49 U.S.C. § 47521: Findings

aviation noise management is crucial to the continued increase in airport capacity; community noise concerns have led to uncoordinated and inconsistent restrictions on aviation that could impede the national air transportation system; a noise policy must be carried out at the national level; local interest in aviation noise management shall be considered in determining the national interest; community concerns can be alleviated through the use of new technology aircraft and the use of revenues, including those available from passenger facility charges, for noise management; revenues controlled by the United States Government can help resolve noise problems and carry with them a responsibility to the national airport system; revenues derived from a passenger facility charge may be applied to noise management and increased airport capacity; and a precondition to the establishment and collection of a passenger facility charge is the prescribing by the Secretary of Transportation of a regulation establishing procedures for reviewing airport noise and access restrictions on operations of stage 2 and stage 3 aircraft. is certified under part 139 of title 14, Code of Federal Regulations; is longer than 8,000 feet and not less than 200 feet wide; and is load bearing with a pavement classification number of not less than 38; and has a maintenance facility with a maintenance certificate issued under part 145 of such title; and the operator of the stage 2 aircraft operates not more than 10 flights per month using that aircraft. the date that is 10 years after the date of the enactment of this Act [ Oct. 5, 2018 ]; or the date on which the Administrator determines that no stage 2 aircraft remain in service. The terms ‘medium hub airport’ and ‘nonhub airport’ have the meanings given those terms in section 40102 of title 49 , United States Code. The term ‘stage 2 aircraft’ has the meaning given the term ‘stage 2 airplane’ in section 91.851 of title 14, Code of Federal Regulations (as in effect on the day before the date of the enactment of this Act [ Oct. 5, 2018 ]).”