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Jul 25, 2018 | referred to health |
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Edward Braunstein
Edward Ra
A11277 (ACTIVE) - Details
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S T A T E O F N E W Y O R K ________________________________________________________________________ 11277 I N A S S E M B L Y July 25, 2018 ___________ Introduced by COMMITTEE ON RULES -- (at request of M. of A. Kim, Braun- stein, Ra) -- read once and referred to the Committee on Health AN ACT to amend the public health law, in relation to airport noise studies THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND ASSEM- BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS: Section 1. Article 13 of the public health law is amended by adding a new title 14 to read as follows: TITLE XIV AIRPORT NOISE STUDIES SECTION 1389-HH. LEGISLATIVE FINDINGS AND PURPOSES. 1389-II. DEFINITIONS. 1389-JJ. AIRPORT NOISE STUDIES. § 1389-HH. LEGISLATIVE FINDINGS AND PURPOSES. 1. THE LEGISLATURE HERE- BY FINDS, DETERMINES, AND DECLARES THAT NOISE POLLUTION CAUSES A VARIETY OF ADVERSE HUMAN HEALTH IMPACTS, MANY OF WHICH ARE RELATED TO NOISE INDUCED STRESS INCLUDING HEARING LOSS, HYPERTENSION, TACHYCARDIA, INCREASED CORTISOL RELEASE, SLEEP DISRUPTION, AND COGNITIVE IMPAIRMENT. 2. THE LEGISLATURE FURTHER FINDS AND RECOGNIZES THAT THE FEDERAL ENVI- RONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY AND THE WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION HAVE RECOMMENDED A FIFTY-FIVE DAY-NIGHT AVERAGE SOUND LEVEL (DNL) NOISE EXPO- SURE LEVEL TO PROTECT THE PUBLIC FROM ADVERSE HUMAN HEALTH IMPACTS. 3. THE LEGISLATURE FURTHER FINDS AND RECOGNIZES THAT THE FEDERAL AVIATION ADMINISTRATION ACCEPTS AS A METRIC FOR DETERMINING NOISE IMPACTS THE COMMUNITY NOISE EQUIVALENT LEVEL (CNEL). 4. THE LEGISLATURE FURTHER FINDS THAT THE COMMUNITY NOISE EQUIVALENT LEVEL (CNEL) INCLUDES A PENALTY FOR INCREASED SENSITIVITY TO NOISE OCCURRING DURING EVENING HOURS WHICH ARE SET ASIDE FOR FAMILY AND STUDENT STUDY TIME. 5. FOR THESE PURPOSES, THERE SHALL BE ESTABLISHED A UNIFORM METRIC FOR MEASURING NOISE IMPACTS THAT WILL BE USED BY AIRPORTS IN NEW YORK STATE FOR THE PURPOSE OF NOISE EXPOSURE MAPS (NEMS) AND NOISE COMPATIBILITY PROGRAMS (NCPS). EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets [ ] is old law to be omitted.