A BILL TO PROVIDE THAT THE ADMINISTRATOR OF THE SUCH PROJECTS MARCH 4, 1969 74-610740 Serial No. 91-93 Printed for the use of the Committee on Interstate and Foreign Commerce 55-673 U.S. GOVERNMENT PRINTING OFFICE WASHINGTON: 1971 C Bolfing, Harry F., Chief, Fiscal Management Branch, Bureau of National Capital Airports, Federal Aviation Administration_-_-_ Rakowski, Edward J., Chief, Engineering Staff, Bureau of National Capital Airports, Federal Aviation Administration___ Saunders, Arven H., Director, Bureau of National Capital Airports, Federal Aviation Administration_. Additional material submitted for the record by- Air Line Pilots Association, Charles H. Ruby, president, letter dated 25 14 Federal Aviation Administration, Bureau of National Capital Airports: Cost of installing a "moose-proof" fence at McGrath, Alaska, Noise levels of various size aircraft_ Friedel, Hon. Samuel N., a Representative in Congress from the State Speech on the floor of the House, September 26, 1968, entitled (III) LIMITATIONS ON AIRPORT EXPANSION TUESDAY, MARCH 4, 1969 HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, SUBCOMMITTEE ON TRANSPORTATION AND AERONAUTICS, COMMITTEE ON INTERSTATE AND FOREIGN COMMERCE, Washington, D.C. The subcommittee met at 10 a.m., pursuant to notice, in room 2123, Rayburn House Office Building, Hon. Samuel N. Friedel (chairman) presiding. Mr. FRIEDEL. The subcommittee will please be in order. Today's hearing is on H. R. 2668, a bill which I introduced to provide that the Administrator of the Federal Aviation Administration shall not undertake any project to improve or expand Federal airports without specific authorization, if the cost of such project will exceed $50,000. I introduced similar legislation in the beginning of the 90th Congress (H.R. 2798), January 18, 1967). Then last year under date of September 1, 1968, the Federal Aviation Administration released a "Master Plan Report-Washington National Airport." This report cost some $300,000. I described the outlay of $300,000 taxpayer dollars for this purpose as outrageous on the floor of the House on September 26, 1968. Without objection, I will include my floor statement of that date in this hearing record at the end of my opening remarks. Over the years I have been actively engaged in the airport needs for not only the Baltimore area but for the Baltimore/Washington, D.C. area. In many and ever increasing instances these needs are overlapping. I take a great deal of good natured joshing just about every time I say "Friendship International." I don't mind this-I rather enjoy it as long as all of us concerned with aviation are aware that Friendship and Dulles have unused capacity with minimal aircraft noise problems while Washington National is saturated with air service and its aircraft operations bring constant complaints about noise. It would seem to me that the Department of Transportation and the Federal Aviation Administration would do well to think in terms of minimizing the surface transportation problems and I don't believe that they are as large as some would have you think-to and from Dulles and Friendship rather than concentrating on revamping or rebuilding Washington National at a cost of several hundred million dollars. (Mr. Friedel's statement on the floor of the House, January 26, 1968, referred to, follows:) (1) |