Sustainability and Environment
FAA Supersonic Proposal Draws Environmentalist Ire
NBAA welcomed the release of the supersonic NPRM as a positive, but the Center for Biological Diversity fears it could be disastrous to the environment.

While comments on the FAA’s proposal to establish noise standards for supersonic aircraft are not due until July 13, the notice of proposed rulemaking is already drawing opposition from environmentalists. The agency announced the notice of proposed rulemaking (NPRM) in late March and officially published it in the Federal Register on April 13, saying that given the interest in development of supersonic aircraft the proposed standards “would facilitate the continued development of airplanes by specifying the noise limits for the designs.”