Massachusetts 2023-2024 Regular Session

Massachusetts House Bill H3358 Compare Versions

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2	2	HOUSE DOCKET, NO. 179 FILED ON: 1/10/2023
3	3	HOUSE . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . No. 3358
4	4	The Commonwealth of Massachusetts
5	5	_________________
6	6	PRESENTED BY:
7	7	Sally P. Kerans and Joan B. Lovely
8	8	_________________
9	9	To the Honorable Senate and House of Representatives of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts in General
10	10	Court assembled:
11	11	The undersigned legislators and/or citizens respectfully petition for the adoption of the accompanying bill:
12	12	An Act relative to airplane noise data collection and Good Neighbor Policy.
13	13	_______________
14	14	PETITION OF:
15	15	NAME:DISTRICT/ADDRESS :DATE ADDED:Sally P. Kerans13th Essex1/10/2023Joan B. LovelySecond Essex1/10/2023Jerald A. Parisella6th Essex1/13/2023 1 of 3
16	16	HOUSE DOCKET, NO. 179 FILED ON: 1/10/2023
17	17	HOUSE . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . No. 3358
18	18	By Representative Kerans of Danvers and Senator Lovely, a joint petition (accompanied by bill,
19	19	House, No. 3358) of Sally P. Kerans, Joan B. Lovely and Jerald A. Parisella relative to airplane
20	20	noise data collection. Transportation.
21	21	[SIMILAR MATTER FILED IN PREVIOUS SESSION
22	22	SEE HOUSE, NO. 5231 OF 2021-2022.]
23	23	The Commonwealth of Massachusetts
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25	25	In the One Hundred and Ninety-Third General Court
26	26	(2023-2024)
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28	28	An Act relative to airplane noise data collection and Good Neighbor Policy.
29	29	Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives in General Court assembled, and by the authority
30	30	of the same, as follows:
31	31	1 Chapter 90 Section 60 of Part I, Title II, Chapter 6C as appearing in the General Laws is
32	32	2hereby amended by adding the following new section:
33	33	3 Paragraph 1. The Massachusetts Aeronautics Division (“The Division”) shall collect and
34	34	4post annually on its website all noise reports and complaints made to each Municipal or Regional
35	35	5Airport between April 1 and October 1.
36	36	6 For the purposes of this section, “noise complaint” shall refer to any complaint or report
37	37	7of excessive noise and shall include the day, date and hour of the week it occurred made via
38	38	8airport website, App, telephone, voicemail, email, written letter or in-person visit to the Airport
39	39	9or to a Commissioner by any resident. 2 of 3
40	40	10 This data shall be collected by The Division no later than 14 days following the end of
41	41	11each month and posted in a readily accessible section of the Division’s public website no later
42	42	12than 20 days following the end each month. The data shall be posted with labeling for each
43	43	13airport and shall remain on the website in perpetuity.
44	44	14 Paragraph 2. The Division shall collect from each Tower the number and time of day of
45	45	15all so-called Touch and Go operations between April 1 and October 1. This data shall be
46	46	16collected no later than 14 days following the end of each month and posted with labeling for
47	47	17each Municipal or Regional Airport and shall be posted in a readily accessible section of each
48	48	18Airport’s public website no later than 20 days following the end each month and shall remain on
49	49	19the website in perpetuity.
50	50	20 The Administrator of The Division shall share all noise data collected with the House and
51	51	21Senate Chairs of the Joint Committee on Transportation and with the Secretary of Transportation
52	52	22by December 31 of each year.
53	53	23 Paragraph 3. At the request of at least two commissioners of any Municipal or Regional
54	54	24Airport, an Airport Commission shall convene a public meeting devoted to noise reports at
55	55	25which members of the public may ask questions of Commission Members and the Airport
56	56	26Manager, who shall, to the best of their ability, answer the questions.
57	57	27 Paragraph 4. It shall be the responsibility of The Division to provide annually to all
58	58	28regional Municipal and Airport Managers and Commissioners guidance in the development,
59	59	29implementation and oversight of a policy, commonly referred to as Good Neighbor or Fly
60	60	30Neighborly policy, designed to facilitate an understanding among flight school owners, flight
61	61	31school instructors and student pilots and all pilots of the airport of the noise impact of Touch and 3 of 3
62	62	32Go operations on neighbors within three miles of runways. Said Good Neighbor policy guidance
63	63	33shall include but not be limited to providing airports with a sample written policy, providing a
64	64	34written copy of the policy to be given to all student pilots and pilots to be posted visibly in
65	65	35several locations, including pilot areas, suggested steps for informing all airport tenants of the
66	66	36policy, and providing a social media toolkit for publicizing said policy to all airport tenants,
67	67	37pilots, student pilots and Commissioners.
68	68	38 Paragraph 5. Each applicant for a badge at any Municipal Airport shall submit with
69	69	39their application a written attestation that they have read the Good Neighbor Policy for that
70	70	40Airport and will abide by said policy.
71	71	41 This act shall take effect on January 1, 2024.