An Act to amend the Federal Aviation Act of 1958 to authorize aircraft noise abatement regulations, and for other purposes
PL 90-411 (H.R.3400), enacted 07/21/1968

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PUBLIC LAW 90-411-JULY 21, 1968 
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Public Law 90-411 
AN ACT 
July 21, 1968 
To amend the Federal Aviation Act of 1958 to require aircraft noise abatement 
[H. R. 3400] 
regulation, and for other purposes. 
Be it enacted hy the Senate and House of Representatives 
of the 
United States of A?neHca in Congress assembled, That title VI of the Aircraft noise 
Federal Aviation Act of 1&68 (49 U.S.C. 1421-1430) is amended by ^TIUBU 775. 
adding at the end thereof the following new section: 
"CONTROL AND ABATEMENT OF AIRCRAFT NOISE AND SONIC BOOM 
"SEC. 611. (a) In order to afford present and future relief and 
protection to the public from unnecessary aircraft noise and sonic 
boom, the Administrator of the Federal Aviation Administration, after 
consultation with the Secretary of Transportation, shall prescribe and 
amend standards for the measurement of aircraft noise and sonic 
boom and shall prescribe and amend such rules and regulations as he 
may find necessary to provide for the control and abatement of aircraft 
noise and sonic boom, including the application of such standards, 
rules, and regulations in the issuance, amendment, modification, sus-
pension, or revocation of any certificate authorized by this title. 
"(b) In prescribing and amending standards, rules, and regulations pr^vi^JonV^^*^^^ 
under this section, the Administrator shall— 
"(1) consider relevant available data relating to aircraft noise 
and sonic boom, including the results of research, development, 
testing, and evaluation activities conducted pursuant to this Act 
and the Department of Transportation Act; 
so stat. 931. 
"(2) consult with such Federal, State, and interstate agencies note."^^ ^''^^ 
as he deems appropriate; 
"(3) consider whether any proposed standard, rule, or regula-
tion is consistent with the highest degree of safety in air commerce 
or air transportation in the public interast, 
"(4) consider whether any proposed standard, rule, or regula-
tion is economically reasonable, technologically practicable, and 
appropriate for the particular type of aircraft, aircraft engine, 
appliance, or certificate to which it will apply; and 
"(5) consider the extent to which such standard, rule, or regu-
lation will contribute to carrying out the purposes of this section. 
"(c) In any action to amend, modify, suspend, or revoke a cer-
tificate in which violation of aircraft noise or sonic boom standards, 
rules, or regulations is at issue, the certificate holder shall have the same 
notice and appeal rights as are contained in section 609, and in any 
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appeal to the National Transportation Safety Board, the Board may 
amend, modify, or reverse the order of the Administrator if it finds that 
control or abatement of aircraft noise or sonic boom and the public 
interest do not require the affirmation of such order, or that such 
order is not consistent with safety in air commerce or air transpor-
tation." 
SEC. 2. That portion of the table of contents contained in the first 
section of the Federal Aviation Act of 1958 which appears under the 
center heading "TITLE VI—SAFETY REGULATION OF CIVIL 
AERONAUTICS" is amended by adding at the end thereof the 
following: 
"Sec. 611. Control and abatement of aircraft noise and sonic boom." 
Approved July 21, 1968.