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The Department of Aviation and the Federal Aviation Administration, or FAA,
have evaluated aircraft noise in the Airport vicinity for more than 30 years.
The FAA approved the Department’s first Noise Compatibility Program (NCP) in 1984.
Since then, the Department has maintained a comprehensive noise mitigation program that
has consisted of both property acquisition and sound insulation for homes and other noise-sensitive sites.
The Department utilizes a Noise and Operations Monitoring System (NOMS) as
part of its overall noise program. Due to the efforts of DOA’s Noise Mitigation Program
and because NOMS staff emphasize education to those calling with noise complaints,
the annual number of complaints has steadily declined.
Aircraft Noise Related Concerns
The City of Atlanta/Department of Aviation (Department) continues to implement
an airport noise mitigation program (ANMP) in jurisdictions proximate to the
Hartsfield-Jackson Atlanta International Airport to enhance land use
compatibility with aircraft noise. The policies describing how the
Department implements the ANMP are contained in the Department’s Noise
Compatibility Program (NCP). The Federal Aviation Administration (FAA)
approved the Department’s NCP on January 24, 2008. The NCP can be found at
http://www.atlanta-airport.com/Airport/Environmental/Farpart150.aspx.
The City of Atlanta and City of College Park entered into a consent order (Civil
Action No. 1:08-CV-1464) dated May 25, 2010 in United States District Court to
settle a number of matters. One of the consent order terms pertains to
ANMP-related land acquisition within the city limits of College Park. To
comply with this consent order term, the Department has submitted an NCP
amendment to the FAA. The amendment (language contained below) is to be
inserted in the NCP after Section 6.9:
Section 6.10 Compliance with Federal Consent Order
The City of Atlanta and City of College Park entered into
a United States District Court consent order dated May 25, 2010. The
consent order prohibits
Atlanta from certain land acquisition activities within the College Park city
limits.
Other than the Clubhouse Apartments, located at 3800 Herschel Road, no apartment
complexes located within the city limits of the City of College Park may be
acquired without the consent of the City of College Park. For purposes of
this prohibition, an apartment complex shall mean any building with four or more
residential units.
The public is invited to comment on this NCP amendment. Please submit your
comments to Walter Vinson, the Department’s Manager of Intergovernmental
Affairs, at
walter.vinson@atlanta-airport.com or at:
Mr. Walter Vinson
Manager of Intergovernmental Affairs
Department of Aviation
P.O. Box 20509
Atlanta, Georgia 30320
The commenting period closes April 10, 2013.
Airport Noise Mitigation Program
Noise Land Reuse Plan