BOB HOPE CURFEW TALK RE-KINDLED OFFICIALS PUSH FOR NEW NOISE STUDY.Byline: Jason Kandel Staff Writer BURBANK - Bob Hope Airport Bob Hope Airport (IATA: BUR, ICAO: KBUR, FAA LID: BUR) is a regional and national airport located in Burbank, California, United States. It was formerly known as United Airport (1930-1934); Union Air Terminal (1934-1940); officials are set to discuss ways to complete a long-awaited noise study by the end of 2006 in hopes of getting federal approval for a nighttime curfew curfew [O.Fr.,=cover fire], originally a signal, such as the ringing of a bell, to damp the fire, extinguish all lights in the dwelling, and retire for the night. The custom originated as a precaution against fires and was common throughout Europe in the Middle Ages. . During its meeting Wednesday, the Airport Authority's Legal, Government & Environmental Affairs Committee will gauge the financial impacts of canceled flights - a cost-benefit analysis cost-benefit analysis In governmental planning and budgeting, the attempt to measure the social benefits of a proposed project in monetary terms and compare them with its costs. the airport needs to win Federal Aviation Administration Federal Aviation Administration (FAA), component of the U.S. Department of Transportation that sets standards for the air-worthiness of all civilian aircraft, inspects and licenses them, and regulates civilian and military air traffic through its air traffic control approval for a 10-p.m.-to-7 a.m. ban on all flights. ``The biggest priority of this effort is to try to identify some version of a nighttime curfew that we don't currently have, and try to get the FAA to approve,'' said airport spokesman Victor Gill. ``This is nothing short of a monumental hurdle.'' The committee will make its recommendations about the so-called Part 161 study to the nine-member Burbank-Glendale-Pasadena Airport Authority. Authority Commissioner Bill Wiggins William David Wiggin (born June 4, 1966) is a British Conservative Party politician, Member of Parliament and Shadow Minister for Agriculture & Fisheries. He has held the seat of Leominster since the 2001 election. said he believes this is a big step forward. ``This is almost the final step,'' he said. Burbank officials said they were pleased the Airport Authority is looking for Looking for In the context of general equities, this describing a buy interest in which a dealer is asked to offer stock, often involving a capital commitment. Antithesis of in touch with. ways to improve the quality of life for local residents. ``I'm glad they're taking this up and looking at improving the 161 study,'' City Attorney Dennis Barlow bar·low n. An inexpensive, one- or two-bladed pocketknife. [After Barlow, the family name of its makers, two brothers in Sheffield, England.] said. ``In the best of all worlds, we'll see the 161 study go through, and the FAA will grant a nighttime curfew.'' Part 161 came about after Congress passed the Airport Noise and Capacity Act of 1990. It was intended to prevent airports from imposing additional noise rules while also requiring airlines to phase out older, noisier planes with quieter jets. Airlines agreed to undergo the expensive upgrades, but on the condition that airports be prevented from imposing curfews. Part 161 was built into the rules as a way for airports to try to make a convincing case that a curfew is warranted. Airport officials are revisiting the 161 study more than a year after an earlier draft was rejected by the FAA, which said it failed to provide ``substantial evidence'' that a curfew was needed. ``This proposal would not be consistent with the statutory requirements that a restriction be reasonable, nonarbitrary and nondiscriminatory,'' wrote Victoria Catlett with the FAA's Airport Planning and Programming office in a letter dated May 19, 2004. But she also wrote, ``Any changes to your analysis, and more complete Part 161 documentation, could affect our comments.'' Gerald Silver, president of the Homeowners of Encino, said the FAA is a stickler stick·ler n. 1. One who insists on something unyieldingly: a stickler for neatness. 2. Something puzzling or difficult. for details. ``(Bob Hope) must do a comprehensive cost-benefit analysis,'' he said. ``They can't just schlock schlock also shlock Slang n. Something, such as merchandise or literature, that is inferior or shoddy. adj. Of inferior quality; cheap or shoddy. that up. It must be done thoroughly.'' Jason Kandel, (818) 546-3306 jason.kandel(at)dailynews.com IF YOU GO The Burbank-Glendale-Pasadena Airport Authority's Legal, Government & Environmental Affairs Committee meets at 8:30 a.m. Wednesday at Bob Hope Airport, 2627 Hollywood Way. See www.burbankairport.com for more information. CAPTION(S): box Box: IF YOU GO (see text) |
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