Ch. 617

LAWS OF MARYLAND

SECTION 2. 6. AND BE IT FURTHER ENACTED, That this Act
shall take effect July 1, 1989 and shall be applicable to all
taxable years beginning after December 31, 1989.

Approved May 25, 1989.

CHAPTER 617

(Senate Bill 812)

AN ACT concerning

Baltimore-Washington International Airport -
Noise Abatement

FOR the purpose of requiring the State Aviation Administration to
establish a certain program; requiring the Administration to

prepare certain reports on the progress made toward

achieving a certain noise zone reduction by a certain date
at Baltimore Washington International Airport; requiring the
Administration to submit the reports to the Governor and the
General Assembly by certain dates; and generally relating to
reporting on noise abatement at the Baltimore-Washington
International Airport.

Preamble

WHEREAS, The Maryland Environmental Noise Act of 1974
(Chapter 287 of the Acts of 1974) establishes the policy of this
State with respect to the protection of its citizens from the
consequences of unacceptable levels of environmental noise
generally; and

WHEREAS, The aviation portion of the 1974 Act, in
particular, mandates the resolution of existing noise problems
and the prevention of new noise problems in areas near airports
through adoption of noise abatement plans and the establishment
and enforcement of noise zone regulations; and

WHEREAS, In implementing this established legislative
policy,' and as part of a federal program of airport noise
compatibility planning, the State Aviation Administration,
through a voluntary Airport/airline cooperative program, has
committed itself to a goal of reducing the airport noise zone at
Baltimore-Washington International Airport by 1993; and

WHEREAS, The General Assembly of Maryland, through enactment
of Chapters 579 and 580 of the Acts of 1987, and other
legislative initiatives, supports voluntary Airport/airline

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