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                                                        Cal. No. 477

                       2009-2010 Regular Sessions

                          I N  A S S E M B L Y

                             March 25, 2009
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Introduced  by M. of A. ALESSI -- Multi-Sponsored by -- M. of A. ALFANO,
  CONTE, McDONOUGH, RAIA -- read once and referred to the  Committee  on
  Transportation  --  reported from committee, advanced to a third read-
  ing, amended and ordered reprinted, retaining its place on  the  order
  of third reading

AN  ACT  in  relation to a report by the department of transportation on
  noise abatement procedures at certain heliports and airports

  THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND  ASSEM-
BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:

  Section  1.  The New York state department of transportation, with the
cooperation of the heliports and airports described in this section,  is
authorized  and  directed  to  submit a report on the status of aircraft
compliance with noise abatement procedures at public  use  heliports  in
the  county of Suffolk, and public use airports in the county of Suffolk
having not more than two hundred twenty based aircraft according to  the
2005  annual aviation inventory conducted by the department of transpor-
tation in accordance with the provisions of subdivision 14-a of  section
14  of  the  transportation  law.  Such report shall include, but not be
limited to:
  1. a description of noise abatement procedures at such  heliports  and
airports;
  2.  a  description  of such heliports' and airports' operations and an
assessment of aircraft compliance with  noise  abatement  procedures  at
such heliports and airports, including, where such information is avail-
able:
  (a)  the  number  of aircraft landings and take-offs, by aircraft type
and time of day, at each such heliport and  airport  on  a  monthly  and
annual basis;
  (b)  the  number  of  incidents,  on  a  monthly  and annual basis, of
aircraft in non-compliance with such noise abatement procedures; and

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  (c) the number of aircraft in compliance  with  such  noise  abatement
procedures;
  3. the means by which such heliports and airports:
  (a) notify and inform aircraft owners and operators of noise abatement
procedures in place at such heliports and airports;
  (b)  monitor  and encourage aircraft compliance with such noise abate-
ment procedures, including the results of such monitoring and compliance
efforts;
  (c) provide outreach to the general public about heliport and  airport
noise abatement procedures; and
  (d)  respond  to complaints by the public of aircraft noise, including
the number and type of complaints on a monthly and annual basis, and the
way in which such complaints were addressed; and
  4. any recommendations of the department of transportation to  address
noise abatement at such heliports and airports.
  The  commissioner  of  transportation  shall  submit such report on or
before December 1, 2012 to the governor, the temporary president of  the
senate,  the  speaker  of the assembly, and the chairs of the senate and
assembly transportation committees.
  S 2. This act shall take effect immediately.