Budget Amendment ID: FY2025-S4-446

EHS 446

DPH Airplane Noise Study

Messrs. Timilty and Eldridge, Ms. Edwards and Mr. O'Connor moved that the proposed new text be amended by inserting after section X the following section:-  

"SECTION XX. The Department of Public Health shall commission a study of the health and noise impacts of airplane flights directed to and from the General Edward Lawrence Logan International Airport on residents of communities that are represented on the Massachusetts Port Authority Community Advisory Committee. 

The study shall include, but not be limited to, an analysis of the health and noise impacts of airplane flights on such residents who are exposed to conditions related to noise and air pollution emanating from airplane flights, including asthma exacerbation, sleep disturbance, stress and elevated blood pressure; provided, that the study shall particularly consider the health impacts on residents living partly or wholly beneath the flight paths most frequently used by aircraft flying, including landing or during takeoff, at an altitude of 10,000 feet. 

The department shall submit a report detailing the findings of its study to the clerks of the Senate and the House of Representatives, the Joint Committee on Public Health and the Senate and House committees on ways and means not later than December 31, 2024.”