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Appendix C - Case Study: Dallas/Ft. Worth International Airport
Pages 93-98

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... noise conditions, and has committed good faith efforts to provide this noise contour update by January 2009. An important question remains whether local jurisdictions will adopt updated noise contours for land use planning purposes, which will no doubt result in noise-sensitive development closer to DFW.
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... Specifically, the NCO: • Reviews weekly the meeting agendas for ten local cities surrounding DFW for potential incompatible land use proposals and takes proactive measures to influence local city decisions to ensure compatible land use development; • Recommends measures to convert incompatible land use(s) to a compatible land use by means of structure FIGURE C1 Dallas/Fort Worth International Airport and environs.
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... TABLE C2 NOISE–LAND USE PLANNING COMPATIBILITY GUIDELINES ESTABLISHED BY NCTCOG sound attenuation, avigation easements, and public disclosure requirements. Nearly 4,600 residential units, 11 churches, and two schools have been made compatible with airport operations during the past ten years; 76% of which occurred in the past four years.
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From page 96...
... Those contours show that the 65 DNL noise contour of 2002 is almost entirely within the airport property boundary. Figure C7 presents a comparison of DNL 65 contours at DFW over time, including: NCTCOG contours prepared in 1971 FIGURE C4 Southlake land use proposals acted on by the DFW Noise Compatibility Office.
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... 98 FIGURE C6 DFW Noise Complaint Trends, 1995–2007. FIGURE C7 Comparison of historic DNL contours at DFW.
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... As a result, most of DFW's noise program is focused on areas outside DNL 65, including: • Operational procedures to minimize noise in neighborhoods surrounding the airport: FAA has implemented precision navigation procedures for departure using RNAV; this is estimated to improve efficiency and reduce noise in some areas -- all outside DNL 65. • Policy contours that limit noise-sensitive development in non-compatible areas.
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