Minnesota Session Laws - 1984, Regular Session

  

                         Laws of Minnesota 1984 

                        CHAPTER 639-S.F.No. 1914 
           An act relating to airports; metropolitan government; 
          requiring reports to pollution control agency 
          concerning noise abatement for the Minneapolis-St. 
          Paul airport; amending Minnesota Statutes 1982, 
          section 473.612. 
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF MINNESOTA: 
    Section 1.  Minnesota Statutes 1982, section 473.612, is 
amended to read: 
    473.612 [NOISE ABATEMENT PLAN.] 
    By December 31, 1981 the commission shall submit to the 
legislature a noise abatement plan for the Minneapolis-St. Paul 
International Airport, containing annual programmatic goals, 
numerical goals, and objectives until December 31, 1987 1989, 
for reduction of aircraft noise within the metropolitan area.  
The plan shall also contain definite proposals for specific 
annual reductions, but not be limited to, documentation of 
annual change in the maximum hourly noise levels, such as 
defined by Minnesota pollution control agency rules, 6 MCAR 
4.2001 (15) and (16) Minnesota Rules, chapter 7010, based on the 
typically worst noise condition on an hourly basis received in 
populated residential areas representing the noise-impacted 
region of the metropolitan area.  The pollution control agency 
shall participate in the selection and review of the monitoring 
of such residential areas.  By December 31, 1982, and each year 
thereafter until December 31, 1987 1989, the commission shall 
submit to the legislature and the pollution control agency a 
draft report detailing the reduction of aircraft noise in 
meeting the annual objectives accomplishment of programmatic 
goals and objectives and the annual change in noise levels as 
outlined in the above noise abatement plan.  By December 31, 
1984, and each year thereafter until December 31, 1989, the 
commission shall submit to the legislature a report which 
includes any comments provided by the pollution control agency 
and the commission's response to the comments.  In addition, the 
commission shall provide as part of the annual reports its best 
estimate, in the form of numerical goals, of noise abatement to 
be achieved by December 31, 1989, in residential areas 
representing the noise-impacted region of the metropolitan 
area.  The goals shall be updated annually. 
    Approved May 2, 1984