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DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION



Federal Aviation Administration



 
Aircraft Noise Impacts Research Roadmap



AGENCY: Federal Aviation Administration (FAA), DOT.



ACTION: Notice of meeting participation.



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SUMMARY: This notice advises interested persons that the FAA is 

conducting workshops to develop an aircraft noise impacts research 

roadmap. The roadmap is intended to advance our scientific knowledge in 

order to optimally address the impacts of aircraft noise on society. 

The main objective of the workshops is to outline key research elements 

of the roadmap, prioritize research questions, and identify ways to 

overcome potential research challenges.



DATES: The first workshop will be held in Washington, DC, on December 

10 and 11, 2009 from 9 a.m. to 4 p.m. A follow-on workshop will be held 

on March 4, 2010, from 9 a.m. to 4 p.m.



ADDRESSES: The first workshop will be held at the National Academy of 

Sciences Keck Center, 500 Fifth Street, NW., Washington, DC. The 

follow-on workshop will be held in conjunction with the University of 

California-Davis Symposium on Aviation Noise and Air Quality and will 

be held at the Holiday Inn-San Diego--On the Bay, 1355 North Harbor 

Drive, San Diego, CA 92101. Attendance is open to all interested 

parties.



FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Patricia Friesenhahn, Office of 

Environment and Energy (AEE-100), Federal Aviation Administration, 800 

Independence Avenue, SW., Washington, DC 20591; e-mail 

patricia.friesenhahn@faa.gov, telephone (202) 267-3562, facsimile (202) 

267-5594. Please register by November 20; there is no registration fee. 

Additional details will soon be available at http://www.fican.org under 

FAA Workshop.

    Background: Based on the advice of its Research, Engineering and 

Development Advisory Committee (REDAC), the FAA is developing a 

comprehensive aircraft noise impacts research roadmap for the FAA and 

other interested parties to implement more systematic, effective, and 

complementary research programs. The FAA held a preliminary forum with 

international noise researchers in conjunction with Internoise 2009 in 

August 2009 to discuss research needed to advance the current 

understanding of the relationship between aircraft noise and its 

impacts such as community annoyance and sleep disturbance. The FAA now 

invites researchers, practitioners, and other interested parties to 

participate in a series of upcoming Aircraft Noise Impacts Research 

Roadmap workshops to contribute to developing the research roadmap with 

information received from that forum.



    Issued in Washington, DC, on October 19, 2009.

Lourdes Q. Maurice,

Acting Director of Environment and Energy.

[FR Doc. E9-25610 Filed 10-22-09; 8:45 am]

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