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CED-78-52 1 (1978-01-31)

handle is hein.gao/gaobaaxgb0001 and id is 1 raw text is: COMPTRO! I ER GENERAL OF THE UNIT-O STATES WASHINI.TON. D.C. Z0148 B-I 6-506 JAIV j.i, The Honorable Leo J. Ryan Chairman, Environment, Energy, and Natural Resources Subcommittee Committee on Government Operations House of Representatives Dear Mr. Chairman: As requested in your October 12, 1977, letter we have analyzed the Federal Aviation Administration's (FAA) final monitoring report on Concorde operations at Du!les A.irport, the National Academy of Sciences' report on the determ.nation of public reaction to Concorde operations, and FAA's Notice of Proposed Rulemaking, which would establish noise limits for supersonic aircraft. These documents were not available for analysis in our report issued to you on September 15, 1977, entitled The Concorde--Results of a Supersonic Aircraft's Entry Into the United States, CED-77-131. Based on our analysis of the FAA proposed rulemaking, we are recom- mending that the Secretary, Department of Transportation (DOT), prior to is.suing a-.final. noise rule,.make.tuo important.ch-anges.-The. eloda. opt-ior&' provisions--the right of the local airport proprietor to regulate noise ,.aa-. its o-wt, airpbrt --may;, i fr£act; not -be -a vi-able methOd.* for r~ulat' Concorde noise. We are recommending that more clearly defined guidance be given to airport proprietors so that they can invoke their local option (if they desire) without encountering long legal battles. In addition, the proposed rule does not establish noise standards for new design super- sonic aircraft. Rather than developing noise standards for use in design- ing-new supersonics .-the-proposed rule would allow standards to be developed based on noise-reduction technology as it becomes available. It appears tousx thittheFederal government should provide some criteria -to-idustry-a irtutoise v1*els-that would be acceptable for future aircraft--rather'-thaun4,t*-t et--hidevelopment of future technology control othe iet~eeveniL bestablshed. oiTherefore, we are also recom- me~ibame - ousehiev~~e1.|I, -require new design supersonic aircraft - Oei6t -FAA'ionsin FM's final monitoring report is that based on ift.-copinion survey, Concorde has gained in acceptance duringthe. tr; iar eriod..We-found no valid basis for such a statement. __1_ ; 1ou C o- raiA Werious-questions about the validity of the public-opii uusoes the National Academy of Sciences' report. ven Surveys was questionable, the number CED-78-5: (06703)

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