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Subcommittee on 

Alternative Energy 

June 24,2010 

Docket Operations 

Room Wl 2-140 

West Building Ground Floor 

1200 New Jersey Avenue, SE 

Federal Aviation Administration 

RE: DocketNuttiber FAA-2010-0302; Notice No. 10-OS 

To Whom It May Concern: 

We are writing today with regards to the Notice of Proposed Rulemaking with the Federal Aviation 

Administration for the New York North Shore Helicopter Route. As a bi-partisan coalition of North Shore 

elected officials, we believe that the needs of our residents are unique and should be taken into consideration 

when making the final helicopter regulations. At this time, we wish to collectively submit comments on the 

following summary portion of the Federal Register Vol. 75, No. 101 published on Wednesday, May 26,2010 

which reads as follows: 

This proposed action would require helicopter operators to we the New York North Shore Route when 

operating in that area of Long Island, Ne^v York. The North Shore Route was added to the New York Helicopter 

Route Chart in 2008 and the use of that route is currently voluntary. New York public officials have continued 

to receive complaints regarding the adverse impact of helicopter noise on their communities. The intended 

effect of this proposal is to maximize utilization of the existing route flown by helicopter traffic along the north 

shore of Long Island and reduce the noise impact on nearby communities. 

Upon reading this proposed action, we wish to submit public comments regarding this matter. We submit that 

any helicopters that are flying to a south shore destination must talce the south shore route. These destinations 

include but are not limited to East Hampton Airport in East Hampton, New York, Gabreski Airport in 

Westhampton, New York, and the Southampton Heliport in Southampton, New York. If a helicopter is 

traveling to a north shore destination, then they may take the north shore route. 

For the helicopters that ai*e traveling to a north shore destination or a south shore route, we recommend that in 

order to mitigate helicopter noise and safety, they must travel over the water at least one mile away from the 

north shore as this will not present an unfair burden on helicopter operators. 

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In addition, if a helicopter is seeking to access a point on eitherthe south or north shore of Long Island, we 

respectfully request that no one comniunity be overburdened by a specific route. We believe that whenever a 

helicopter must traverse over land, that the Federal Aviation Administration implements specific egress points 

and specific time windows for helicopters to access area airports. Tliis measure would even out flights so that 

no one community is completely burdened with helicopter traffic. 

Furtliermore, it is extremely important to note that we request that the minimum flight altitude be increased 

firom 2500 feet to 3000 feet 

We thank you in advance for your time and attention regarding this matter and look forward to the final 

regulations with regards to helicopter traffic over the North Shore of Long Island. 

Respectfully, 

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Marc S. Alessi Kenneth P. LaValle 

New York State Assemblyman New York State Senator 

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Edward P. Romaine 

Suffolk County Legislator 

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