Senate Bill S4504

2023-2024 Legislative Session

Relates to airport noise studies

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Current Bill Status - In Senate Committee Health Committee


  • Introduced
    • In Committee Assembly
    • In Committee Senate
    • On Floor Calendar Assembly
    • On Floor Calendar Senate
    • Passed Assembly
    • Passed Senate
  • Delivered to Governor
  • Signed By Governor

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2023-S4504 (ACTIVE) - Details

Current Committee:
Senate Health
Law Section:
Public Health Law
Laws Affected:
Add Art 13 Title 14 §§1389-hh - 1389-jj, Pub Health L
Versions Introduced in Other Legislative Sessions:
2019-2020: S6676
2021-2022: S934

2023-S4504 (ACTIVE) - Summary

Relates to establishing a uniform metric for measuring noise impacts that will be used by airports for the purpose of noise exposure maps and noise compatibility programs.

2023-S4504 (ACTIVE) - Sponsor Memo

2023-S4504 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf

                             
                     S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
 ________________________________________________________________________
 
                                   4504
 
                        2023-2024 Regular Sessions
 
                             I N  S E N A T E
 
                             February 9, 2023
                                ___________
 
 Introduced by Sens. LIU, MYRIE, SANDERS -- read twice and ordered print-
   ed, and when printed to be committed 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
 
  EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                       [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                            LBD04390-01-3
              

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