assistant, dale.tibbitts@montgomerycountymd.gov
Ken Hartman, Director of Strategic Partnerships ken.hartman@montgomerycountymd.gov

Montgomery County Council
www.montgomerycountymd.gov/council

Andrew Friedson, District 1 Councilmember, Councilmember.Friedson@montgomerycountymd.gov
Matt Higgins, Legislative Aide,
Matt.Higgins@montgomerycountymd.gov
240-777-7828

Bethesda/Chevy Chase Regional Services Center
www.montgomerycountymd.gov/bcc

Peter Fosselman, Director, Regional Services, Peter.Fosselman@montgomerycountymd.gov,
301-524-0645

Reagan National Community Noise Working Group (CWG)
www.flyreagan.com

Charter, Members, Agendas, Meeting Summaries, and Recommendations can be found at the CWG website.