Los Angeles Area Helicopter Noise Coalition

Citizens seeking relief from helicopter noise – A problem for more than 40 years

LAAHNC, Post Office Box 571448, Tarzana, CA 91357-1448 page 1 of 9

LAHelicopterNoise.org

President

Bob Anderson

Sherman Oaks 

Homeowners Association

Vice President

Richard Root

Citizens for Quiet 

Helicopters (Torrance)

Treasurer

Dave Garfinkle

Tarzana Property Owners 

Association

George Abrahams

Beachwood Canyon 

Neighborhood Association

John Bailey

Southeast Torrance 

Homeowners Association

Gerry Hans

Friends of Griffith Park

David Rankell

Van Nuys Airport 

Citizens Advisory Council

Mike Savidan

Councilman, City of Lomita

Donna Sievers

Bluff Heights (Long Beach) 

Neighborhood Association

Gerald A. Silver

Homeowners of Encino

Rudy Whitcomb

Rolling Hills Estates

Wayne Williams

Van Nuys Airport 

Citizens Advisory Council

October 20, 2015

US Department of Transportation – Document Operations

1200 New Jersey Avenue, SE 

West Building Ground Floor

Room W12-140

Washington, DC 20590

PETITION NO. 01 – SPECIAL FEDERAL AVIATION REGULATION (SFAR) FOR 

LOS ANGELES COUNTY – HELICOPTER MINIMUM ALTITUDES

This Petition for rulemaking is filed pursuant to Section 11.61 of 14 CFR, on behalf of the 

Los Angeles Area Helicopter Noise Coalition, herein referenced as “LAAHNC”. LAAHNC is 

an unincorporated non-profit association seeking to address helicopter noise and safety issues 

in Los Angeles County.

Helicopter noise in Los Angeles County has been a concern to residents for many years. 

LAAHNC has worked closely with the FAA, numerous elected officials, the public and the 

helicopter industry to address helicopter noise and safety issues affecting Los Angeles County 

residents. LAAHNC members have participated in 57 major and working group meetings 

with the FAA and pilot stakeholders since December 2012.

The cooperative efforts between the FAA, aviation associations, airport managers and aircraft 

operators have failed to produce significant, meaningful results. LAAHNC does not believe 

these helicopter noise and safety issues can be resolved without the introduction of Special 

Federal Aviation Regulations (SFARs) for Los Angeles County.

The attached Petition was prepared through a joint Board effort of the LAAHNC based our 

analysis and assessment of the failed efforts to resolve the significant noise and safety 

problems plaguing Los Angeles County. The decision to proceed with this Petition was the 

result of a unanimous vote by our Board.

Please note that this Rule Change Petition is the first of four being filed by LAAHNC. 

LAAHNC requests that the FAA treat each Petition submission as a discrete entity evaluating 

it fully on its merits and adhering to the Administrative Procedures Act and that the evaluation 

not be arbitrary, capricious or an abuse of discretion per 5 U.S.C. Sec. 706(1).

Please provide all replies and communications regard this matter to:

Gerald A. Silver, (818) 990-2757, email: gsilver4@earthlink.net

George Abrahams (323) 463-9209, email: ggg@copper.net

Cordially yours,

Bob Anderson, President

Los Angeles Area Helicopter Noise Coalition (LAAHNC)
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Los Angeles Area Helicopter Noise Coalition (LAAHNC)

Post Office Box 571448

Tarzana, CA 91357-1448

Please provide all replies and communications regard this matter to:

Gerald A. Silver, (818) 990-2757, email: gsilver4@earthlink.net

George Abrahams (323) 463-9209, email: ggg@copper.net

October 20, 2015

US Department of Transportation – Document Operations

1200 New Jersey Avenue, SE 

West Building Ground Floor

Room W12-140

Washington, DC 20590

PETITION NO. 01

SPECIAL FEDERAL AVIATION REGULATION (SFAR) FOR LOS ANGELES COUNTY

HELICOPTER MINIMUM ALTITUDES

This Petition for rulemaking is filed pursuant to Section 11.61 of 14 CFR, on behalf of the Los Angeles 

Area Helicopter Noise Coalition, herein referenced as “LAAHNC”. LAAHNC is an unincorporated 

non-profit association seeking to address helicopter noise and safety issues in Los Angeles County. 

LAAHNC represents a Southern California area with a population of more than ten million residents. 

LAAHNC has worked closely with the FAA, numerous elected officials, the public and the helicopter 

industry to address helicopter noise and safety issues affecting Los Angeles County residents. 

LAAHNC members have participated in 57 major and working group meetings with the FAA and pilot 

stakeholders since December 2012. LAAHNC proposed numerous methods for reducing helicopter 

noise and has worked with pilots and the FAA to address helicopter flights in the County’s 

complicated airspace. In spite of these extensive efforts LAAHNC has been unable to reach voluntary 

agreements that would bring substantial reductions in helicopter noise to Los Angeles County. 

LAAHNC does not believe these helicopter noise and related safety issues can be resolved without the 

introduction of Special Federal Aviation Regulations (SFARs) for Los Angeles County.

Authority for this Rulemaking

The FAA has broad authority and responsibility to regulate the operation of aircraft, the use of the 

navigable airspace and to establish safety standards for and regulate the certification of airmen, 

aircraft, and air carriers. (49 U.S.C. 40104 et seq., 40103(b)). The FAA’s authority for this rule is 

contained in 49 U.S.C. 40103 and 44715. Under § 40103, the Administrator of the FAA has authority 

to “prescribe air traffic regulations on the flight of aircraft (including regulations on safe altitudes) for 

* * * (B) protecting individuals and property on the ground. (49 U.S.C. 40103(b)(2)).” In addition, 

§ 44715(a), provides that to “relieve and protect the public health and welfare from aircraft noise,” the 

Administrator of the FAA, “as he deems necessary, shall prescribe * * * (ii) regulations to control and 

abate aircraft noise * * *”
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Need for Special Federal Aviation Regulation (SFAR) to Address Minimum Helicopter Altitudes 

in Los Angeles County

Helicopter noise in Los Angeles County has been a concern to residents for many years. Voluntary 

measures by helicopter pilots to avoid of noise-sensitive areas in Los Angeles County have been 

ineffective. Cooperative efforts between the FAA, aviation associations, airport managers and aircraft 

operators have failed to satisfactory address helicopter noise problems. This has created the need for 

Special Federal Aviation Regulations (SFARs) for Los Angeles County.

In response to ongoing complaints about helicopter noise, the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) 

solicited input from local communities and other stakeholders on helicopter noise and safety issues. On 

May 31, 2013, the FAA published the Report on the Los Angeles Helicopter Noise Initiative.

In the report, the FAA expressed support for voluntary noise abatement measures developed by 

engaged stakeholders and the FAA at the local level and supported by local consensus. The FAA 

recommended engaging in a local process aimed at reducing helicopter noise that was responsive to 

community quality-of-life and economic interests that was consistent with National Airspace System 

(NAS) safety and efficiency.

In January 2014, based on the FAA’s May 31, 2013 Report, Congress included language in the 

Consolidated Appropriations Act, 2014, Pub. L. No. 113-76 (Jan. 3. 2014), directing the FAA to 

undertake the following six actions: 

1. Evaluate and adjust existing helicopter routes above Los Angeles to lessen noise impacts and 

make adjustments to such routes if the adjustments would lessen impacts on residential areas and 

noise-sensitive landmarks; 

2. Analyze whether helicopters could fly safely at higher altitudes in certain areas above Los 

Angeles County; 

3. Develop and promote best practices for helicopter operators for helicopter hovering and 

electronic news gathering; 

4. Conduct outreach to helicopter operators to inform them of voluntary policies and to increase 

awareness of noise sensitive areas and events; 

5. Work with stakeholders to develop a more comprehensive noise complaint system; and 

6. Continue to participate in collaborative engagement between community representatives and 

helicopter operators.

The legislation stated that within one year of enactment, the Secretary “shall begin a regulatory 

process related to the impact of helicopter use on the quality of life and safety of the people of Los 

Angeles County unless the Secretary can demonstrate significant progress in undertaking the actions.” 

This proposed SFAR is consistent with the legislative mandate. The FAA has worked for more than a 

year with various stakeholders to implement these six actions. Unfortunately little or no demonstrable 

progress has been achieved on these issues. Voluntary practices of helicopter pilots to avoid noisesensitive areas have repeatedly failed to produce results. The Petitioner believes that positive results 

cannot be made through the collaborative process alone. 

Local law enforcement has identified opportunities to fly neighborly when operations permit. 

However, they have not agreed to any voluntary measures and there are no meaningful changes in their 

helicopter flight practices to reduce noise. Other helicopter operators have developed a brochure 
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detailing local “hot spots” for the pilot community. The brochure was developed by helicopter pilots 

unilaterally, rather than through the collaborative process, and it simply reiterates long standing 

practices that have been ineffective in reducing noise impacts.

The FAA began operating a new Automated Complaint System on April 1, 2015 and is beginning to 

collect helicopter complaints across Los Angeles County. This does not in itself reduce helicopter 

noise. It simply underscores the growing noise problems. Since its inception in April 2015, between 

6,500 and 8,000 complaints have been filed each month using the system. The number has been 

increasing, with 7,958 complaints filed in August 2015. LAAHNC is also concerned this system will 

not be continued or consistently promoted to the public in order to acquire sufficient resident 

complaint data for an accurate reading of the noise problem.

The Petitioner believes that all reasonable and collaborative efforts to address helicopter noise and 

safety problems have failed. The only remaining means to resolve these issues are by imposing Special 

Federal Aviation Regulations (SFARs) for Los Angeles County. The purpose of this Petition is to 

resolve the problems that have not been adequately addressed by the aforementioned efforts.

The Proposed Language for a new Special Federal Aviation Regulation (SFAR)

This Petition is to amend Section 91.119 of Part 91 of 14 CFR pertaining to minimum safe altitudes 

over congested, urban areas in Los Angeles County. The following language in sub-section (d) thereof 

shall be struck out:

“(d) Helicopters, powered parachutes, and weight-shift-control aircraft. If the operation is 

conducted without hazard to persons or property on the surface –

(1) A helicopter may be operated at less than the minimums prescribed in paragraph (b) or (c) of 

this section, provided each person operating the helicopter complies with any routes or altitudes 

specifically prescribed for helicopters by the FAA; and

(2) A powered parachute or weight-shift-control aircraft may be operated at less than the 

minimums prescribed in paragraph (c) of this section.”

This amendment shall add the following language in place of that deleted above: 

“(d) Helicopters, powered parachutes, and weight-shift-control aircraft. If the operation is 

conducted without hazard to persons or property on the surface –

(1) A helicopter may be operated at less than the minimums prescribed in paragraph (b) or (c) of 

this section, provided each person operating the helicopter complies with any routes or altitudes 

specifically prescribed for helicopters by the FAA; and 

(2) A powered parachute or weight-shift-control aircraft may be operated at less than the 

minimums prescribed in paragraph (c) of this section.

Minimum helicopter flight altitudes in Los Angeles County. Except when necessary for takeoff or 

landing, or in an emergency or due to weather conditions or if otherwise necessary for safety of 

flight, or unless otherwise authorized by the Flight Standards District Office for a purpose listed in 

Section 3(b), no person may operate a helicopter in the Special Flight Rules Area at an altitude 

lower than the following: 

Los Angeles County, 2,000 feet above surface of the ground level (AGL).

The term ‘surface’ refers to the highest terrain within the area, which is within 2,000 feet laterally 

of the route of flight. 
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Helicopters operated by any municipal, county, state or federal authority for active emergency 

services, rescue operations, police or fire protection, may be operated at less than the minimum 

prescribed in this section if the operation is conducted without hazard to persons or property on the 

surface.”

Arguments in Support of this Petition

The Petitioner believes that this Petition is reasonable and is in the public interest. It will do the 

following: 

1. Increase the safety of helicopter operations by raising the minimum altitude that they fly. It will 

improve safety by reducing hazards from helicopters flying at low altitudes which does not allow 

time for recovery or forced landing preparation in the event of a power failure

2. Provide the Federal Aviation Administration greater authority to enforce minimum safe altitude 

regulations similar to the provisions for all other aircraft. 

3. Not unduly burden helicopter operators with increased costs or loss of efficiency. 

4. Minimize the intrusion of helicopters in the community by reducing noise pollution in residential 

areas, near schools, parks and other noise sensitive areas.

5. Significantly reduce the noise impact from helicopter operations for more than ten million Los 

Angeles County residents.

The Proposed SFAR Will Improve the Quality of the Natural and Social Environments

The Petitioner asserts that the proposed SFAR is consistent with the National Airspace System (NAS). 

The Petitioner asserts that this Petition is reasonable, in the interest of protecting and enhancing the 

natural and social environments. The Hollywood Bowl and numerous other outdoor venues in the 

County are sensitive to noise. Voluntary agreements between the Hollywood Bowl and local helicopter 

operators have not been honored nor effective in addressing the problem. 

Helicopter noise has a detrimental impact on schools and residences throughout Los Angeles County.

School operations are interrupted by the noise of overflying helicopters. Helicopter noise impacts 

residents’ sleep, interrupts conversations and the ability to listen to information from various sources, 

impacts the ability to enjoy the outdoors, and reduces property values in those areas that experience 

low altitude helicopter flights. Due to similar situations in other parts of the country, regulations have 

been imposed in the New York and other areas.

Helicopter noise has a detrimental impact on wildlife and on animal habitats throughout Los Angeles 

County. Noise associated with helicopter over-flights cause a significant adverse effect on the natural 

quiet habitat of the Griffith Park and other open spaces in the County. Raising the minimum helicopter 

altitude to 2,000 feet AGL (the long standing FAA advisory altitude for overflying parks) reduces 

egregious impacts and will reduce noise complaints. 

Because of well-documented adverse affects on wildlife, SFARs have been enacted by statute for 

Yosemite and Haleakala National Parks. See SFAR 50-2 and SFAR 71. SFAR 50.2 states: “The Air 

Access Coalition sponsored data demonstrate that SFAR 50.2 has reduced aircraft sound levels 

significantly at some locations.”
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The Proposed SFAR Will Improve Safety for Pilots and Passengers, and Improve Quality-of-Life 

for Los Angeles County Residents

Low flying helicopters are a danger and nuisance to the residents living in Los Angeles County, and 

especially the Santa Monica Mountains and the Hollywood Hills. They deprive residents of the 

peaceful enjoyment of their property. The terrain of canyons and valleys in Los Angeles County focus 

and concentrate aircraft noise to high decibel levels. Helicopters that fly through air space at low 

altitudes result in serious discomfort, inconvenience and interference with the use and enjoyment of 

private property. Residents repeatedly complain of helicopter noise drowning out normal conversation, 

vibrating walls of homes, disturbing sleep, inability the ability to hear or understand speech, television, 

radio, and telephone and causing general annoyance,

Current FAA regulations permit helicopters to operate at an altitude conducted “without hazard to 

persons or property on the surface allowing, if a power unit fails, an emergency landing without undue 

hazard to persons or property on the surface.” This regulation leaves the minimum altitude required 

entirely at the discretion of the pilot. This long-standing minimum altitude exemption of helicopters is 

an anachronism that society can no longer uphold. When this exemption was originally promulgated 

many years ago, the population density of Los Angeles County was a fraction of its present level. In 

1950, the Los Angeles County population was a little more than 1.9 million. Today it exceeds 

10million people. Millions more are now impacted magnifying the scope of the problem. Moreover, 

the volume of helicopters comprising air traffic has progressed geometrically. 

Much of Los Angeles County south of the Tehachapi Mountains is densely populated with few open 

spaces. Flying at low altitudes gives a pilot very little time to find a suitable location to land in an 

emergency. Higher altitude provides more time to reach a suitable emergency landing area. NTSB 

records indicated that of the 146 helicopter accidents in the United States in 2013, about one-third of 

these involved loss of power or mechanical malfunction as opposed to pilot error.

The proposed SFAR would mandate a minimum altitude of 2,000 feet AGL for helicopters operating 

over Los Angeles County, resolving many of these issues. No Safety Risk Management (SRM) 

evaluations have been done for helicopters operating in Los Angeles County nor has the FAA 

identified any feasible route modifications to date that could or would lessen noise impacts. In the 

abundance of caution it is reasonable and logical to assume that a 2,000 foot AGL minimum altitude is 

preferable to a lack of any quantitative minimum operating standard.

Relevant Technical and Scientific Information Supporting the Need for a SFAR

According to the acoustics industry, noise begins to interfere with outdoor speech at 60 dB. Noise 

testing done by LAAHNC (100 random noise meter readings) shows that at an altitude of 2,000 feet 

AGL about half of Robinson Helicopter Company’s helicopter flights still produced more than 62.5 dB 

(maximum) on the ground – enough to interfere with speech. Therefore, even at 2,000 feet AGL, small 

helicopters still produce too much noise on the ground. Moreover, 2,000 feet AGL does not resolve the 

problems caused by larger helicopters, including emergency responders and news media, multiple 

helicopters hovering at the same location, or areas experiencing frequent flights. 

The FAA has no relevant noise metric or noise standard for helicopter cruise flyovers. The pilots rely 

on the helicopter industry’s recommendation as contained in the Helicopter Association International 

(HAI) Fly Neighborly Guide. The Guide states that 65 dB (max) is the “generally accepted criterion”. 

But, it does not indicate by whom it is generally accepted. A committee comprising helicopter industry 

representatives developed this guideline. The general public was not represented and had no input. 

Note that 65 dB interferes with speech on the ground, and that is not acceptable to the community.
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In addition, the Guide recommends that helicopters fly at or above 1,000 feet AGL to maintain noise 

levels on the ground under 65 dB. This is not accurate. LAAHNC’s noise testing produced different 

results. LAAHNC tests show that at an altitude of 1,000 feet AGL, half of Robinson helicopters 

produce noise on the ground above 69 dB. LAAHNC tests indicate the helicopters tested would have 

to fly at least 2,500 feet AGL in order to keep half of the flights from interfering with speech on the 

ground.

No studies have ever been done on environmental or economic impacts of helicopters in the Los 

Angeles area, including impacts associated with existing voluntary routes. Data shows that a helicopter 

flying at 1,000 feet AGL produces a noise footprint (averaging from 60 to 69 dB) that is a mile wide, 

sufficient to interfere with speech on the ground, with potential negative impacts on hundreds of 

people and businesses for every mile along its flight path.

Los Angeles County Is Unique and Requires a SFAR

At 4,083 square miles Los Angeles County with more than 10 million residents is larger than the 

combined areas of the states of Rhode Island and Delaware. The county seat is Los Angeles, the 

second-largest city in the United States. Los Angeles County is home to hundreds of based helicopters 

operated by police, fire, Sheriff, government, media, tour operators, paparazzi and others. An SFAR is 

necessary to control the impact of this over-concentration of helicopters. 

Los Angeles County is unique to all other parts of the country. The Los Angeles Police Department has 

a fleet of 19 helicopters, the largest of any police force in the nation. They routinely have at least two 

helicopters on patrol over the City sixteen hours a day. The Los Angeles Fire Department has 

6 helicopters that routinely service the Los Angeles area. The Los Angeles County Sheriff has 

14 helicopters, Burbank/Glendale 3, El Monte 3, Hawthorne 1, Long Beach 2 and Pasadena 4. In 

addition helicopters are flown over Los Angeles County by the California Highway Patrol, Coast 

Guard, Federal Agencies, news gathering and traffic reporting organizations, other neighboring cities, 

EMS medical/hospitals, other City and County Fire Departments, civilian flight schools, bank check 

couriers, air charter, air taxis, oil rig transports and utility services and the military. Los Angeles 

County has without question the most concentrated and ubiquitous helicopter operations in the nation. 

Los Angeles County borders 70 miles of coast on the Pacific Ocean, encompasses mountain ranges, 

deep valleys, forests, islands, lakes, rivers, and desert. Los Angeles County has sub-tropical 

Mediterranean climate, characterized by dry summers and a limited winter rainy season with modest 

year-round temperatures. Millions of Los Angeles County residents and visitors spend time out of 

doors, vastly different life-styles than the rest of the country.

The Los Angeles basin frequently experiences a unique temperature inversion layer that redirects 

helicopter noise downward and intensifies helicopter noise on the ground. Homes are built in and near 

canyons where noise reverberates off canyon walls intensifying the impact. 

Los Angeles County is founded upon the automobile and the car culture with its inherent massive 

traffic problems. Dozens of media outlets provide video and audio traffic reports each day 

predominately from helicopters. Raw video coverage of wild police pursuits is a daily occurrence. 

Much of this is from low-flying helicopters that compete with and interfere with active police 

investigations and patrols.

Los Angeles County is home to the rich and famous. Their backyards, swimming pools, weddings, 

events and activities are covered endlessly from the air by paparazzi, radio, television and other media. 

The County is home to more than 30 helicopter tour operators that fly approximately 85 helicopters 
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from twelve airports at low altitudes throughout the day and night. They hover and orbit to view 

Hollywood – the entertainment capital of the world – the Hollywood Sign, Beverly Hills, Southern 

California Coastline, Rodeo Drive, movie stars homes, Playboy Mansion, Pacific beaches, Hollywood 

Walk of Fame, Hollywood Boulevard, Sunset Boulevard, Kodak/Dolby Theatre home to the Oscars, 

Grauman’s Chinese, Universal City Walk, Venice Beach, Zuma Beach, Rose Bowl, Hollywood Bowl 

and of course the affluent Malibu colony. No other part of the country has that much helicopter air 

coverage in one county.

Los Angeles County has six major film studios—Paramount Pictures, 21st Century Fox, Sony, Warner 

Bros., Universal Pictures, and Walt Disney Studios. 

Los Angeles is a common venue for shooting scenes for motion pictures, commercials, TV shows and 

music videos. Filming location shoots are conducted night and day throughout the year. The work of 

film crews out on the streets is frequently stopped because of noise from low flying helicopters.

Numerous other outdoor venues are disturbed by low flying helicopters. Six Flags Magic Mountain, 

Universal Studios, Hollywood Bowl, Pacific Park, Staples Center, Los Angeles Zoo, Griffith 

Observatory, Huntington Botanical Gardens, La Brea Tar Pits, Olvera Street, Exposition Park, Farmers 

Market, Griffith Park, the Los Angeles County Fair in Pomona, the Los Angeles Arboretum, 

Sepulveda Basin Recreation Area and the RMS Queen Mary in Long Beach are targets for low-flying 

helicopters.

Los Angeles County is home to Robinson Helicopter Company, the largest manufacturer of civil 

helicopters in the world. Robinson produced as many as 893 helicopters in a single year. Each is test 

flown multiple times before delivery, accounting for approximately 5,000 operations per year. 

Robinson conducts dozens of pilot training classes, numerous marketing and demonstration flights 

each year impacting a heavily populated portion of Los Angeles County.

The Costs and Benefits Weigh in Favor of the Proposed SFAR

The proposed SFAR will not impose any significant recordkeeping or reporting burden on the 

helicopter industry, nor on the FAA. It will not negatively affect small businesses, small organizations, 

small governmental jurisdictions or any Indian tribes. It will in fact have a positive impact on the 

quality of the natural and social environments in Los Angeles County. The Proposed SFAR conforms 

to International Civil Aviation Organization (ICAO) Standards and Recommended Practices to the 

maximum extent practicable. Implementation of this SFAR will not involve any of the extraordinary 

circumstances listed in Section 304 of FAA Order 1050.1E. The SFAR qualifies for the categorical 

exclusion identified in paragraph 312f of FAA Order 1050.1E. It will have no known negative 

environmental impacts and will in fact benefit noise-sensitive locations. 

The proposed SFAR does not contain any Federal intergovernmental or private sector mandates. 

Therefore, the requirements of Title II of the Unfunded Mandates Reform Act of 1995 do not apply. 

There are no Federalism Implications of this SFAR under the principles and criteria of Executive 

Order 13132, Federalism. The SFAR will not have a substantial direct effect on the States, on the 

relationship between the national Government and the States, or on the distribution of power and 

responsibilities among the various levels of government. This SFAR does not warrant the preparation 

of a Federalism Assessment.

The foregoing constitutes the summary that may be published in the FEDERAL REGISTER as 

provided under Subpart B. 
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Executed at Los Angeles, California on October 20, 2015

Bob Anderson, President

Los Angeles Area Helicopter Noise Coalition (LAAHNC)

Info@LAHelicopterNoise.org