It is ARCO's duty to protect the community by strongly objecting to any proposal that would bring more flights into O'Hare Airport. Received 1995 Arlington Heights Environmental Merit Certificate. Illinois host for International Noise Awareness Day. Details for their plan are being worked out by the FAA and an outline should be released in October. Look for some details to be published in the September Federal Register.
Ozone alerts Chicago is one of the worst cities with respect to air quality.
Chicago's O'Hare Airport is one of the worst 20 air polluters and the world's worst noise polluter. Observations indicated that O'Hare wasn't complying, ARCO stepped in. In a petition to Illinois Sen. Peter Fitzgerald, ARCO called for O'Hare to curtail operations on Ozone Alert Days. Besides the unprecedented volume of ground and air traffic and their pollution, O'Hare Airport is allowed to emit pollutants banned in other industries. O'Hare Airport creates tons of volatile organic compounds, which are known to cause serious health problems, especially for the elderly, sick or young.