Opinion ID: 164231
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Heading Rank: 3

Heading: Aerial Refueling

Text: 48 Appellants claim that the EIS's noise impacts analysis failed to take into account the effect of aerial refueling operations. Appellants seem to suggest that the EIS should have addressed the impact of aerial refueling separately from its overall noise analysis. However, according to the U.S. Air Force, overflights of aircraft engaged in aerial refueling were incorporated in the calculations of L dnmr levels, making an independent analysis unnecessary. We have no basis for contesting the U.S. Air Force's assertion, especially given the fact that the EIS openly describes aerial refueling training as one of the activities in which German Air Force aircrews would be engaged. Appellants' App. at 98. Having already upheld the EIS's use of the L dnmr metric, we reject this additional challenge to the EIS's noise analysis. 49