Bill Text: IL SR0965 | 2011-2012 | 97th General Assembly | Introduced
Bill Title: Urges the Federal Aeronautics Administration and O'Hare International Airport authorities to decrease jet noise over Edison Park and the communities of Northwest Chicago by establishing a full-time fly quiet program and urge the creation and passage of a federal homeowner's aviation fly quiet act.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1-0)
Status: (Failed) 2013-01-08 - Session Sine Die [SR0965 Detail]
Download: Illinois-2011-SR0965-Introduced.html
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1 | SENATE RESOLUTION
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2 | WHEREAS, Certain communities on the Northwest side of the | ||||||
3 | City of Chicago (including Edison Park, Norwood Park, Jefferson | ||||||
4 | Park, Gladstone Park, and Big Oaks) lay underneath the key | ||||||
5 | nighttime air routes that converge over the community; this | ||||||
6 | includes 5 glide paths, 2 major take-off plates, air routes, | ||||||
7 | all used after 10 p.m.; and
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8 | WHEREAS, These communities of the City of Chicago seek a | ||||||
9 | solution to the nighttime sleep interruptions during the hours | ||||||
10 | of 10 p.m. and 7 a.m., including the shoulder hours as well; | ||||||
11 | and
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12 | WHEREAS, The Nextgen Program is currently being applied at | ||||||
13 | O'Hare International Airport, where flights that used to be | ||||||
14 | 5-miles spaced apart will soon have only a 3-mile separation, | ||||||
15 | times 6 east-to-west approach patterns for all inbound flights; | ||||||
16 | and
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17 | WHEREAS, These communities of the City of Chicago are | ||||||
18 | experiencing higher levels of jet noise, especially during the | ||||||
19 | phase 1 nighttime flight operations; and
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20 | WHEREAS, The current fly quiet program needs to be | ||||||
21 | re-evaluated for the purposes of instilling and sharing the |
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1 | primary purpose of flight and community partnership at O'Hare | ||||||
2 | International Airport with all of the collar communities; | ||||||
3 | therefore, be it
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4 | RESOLVED, BY THE SENATE OF THE NINETY-SEVENTH GENERAL | ||||||
5 | ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, that we urge the Federal | ||||||
6 | Aeronautics Administration and O'Hare International Airport | ||||||
7 | authorities to decrease jet noise over the communities of | ||||||
8 | Northwest Chicago by establishing a full-time fly quiet program | ||||||
9 | and urge the creation and passage of a federal homeowner's | ||||||
10 | aviation fly quiet act; and be it further
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11 | RESOLVED, That suitable copies of this resolution be | ||||||
12 | delivered to the Commissioner of O'Hare International Airport, | ||||||
13 | the Acting Administrator of the Federal Aeronautics | ||||||
14 | Administration, and to each member of the Illinois | ||||||
15 | congressional delegation.
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