Add Art 13 Title 14 §§1389-hh & 1389-ii, Pub Health L
Directs the commissioner of health to undertake a study utilizing a uniform metric for measuring noise impacts that will be used by airports for the purpose of noise exposure maps and noise compatibility programs.
STATE OF NEW YORK
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7946--A
2025-2026 Regular Sessions
IN ASSEMBLY
April 16, 2025
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Introduced by M. of A. KIM -- read once and referred to the Committee on
Health -- recommitted to the Committee on Health in accordance with
Assembly Rule 3, sec. 2 -- committee discharged, bill amended, ordered
reprinted as amended and recommitted to said committee
AN ACT to amend the public health law, in relation to airport noise
studies
The People of the State of New York, represented in Senate and Assem-bly, do enact as follows:
1 Section 1. Article 13 of the public health law is amended by adding a
2 new title 14 to read as follows:
3 TITLE XIV
4 AIRPORT NOISE STUDIES
5 Section 1389-hh. Definitions.
6 1389-ii. Airport noise studies.
7 § 1389-hh. Definitions. For the purposes of this title, the following
8 definitions shall apply:
9 1. "Community noise equivalent level" (CNEL) means, in decibels, the
10 average daytime noise level during a twenty-four hour period, adjusted
11 to account for the lower tolerance of noise during evening and nighttime
12 periods in relation to daytime periods.
13 2. "Hourly noise level daytime" (HNLD) means, in decibels, the hourly
14 noise levels for the hours of 0700-1900.
15 3. "Hourly noise level evening" (HNLE) means, in decibels, the hourly
16 noise levels for the hours of 1900-2200.
17 4. "Hourly noise level nighttime" (HNLN) means, in decibels, the hour-
18 ly noise levels for the hours of 2200-0700.
19 5. "Number Above" (NA) means a metric that presents the number of
20 noise events that exceed a noise level of 60 decibels (dB). As reported
21 by the federal aviation administration, an interference begins to occur
22 at a noise level of 60 dB.
EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
[] is old law to be omitted.
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1 6. "Airport" shall have the same meaning as such term is defined in
2 subdivision five of section two hundred forty of the general business
3 law.
4 § 1389-ii. Airport noise studies. 1. The commissioner shall undertake
5 a study on the HNLD, HNLE, and HNLN of airports within the state. The
6 study shall assess the hourly noise levels for daytime, evening, and
7 nighttime noise levels at airports within the state and compare such
8 levels to the NA threshold of 60 dB referenced by the federal aviation
9 administration. For the purposes of such study, all contour maps shall
10 be completed using the community noise equivalent level. This shall
11 include, but shall not be limited to, federal aviation regulation part
12 one hundred fifty studies, airport noise exposure maps (NEMs), and
13 airport noise compatibility programs (NCPs).
14 2. The community noise equivalent level (CNEL) shall be calculated by
15 the following: CNEL = 10 log (1/24) ({sigma} antilog (HNLD/10) + 3
16 {sigma} antilog (HNLE/10) + 10 {sigma} antilog (HNLN/10)).
17 § 2. This act shall take effect on the one hundred eightieth day after
18 it shall have become a law.
