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What is the cost and feasibility of implementing a noise monitoring program for non-essential helicopters and seaplanes?

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    The Department of Environmental Protection does not support the proposed bill for monitoring noise from non-essential helicopters and seaplanes.

    • The program for muffler noise, costing $350,000, is very different from what the bill requiring the city to monitor helicopter noise envisions.
    • The required noise monitoring technology does not currently exist.
    • If developed in the future, installing and maintaining the necessary meters would be extremely costly.
    • Staffing the program and storing the large amount of required data would also be very expensive.
    • The Department lacks enforcement authority over this type of noise, limiting the usefulness of the collected data.