• Andre, Rae. Take Back the Sky: The Community Quest for Environmentally Sustainable Aviation. iUniverse.com (2003).

• Banner, Stuart. Who Owns the Sky? The Struggle to Control Airspace from the Wright Brothers on. Harvard Univ. Press (2008). (A must read! The book traces the uneasy compromise in the law on the practical need for "free" airspace versus the rights of landowners to peaceful enjoyment of property. Of value for both the layman and lawyer.)

• Bearden, David M. Noise Abatement and Control: An Overview of Federal Standards and Regulations. Congressional Research Service (RS20531) (April 2000).

• Broadbent, D.F. Decision and Stress. London: Academic Press (1971).

• Bronzaft, Arline L. "A Voice to End the Government's Silence on Noise." Hearing Rehab. Qtly., Vol. 23, No. 1 (1998).

• Bugliarello et al. Noise Pollution. Pergamon Press (1974).

• Burns, William. Noise and Man. Philadelphia: Lippincott (1973).

• Button, Kenneth. "The Usefulness of Current International Air Transport Statistics." J. Transp. Statistics, May 1999, pp. 71-92. (Link to PDF file.)

• Crocker, M.J.; and A.J. Price. Noise and Noise Control. Cleveland, Ohio: CRC Press (1975).

• Cuniff, P. F. Environmental Noise Pollution. New York: Wiley (1977).

• Cunningham, Carolyn. Needless Noise: The Negative Impacts of Helicopter Traffic in New York City and the Tri-State Region. New York: Natural Resource Defense Council (1999).

• Duggan, John M. "Aircraft Noise, Noise, Noise -- A Forward Look." Airport World (Oct. 1972).

• "EPA Task Force -- No Consensus on Aircraft Noise Study." Air Line Pilot (Aug. 1973).

• Falzone, Kristin L. "Airport Noise Pollution: Is There a Solution in Sight?" Boston Coll Env L Rev 26:769-807 (1999). [Link to PDF file.]

• Glass, D.C.; and J.E. Singer. Urban Stress. New York: Academic Press (1972).

• Hildebrand, James L., ed. Noise Pollution and the Law. (1970).

• "Inter-noise," annual conference of the International Congress on Noise Control Engineering, is the forum for a variety of expert papers on airport noise problems. Papers cover noise science, health effects, psychological testing, abatement programs, etc. See Symposia for on-line archives of past conferences and information on ordering papers.

• Kavaler, Lucy. Noise: The New Menace. John Day (1976).

• Kryter, K.D. Handbook of Noise and Hearing. San Diego, Cal.: Academic Press (1994).

• Piper, Robert R. "Aviation's Hidden Subsidy." Traffic Qtly., July 1975.

• Schiavo, Mary. Flying Blind, Flying Safe. Avon, New York (1997). (This is a "must read"! Written by a former inspector general for the U.S. Department of Transportation, the book focuses on the FAA's failure to independently evaluate safety issues, but in so doing it reveals the intransigent, arrogant, and clubby character of the FAA. See excerpts.)

• Stratford, Alan. Airports and the Environment. St. Martin's Press, New York (1974).

• Upham, Paul; Janet Maughan; David Raper; and Callum Thomas. Towards Sustainable Aviation. Earthscan (www.earthscan.co.uk) (2003).

Government Hearings and Reports

Tip Hearings and reports of House and Senate committees in recent years can be identified at Thomas (Library of Congress). Transcripts of hearings before House committees are published on the web at House Committee Hearings. Information on committee hearings and reports is also available at the websites of the Senate and House of Representatives. Reports and testimony by the U.S. Government Accountability Office, the investigative arm of the House of Representatives, can be obtained at GAO Reports.

• Anderson, G.S.; and R.D. Horonjeff. Aircraft Overflight Study: Effect of Aircraft Altitude upon Sound Levels at the Ground, 80 pages. National Park Service, Denver, CO (NTIS No. PB93-144194INZ) (1992).

• Butler, S.E.; and L.J. Kiernan. Estimating the Regional Economic Significance of Airports. Federal Aviation Administration (APP-400), 63 pgs. (Report No. DOT/FAA/PP/92-6) (Sept. 1992).

• Congressional Research Service, a branch of the Library of Congress, provides nonpartisan research reports to members of the House and Senate.

• European Parliament. Directive 2002/49/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council of 25 June 2002 Relating to the Assessment and Management of Environmental Noise (June 2002).

• FAA and Airport Noise. Hearings before the Subcomm. on Government Activities and Transportation, House Comm. on Government Operations, 102d Cong., 1st Session, June 24, 1991. (1991).

• Federal Aviation Administration Publications (general information).

• Federal Aviation Administration. Analysis of Noise Abatement Departure Procedures for Large Turbojet Airplanes. (Jan. 1993).

• _____. Effects of Airport Noise. Report to Congress (Nov. 1993).

• _____. Feasibility Study of Regional Air-Cargo Airports. Report to Congress (Aug. 1991), 82 pages. (Link is to PDF file.)

• _____. Issues Related to Aviation Noise. Report to Congress (Oct. 1992)

• _____. Measuring the Regional Economic Significance of Airports. FAA, APP-400 (Report No. DOT/FAA/PP/87-1) (1987).

• _____. Nonmilitary Helicopter Urban Noise Study. Report to Congress (Dec. 2004). (This report was required by Public Law 106-181, sec. 747, 2000. Link is to PDF file at the FAA's website.)

• _____. Part 150 Airport Noise Compatibility Planning. Report to Congress (1989).

• _____. Quiet Technology for Propeller-Driven Airplanes and Rotorcraft. Report to Congress (June 1996).

• _____. Study of the Applications of Noise and Analysis Requirements to Operating Noise/Access Restrictions on Subsonic Jets Under 75,000 Pounds. (June 1991).

• Federal Interagency Committee on Aviation Noise. Aviation Noise Research Conducted by FICAN Member Agencies. Washington, D.C.: FICAN (1998). (This is an update of the 1994 report -- see next. On-line file is 259 kB in PDF format at the FICAN website.)

• _____. Aviation Noise Research Conducted by U.S. Federal Agencies. Washington, D.C.: FICAN (1994).

• _____. Federal Agency Review of Selected Airport Noise Analysis Issues. Washington, D.C.: FICON (1992). [FICON was superseded by the Federal Interagency Committee on Aviation Noise, or FICAN, in 1993. (On-line file is 1 MB in PDF format at the FICAN website.)

• _____. Guidelines for Considering Noise in Land Use Planning and Control. Washington, D.C.: FICON (1980).

• _____. Use of Supplemental Noise Metrics in Aircraft Noise Analyses. Summary of FICAN-sponsored Symposium, Feb. 28, 2001, San Diego, California. (On-line file is 696.5 kB in PDF format at the FICAN website.)

• Fiscal 1999 Budget for the Federal Aviation Admin., hearing before the Subcomm. on Transportation of the House Comm. on Appropriations, 105th Cong. (1998).

• Kirk, Robert S. Airport Improvement Program. Congressional Research Service, Library of Congress (report IB10026) (Feb. 2001).

• Legislative History of the Noise Control Act of 1972. Congressional Research Service, Library of Congress(July 1974).

• Metropolitan Transportation Commission. Regional Airport System Plan Update for the San Francisco Bay Area. (1994). (Link is to National Transportation Library website.)

• Metropolitan Transportation Commission. Regional Airport System Plan [for the San Francisco Bay Area] Update 2000. (2000). (Link is to MTC website.)

• National Park Service. Report on the Effects of Aircraft Overflights on the National Parks System. Washington, D.C. (July 1995).

• National Science and Technology Council. Goals for a National Partnership in Aeronautics Research and Technology. Washington, D.C.: The White House (Sept. 1995). [Noise is a major element of this short report.]

• _____. National Research and Development Plan for Aviation. Washington, D.C.: The White House (Nov. 1999). [Noise is a major element of the plan.]

• Newman, J. S., and K. R. Beattie. Aviation Noise Effects. Federal Aviation Administration (Report No. EE-85-2; NTIS Doc. ADA-154319). (1985). [Review of literature. On-line file is at Noise Pollution Clearinghouse website.]

• Noise Control Act of 1971 and Amendments, hearings before the Subcomm. on the Environment, Senate Comm. on Commerce, 92nd Cong., 1st session, on S. 1016 and S. 1566 (June 28 and 30, and July 26, 1971).

• Reauthorization of the FAA and Airport Improvement Program in Light of the Recommendations of the National Civil Aviation Review Commission, hearing before the Subcomm. on Aviation of the House Comm. on Transportation and Infrastructure, 105th Cong. (1998).

• Reauthorization of the Noise Control Act of 1971, hearing before the Subcomm. on Commerce, Transportation, and Tourism, House Comm. on Energy and Commerce, 97th Cong., 1st session (1981).

• Technology for Aircraft Noise Reduction, hearing before Subcomm. on Transportation, Aviation, and Materials, House Comm. on Science, Space, and Technology, 101st Cong., 2nd session (Sept. 27, 1990).

• Technology to Reduce Aircraft Noise, hearing before the Subcomm. on Technology, House Comm. on Science, 105th Congress (1997).

• U.S. Environmental Protection Agency. Effects of Noise on People. (NTID 300.7, NTIS Document No. PB-206723) (December 1971).

• _____. Information on Levels of Environmental Noise Requisite to Protect Public Health and Welfare with an Adequate Margin of Safety. (EPA 550/9-74-004) Washington, D.C. (March 1974). [The full report at the Noise Pollution Clearinghouse website is in one very large file, more than 1.5 MB including a number of graphic files. A version without appendixes is available at this website.] See also Protective Noise Levels (EPA 550/9-79-100) Nov. 1978, a condensed version of the 1974 report in less technical terms.]

• _____. "Noise Control Archives, 1969-1992." [Index to reports and working papers maintained by the EPA History Office. The debate surrounding aircraft and airport noise in the 1970s is well documented in this collection.]

• _____. Noise Control Program: Progress to Date. (1980).

• _____. Noise Effects Handbook: A Desk Reference to Health and Welfare Effects of Noise. (EPA 500-9-82-106) Fort Walton Beach, Florida: National Association of Noise Control Officials (Rev. July 1981)

• _____. Noise in America -- Extent of the Noise Problem. Office of Noise Abatement and Control, Washington, D.C. (Report 550/9-81-101) (1981).

• _____. Office of Noise Abatement and Control publications on airport and aircraft noise, 1972-1982.

• _____. Public Health and Welfare Criteria for Noise. Office of Noise Abatement and Control, Washington, D.C. (Report EPA 550/9-73-002) (July 1973).

• _____. Report on Aircraft-Airport Noise. Report to Senate Committee on Public Works. (NTIS PB-256388) (Aug. 1973). [Report required by Noise Control Act of 1972.]

• _____. Report to the President and Congress on Noise. (NTIS PB-206716) (1971).

• _____. Status of Noise Control in the United States: State and Local Governments. Office of Noise Abatement and Control, Washington, D.C. (prepared by Dr. Clifford R. Bragdon, Dept. of City Planning, Georgia Institute of Technology). (April 1978).

• _____. Toward a National Strategy for Noise Control. Office of Noise Abatement and Control, Washington, D.C. (April 1977).

• U.S. Government Accountability Office [formerly General Accounting Office]. Airport Improvement Program: Better Management Needed for Funds Provided Under Letters of Intent. GAO/RCED-94-100 (Feb. 1994).

• _____. Airport Improvement Program: FAA Complying with Requirement for Local Involvement in Noise Mitigation Projects. GAO/RCED-99-41 (Dec. 1998).

• _____. Aviation and the Environment: FAA's Role in Major Airport Noise Programs. GAO/RCED-00-98 (April 2000). [On-line file is in Adobe "pdf" format and is local.]

• _____. Aviation and the Environment: Airport Operations and Future Growth Present Environmental Challenges. GAO/RCED-00-153 (August 2000). [On-line file is in Adobe "pdf" format and is on the GAO website.]

• _____. Aviation and the Environment: Results from a Survey of the Nation's 50 Busiest Commercial Service Airports. GAO/RCED-00-222 (August 2000). [On-line file is in Adobe "pdf" format and is on the GAO website.]

• _____. Aviation and the Environment: Transition to Quieter Aircraft Occurred as Planned But Concerns About Noise Persist. GAO-01-1053 (Sept. 28, 2001). [On-line file is in Adobe "pdf" format and is on the GAO website.]

• _____. Aviation Noise: Costs of Phasing Out Noise Aircraft. GAO/RCED-91-128 (July 2, 1991).

• _____. Transportation Noise: Federal Control and Abatement Responsibilities May Need to Be Revised. GAO/RCED-90-11 (Oct. 1989).

• U.S. Department of Transportation. Environmental Review of Airport Improvement Projects. Report of the Secretary of Transportation to the Congress. (May 2001) (On-line file is in PDF format at the FAA website.)

• _____. National Plan of Integrated Airport Systems, 1993-1997. Report of the Secretary of Transportation to the Congress.

• _____. National Plan of Integrated Airport Systems, 1998-2002. Report of the Secretary of Transportation to the Congress (March 1999). [Lists all commercial and reliever airports and many general aviation airports and their planned projects; summarizes selected policies and concerns regarding airport development. On-line file is in PDF format at the FAA website.]

Newsletters

• Airport Noise Report, a biweekly update on litigation, regulations, and technological developments. Anne Kohut, publisher, 43978 Urbancrest Ct., Ashburn, VA 20147 (tel. 703.729.4867; fax 703.729.4528).

• Aviation Conspiracy Newsletter (past issues). For free e-mail delivery, contact editor Bill Mulcahy.

• Capitol Noise, newsletter of the National Organization to Insure a Sound Controlled Environment (NOISE), 601 Pennsylvania Ave., N.W., Suite 900, South Building, Washington, D.C. (tel. 202.434.8163; fax 202.639.8238).

• Noise Regulation Report, Business Publishers, Inc., 8737 Colesville Road, Suite 1100, Silver Spring, MD 20910 (tel. 800.274.6737).

Noise Policy

• Acoustical Society of America. Sound Level Descriptors for Determination of Compatible Land Use. ANSI S12.40-1990 (1980).

• Aviation Noise Abatement Policy, Federal Aviation Administration (November 1976).

• Bradley, J.S. Determining acceptable limits for aviation noise. In Inter Noise 96, Noise Control -- The Next 25 Years, F.A. Hill and R. Lawrence, eds., Book 5, pp. 2541-2546, St. Albans, UK: Institute of Acoustics (1996).

• Cresswell, Lyn Loyd. Airport policy in the United States: The need for accountability, planning, and leadership. 19 Transp. L. J. 1 (1990).

• Federal Interagency Committee on Urban Noise. Guidelines for Considering Noise in Land Use Planning and Control. Washington, D.C.: FICUN (1980).

• Gottlob, D. Regulations for community noise. Noise News Int., pp. 223-236 (Dec. 1995).

• Green Party Noise Policy (link to Green Party in Europe Web site)

• Hede, A. Environmental noise regulation: A public policy perspective. In Noise as a Public Health Problem, N.L. Carter and R.F.S. Job, eds., vol. 2, pp. 687-696, Noise Effects '98 Conference, Sydney, Aus. (1998).

• Hede, A. Towards a normative model of public policy for environmental noise. Acoustics Australia 26:95-100 (1998).

• Jansen, G.; and D. Gottlob. Requirements for the protection against outdoor noise in various countries with respect to standardization and regulations. In Inter Noise 96, Noise Control -- The Next 25 Years, F.A. Hill and R. Lawrence, eds., Book 6, pp. 3343-3346, St. Albans, UK: Institute of Acoustics (1996).

• Lang, W.W. Is noise policy a global issue, or is it a local issue? In Inter Noise 99, The 1999 International Congress on Noise Control Engineering, J. Cuschieri, S. Glegg, and Yan Yong, eds., pp. 1939-1943 (1999).

• Large, J.B.; and M.E. House. The effect on aviation noise of the single European market. In Inter Noise 89, G.C. Maling, Jr., ed., vol. 1, pp. 695-700, Poughkeepsie, NY: Noise Control Foundation (1989).

• Metropolitan Aircraft Noise Abatement Policy Study: O'Hare International Airport. Northeastern Illinois Planning Commission. (prepared for the U. S. Department of Housing and Urban Development and U.S. Department of Transportation) (1971).

• Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development. Fighting Noise in the 1990s. OECD, Paris (1991).

• Shapiro, Sidney A. Lessons from a public policy failure: EPA and Noise Abatement. 19 Ecology L.Q. 1 (1992).

• Sierra Club Policy: Noise Pollution (link to Sierra Club Web site).

• South African Bureau of Standards. Code of Practice for the Measurement and Rating of Environmental Noise with Respect to Annoyance and Speech Communication, 3rd ed. SABS, Publ. 0103, Pretoria (1994).

• South African Bureau of Standards. Code of Practice for methods for Environmental Noise Impact Assessments. SABS, Publ. 0328, Pretoria (1998).

• UK Department of Transport. The Future of Air Transport. (2002) [Includes sections on noise and noise mitigation.]

• Van Eeten, Michel. Recasting intractable noise policy issues: the wider implications of the Netherlands civil aviation controvery. Journal of Policy Analysis and Management 20(3):391-414 (2001).