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y Roa d Shelte rIsland , N Y 11964-097 0 Phori e (631 ) 749-001 5 Fa x (631 ) 749-072 8 jdougherty@shelterislandtown . u s Jun e 24,201 0 Federal Aviatio n Administratio n Docke t Operation s M-3 0 120 0 Ne w Jerse y Avenue , SE. , Roo mW l 2-14 0 Wes t Buildin g Groun d Floo r Washington . D C 20590-000 1 Dea r J . Randolp h Babbitt , Thi s lette r i s t o expres s th e suppor

t o f th e Eas t En d Supervisor s liste d belo w fo r th e final recommendation s o f th e Eas t End Helicopter

Nois e Stakeholder s Group numbere d 1 throug h 9 attache d t o thi s letter . Docke t 2010-0302 . Helicopte r

flight nois e ha s bee n a

n ongoin g issu e for

th e Eas t En d town s an d villages . Th e effort s o f

Senato r Schume r an d th e Stakeholder s committe e hav e ou r ful l support . Sincerely ,

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r Nois e Stakeholder s Grou p in respons e t

o FA A proposa l FA

A Docke t 2010-0302 Recommendations : Th e followin g recommendation s shal

l appl y t o helicopte r traffi c t o an d fro mEas t Hampto n Airpor t (HTO) , Gabresk

i Airpor t (FOK) , Southampto

n Village Helipor

t (87N ) an d Montau k Aiipor t (MTP) , collectivel

y the East En d Airports , 1 . Ther e shoul d b e tw o FA A mandator

y designate

d route s fo r helicopte r traffi c t o an d fro mth e Eas t En d Airpons : a'Sout

h Shor e Route ' an

d a'Nort h Shor e Route' . Thi s i s essentia

l in orde r t o accommodat

e the importan

t southerl y transitio n route s fro

mHT O an d th e othe r East En d Airport s an d t o equitabl y distribut e th e volum e o f helicopte r traffi c usin g the Nort h an d Sout h Shor e routes . 2 . Th e FA A shoul d establish procedure s i

n coordinatio

n wit h Eas t En d Airport s t

o monito r an d enforc e compliance wit

h th e propose d routes . 3 . Whe n departin g fro meithe r o f the two Shor

e Route s transiting to/fro

man y Eas t En d Airpor t o r traversin g the are abetwee

n th e two Routes , aminimu

maltitud e o f 300 0 ft, fo r an y helicopte r mus t b e achieve d as quickl y as possibl

e an d maintaine

d unti l withi n th e approac h are ao f the destinatio

n airport . 4 . Th e Sout h Shor e Rout e require s a'helicopte

r onl y fligh t layer ' a t JF K betwee n 500-80 0 f t an d abov e the curren

t VF R corrido r t o encourage afai

r portion o f traffi c t o tak e thi s Route . Thi s laye

r woul d b e simila r t o th e curren t SFR A Hudso n Rive r Rules . 5 . Th e Nort h Shor e Rout e t o HT O an d MT P shoul d onl y permi t transi t t o th e eas t o f Plm n Gut , the n ove r wate r t o the maximu

mexten t possible , directl

y t o an d fro m HT O an d MTP . 6 . Bot h Nort h Shor e an d Sout h Shor e Route s shoul

d requir e helicopters t

o fly no t les s tha n on e mil e fro mthe shore . 7 . Al l helicopte r traffi c usin g East En d Airports mus

t follo w protocol s an

d nois e abatemen t procedure s a s establishe

d fo r eac h airpor t t o manag e helicopte r traffic , 8 . HT O an d FO K airports shoul

d b e empowere

d eithe r directl y o r vi athe FA A t o manage flight

concentration s an

d nighttime/earl

y mornin g flights . 9 . Th e foregoin g provision s ar

e inter-independen

t an d inseparabl

e an d ar e supporte d onl y i f adopte d i n thei r entirety . Jun e 21 , 201 0 KC/DM K

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