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Part 150 Study Advisory Committee - Description

This committee is now defunct.  The information presented on this site is for historical puposes.

The Metropolitan Washington Airports Authority (MWAA), the operator of Ronald Reagan Washington National Airport, initiated a major update of the Noise Compatibility Study for the Airport. This study, conducted in accordance with the provisions of the Federal Aviation Administration's Part 150 process, was designed to forecast future noise contours at Reagan National and to propose abatement and mitigation actions to reduce community noise impacts.

Because of the importance of this issue to the community, the Metropolitan Washington Council of Governments' (MWCOG) Committee on Noise Abatement and Aviation at National and Dulles Airports (CONAANDA) partnered with MWAA throughout the process. A Part 150 Study Advisory Committee (Advisory Committee) was established to assist and advise the Airport Authority in this study. The composition of the Advisory Committee was as follows: 6 Elected Officials -- one each from the District of Columbia, Arlington County, City of Alexandria, Fairfax County, Montgomery County, and Prince George's County; 6 citizens -- one each from the local governments; 1 Airline Pilots Association; 1 Airline Transport Association; 1 MWAA representative; 1 EPA representative; 1 FAA Air Traffic representative; 1 MWAA Advisory Committee representative; 5 Broad Based Organizations.

Particular emphasis was placed on the community participation component of the study. The first step was to solicit public feedback on where to locate ten new noise monitoring stations. Feedback was encouraged. The Advisory Committee reviewed and commented on all results and recommendations regarding noise monitoring and abatement for Reagan National Airport.