[HK-Online] Helicopters! - 8/12/00

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IN THIS ISSUE ...

1. The Helicopter Noise Coalition (Good overview)
2. The Helicopter Noise Coalition (Recent update)
3. FAA Noise Division Memo - Important Dates

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Almost as bad as New York Apple Tours, but you can't put thumbtacks under 
their wheels. Helicopters (especially Channel 4 at 6:30 a.m. hovering over 
the neighborhood just to get aerial shots of a story easily done on the 
ground) rate right up there in NYC annoyances. The Helicopter Noise 
Coalition has been leading the charge in an attempt to quiet our skies. 
Learn what they do and support their efforts. They don't have their own 
website, so pass this along to your friends.

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THE HELICOPTER NOISE COALITION OF NYC
414 East 65th Street
New York, New York 10021-7144
212-628-3126 Tel/FAX

Dear Friend,

Our campaign against negative helicopter impacts continues.

1. Helicopter Complaint Number. The city has established a telephone line 
for helicopter complaints -- 212-312-3964. Call this number to register 
your complaint including location, date, time, duration, and nature of the 
event -- circling, hovering, etc. Your complaint will be recorded. If you 
wish a return call from an Economic Development Corporation (EDC) staff 
member, leave your name and number. We urge all those experiencing 
helicopter problems to call the complaint line and to give the number to 
others affected. We also ask our elected officials and community boards to 
circulate this number in their newsletters. Documenting the problem is the 
first step toward obtaining relief.

2. Heliport Accident. There has been yet another accident at the West 30th 
St. heliport. On February 14, 2000 a taxiing helicopter hit the heliport 
fence and the rotor blade tips flew off damaging the terminal and numerous 
automobiles. New York City heliports -- small, surrounded by hazards, 
utilizing inexperienced pilots -- continue to jeopardize people as well as 
property.

3. Osprey Crash. The tilt-rotor Osprey crash in Arizona on April 18, 2000 
killing 19 marines is an ominous warning to NYC residents. The city's 
Helicopter Master Plan advocates vertiports for rotor craft in Manhattan. 
Tilt-rotor craft (they take off like helicopters and cruise like planes), 
like helicopters, constitute a danger to residents and have no place in our 
crowded residential city.

4. Nationwide Helicopter Noise Study Legislation. Kudos to Congressmembers 
Carolyn Maloney and Jerrold Nadler for securing a helicopter noise study in 
the Aviation Investment and Reform spending bill (H.R. 1000). The law 
mandates the Secretary of Transportation to conduct a study on the effects 
of nonmilitary helicopter noise on individuals in densely populated U.S. 
areas and to develop recommendations for the reduction of the negative 
effects of this noise. The time frame for the study and a report to 
Congress on the results is one year. We urge our elected officials to use 
their influence to have this study conducted by an impartial scientific 
body, preferably the National Academy of Sciences, and not by the Federal 
Aviation Authority, whose mandate is to increase air travel. We also 
request a public scoping session for community input into the study design.

5. NRDC Study -- "Needless Noise". On January 11, 2000 the Natural 
Resources Defense Council (NRDC) released its study "Needless Noise: The 
Negative Impacts of Helicopter Traffic in New York City and the Tri-State 
Region" (tel: 212-727-2700). This seminal study supports HNC positions 
regarding the harmful effects of helicopters in NYC, the lack of 
regulation, and the inadequacies of the Master Plan to protect public 
health and the environment. NRDC concludes that New York City has an urgent 
need for helicopter noise relief. We thank NRDC for this ground-breaking 
achievement.

The community impact components of the study are summarized below.

* Traffic -- The USA has the largest civil helicopter fleet in the world 
and NYC is the most heavily helicopter-trafficked area of the country, if 
not the world. Negative helicopter impacts will increase nationwide as 
numbers of helicopters and numbers of flights grow.

* Helicopter Noise -- The public perceives helicopter noise to be twice as 
loud as comparable decibel-level fixed-wing aircraft and more annoying due 
to the unique character of helicopter noise.

* Health -- Aircraft noise has been found to produce adverse health effects 
ranging from headaches, sleep disruption and hypertension to compromised 
cardiovascular and gastrointestinal functions.

* Learning -- Research links aircraft and airport noise to reduced learning 
ability of school children, including impaired reading skills, poorer 
long-term memory and learned helplessness.

* Air Quality -- Helicopter engines have no air emissions standards, so 
their emissions go unabated and uncontrolled (airplane emissions are 
regulated).

* Statistics -- Government data on helicopter operations is inadequate and 
data on engine emissions is basically non-existent. Current data does not 
allow for adequate assessment of environmental impacts of current or future 
helicopter operations.

* Master Plan -- The NYC Heliport and Helicopter Master Plan is 
insufficient as a planning document, with an inadequate analysis of 
environmental impacts, sparse noise testing, an incomplete policy 
discussion of alternatives and spotty public input. The Master Plan slights 
the substantial research data on the effects of chronic noise on health and 
learning, minimizes the negative impacts of heavy helicopter traffic on the 
lives of millions living in the city, and fails to recognize that 
relocating helicopter traffic from one area to another merely shifts the 
problem of noise and heath impacts onto new populations. The Master Plan 
underestimates the community, environmental and health impacts of 
helicopter growth in NYC, such as the obvious need to limit media and other 
non-essential helicopter traffic.

The Master Plan also includes many provisions for controlling helicopter 
impacts which NRDC endorses, including non-support of air tours, a 
Helicopter Oversight Committee, noise-related improvements at heliports, 
etc. (see section on NRDC regional recommendations).

* Regulation -- Compared to other aircraft, helicopters are under-regulated 
by the FAA: no quietest Stage 3 level of noise certification, no minimum 
altitude, and generally no required flight paths or regulation of flight 
frequency, so impacts can be particularly severe. There are currently no 
Federal, City or State noise regulations that directly limit heliport noise 
impacts. Most helicopters today are Stage 2 and are louder than several 
Stage 3 jets.

Nationally, the NRDC study recommends:

* Stage 3 noise standards for helicopters
* More research on the effects of helicopter noise on health and learning
* Congressional passage of HR 729, "The Helicopter Noise Control and Safety 
Act",
   requiring the FAA to prepare helicopter risk plans in cities with 
substantial
   helicopter noise impacts
* Better statistics on heliport operations and overflights
* A 2000 foot helicopter minimum altitude wherever possible
* Required helicopter noise abatement proceedings for take-off, landing and
   overflights whenever possible
* Required helicopter identification readable from the ground
* FAA assistance promoting local rules to minimize and control helicopter
   environmental impacts, especially of media, tourist and other non-essential
   helicopters
* EPA regulation of toxic helicopter air emissions.

Regionally, NRDC recommends the development of an electronic news gathering 
operations manual, local noise mitigation procedures, mandatory helicopter 
flight paths that avoid residential areas, financial incentives for quieter 
helicopters, ongoing noise monitoring at heliports/ under flight paths, 
operational statistics by mission, and ground-based heliport restrictions 
on hours--idling--maintenance-training. NRDC urges NYC to work to ban 
sightseeing flights over the city, strongly opposes the development of a 
new west-side heliport on Pier 76 adjacent to the Hudson River Park, and 
suggests that local public officials consider refusing to zone for heliports.

Our one disagreement is with NRDC's recommendation to keep tourist flights 
over major waterways. Helicopters over, along and near the Hudson and East 
Rivers are not away from residential neighborhoods. Helicopters flying 
along the rivers are intrusive to residents living on the banks of both the 
Hudson and East Rivers (Sutton Place, Lower East Side, Brooklyn Heights or 
Battery Park City) as well as to Roosevelt Island residents living in the 
middle of the East River. The noise also travels in-land for blocks. 
Furthermore, helicopters ostensibly flying river routes are routinely 
sighted flying in-land along the avenues. River routes merely shift the 
problem to people living near the rivers. Therefore HNC advocates a ban on 
non-emergency helicopters for NYC land and waterways.

This comprehensive, concise document is a primer on the helicopter issue -- 
problems, regulatory gaps, legal terrain and proposed solutions. We urge 
you to get a copy, read it and work for implementation of its recommendations.

6. NYC Helicopter Oversight Committee (HOC) Meeting. The first meeting of 
the HOC was held on January 12, 2000 at EDC, to consider Master Plan 
recommendations. HNC had four members at the table: Marnie Mueller and 
Colleen Caron (MBPO appointees), Sylvia Locker (CB2), and Joy Held (HNC). 
The meeting was chaired by Seven Jacobs, EDC (212-312-3580) assisted by 
Robert Grotell, Mayor's Office of Transportation (212-788-2925).

Major points included in the HOC discussion:

* The East 34th Street heliport -- now observes weekend closure and weekday 
curfews; fuel system operational. HNC opposes the proposed sound barrier as 
inadequate to protect nearby residents and hospital patients from heliport 
noise and fumes.

* News copter guidelines -- Eastern Region Helicopter Council working with 
news industry to develop guidelines for news helicopters.

* Hudson River traffic -- West Side residents protest the volume of 
helicopter traffic over the Hudson River and flight paths of Liberty 
Helicopters, which continue to overfly West Side neighborhoods.

* The city is working with Congressional delegations and the FAA for a 
federal solution to the problem of overflights and hovering helicopters.

* The city is exploring means to limit tour flights at the Downtown 
Manhattan Heliport (DTM) prior to 2008 (when federal grant assurances 
expire), which will become crucial when the West 30th Street Heliport 
closes in 2001, shifting tour traffic to DTM. The city has met with the FAA 
and Maloney and Nadler staffs in this regard.

* The city's prohibition on air tours at city-owned heliports will apply to 
any new NYC heliport established on city or state land. The city continues 
to explore sites for a West Side heliport to replace West 30th Street when 
it closes mid 2001 (The city's air tour prohibition pertains to land only. 
Tour helicopters will continue to fly in NYC airspace until airspace 
controls are enacted.). HNC opposes the opening of any new heliports in NYC.

* While flight redistribution was discussed, the city has still not 
released NYC heliport statistics for the years 1998 and 1999, despite 
numerous requests for this data!

The next meeting will be in June.

7. MBPO Helicopter Task Force. The Manhattan Borough President's Helicopter 
Task Force met on January 10, 2000 to discuss Master Plan recommendations. 
The meeting was chaired by Robert Kulikowski (212-669-8164). Community 
residents stated that helicopter tours are crossing Manhattan again, 
helicopters continue to wake people up, and low flying helicopters are 
accidents waiting to happen. The Port Authority opposes fuel capability at 
DTM. CB4 and HNC oppose any new heliport on the west side waterfront from 
Battery Park to West 59th Street. The Master Plan ignored existing studies 
documenting the negative impact of aircraft noise on health and well being. 
Brooklyn residents oppose increased helicopter traffic over their new 
waterfront park. The news copter manual is complete, with guidelines on 
hovering, hours of operation, and specific events coverage. Channel 7 
doesn't overfly Manhattan unless there is breaking news. There was a call 
to support reopening of the EPA's Office of Noise Abatement and Control. 
The city is asking the FAA to treat NYC as a unique entity due to the high 
volume of helicopter activity, so that special airspace controls can be 
enacted. There is still no plan to count helicopter traffic in NYC airspace.

8. Aircraft Noise Meetings. I attended the meeting on aircraft noise in New 
York and New Jersey held on March 8, 2000 at the Noise Center of the League 
for the Hard of Hearing. The meeting was chaired by Arline Bronzaft, 
Mayor's Council on the Environment. Nancy Nadler of the Noise Center 
discussed the Noise Center mission pertaining to aircraft noise. Les 
Blomberg, Noise Pollution Clearinghouse, reported on the national 
conference on aircraft noise NPC sponsored last November in conjunction 
with USCAW. Attendees compiled a list of goals including noise regulations 
and minimum altitudes for helicopters. The next meeting is scheduled for 
May 11, 2000.

Councilwoman Julia Harrison organized a meeting in Queens on aircraft noise 
held April 30, 2000. Diana Schneider addressed helicopter noise impacts.

9. Noise Awareness Day. International Noise Awareness Day was held on April 
12, 2000. Diana Schneider visited two schools to educate children about air 
craft noise impacts. Noise continues to top all quality of life complaints 
registered with the police and the city's Department of Environmental 
Protection. According to Nancy Nadler, noise is making an increasing 
proportion of NYC residents deaf (both young and old).

10. HNC Lawsuit. Two years after filing suit to close the East 34th Street 
heliport, HNC received a negative decision from Judge Daniels of New York 
State Supreme Court on July 13, 1999. The judge ruled that the claim that 
the heliport constitutes a public nuisance can only be made by petitioners 
who suffer special damages, i.e. those who are adversely affected in a way 
different from the community at large.

We thank all those who agreed to join our lawsuit: Assemblymen Steve 
Sanders and Richard Gottfried, Congresswoman Carolyn Maloney, Roosevelt 
Island Residents' Association (RIRA), Sutton Area Community (SAC), The Soho 
Alliance, The Tribecca Association, Manhattan East Community Association 
(MECA), the Turtle Bay Association, and Moreen Ivice.

With the closing of the West 30th Street heliport mid 2001, it is 
anticipated that corporate flights from West 30th Street will be 
redistributed to East 34th Street increasing the helicopter traffic, safety 
threats and noise and air pollution at the East 34th Street facility. HNC 
remains committed to closing this heliport, located 250 feet from 
residences and a rehabilitation center and hospital!

11. Impact update. Tour, media and corporate helicopters continue to plague 
residents city-wide. Current complaints include news helicopters disturbing 
residents near the George Washington Bridge and in the East and West 
Village beginning at 5:30 am, a new flight path over West 102nd Street from 
early morning until late afternoon, and helicopters again overflying 
Stuyvesant Town on Manhattan's east side. Also, a helicopter is often 
sighted in midtown Manhattan over Grand Central Station or West 50th Street 
for hours. Anyone doubting helicopter impacts is invited to walk the 
Manhattan waterfront from Battery Park up the Hudson River Park to the 
World Financial Center and above. Helicopter noise in this area is nonstop 
and loud, ruining this beautiful urban park and disturbing nearby 
residents. We were recently contacted regarding community helicopter 
problems in Wilmington, Delaware.

12. Helicopter Media Campaign. We are alarmed at the recent media blitz on 
helicopters, making them seem as American as apple pie. Note, for example: 
the three references to helicopters on the recent Oscars TV broadcast; the 
April 17, 2000 Newsweek article "Short and Sweet" promoting heli-hiker 
tours with the requisite helicopter photo; two articles with helicopter 
photos in the NY Times Sunday 23, 2000 "Week in Review"; countless 
newspaper references to officials arriving by helicopter; movies like 
"Clear and Present Danger" where a helicopter aids the hero; cable TV 
programs on the history of helicopters; newspaper "puff pieces" on private 
helicopters, etc. These media-ops rarely, if ever mention negative 
helicopter community impacts or community protest. We must redouble our 
efforts to educate the public about the social costs of proliferating 
helicopter traffic and to obtain meaningful government regulation.

13. Other Developments.

* We understand that the FAA Airspace Redesign Project is proceeding by 
designing new aircraft routes for the Eastern Region without attention to 
community noise impacts, to be considered after the fact.

* No news on the city's appeal of the adverse tour seaplane ruling.

* Airships Unlimited seeks to moor three blimps at the Old Flushing 
Airport, one to be used exclusively for sightseeing over the city, with the 
attendant noise impact.

14. Fund Drive. Hearty thanks to all who have contributed to our 2000 fund 
drive, including a special thank you to Robert W. Wilson for his major 
gift. We ask those who have not yet responded to complete the form below 
and mail it with their contribution (check payable to Helicopter Noise 
Coalition of NYC and mailed to me at the above address) so we may continue 
our important work.

We thank all who are supporting our efforts to diminish helicopter threats 
to New Yorkers' health and safety.

Sincerely,

Joy A. Held
President
212-628-3126 Tel/FAX

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THE HELICOPTER NOISE COALITION OF NYC
August 10, 2000

Dear Friend,

The Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) is conducting a 
Congressionally-funded national study on helicopter noise community impacts 
and strategies to reduce those impacts, with New York City as the test 
site. The study focuses on nonmilitary helicopter problems for people 
living in densely populated areas of the continental U. S. and asks what 
types of helicopters disturb people and what air traffic control procedures 
and other noise reduction strategies can reduce impacts.

Enclosed is --
the Congressional Legislation H. R. 1000 authorizing the study:
http://thomas.loc.gov/cgi-bin/query/D?c106:1:./temp/~c106RVtfRK:e241379:

and the Federal Register announcement:
http://frwebgate5.access.gpo.gov/cgi-bin/waisgate.cgi?WAISdocID=1730427735+0 
+0+0&WAISaction=retrieve

soliciting public input. The deadline for public comment has been extended 
to September 25, 2000. In addition, the public is invited to participate in 
two FAA workshops to review and amplify submissions. The first workshop is 
scheduled for Wednesday, August 16 from 8:30 am to 5:00 pm at 800 
Independence Avenue, SW, Washington, D. C. 20591 on the third floor in the 
auditorium. The second workshop will be held in Washington, D. C. on 
October 20th (location to be determined).

The FAA completed the New York City data collection portion of the study on 
July 17, which consisted of several days of helicopter noise measures taken 
at Liberty Park, NJ and the Downtown Manhattan heliport. This data will be 
analyzed via computer modeling. The report, including data collected, 
community responses, and areas for further action and study, will be 
written by December 31, 2000 and submitted to Congress next April. Further 
information concerning this study will be posted on the FAA website: 
HTTP://WWW.AEE.FAA. GOV or contact Mr. Sandy Liu, FAA, at tel 202/493-4864 
and fax 202/267-5594.

HNC takes issue with the FAA design of this study, which fails to include 
quantitative measures of the negative impact of helicopter noise on 
individuals. Measures of helicopter noise and asking the public what type 
of helicopters disturb them fail to satisfy the Congressional mandate to 
study the effects of helicopter noise on people. According to our members 
all categories of helicopters -- news, tour, corporate, commercial, police 
-- disturb them (since the noise helicopters emit is independent of 
mission), so this major goal of the study is misguided. Furthermore, 
concluding the NYC data collection component before the original public 
comment deadline and omitting a public scoping session denies communities 
and elected officials any input into the study design. Similarly, focusing 
on FAA air traffic control procedures doesn't do justice to the wide array 
of possible remedies -- legislative, regulatory, etc.

A valid and comprehensive study under this legislation would survey 
individuals on the impact of helicopter noise on their lives and health, 
obtain interior helicopter measures in a variety of environments (homes, 
schools, hospitals, businesses), obtain exterior helicopter noise measures 
in a variety of outdoor environments (quiet side streets, urban parks, 
national monuments, heliports), thoroughly review the literature on 
aircraft noise impacts, incorporate the findings of the NRDC study 
"Needless Noise", consider appropriate legislative and regulatory remedies, 
and count the helicopters in NYC airspace.

Because the FAA study design fails to adequately assess the helicopter 
problem or needed solutions it is imperative that you answer the FAA call 
for public comment. Tell Congress and the FAA the helicopter problems you 
are experiencing and your proposed solutions. Be detailed in your 
description -- location, time, duration, frequency, nature of event 
(flyover, takeoff, landing), type of helicopters if known, impact noise has 
on your functioning and that of your family -- physical and mental health, 
relaxation, concentration, learning, speech, sleep, etc. Mail your comments 
on this study, in triplicate, to the Federal Aviation Administration, 
Office of Chief Counsel, Attn: Rules Docket, Docket No. 30086, 800 
Independence Ave. SW, Room 915H, Washington, DC, 20591 to arrive by 
September 25, 2000. Please send me a copy of your remarks for HNC files. 
Attend the public workshops if you possibly can. This is your opportunity 
to be heard and to influence helicopter policy -- please use it.

Potential air traffic control remedies and related actions include: 
required routes away from residential neighborhoods and the East and Hudson 
Rivers including ocean routing, increased height including minimum 
altitude, hovering restrictions, curfews for heliports and overflights, 
caps for operations at heliports, regulating all airspace in NYC including 
southern Manhattan and the East and Hudson river corridors, ongoing noise 
monitoring at heliports -- communities -- parks, required helicopter 
markings identifiable from the ground, Stage 3 requirements for 
helicopters, required ground-based restrictions at heliports concerning 
idling time -- engine run up and maintenance, required noise abatement 
procedures for takeoffs -- flyovers and landings (reducing air speed, 
adjusting rate of descent, flying at the highest practical altitude, 
altering flight paths), counting helicopters in NYC airspace, etc.

Other possible remedies and related actions include the development of a 
different helicopter noise metric based upon single events that includes 
low frequency helicopter noise, Congressional legislative relief via the 
Helicopter Noise Control and Safety Act and the Quiet Communities Act, 
reopening the EPA Office of Noise Abatement, pooling requirement for 
newscopters, FAA releasing NYC from the grant assurance requirement for 
open access to the Downtown Manhattan heliport until 2007 (so tour 
helicopters can be excluded, fulfilling the mayor's and the governor's 
policy to eliminate tour helicopters from NYC heliports), the need for 
mandated industry regulation and enforcement of these regulations 
(voluntary restrictions are inadequate), the establishment of a 
non-emergency helicopter no-fly zone for NYC five boroughs land and 
waterways, etc.

Feel free to address areas for future study as well: helicopter noise 
impacts on people's health and well-being, the threshold of helicopter 
noise at which health becomes affected, the effectiveness of helicopter 
noise abatement procedures in the U. S., the impact of helicopter noise on 
communities (including schools), the helicopter noise abatement practices 
of the FAA and whether such practices fairly and accurately reflect the 
burden of noise on communities, helicopter noise impacts on residents 
outside large cities (small cities, suburbs, rural areas) and in parks and 
wilderness areas, helicopter impacts in Alaska and Hawaii, military 
helicopter impacts, a study of helicopter fumes at heliports -- air 
emissions -- and their impact on people's health, larger required minimum 
heliport size for safety, etc.

We urge the FAA to adopt the recommendations of the recent National 
Resources Defense Council report on helicopter noise impacts ("Needless 
Noise: The Negative Impacts of Helicopter Traffic in the New York City and 
Tristate Region", December 1999), to coordinate with the ongoing GAO study 
of airport noise in the U. S., to constitute a Citizens and Scientific 
Advisory Council (including HNC) for future studies, and to conduct a 
scientifically designed pilot study in NYC as described above. In sum, we 
require further in depth study of helicopter impacts and further industry 
regulation.

We wish to express our thanks to the elected officials who pressed to get 
the FAA study deadline extended and/or who rushed to get their testimony in 
under the original deadline: State Senator Tom Duane, Borough President C. 
Virginia Fields, and U.S. Representatives Carolyn Maloney and Jerrold 
Nadler. We thank all the elected officials and community boards that 
continue to work diligently with us on this crucial issue and urge them to 
contribute their wisdom to this study. We also ask these officials to 
inform their constituents of the call for public comment and the two public 
meetings.

In addition, we wish to notify you that the Eastern Region Helicopter 
Council has released a draft version of its Electronic News Gathering (ENG) 
manual and is seeking public comment. For copies of the manual or more 
information contact Matt Zucarro, Eastern Region Helicopter Council, tel 
914/238-1800, fax 914/238-1802 or Steven Jacobs, Economic Development 
Corporation, tel 212/312-3580 or fax 212/312-3916. We encourage you to 
respond, as news helicopters disturb countless residents by hovering and 
awakening people as early as 5:30 am. Please contact me if you would like a 
copy of the HNC response to the draft ENG manual. In our view the failure 
of this manual to provide specific regulations with enforcement mechanisms 
invalidates the document.

Please help to underwrite our mailings by sending a contribution to Joy 
Held, HNC, 414 E. 65th Street, #6J, New York, NY 10021-7144, (check payable 
to the Helicopter Noise Coalition of NYC). We thank Robert W. Wilson for 
his recent, generous gifts and urge our members to match his generosity so 
we may continue our efforts.

Sincerely,

Joy A. Held
President
212/628-3126

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REMINDER - FAA Noise Division (AEE-100 Team), Washington, DC

Status Update regarding the Congressional mandated "Study of
Nonmilitary Helicopter Noise in Densely Populated Areas."

IMPORTANT DATES:

* Federal Register Notice Comments are due to the FAA on or before July 24, 
2000 (Note: Original call for info has been REVISED, see EXTENSION).

* A FAA-hosted Public Workshop (#1) to discuss responses is being held on 
August 16, 2000 (Wednesday) at 800 Independence Ave, SW, Washington DC, 
20591 on the 3rd floor in FAA Auditorium from 8:30am to 5:00pm.

* EXTENSION PERIOD FOR Federal Register Notice Comments are now due to the 
FAA around September 15-25,2000.

Note: ALL comments received beyond target submission date will be included 
into Report to Congress.

* A FAA hosted Public Workshop (#2) to discuss extension period responses 
is being held on October 20, 2000 (Friday) at 800 Independence Ave, SW, 
Washington DC, 20591 on the 2nd floor in the Bessie Coleman meeting room (2 
A&B) from 8:30am to 5:00pm.

* Look for website: http://www.aee.faa.gov/ for updates and information 
about AIR-21: Section 747 available shortly.


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