Buffalo Niagara International Airport

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Buffalo Niagara International Airport Noise
Mitigation Program
Political Contours versus Reality
Presented by Mark Clark Sr. Aviation Planner of
BNIA
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Master Plan Airport Expansion Need for Part 150
Study
1,790 feet
Runway 14/32 added
725 feet
Runway 5/23 added
1,000 RSA
Allowed runway shift to gain
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Part 150 Study

• Conducted by PB Aviation for the
• Niagara Frontier Transportation Authority

May 2003 December 2004

• Submitted to FAA - February 2005

Approved by FAA - April 2006
Note Extensive Public outreach including
multiple CAC TAC meetings, newsletters, open
house, 2 public meetings and one hearing
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Development of the NCPNoise Compatibility
Program
2008 Recommended Contours
Approved by FAA September 2005
Approximately 1,740 homes for mitigation
NCP developed into a 10 year program at 60
million
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Who is critiquing our program ?

• Local Governments

Local Churches
Local Schools
Citizens inside the 65 DNL
Citizens outside the 65 DNL
Local Media
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Good News - Bad News
Bad News
Good News
Local Politicians are Noise Contour Experts
Lots of FAA Money
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Good News - Bad News
Good News
Bad News
Community outside the 65 DNL is angry
Community inside the 65 DNL is excited
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Good News - Bad News
Good News
Bad News
Their neighbors will not
1,750 families will watch TV in peace
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Good News - Bad News
Good News
Bad News
People outside the 65 DNL claim planes fly over
their home now but did not before
Aircraft need to stay within the flight corridors
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Good News - Bad News
Good News
Bad News
NFTA is jeered by Residents Quote from Noise
Hotline
NFTA is Cheered by Residents Quote from Noise
Hotline
Finally the airport is doing something about
the noise, we love what youre doing Thank You
This is total Bullt
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How Local Politico's try changing the Contours
Ill just make a few calls and fix the
contours myself
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How to Politically fix it ? Write a Letter to
FAA
Letter from local Councilman to FAA July 26, 2007
The most strident complaint with the Town of C.
involves apparent discrimination between houses,
sometimes adjacent, on the same street that are
claimed the experience the same overhead noise
yet are included excluded from the abatement
program announced by the NFTA
We believe that the 65DNL noise impact range was
not properly mapped and must be extended to
include all properties and affected streets We
also assert that there is discrimination between
properties and ownerships.
I therefore petition the FAA to again review the
results of the Part 150 Noise Study submitted by
the NFTA and correct the eligibility
determinations as they discriminate between
nearby, adjacent or properties on the same street
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FAA Response to letter
Letter from to FAA to Councilman August 28, 2007
FAA role in this process is to ensure the
airports program is consistent with the laws
governing this program Under Part 150.5(d) when
FAA accepts noise contours we are not making a
determination that a specific parcel lies with a
particular contour. That responsibility rests
with the sponsor. Our agency order governing
eligibility of noise projects for federal funding
(FAA Order 5100.38C), does allow for funding for
a reasonable numbers of otherwise ineligible
parcels contiguous to the project area which is
the 65DNL contours for the NFTA program.
FAA determined that in September of 2005 that
the noise exposure map contours submitted by the
NFTA were acceptable and prepared consistent with
FAA orders
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A Sponsors Problem
The inherent lack understanding concerning FAA
generated contours, make one see differently
than what truly exists
The Councilmans response to NFTA
Please read the enclosed letter (FAA response
letter) I believe there are serious deficiencies
in the NFTA consultants Part 150 Study findings
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Reality ContoursFAA Part 150 Study Approved
1,488 households (south only)
75 DNL 2 households
74-70 DNL 163 households
69-65 DNL 1,323 households
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FAA Equitable and Contiguous Street Squared
Households
Additional households outside approved 65DNL ?
404
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Political Contours
Households outside Approved 65DNL ?
3,072 (64 /- 50 DNL)
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64 - 60 DNLs1,152 households
64 DNL 282 households
63 DNL 206 households
62 DNL 259 households
61 DNL 248 households
60 DNL 157 households
Total 1,152 households
(4 /- error)
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DNL Breakdowns
64 DNL Part 150 0 Street Squared 224
Political 224 Not included 58
63 DNL Part 150 0 Street Squared 125
Political 192 Not included 14
62 DNL Part 150 0 Street Squared 49
Political 230 Not included 29
61 DNL Part 150 0 Street Squared 6
Political 204 Not included 44
60 DNL Part 150 0 Street Squared 0
Political 112 Not included 45
Totals 0 404
962 190
What do these figures imply ?
FAA Street Squared equitable and contiguous
to 65 DNL implies 180 homes in 63 60 DNL could
be mitigated while 58 in the 64 DNL are not
eligible
Political Complete entire streets implies 738
homes in 63 60 DNL could be mitigated while 58
in the 64 DNL will not be eligible
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Affects on Potential NCP south only
Homes Total Cost Change
Part 150 1,488 1,488 52.1 m
0
Squared Streets 404 1,892 66.2 m
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Political Streets 3,072 4,560 159.6 m 206
NCP changes could look like this Part 150
52.1 m 10-year program Squared Streets
14.1 m 12-year program Political Streets
107.5 m 25-year program
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Affects on the North End?
Well save that for another time
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The End
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