Conference on General Aviation
Airport Noise and Land Use Planning
Program, Panelists, and Attendees
October 3-5, 1979
Georgia Institute of Technology
Prepared Under Contract G8-01-5040
For Environmental Protection Agency,
Office of Noise Abatement and Control
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TABLE OF CONTENTS
FORWARD 11
FINAL PROGRAM 1
LIST OF PANELISTS 6
ROSTER OF OTHER PARTICIPANTS 8
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FOREWARD
The Environmental Protection Agency's Office of Noise Abatement
and Control sponsored a Conference on "General Aviation Airport Noise and
Land Use" at The Georgia Institute of Technology on October 3-5, 1979. A
report on the Conference has been prepared 1n three volumes. Volume I
provides summaries of the Conference panel discussions and recommendations.
Volume II contains the prepared papers that were presented by the speakers
and Volume III contains verbatim transcripts of the panel discussions.
This program and list of panelists at the Conference provides
information on the composition of the panelists and the position 1n the
industry or community of the speakers as noted 1n the Volume I summaries of
panel discussions and in the Volume III transcript of the Conference
proceedings.
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CONFERENCE ON GENERAL AVIATION AIRPORT NOISE
AND LAND USE PLANNING
Graduate City Planning Program
College of Architecture
Georgia Institute of Technology
Atlanta, Georgia 30332
FINAL PROGRAM
WEDNESDAY - OCTOBER 3, 1979
8:30 - 9:30 Registration Space Science Building II,
Georgia Institute of Technology
9:30 - 10:00 Welcome
—Clifford Bragdon, Director, Program for Inter-
disciplinary Studies, Georgia Institute of
Technology, Atlanta, Georgia
—William Fash, Dean, College of Architecture,
Georgia Institute of Technology
—Charles L. El kins, Deputy Assistant Administrator,
Office of Noise Abatement and Control, U.S.
Environmental Protection Agency, Washington, D.C.
10:00 - 10:30 BREAK
10:30 - 11:00 "Decision Matrix for Airport and Land Use Planning"
—Clifford Bragdon
11:00 - 11:30 "General Aviation in the U.S.: Past, Present and Future"
—John Wesler, Office of the Secretary, Federal
Aviation Administration, Washington, D.C.
11:30 - 12:00 "A State Perspective on General Aviation and Planning"
--Lucy Searle, Community Liaison, Massachusetts
Aeronautics Commission, Boston, Massachusetts
12:00 - 1:30 LUNCH
1:30 - 2:00 "General Aviation Activity and Land Use Planning"
—Robert Doyle, Vice President, Peat, Marwick
& Mitchell, San Francisco, California
2:00 - 2:30 "The Noise Associated with General Aviation Activity"
—Bill Galloway, Principal Consultant, Bolt, Beranek
& Newman, Inc., Canoga Park, California
2:30 - 3:00 "The Impact of General Aviation Activity on a Local
Economy"
—Michael J. McCarty, Manager, Airport and Environ-
mental Section, National Business Aircraft
Association, Washington, D.C.
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3:00 - 3:30 "The Impact of General Aviation Activity on Airport
Community Residents"
—Joan Caldwell, President, Northwest Greenwich
Association, Greenwich, Connecticut
3:30 - 4:00 BREAK
4:00 - 5:00 PANEL A « IMPACT OF GENERAL ACTIVITY
PANEL MEMBERS:
—John Tyler, Consultant, N.O.I.S.E., Glastonbury,
Connecticut
—Joseph R. Lewis, Executive Director, Town-Village
Aircraft Safety and Noise Abatement Committee,
Lawrence, New York
—Jack Swing, Department of Public Health, State of
California, Berkeley, California
—Shirley Grindle, Citizen Representative, Orange
County, California
—Angelo Campanella, President, ACCULAB, Columbus,
Ohio
(Panel Reaction and Audience Participation)
THURSDAY - OCTOBER 4, 1979
9:00 - 9:30 "Remedial Measures for Dealing with Noise Associated
with General Aviation Activity"
—Lewis Goodfriend, President, Lewis Goodfriend &
Associates, Cedar Knolls, New Jersey
9:30-10:00 "A Case Study"
—W.J. Critchfield, A.A.E., Manager, Torrance
Municipal Airport, Torrance, California
10:00 - 10:30 BREAK
10:30 - 11:00 "Preventive Measures for Dealing with Noise Associated
with General Aviation Activity"
—Gordon Jackson, Deputy Regional Manager, R. Dixon
Speas & Associates, Atlanta, Georgia
11:00-11:30 "A Case Study"
—Peter Eschweiler, Westchester Co. Airport,
Rye, New York
11:30 - 12:30 PANEL B — PERSPECTIVES ON GENERAL AVIATION PLANNING
PANEL MEMBERS:
—Robert L. Miller, Senior Consultant, Bolt, Beranek
and Newman, Boston, Massachusetts
—Kenneth J. Deli no, Manager, Airport Noise Control
Programs, Systems Control, Inc., Anaheim,
California
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—Jesse 0. Borthwick, Executive Director, National
Association of Noise Control Officials, Fort
Walton Beach, Florida
—Robert Clark, Director, Department of Planning and
Research, City of Kinston, Kinston, North Carolina
(Panel Reaction and Audience Participation)
12:30 - 2:00 LUNCH
2:00 - 5:00 PANEL C — THE REGULATORY RESPONSIBILITIES FOR GENERAL
AVIATION ACTIVITY
PANEL MEMBERS:
—Charles Blair, Airport Planning Specialist, Federal
Aviation Administration, Atlanta, Georgia
—Robert Montgomery, State Aviation Administration,
State of Maryland, Baltimore, Maryland
—Herman Barnard, City Councilman, College Park,
Georgia
—Stanley Green, Vice President, General Aviation
Manufacturers Association, Washington, D.C.
—Fred Gammon, Airport Manager, Teterboro Airport,
New Jersey
—Steve Schwenk, Board of Directors, National Pilots
Association, Atlanta, Georgia
—Maurice Gosnel, President, Pilots-Lawyers Bar
Association, Lawrenceville, Illinois
THURSDAY EVENING - BANQUET « U.S. CONQRESSMAN JEROME A. AMBRO, NEW YORK
6:00 - 7:30 Social Hour Sheraton - Atlanta Hotel
7:30 - 8:30 DINNER
8:30 - 9:30 Speaker, Congressman J. Ambro, New York
FRIDAY - OCTOBER 5, 1979
9:00 - 9:30 "The Role of the Real Estate Industry in General
Aviation Airport Land Use Compatibility Planning"
—Richard Forbes, Professor of Real Estate, Georgia
State University, Atlanta, Georgia
9:30 - 10:00 "The Role of Lending Institutions in General Aviation
Airport Land Use Compatibility Planning"
—James F. Scott, Scott Appraisal Service, Inc.,
Atlanta, Georgia
10:00 - 10:30 BREAK
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10:30 - 11:00 "The Role of Aircraft Manufacturers in Alleviating
General Aviation Noise"
—Stanley Green, General Aviation Manufacturers
Association, Washington, D.C.
11:00 - 11:30 "The Pilot's Role in the Planning and Implementation
of Airport Operator Controls"
—Theodore Elmgren, President, Torrance Pilots
Association, Torrance, California
11:30 - 12:30 PANEL D - PRIVATE SECTOR ROLE IN GENERAL AVIATION
ACTIVITY
PANEL MEMBERS:
—James D. Vernor, Professor of Real Estate, Georgia
State University, Atlanta, Georgia
—Terence Love, Associate Professor, Georgia Institute
of Technology, Atlanta, Georgia
—Julian Diaz III, International Appraisal and
Research Group, Inc., Atlanta, Georgia
—Lyndall Hughes, President, Real Estate Aviation
Chapter, National Association of Realtors, Chagrin
Falls, Ohio
(Panel Reaction and Audience Participation)
12:30 - 2:00 LUNCH
2:00 - 2:30 "The Experiences of Air Carriers Airports in Noise
Control Los Angeles"
--Walter V. Collins, Noise Abatement Manager,
Airports, Los Angeles, California
2:30 - 3:00 "The Experiences of Military Airports in Noise Control"
—Howard Metcalf, Deputy Director of Construction
Standards and Design, U.S. Department of Defense,
Washington, D.C.
3:00 - 3:30 "The Experiences of Air Carrier — General Aviation
Airport Planning — Minneapolis"
—Jeff Hamiel, Noise Abatement Manager, Metropolitan
Airport Commission, Minneapolis, Minnesota
3:30 - 4:30 PANEL E — NON-GENERAL AVIATION PLANNING EXPERIENCE
PANEL MEMBERS:
—David Braslau, David Braslau Associates, Inc.,
President, Minneapolis, Minnesota
—Kenneth J. Deli no, Manager, Airport Noise Control
Programs, Systems Control, Inc., Anaheim,
California
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—Max Walker, Hartsfield International Airport,
Atlanta, Georgia
—Thomas A. Duffy, Director, N.O.I.S.E., Washington,
D.C.
—Gordon A. Miller, Deputy Chief, California
Department of Aeronautics, Sacramento, California
(Panel Reaction and Audience Participation)
4:30 - 5:00 Conference Summary and Wrap Up, Clifford R. Bragdon,
Conference Chairman
CO-SPONSORED BY:
The U.S. Environmental Protection
Agency, Office of Noise Abatement
and Control
and Georgia Institute
of Technology
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CONFERENCE ON GENERAL AVIATION AIRPORT NOISE
AND LAND USE PLANNING
October 3-5, 1979
Panelists
Herman Barnard (C)
President, N.O.I.S.E.
Councilman, City Hall
College Park, GA
Charles Blair (C)
Airport Planning Specialist
Federal Aviation Administration
Southern Region
Atlanta, GA 30354
Jesse Borthwick (B)
National Association of Noise
Control Officials
P.O. Box 373
Shalimar, FL 32579
Angelo J. Campanella (A)
ACCULAB
3201 Ridgewood Drive
Columbus, OH 43220
Robert Clark (B)
Director, Department of Planning
and Research
City of Kinston
P.O. Box 339
Kinston, NC 28501
Kenneth J. Deli no (B)
Manager, Airport Noise Control
Programs
System Control, Inc.
1440 6A South State College Blvd.
Anaheim, CA 92805
Frank Gammon (C)
Teterboro Airport
399 Industrial Avenue
Teterboro, NJ 07608
Maurice E. Gosnell (C)
President
Pilots-Lawyers Bar Association
P.O. Box 737
Lawrenceville, IL 62439
Stanley Green (C)
General Aviation Manufacturers Association
1025 Connecticut Avenue, NW
Washington, DC
Shirley L. Grind!e (A)
19051 Glen Aaron Lane
Orange, CA 92669
Lyndall Hughes (D)
Secretary
Real Estate Aviation Chapter
National Association of Realtors
32 N. Main Street
Chagrin Falls, OH 44022
Joseph R. Lewis (A)
Executive Director
Town-Village Aircraft Safety and
Noise Abatement Committee
196 Central Avenue
Lawrence, NY 11559
Terrence Love (D)
Professor, School of Architecture
Georgia Institute of Technology
Atlanta, GA 30332
Robert L. Miller (B)
Senior Consultant
Bolt Beranek and Newman, Inc.
50 Moulton Street
Cambridge, MA 02238
Robert P. Montgomery (C)
State Aviation Administration
P.O. Box 8766
BWI Airport, MD 21240
Steve Schwenk (C)
National Pilots Association
1571 Scheffield Drive
College Park, GA
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CONFERENCE ON GENERAL AVIATION AIRPORT NOISE
AND LAND USE PLANNING
October 3-5, 1979
Panelists
Jack Swing (A)
Senior Acoustical Engineer
Office of NOISE Control, Room 514
California Department of Public
Health
2151 Berkeley Way
Berkeley, CA 94704
John M. Tyler (A)
Consultant
N.O.I.S.E.
25 Knob Hill
Glastonbury, CT 06033
James Vernor (D)
Professor of Real Estate
Georgia State University
University Plaza
Atlanta, GA 30303
Maxwell Walker (D)
Aviation Department
Atlanta International Airport
Atlanta, GA 30320
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CONFERENCE ON GENERAL AVIATION AIRPORT NOISE
AND LAND USE PLANNING
October 3-5, 1979
-ROSTER-
Maria Allman
Airport Planner
Robert & Company, Associates
Garrison & Sullivan Road
College Park, GA 30337
Calvin Ashborg
Atlanta Bureau of Planning
Ten Pryor Street
Atlanta, GA 30303
Randy Barnes
Research Assistant
City Planning
Georgia Institute of Technology
Atlanta, GA 30332
Selby Bearden
Mayes, Sudderth and Etheredge, Inc.
1775 The Exchange
Atlanta, GA
Judi Beaver
ORI, Inc.
1400 Spring Street
Silver Spring, MD 20910
William A. Beckwith
Director
Aviation Administration Program
Georgia State University
University Plaza
Atlanta, GA 30303
Howard Bellinger
Executive Director
Chatham County-Savannah Metropolitan
Planning Commission
P.O. Box 1027
Savannah, GA 31402
Theodore Bergland
Citizens Against Noise
2729 Lunt Avenue
Chicago, IL 60645
Patrick Bienvenu
Landrum & Brown
290 Central Trust Building
Cincinnati, OH 45202
Clifford Bragdon
Graduate City Planning Program
Georgia Institute of Technology
Atlanta, GA 30332
David Braslau
President
David Braslau Associates, Inc.
2829 University Avenue, #342
Minneapolis, MN 55414
Joan Caldwell
364 Riverside Road
Greenwich, CT
Jimmy Cawthorn
Aero-Space Technologist
NASA-Lang!ey Research Center
Noise Effects Branch, Mail Stop 463
Hampton, VA 23665
Robert Chadkis
Vice President
Dytec Engineering, Inc.
2750 East Spring Street
Long Beach, CA 90806
Lloyd B. Chaisson, Jr.
Office of Membership Services
National League of Cities
1620 I Street, NW
Washington, D.C. 20006
Bill Cleary
ORI, Inc.
1400 Spring Street
Silver Spring, MD 20910
Walter V. Collins
Noise Abatement Division
Los Angeles Department of Airports
1001 World Way
Los Angeles, CA
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CONFERENCE ON GENERAL AVIATION AIRPORT NOISE
AND LAND USE PLANNING
OCTOBER 3-5, 1979
Roster
Mike Connor
Georgia Department of Transportation
65 Aviation Circle
Atlanta, GA 30331
William G. Cornell
Acoustics and Aerodynamics Engineer
General Electric, Aircraft Engine
Group
H-77, General Electric
Cincinnati, OH 45215
Bill Critchfield
Manager
Torrance Municipal Airport
3115 Airport Drive
Torrance, CA 90505
Julian Diaz, III
International Appraisal and Research
Group, Inc.
2150 Parklake Drive, NE
Atlanta, GA 30345
Robert H. Doyle
Peat, Marwich, Mitchell and Company
P.O. Box 8007
San Francisco, CA 94128
Thomas N. Duffy
Director
N.O.I.S.E.
1620 Eye Street, NW
Washington, D.C. 20006
Charles L. El kins
Deputy Assistant Administrator
Office of Noise Abatement & Control
U.S. Environmental Protection Agency
Washington, D.C. 20410
Theodore Elmgren
President, Torrance Pilots Association
2927 W. 135th Place
Gardena, CA 90249
Peter Q. Eschweiler
Commissioner of Planning
Westchester County Department of Planning
White Plains, NY 10601
Jeff Fegan
R. Dixon Speas & Associates
1001 International Boulevard
Atlanta, GA 30354
States R. Finley, III
Transportation Planner
DeKalb County Planning Department
One Call away Square
Decatur, GA 30030
E. Ray Fletcher
Georgia Department of Transportation
5025 New Peachtree Road
Chamblee, GA 30341
Richard Forbes
Georgia State University
Department of Real Estate
University Plaza
Atlanta, GA 30303
John C. Ford
Manager, Comprehensive Plans
DeKalb County Planning Department
One Call away Square
Decatur, GA 30030
Robert G. Frye
Florida Department of Transportation
Haydon Burns Building
605 Suwannee Street
Tallahassee, FL 32304
William J. Galloway
Principal Consultant
Bolt Beranak & Newman, Inc.
P.O. Box 633
Canoga Park, CA 91305
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CONFERENCE ON GENERAL AVIATION AIRPORT NOISE
AND LAND USE PLANNING
October 3-5, 1979
Roster
Toni D. Gardner
Transportation Planner
Georgia Department of Transportation
65 Aviation Circle
Atlanta, GA 30336
Lewis Goodfriend
Lewis S. Goodfriend & Associates
Consulting Engineers in Acoustics
Seven Saddle Road
Cedar Knolls, NJ 07927
Ferdinand M. Grosveld
Project Manager, Noise Research Group
University of Kansas, Flight Research
Lab
2291 Irving Hill Drive
Lawrence, KS 66045
James H. Hahne
Office of Noise Abatement
U.S. Environmental Protection Agency
Region IX
215 Fremont Street
San Francisco, CA 94105
Oell Hamiel
Office of Planning
Twin Cities Airport
Box 1700
St. Paul, MN 55111
Shirley Harris
Airport Engineers, Inc.
Harrison at Sullivan Road
College Park, GA 30337
Dudley S. Hinds
Associate Professor
Georgia State University
University Plaza
Real Estate Department
Atlanta, GA 30303
E. H. Hooper
Structural Dynamics
Beech Aircraft
Wichita, KS
Gordon Jackson
Deputy Regional Manager
R. Dixon Speas & Associates
1001 International Boulevard
Atlanta, GA 30354
John R. Jansen
Environmentalist
Department of Housing & Urban Development
75 Spring Street, Room 702
Atlanta, GA 30303
Richard J. Kleber
Chief, Mission Analysis Branch
NASA-Lewis Research Center
21000 Brookpark Road
Cleveland, OH 44135
R. J. Koenig
Environmental Protection Agency
Trans Point Building, ARO 500
2100 Second Street, SW
Washington, D.C. 20591
Dave Lackey
Urban Engineers, Inc.
Nine N. Rhodes Center, NW
Atlanta, GA 30309
Helen T. LaVance
Senior Transportation Planner
Atlanta Regional Commission
200 Peachtree Street, NW
Atlanta, GA 30303
Bernard Martin
Director of Airport Planning
Robert & Company Associates
96 Poplar Street
Atlanta, GA 30303
Michael J. McCarty
Manager, Airport & Environmental Section
National Business Aircraft Association
One Farragut Square South, NW
Washington, D.C. 20006
Sam McCullough
Cobb County Planning Department
P.O. Box 649
Marietta, GA 30060
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CONFERENCE ON GENERAL AVIATION AIRPORT NOISE
AND LAND USE PLANNING
October 3-5, 1979
Roster
Howard Metcalf Richard Ross
U.S. Department of Defense Director, Ross Aviation Associates
Deputy Director Route 1
Construction Standards & Design Office Sedgewich, KS 67135
Office of Secretary of Defense
Pentagon, Room 3E763 Ted Sandier
Washington. D.C. 20301 Fulton County Planning Department
Atlanta, GA 30303
Gordon A. Miller
Deputy Chief John C. Schettino
California Department of TransportationChief, Technology & Federal Programs
Division of Aeronautics Office of Noise Abatement & Control
1120 N Street U.S. Environmental Protection Agency
Sacramento, CA 95814 Washington, D.C. 20410
Michael J. Moroney
Peat, Marwich & Mitchell and Company
P.O. Box 8007
San Francisco, CA 94128
Michael F. Nechvatal
Environmental Specialist
Illinois Environmental Protection
Agency
2700 Churchill Road
Springfield, IL 62701
Susan Neugent
Transportation Planner
Georgia Department of Transportation
1988 Tuxedo Avenue, NE
Atlanta, GA 30307
Milton L. Newton
Deputy Executive Director
Chatham County-Savannah Metropolitan
Planning Commission
P.O. Box 1027
Savannah, GA 31402
Richard W. Procunier
Regional Noise Chief
Environmental Protection Agency
Region IX
215 Fremont Street
San Francisco, CA 94105
Jim Reese
Research Assistant
City Planning
Georgia Institute of Technology
Atlanta, GA 30332
James F. Scott
Scott Appraisal Service, Inc.
6745 Peachtree Industrial Boulevard
Atlanta, GA
Lucie Searle
Community Liaison
The Commonwealth of Massachusetts
Logan Airport
East Boston, MA 02128
William M. Schoenfeld
Deputy General Manager
Los Angeles Department of Airport
No. 1, World Way
Los Angeles, CA 90009
Leroy Simpson
Vice President
R. Dixon Speas Associates
Manhasset, Long Island, NY
11030
William C. Sperry (AW 471)
Office of Noise Abatement & Control
U.S. Environmental Protection Agency
Washington, D.C. 20460
Steven E. Starley
Airports Program Manager, (ANR-471)
U.S. Environmental Protection Agency
Washington, D.C. 20460
Patrick J. Steen
Vice President
ORI, Inc.
1400 Spring Street
Silver Spring, MD 20910
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CONFERENCE ON GENERAL AVIATION AIRPORT NOISE
AND LAND USE PLANNING
October 3-5, 1979
Roster
Thurman M. Thomes
Community Planner
USAF Regional Civil Engineer-
Central Region
Environmental Planning Division
Main Tower Building, 1200 Main St.
Dallas, TX 75202
James K. Thompson
Consultant
ORI, Inc.
2806 South Grant Street
Arlington, VA 22202
Leonard R. Thompson
Senior Land Use Planning
DeKalb County Planning Department
One Call away Square
Decatur, GA 30030
Marvin Toliver
Atlanta Bureau of Planning
Ten Pryor Street
Atlanta, GA 30303
Tom Ulbricht
Senior Planner
Fulton County Planning Department
165 Central Avenue
Atlanta, GA 30303
John Wesler
Director
Office of Environment and Energy
Federal Aviation Administration
800 Independence Avenue, SVI
Washington, D.C. 20591
Lisa H. Wogen
Staff Assistant
National League of Cities
1620 Eye Street, NW
Washington, D.C. 20006
ADDENDUM
Thomas Horsch
Naval Facilities Engineering Command
Walter Robinson
Vice President
R. Dixon Speas Associates
Atlanta, GA 30354
James E. Walters
Resource Management Specialist
Grand Canyon National Park, AZ
Richard Weber
NASA-Lewis Research Center
21000 Brookpark Road
Cleveland, OH 44135
Eileen Weinstein
Atlanta Bureau of Planning
Ten Pryor Street
Atlanta, GA 30303
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