A bill to amend the Noise Control Act of 1972 and the Federal Aviation Act of 1958 to provide that the Administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency shall prescribe standards for the control and abatement of aircraft noise and sonic boom.

Summary

Directs the Environmental Protection Agency, after consultation with the Secretary of Transportation and with the Federal Aviation Administration, to prescribe standards for the measurement of aircraft noise and sonic boom and to prescribe and amend such regulations as the EPA may find necessary to provide for the control and abatement of aircraft noise and sonic boom. States that in prescribing and amending standards and regulations under this Act, the EPA shall consider whether any proposed standard or regulation is economically reasonable, technologically practicable, and appropriate for the particular type of aircraft, aircraft engine, appliance, or certificate to which it will apply, and consult with such Federal, State, and interstate agencies as he deems appropriate.

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Timeline

1. 29 July 1974

   Introduced

   Referred to House Committee on Interstate and Foreign Commerce.

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2. 29 July 1974

   Introduced

   Introduced in House

   Source: IntroReferral

3. 29 July 1974

   Introduced

   Introduced in House

   Source: IntroReferral

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• Introduced in House

  summary · EN · 29 July 1974

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Sponsors

• Rep. Wolff, Lester L. [D-NY-6] · D · Sponsor
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