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The groups below are primarily to grassroots community groups working on
noise, and hearing health organizations. To find links to products and
services, environmental organizations who generally support the quiet
movement, professional societies, or government websites, see the
Related Sites homepage. If you would like to
see the sites below organized by category, see the Related
Sites: Noise Organizations (listed by area of focus) page.
Airport Area Residents Alliance (Memphis, Tennessee)
PO Box 30935
Memphis, TN 38130-0935
Airport
Communities Coalition (ACC)
The ACC is committed to stopping a third runway at Sea-Tac Airport
and improving quality of life near the airport.
Airport Coordinating Team (Baltimore-Washington International
Airport)
339 Silky Oak Ct.
Linthicum, MD 21090
email: sfdebre@email.msn.com
Airport
Neighbors Alliance
This group is concerned about growing problems caused by the
Louisville, Kentucky Airport Expansion Project. They fear that Lousiville
will soon be the world's fifth largest cargo hub, and they are working to
protect the quality of life of those affected by airport operations.
Airport
Neighbors Decide
This group was formed to fight the expansion at Port Columbus (Ohio)
International Airport. They continue to focus on the dangers of airport
pollution, including noise, and on the loss of family homes and the
destruction of neighborhoods due to airport expansion.
Airport Noise
Airport Noise was created to supply up to date information on
citizens' rights and the expansion of Piedmont Triad International Airport
in Greensboro, North Carolina. In the Fall of 1998 Federal Express
targeted Greensboro for an operations hub.
Airport
Noise Action Committee
ANAC is an airport noise group concerned about noise from Logan
Airport in Boston, Massachusetts.
Airport Noise Law
This site is devoted entirely to issues of airport noise law.
Akron/Canton
Airport Noise
This group was formed in response to the planned expansion of
Akron/Canton Airport, which will bring with it an increase in jet noise.
They ask for a 10 PM to 7 AM jet flight curfew.
Alliance of Municipalities Concerning Air Traffic (Teterboro, New
Jersey Airport)
email:guanajaycoruna@aol.com
Alliance
for a New Moffett Field
The Alliance for a New Moffett Field is comprised of volunteers from
nearby California communities. Their goal is to promote an open and
democratic process to determine the future of Moffett Field and to ensure
that this valuable resource will serve the interests of their communities,
preserving and enhancing their quality of life.
Alliance of Residents
Concerning O'Hare (AReCO)
AReCO is a grass roots organization made up of residents that are
affected by noise, pollution and safety concerns caused by O'Hare
International Airport located in Chicago, Illinois.
American
Academy of Audiology
The slogan of the American Academy of Audiology is "Caring for
America's Hearing." The mission of the American Academy of Audiology
is to provide quality hearing care to children and adults, enhance the
ability of members to achieve career objectives, provide professional
development through education and research, and increase public awareness
of hearing disorders and audiologic services.
American
Hyperacusis Association
Hyperacusis is the intolerance to everyday sound levels in the
presence of essentially normal hearing. In other words, individuals
experience discomfort and irritation or even pain when they hear certain
ordinary sounds. Goals of this association increase public and
professional awareness of hyperacusis and its diagnosis, evaluation, and
management, to provide support for sufferers, and to fund research.
American Tinnitus
Association
Tinnitus is the perception of sound when no external sound is
present; it is often referred to as "ringing in the ears." The
goal of the ATA is to "promote relief, prevention, and the eventual
cure of tinnitus for the benefit of present and future generations."
Ban the Cannons
This group is dedicated to stopping noise pollution from propane
cannons and other bird scare devices used by blueberry and grape farmers
in the Fraser Valley of British Columbia.
Better Hearing
Institute
This site is the Better Hearing Institute's "Hearing
Help-On-Line." It provides comprehensive information on hearing loss,
tinnitus, and hearing aids, as well as a directory of hearing care
providers (audiologists, hearing instrument specialists, and
otolaryngologists ).
Beverly BLAST
(Beverly Lobby Against Sounding Trainhorns)
BLAST's primary focus is to retain the current ban against sounding
train horns throughout Beverly, MA, except in cases of emergency.
(BLAST) Ban Leafblowers And Save
Our Town
Noise activists in Santa Barbara, California recently launched a
successful campaign to ban gas-powered leafblowers after almost fifteen
years of work on the issue. BLAST can provide excellent support and
strategies for people interested in grassroots activism in their own
communities.
Bluewater
Network
Bluewater Network is a project of David Brower's Earth Island
Institute. Part of their mission is to be a clearinghouse, supporting
mechanisms for communities and activists working to regulate and ban
polluting vehicles like personal watercraft (PWC). The jet ski pages
include fact sheets, sample ordinances, a position paper, and an
explanation of the polluting nature of two-stroke engines.
Boulder County Citizens Against Aviation Noise (Denver International
Airport)
1705-14th Street
Number 242
Boulder, CO 80302
email: oval@bouldernews.infi.net
Branchburg/Readington
Airport Coalition (BRAAC)
BRAAC is fighting the expansion of the privately owned Solberg
Airport which may receive public funding for the expansion.
P.O. Box 5254
North Branch, NJ 08876
Bucks Residents for
Responsible Airport Management
Bucks Residents For Responsible Airport Management (BRRAM) is a
grassroots organization formed by a group of concerned Bucks County, PA
citizens responding to past, current and anticipated expansion of the
Trenton-Mercer Airport. Air traffic from the Trenton-Mercer Airport
severely impacts the quality of Bucks County life.
CARE - Community
Airport Restoration Effort
CARE (Community Airport Restoration Effort) is an organization whose
mission is to preserve our mountain community’s quality of life and
the long-term viability of the Truckee Tahoe Airport by supporting an
airport board that will tackle the issues of: noise pollution, community
safety, land use restrictions, and appropriate use of the tax dollars the
surrounding community provides.
CARE
PO Box 8126
Truckee, CA 96162
CHARGE (Coalition of
Homeowner Alliances Requiring Government Equity)
CHARGE is a volunteer citizens group working to influence government
decisions that affect the quality of life of individuals in the North
Houston Area. The immediate concern being addressed by CHARGE is Bush
Intercontinental Airport noise and air pollution.
Citizens for a Quality
of Life
This is a canadian group very concerned by the pollution
(Air-Water-Soil-Noise) associated with Dorval airport, a 60 year old urban
airport.
Citizens for the
Abatement of Aircraft Noise (CAAN)
CAAN is a coalition of citizens from Maryland, Virginia, and the
District of Columbia. They are working to reduce the aircraft noise
associated with Washington National Airport and Dulles International
Airport. CAAN publishes a newsletter periodically which also appears on
its website.
Citizens Against
Airport Pollution (CAAP)
Citizens Against Airport Pollution is working toward planning for an
airport that meets the needs of the citizens--environmentally as well as
economically. CAAP's mission is to encourage planning processes that
decrease noise at the source, address air quality impacts, and do not
promote additional traffic gridlock in the Silicon Valley.
P.O. Box 26142
San Jose, CA 95159
408 - 297 - 9753
Citizens
Against Noise (Beverly Hills, CA)
Citizens Against Noise was organized to mobilize residents to take
action against horn honking and other community noise issues.
P.O. Box 16895
Beverly Hills, CA 90209
Citizens
Against Noise of Hawaii
This citizens group in Hawaii won a huge victory in 1998 against a
heliport. Represented by EarthJustice, they sued the owner of a commercial
heliport on the border of Hawai'i Volcanoes National Park. The Judge
ordered the heliport owners to shut down operations at the heliport.
Citizens Against Reckless Expansion (Dayton, Ohio)
2201 Kershner Road
Dayton, OH 45414
email: jellis7218@aol.com
Citizens Against Sea-Tac Expansion (Seattle-Tacoma, Washington)
19900 Fourth S.W.
Normandy Park, WA 98166-4043
email: snorer9@jps.net
Citizens for
Airport Accountability (Reno/Tahoe International Airport)
This group is a special project of Citizen Alert. They monitor the
actions of the Airport Authority of Washoe County. Their most immediate
task is to prevent the establishment of a United States Postal Service
Western Sorting Hub at the Reno/Tahoe International Airport. Also see
Jackie's
Page, which focuses on the Rewana Farms area near the airport.
Citizens for
Airport Accountability (Reno/Tahoe International Airport)
This group is a special project of Citizen Alert. They monitor the
actions of the Airport Authority of Washoe County. Their most immediate
task is to prevent the establishment of a United States Postal Service
Western Sorting Hub at the Reno/Tahoe International Airport.
Citizens
Alliance on Chester County Airport
Citizens Alliance on Chester County Airport is based in Parkesburg,
Pennsylvania. They are a local, non-partisan volunteer group concerned
about airport noise, expansion, and use of tax dollars.
Citizens
for Amphitheater Awareness
Citizens for Amphitheater Awareness opposes the construction of a
large amphitheater in Metro Park in Jacksonville, Florida. The
state-of-the-art outdoor concert hall is proposed for the downtown
riverfront, where proponents of the construction hope to replace an
existing pavilion with a 20,000-seat facility to be used by the largest
concert promoter in the country.
Citizens'
Coalition For Airport Neighbor Rights (CCANR)
This grassroots group is comprised of neighborhoods and residents
surrounding the Birmingham, Alabama International Airport. Feeling like
residents have been treated unfairly and dishonestly, the group demands
that the Airport Authority honestly address their complaints. They are
calling upon the Authority to offer feasible noise mitigation.
Citizens
Concerned About Jet Noise (CCAJN)
CCAJN is composed of government employees, government retirees, and
civilians who live and work in the community surrounding Oceana Naval Air
Station and Fentress Field in Virginia Beach, Virginia. The goal of CCAJN
is to minimize noise from Navy jets and its impact on the local community
while continuing to support the needs of the Naval Aviation Units.
Citizens for Control of Airport Noise (Naples Airport, Florida)
610 Jacana Circle
Naples, FL 34105-0927
Citizens for the Enforcement of MacArthur Airport Control (MacArthur
Airport, Holbrook, NY)
PO Box 344
Holbrook, NY 11741
Citizens
Fed-Up with Aviation Noise (CFAN)
CFAN is a group dedicated to improving the "quality of life in
the Seattle and Urban King County area by employing the most effective
methods possible for minimizing the impacts of aviation noise upon
citizens."
Citizens for a Quieter Sacramento
(CQS)
CQS is a citizens' group working to convince their city council to
ban leafblowers in Sacramento, California. The CQS webpage includes CQS
positions, leafblower facts (in addition to the history of the
leafblower), current events in Sacramento, action steps and networking for
leafblower activists, and pages exploring leafblower politics and
philosophy.
Citizens for Safe and Healthy Communities (Orange County,
California)
PO Box 249
El Toro, CA 92630
Citizens
to Silence LAX
Offering ideas to solve the noise problem, this site focuses on the
aviation noise experienced 20 to 30 miles east of LAX, caused by aircraft
descending as they approach the airport.
Colorado Citizens
Aviation Watch
In cooperation with US-CAW, CO-CAW aims to protect people from
aviation industry abuses. This includes protecting the public from adverse
environmental impacts that aviation and airport activities have on public
health, air/water/ground/noise pollution and property issues affecting
everyone on our planet.
Communities Against
Runway Expansion (CARE)
Communities Against Runway Expansion is a local organization whose
membership represents residents of cities and towns who are opposed to
expansion of Logan Airport in Boston, Massachusetts.
Community Transportation Alliance of Cape Cod (Barstable Municipal
Airport, Hyannis, MA)
PO Box 315
West Yarmouth, MA 02673
Concerned
Airport Neighborhoods (CAN)
CAN is a coalition of neighborhoods in Rhode Island working to stop
irresponsible airport operations and growth at Green State Airport in
Warwick, RI.
Concerned
Citizens Coalition
The Citizens Coalition is concerned with the expansion of the New
Bedford, Massachusetts Airport, located in the rural north end of the
town. They are up against a major runway extension, aimed at making their
small airport the air cargo hub of Southeastern Massachusetts.
County Residents
Against Speedway Havoc (CRASH)
Citizens of Wilson County, Tennessee oppose a superspeedway and
dragstrip complex proposed by Delaware-based Dover Downs Entertainment.
CRASH members belive that the speedway will have a negative impact on
their families and the community.
Cruise Control
Inc.
Cruise Control works to encourage the Alaskan tourism industry to be
more responsive to citizens concerns about noise and other quality of life
issues.
Cut Amplified Noise (CAN)
P.O. Box 166
Loughton, England IG10 4EU
Cut Amplified Noise strives to protect the right to live peacefully
without having to hear unwanted music.
Deafening
Sound
Deafening Sound is a one-hour program produced for broadcast on
Nebraska ETV that explores this noisy, sometimes deafening world. It
features interviews with hearing specialists as well as quirky profiles of
musicians, technicians and young people hooked on extreme sound.
Echo
Newsletter of the Airport Neighbors Association
This newsletter is keeping citizens informed about Mitchell Airport
in Milwaukee County, WI.
El Toro Airport
Info Site
This web site brings together the many groups concerned with
proposed reuse of El Toro, California Marine Corps Air Station as an
international airport.
The Environmental
Organisation, Copenhagen
The Environmental Organsation is fighting to protect the environment
and reduce pollution from Copenhagen airport, Denmark.
The
Farm Noise and Hearing Network
The Farm Noise and Hearing Network, located in South Australia, is a
group of farmers and health professionals including Speech Pathologists,
Audiologists, Community Nurses and Hearing Advisers. They aim to promote
hearing conservation in rural communities. The website has several useful
fact sheet relating to acoustics and agricultural noise.
The
Firing Line Action Group (FLAG)
This is a non profit community website run by volunteers within the
community of Oakford/Oldbury and surrounding areas whose views oppose the
concept of a high performance motor racing circuit at Oakford. Perth
International Motorsport Management (PIMM) wants a high performance motor
racing circuit in Oakford, Australia, 30 km south of the Perth Central
Business District. Firing Line Action Group (FLAG) opposes the concept.
French National Union
Against Aircraft Noise and Pollution (UFCNA)
This group fights aviation noise, air pollution, and the risk of
aircraft accidents in France. The site is in French and English, with an
English database of aircraft noise information.
Halt
Outrageous Railroad Noise (HORN)
Located in Morris County, NJ, HORN fights the train noise and
vibration caused by New Jersey Transit diesel train engines.
Hearing Education &
Awareness for Rockers (HEAR)
Hearing Education and Awareness for Rockers is a non-profit
organization dedicated to raising awareness of the real dangers of
repeated exposure to excessive noise levels from amplified sound which can
lead to permanent, and sometimes debilitating, hearing loss and tinnitus.
Heathrow Association
for the Control of Aircraft Noise (HACAN)
This group is working to reject the BAA's Proposal for a fifth
terminal at Heathrow and to create a night flight ban.
P.O. Box 339
Richmond Surrey
TW9 3RB UK
Healthier
Environment through Abatement of Vehicle Emission and Noise (HEAVEN)
A pan-European project to "develop and demonstrate new tools to
allow cities to estimate emissions and noise from traffic in near-real
time." Major cities which will be sites for initial demonstration
include Berlin, Paris, Prague, Rome, and Rotterdam.
Helicopter
Noise Coalition of New York City
The Helicopter Noise Coalition of NYC is a city-wide group of
individuals and community groups committed to elimating non-emergency
helicopters over land and waterways, and closing heliports in New York
City.
Hyperacusis
Network
The Hyperacusis Network consists of individuals who have a collapsed
tolerance to sound. As a network they have a common goal - to share
information and support each other, and educate the medical community
about hyperacusis, recruitment and hyperacute hearing.
Institute
of Noise Control Engineering
The Institute of Noise Control Engineering of the USA is a
non-profit professional organization incorporated in Washington, DC. A
primary purpose of the Institute is to promote engineering solutions to
environmental noise problems.
International Committee
on Biological Effects of Noise
ICBEN's main goal is to promote a high level of scientific research
concerning all the aspects noise-induced effects on human beings and on
animals including preventive regulatory measures and to keep alive a vivid
communication among the scientists working in that field.
Laborer's
Health and Safety Fund of North America: Construction Noise Control
Partnership
This partnership is committed to ending this trend of rampant hearing
loss among construction workers. It is comprised of the Laborers
International Union of North America (LIUNA), other trade unions,
contractors, public health organizations, government agencies, equipment
manufacturers, academics and others.
Landscapers
Involved With Neighborhoods and Kids (LINK)
Landscapers Involved With Neighborhoods and Kids seeks to provide
relief from gas-powered leafblower noise and pollution. They unite the 400
communities in the U.S. that seek to control leafblowers for migraine
sufferers, asthmatics, young children and others with one simple request:
Run blowers at half-throttle within 150 feet of homes.
League for the
Hard of Hearing
The League for the Hard of Hearing is the oldest hearing
rehabilitation agency in the country, offering a comprehensive program of
services to enable individuals to better function in a hearing world. The
League also has a Noise
Center, and is an important sponsor of International Noise Awareness
Day.
Less Noise Hamp
Striving for a balance between reasonable activities that generate
sound and peoples' right to be protected from intrusive noise. Based out
of Northampton, MA.
Long Beach
Airport Watch
Long Beach Airport Watch monitors events at Long Beach Airport.
Lower The Boom
A website dedicated to stopping boom car noise.
Melbourne
Airport F-16
This website is for citizens of Brevard County that are concerned
about the flight of Aerogroup F-16s from Melbourne International Airport
in Florida.
Mesa Community
Alliance
Mesa Community Alliance is a group of concerned citizens that live
within the vicinity of Willams Gateway Airport in Arizona. They are
opposed to the expansion of the airport. They believe that the airport
expansion uses too many taxpayer dollars and damages health, well-being
and the environment.
Minnesotans For
Responsible Recreation
Minnesotans For Responsible Recreation works to preserving peace,
quiet, fresh air, personal safety, and quality outdoor experiences in
Minnesota. MRR was founded to give a unified voice to those concerned
about problems created by snowmobiles, jetskis and off-highway vehicles.
Move Against
Relocating Choppers Here (MARCH)
Formed in 1995, MARCH is comprised of community leaders and concerned
residents living in San Diego County, CA. Their goal is to stop the
planned relocation of at least 112 USMC helicopters to Miramar Air
Station.
National Campaign
For Hearing Health
The National Campaign For Hearing Health is sponsored by the
Deafness Research Foundation.
A primary goal of the campaign is to advocate for the expectation that all
hearing loss and tinnitus can be medically ended, and that private funding
for research to achieve this objective is a national priority.
National
Hearing Conservation Association
The mission of the National Hearing Conservation Association is to
prevent hearing loss due to noise and other environmental factors in all
sectors of society. NHCA purposes include hearing education, research,
exchange of information, development of improved occupational hearing
conservation programs,and to develop guidelines and standards for hearing
protection.
National Helicopter Noise Coalition (NHNC)
The NHNC publishes a newsletter to keep helicopter noise activists
informed and updated on aviation noise. The newsletter includes action
alerts for pending legislation relevant to the fight against helicopter
noise.
PO Box 260205
Encino, CA 91426
National
Organization to Insure a Sound-Controlled Environment (NOISE)
The National Organization to Insure a Sound-Controlled Environment
(NOISE) is an association of local governments, community organizations,
and interested parties whose mission is to reduce aviation noise and the
detrimental impacts on local communities by working at the national level
for sound federal aviation policies.
Neighbors Against Noxious Odors Incessant Sounds and Emissions
(Neighbors Against NOISE)
Neighbors Against NOISE is a neighborhood organization of people who
live and work in New York City's Tribeca West Historic District. They use
education, activism, and indentification of noise sources to eliminate
harmful noise and other hazardous environmental pollution from commercial
machinery installed in neighborhood buildings. For more information,
contact Tim Lannan.
New
Jersey Coalition Against Aircraft Noise (NJCAAN)
NJCAAN is a not-for-profit incorporated citizens group focusing on
reducing noise from New York and New Jersey metro area airports. Their
membership represents 18 counties and over 300 municipalities. They
promote quieter planes and ocean routing.
No Airboat
Noise
Support group to stop airboat noise and disturbances. Victims of
Airboat Noise United (VAN) is an active coalition of airboat victims who
are exercising their rights by cultivating an environment free of airboat
noise.
NoBoomers
This a website developed to help inform the citizens of Louisville,
Kentucky about their noise ordinance, while promoting the enforcement of
it as well.
Noise
Abatement Society
Located in the United Kingdom, the Noise Abatement Society works to
eliminate excessive and unnecessary noise from all sources. The society
actively campaigns to take all possible steps to protect people from
assault by noise.
Noise Board
Noise Board targets acoustic and vibration consultants, researchers,
professionals and those with a curiosity. The site has news, information,
links, book reviews, lists of conferences, papers, programs, and much
more.
Noise-Free America
Noise Free America is devoted to fighting noise pollution—from
leaf blowers to car alarms, from cell phones in public places to
early-morning construction. They strive to educate the public and shape
government policy on the federal, state, and local level.
NoiseOFF: The Citizens Coalition Against Noise Pollution
We are a united coalition of citizens, elected representatives, law enforcement professionals, educators, researchers and activists from the United States and abroad. We are dedicated to combating the urban blight of noise that is ruining communities everywhere.
Noise
Network UK
Located in the UK, Noise Network actively tries to raise awareness on
noise and promote peace and quiet. They work closely with other anti noise
groups and are a contact for anyone interested in noise.
Noise
and Traffic
Noise and Traffic is a website developed from publically available
information in the Netherlands. It has information on the sound levels of
different types of motor vehicles as well as outdoor equipment, motor
bikes, and quiet road surfaces. Other website features include standards,
noise maps, calculation, and regulations for noise control in the
Netherlands. This is an excellent site!
The NoiseWays
Project
NoiseWays' website provides MP3 sound files of noise samples from
various noisy locations in the New York City area and in Portland, Oregon.
NoiseWatch
NoiseWatch (formerly Citizens' Coalition Against Noise) is a
non-profit volunteer organization based in Toronto, Canada, dedicated to
raising public awareness of the negative effects of noise. They provide
information and assistance to anyone affected by noise pollution.
Notgemainschaft
(Hamburg Airport, Germany)
The Notgemeinschaft is the oldest citizens' group opposing the
airport Hamburg-Fuhlsbüttel. Noise from the European inner city
airport impacts more than 400,000 citizens. The website is partly in
German, partly in English.
No
Way LA!
No Way LA is a coalition of residents from towns around Sacramento,
CA. The group works to inform current transportation policies which call
for wider surface streets, larger intersections and remodeled arterials,
and ever increasing roadway widths. They are concerned that roadway
projects threaten the quality of life in Sacramento, increasing noise, air
pollution, urban blight and dangers for bicyclists and pedestrians.
Olmsted
Falls Airport Committee
The Olmsted Falls Airport Committee is fighting the city of
Cleveland and the Cleveland Ohio Hopkins International Airport, which is
in the process of expanding its facilities. The OFAC's concerns are
focused on the increased noise created by expansion, the proposed 12,500
foot runways, their growth toward Olmsted Falls, and the resulting impact
on the city.
PDK Watch (Hartsfield, Atlanta Georgia Airport)
2331 Annapolis Court
Atlanta, GA 30345
email: gumpecho@mindspring.com
Parents Voice
Inc.
Coalition for a legal mandate for acoustical criteria for classrooms
with hearing impaired children. Help out by supporting their petition for
an immediate policy statement from Secretary Paige concerning acoustics as
an issue of national importance for functionally hard of hearing children,
specific acoustical considerations in the IDEA reauthorization for
development of an IEP including reasonable criteria of 0.4 secs.
reverberation and 35dB ambient noise, public recognition of acoustics as a
barrier for children with hearing loss by the government, immediate field
trials and research on the impact of acoustics on functionally hard of
hearing children, and to address the needs of millions of functionally
hard of hearing students in poor acoustical environments in schools.
Peace and Quiet
Coalition
In an effort to fight tourist helicopters, the Peace and Quiet
Coalition of Juneau, Alaska filed an Initiative Petition with the City and
Borough of Juneau which would regulate for the first time Juneau's tourist
helicopter flight industry. The initiative is the right of the people to
enact legislation directly.
Peaceful Roads &
Trails Vermont
Peninsula
Aircraft Noise/Safety Information Commitee
This group was formed when changes made by the FAA began sending more
than one hundred commercial aircraft low over the Palos Verdes Peninsula,
near LAX in California. In addition this air traffic could more than
double if plans for major LAX expansion are approved.
People Limiting
Airport Noise and Expansion (PLANE)
This citizens group strives to create an acceptable balance between
the citizens of Mercer County, New Jersey, the business community, and the
interests of the airport users. They oppose the expansion or renovation of
Trenton-Mercer, New Jersey, Airport terminal until the environmental
issues of noise pollution, safety, traffic and quality of life to the
surrounding communities are identified and resolved.
People
Over Planes
People Over Planes is located in Contra Costa County, California.
They are an information group providing the community with information on
the operation of Buchanan Field airport from the perspective of the
community.
Perth
Airport Aircraft Noise Exposure
Residents affected by aircraft noise around Perth Airport, Western
Australia, have formed PAANE to oppose the Perth Airport Master Plan,
which proposes building a new parallel runway and an increase in usage of
the existing main runway.
Piedmont Quality of Life
Coalition
The Piedmont Quality of Life Coalition is dedicated to protecting the
quality of life, health, safety and well-being of all citizens in the
Piedmont Triad area of North Carolina. Their current focus is the proposed
FedEx cargo hub and its threat to human health and the environment.
Pipedown
International
Located in London, England, Pipedown has been formed to "counter
one of the under-recognised scourges of contemporary life." Piped
Music is also know as muzak, acoustic wallpaper, elevator music or canned
music, piped music creates discomfort and adverse health effects. In
addition, Pipedown asserts that there is no impartial evidence to show
that piped music increases sales! Pipedown stands for the right to silence
in public places.
Preserve Our Environment
Preserve Our Environment is a grassroots organization fighting an
19,000 seat outdoor amphitheater planned for Brooklyn Park, Minnesota. POE
was formed to deliver accurate and updated information regarding the
proposal.
Portland,
Oregon Noise Control Task Force
The City of Portland is reviewing noise issues in neighborhoods in
order to update the Noise Control Program. A Noise Control Task
Force, consisting of representatives of neighborhoods, businesses and
health care, will look at noise issues and recommend changes to the Noise
Program to City Council.
Preserve
Unique Magnolia Association
This community group located in the mountains of Colorado targets
aviation noise from Denver International Airport as one of its issues of
concern.
Quiet Skies
Alliance
The Quiet Skies Alliance is a group fighting Sedona Airport in
Arizona. Sedona Airport has recently implemented an "Aircraft Noise
Survey" which was developed by the Sedona Citizen's Noise Abatement
Committee.
Quiet Use
Coalition
The Quiet Use Coalition is located in Colorado's Upper Arkansas
Valley. The Coalition is primarily concerned with the rapidly expanding
use of personal motorized recreational vehicles, such as ATVs, dirt bikes,
snowmobiles, and jet skis, on national lands and waters.
Quieter
Environment Through Sound Thinking (QUEST)
QUEST was formed by a group of local citizens whose quality of life
is impacted by excessive aircraft noise caused by flight operations from
Morristown Municipal Airport and by jet operations at Newark International
Airport.
Raleigh
Durham Airport Noise Committee
This is the site of the Raleigh-Durham Airport Authority Noise
Abatement Committee. The committee represents individuals as well as towns
around the airport in North Carolina.
Regional Commission
on Airport Affairs
The Regional Commission on Airport Affairs is a coalition of
citizens groups concerned with airport expansion and air transportation
issues, and in particular, expansion of the Seattle/Tacoma airport.
Residents' Committee to Protect
the Adirondacks (RCPA)
The RCPA held a canoe-in for wilderness on August 15th on Little
Tupper Lake in northern New York.
Residents Opposed to Airport
Racket (ROAR)
ROAR is an 800 member citizens group fighting aviation noise from the
Minneapolis / St.Paul Metropolitan Airport.
Restore Our Airport Rights (Burbank-Glendale-Pasadena Airports)
150 S. Glenoaks Blvd.; Box 9133
Burbank, CA 91502
email: roar@netthis.org
Right to Peace and Quiet Campaign
P. O. Box 968
London, England SE2 9RL
Tel. (011) 081-312-9997
The
Right Price For Air Travel Campaign
The Right Price for Air Travel is a Friends of the Earth Europe
campaign to reduce aviation's environmental impact. The campaign unites
environment and citizen's groups all over Europe. The campaign's main aim
is to reduce the environmental impact of air traffic, by introducing
financial measures needed to ensure that air traffic pays for the
environmental damage it causes and that it is taxed like other forms of
transport.
Right to Quiet Society
for Soundscape Awareness and Protection
Right to Quiet is a membership organization working against noise
pollution and for the recognition of our "Right to Quiet."
Rochester
Soundscape Society
The Rochester Soundscape Society is a public forum for all to discuss
soundscape/noise issues, emphasizing, but not limited to the greater
Rochester, New York area.
Runway 22 Coalition (Newark Airport)
Please see this letter
from a group member discussing impacts of aircraft noise, including pain,
annoyance, quality of life issues, and structural damage due to vibrations
from aircraft.
email: vibrations@prodigy.net
Rutgers
Noise Technical Assistance Center
The Rutgers Noise Technical Assistance Center offers assistance in
the development of community noise enforcement programs, including
ordinance drafting and court-recognized Community Noise Enforcement
Certification courses.
Safeguarding the
Historic Hanscom Area's Irreplaceable Resources
ShhAir citizens are dedicated to safeguarding the historic
communities around Hanscom Field, Massachusetts. Their current focus is
the threat of increased noise, ground traffic, and environmental pollution
that would result from either expanded air traffic at Hanscom Field or
changes in the character and use of the airport.
The Safe Range
Assocation
The Safe Range Assocation is comprised of citizens for gun range
safety. They deal with all aspects of gun range safety, opposing attempts
to legitimize noise. The site features an article on health aspects of gun
noise, and a table of various guns and the sound levels they emit upon
firing.
Saint Charles
Citizens Against Aircraft Noise
St. Charles CAAN is a group of citizens fighting the expansion
(called "W-1W") of St. Louis-Lambert Airport, Missouri. The
group meets regularly, and website features include newsletters,
information on lawsuits, a noise complaint hotline, technical information,
and suggestions on how to get involved.
Sane
Aviation For Everyone (SAFE)
SAFE is a coalition of independent citizens groups and individuals in
the greater Metro New York region, who are seeking to save the
neighborhoods of the greater New York Metropolitan area from the
devastation of aircraft generated noise and other pollutants. Their goal
is to implement a Sustainable, Accountable, Feasible and Equitable
aviation policy.
San Francisco
Airport Roundtable
The San Francisco Airport/Community Roundtable monitors a
performance-based noise mitigation program, interprets community concerns,
and attempts to achieve noise mitigation through a cooperative sharing of
authority.
San
Lorenzo Citizens Against Airport Noise
This group was formed in response to plans of the City of Hayward,
California, to turn its airport into the Bay Area's premiere corporate jet
terminal. In addition, the Oakland Airport's plan to quadruple air cargo
traffic by the year 2010 will destroy the nightime peace of residents.
Save
Our Sky
SOS seeks to improve the quality of life for those living around
Indianapolis Airport.
Scarsdale
Anti-Noise Patrol
This group is working for enforcement of their leafblower ban.
Seattle
Council on Airport Affairs
The SCAA is an association of individuals, community-based
organizations, and other entities, located primarily in Seattle, that are
concerned about the increasing negative impact on the quality of life of
the region by airport and aviation operations.
Self Help For the Hard
Of Hearing (SHHH)
SHHH and its members are catalysts that make mainstream society more
accessible to people who are hard of hearing. They strive to improve the
quality of hard of hearing people's lives though education, advocacy and
self help.
The Sight and
Hearing Association
The Sight & Hearing Association is a nonprofit organization
serving Minnesota. Through effective screening and research, they educate
the public on how they can prevent needless vision and hearing loss.
Silent
Majority NY
Silent Majority campaigns against the worst aspect of New York City
life: the car alarm.
Silent
Oceans Project
The Silent Oceans Project is a global program of ocean stewardship
and education focusing on the issue of ocean noise pollution. Humans
produce noise in the world's oceans and seas, slowly destroying the
ability of marine mammals to communicate, echolocate for food, find their
mates, and sing their songs.
Sound Rights: Citizens for a Quieter Environment
Sound Rights is a grass roots organization devoted to the protection
of everyone's right to a quiet environment, and the restriction and
regulation of unwanted and unnecessary noise in the city of Seattle.
P.O. Box 4665
Seattle, WA 98104
South Metro Airport Action
Council (SMAAC)
SMAAC is an organization of concerned citizens committed to
stabilizing and preserving the south metro residential community by
monitoring and advocating positions on environmental and economic issues
generated by Minneapolis/St. Paul airport.
5116 Columbus Ave. South
Minneapolis, MN 55417
South Shore Jet
Pollution Council
South Shore Jet Pollution Council is concerned with proposed runway
expansion at Boston's Logan Airport. Specifically the group opposes
rampant expansion without understanding or addressing the resulting noise
pollution.
Stop the
Amphitheater Today (STAT)
This group has organized to oppose the proposed Q Prime Clark County
Fairgrounds Amphitheater, in Spokane, Washington.
Stop
the Boca Raton Airport
This group fights airport noise, addresses safety issues, and targets
the expansion of the airport in Boca Raton, Florida.
Stop the Horns
This group is trying to improve the quality of life for many Hohokus
and Ridgewood (NJ) residents by safely eliminating noise pollution caused
by train horns at the Hohokus train station and grade crossing.
Stop
Motorcycle Noise
This site is dedicated to eliminating excessively loud motorcycles!
Many states, have existing legal regulations that prohibit (excessively)
loud motor vehicles, including motorcycles.
Stop Neighbourhood
Noise Pollution
This site provides the basics on noise and the physical effects of
noise. It also provides tips on how to deal with neighbour noise problems
and offers suggestions on what one can do to prevent noise pollution.
Swan View
Coalition
This site, based in Kalispell, Montana, is the "Grassroots
Activist Web Site for the Wild Rockies Bioregion." Their goal is to
provide up to date information about environmental issues in the northern
Rockies. One feature of the site is the "Code of Quiet," a
pledge to preserve peace and quiet.
Taxpayers for
Responsible Planning
Located in Mesa, Arizona, near Williams Gateway Airport, this group
strives to: participate with elected officials in creating an environment
in which citizens are informed of major tax expenditure projects, have the
opportunity to vote for or against such expenditures based on the
project's value to the community, and to ensure that all taxpayer funded
projects represent the needs of the community and not solely the wishes of
the government.
Thousand
Oaks Citizens Action Network
This group encourages public officials to continually improve the
residents' quality of life, by dealing with many issues including noise.
This is their noise page, which deals with Ventura County Airport and the
community noise element.
Ulsterites Fight Overflights
This group focuses on protecting natural quiet in Ulster County, New
York
Box 681
Stone Ridge, NY 12484
United
against Massport
This group focuses on noise problems at airports in Massachusetts and
the Boston area.
UPROAR
UPROAR is a regional group focusing on the San Francisco Airport and
its impacts on communities located on the San Francisco Peninsula. Their
main concerns include the threat of airport expansion, airport pollution
and safety issues, and protecting quality of life and real estate values
within the communities surrounding the airport. UPROAR formed to object to
existing ineffective procedures for reducing air traffic and noise, and to
fight bureaucratic entities which advance the increase in air traffic as a
means to increase revenues and tourist trade.
U.S.-Citizens Aviation
Watch (US-CAW)
US-CAW is a national organization comprised of local
airport/noise/environmental groups whose guiding principle advocates a
sustainable, equitable and accountable aviation industry.
Victims
of Airport Expansion (Indianapolis Airport)
This site discusses how the Indianapolis Airport and expansion plan
affects hundreds of Hoosier households, places of worship,
nature/recreational areas and quality of life.
Walnut Creek
Citizens Against Gas Powered Leafblowers
Citizens of Walnut Creek, California, have organized to ban
leafblowers in their town. This site includes the text of pending
California legislation relevant to leafblowers, ideas for "what you
can do to reclaim the natural beauty of your hometown," and links to
other sites with leafblower or noise information.
We Oppose Ohio State Airport Expansion (Columbus, Ohio)
email: questions@woose.org
WOOSE (We Oppose Ohio State airport Expansion) is a group of concerned citizens from all neighborhoods surrounding the airport who question the need for expansion of the airport and its runways. We believe the expansion will have a detrimental effect on property values and our quality of life. This is the home for information, news, and events related to our oposition to the proposed expansion of OSU's Don Scott Airport.
World
Forum for Acoustic Ecology (WFAE)
The WFAE is an international interdisciplinary coalition of
individuals and institutions concerned with the state of the world
soundscape as an ecologically balanced entity.
ZAP, Manhattan Beach, Chapter
(Zero Air Pollution)
Residents of Manhattan Beach, California founded ZAP to combat
leafblower noise in order to return to their "quiet, clean,
small-town beach life."
Zero Expansion
Zero Expansion is a nonprofit, politically diverse, volunteer group
of concerned Eden Prairie residents who oppose the proposed expansion of
Flying Cloud Airport in Eden Prairie, Minnesota.
