Bill Text: NY S02069 | 2011-2012 | General Assembly | Introduced
Bill Title: Authorizes the commissioner of health to conduct a study relating to airline noise at and around John F. Kennedy International Airport, with particular emphasis on noise caused by the SST-Concorde and similar aircraft.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1-0)
Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2011-01-18 - REFERRED TO HEALTH [S02069 Detail]
Download: New_York-2011-S02069-Introduced.html
S T A T E O F N E W Y O R K ________________________________________________________________________ 2069 2011-2012 Regular Sessions I N S E N A T E January 18, 2011 ___________ Introduced by Sen. KRUGER -- read twice and ordered printed, and when printed to be committed to the Committee on Health AN ACT to amend the public health law, in relation to authorizing the commissioner of health to conduct a study concerning noise caused by airline traffic at John F. Kennedy International Airport THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND ASSEM- BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS: 1 Section 1. Section 206 of the public health law is amended by adding a 2 new subdivision 28 to read as follows: 3 28. THE COMMISSIONER SHALL AUTHORIZE A STUDY TO BE MADE CONCERNING 4 NOISE CAUSED BY AIRLINE TRAFFIC AT AND AROUND JOHN F. KENNEDY INTERNA- 5 TIONAL AIRPORT. SUCH STUDY SHALL PARTICULARLY INCLUDE AN EMPHASIS ON THE 6 NOISE MADE BY THE SST-CONCORDE AND OTHER SIMILAR AIRCRAFT. THE STUDY 7 SHALL ALSO INCLUDE AND DETAIL THE FOLLOWING: 8 (A) THE AVERAGE NUMBER OF ARRIVALS AND DEPARTURES AT SUCH AIRPORT ON A 9 DAILY BASIS; 10 (B) THE AVERAGE DECIBEL LEVEL OF ARRIVING AND DEPARTING AIRCRAFT; 11 (C) WHETHER THE NOISE CREATED BY SUCH AIRLINE TRAFFIC CAUSES HEARING 12 OR OTHER HEALTH PROBLEMS FOR RESIDENTS RESIDING NEAR SUCH AIRPORT; AND 13 (D) ANY RECOMMENDATIONS FOR REDUCING THE NOISE OUTPUT AT SUCH AIRPORT. 14 SUCH STUDY SHALL BE SUBMITTED TO THE GOVERNOR AND THE CHAIRPERSONS OF 15 THE SENATE AND ASSEMBLY HEALTH COMMITTEES WITHIN ONE YEAR OF THE EFFEC- 16 TIVE DATE OF THIS SUBDIVISION. 17 S 2. This act shall take effect immediately. EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets [ ] is old law to be omitted. LBD06680-01-1