The Los Angeles City Council and the Los Angeles Board of Airport Commissions has approved this extended curfew. This would provide for a noise-reduced time period of 9 p.m. through 8 a.m. Part 150 Steering Committee , a community committee responsible for studying and recommending methods to reduce the noise impact of the Van Nuys Airport, has not met in over a year. As a member of that committee, Sherman has urged that the committee be reactivated. Another goal of Sherman's is to find a way to use new, noise-reduction technology to reduce airport noise.
Hush kits lessen the noise of older aircraft.
There is also a Burbank Part 150 Steering Committee . Currently, no member of Congress sits on that committee. Sherman is seeking a seat on that committee so that he can press for decreases in airport noise affecting Van Nuys, Reseda, Encino and Sherman Oaks.