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Environmental Policy

Aircraft Contrails Fact Sheet (PDF)
Aircraft Engine Emissions
Airport Noise and Compatibility Planning Title 14 Part 150
Air Quality Handbook
Aviation Climate Change Research Initiative (ACCRI)
Aviation Emissions, Impacts & Mitigation: A Primer (January 2015) (PDF)
Aviation Noise Abatement Policy (PDF)
Comprehensive Procurement Guideline (CPG) Update: Recycled Content Products — Biobased Products (MS Word)
Consideration of Air Quality Impacts by Airplane Operations at or Above 3000 ft (PDF)
FAA and EPA Recommended Best Practice for Quantifying Speciated Organic Gas Emissions from Aircraft Equipped with Turbofan, Turbojet, and Turboprop Engines (May 2009)
- Recommended Best Practice Document Version 1.0 (May 27, 2009) (PDF)
- Technical Support Document (PDF)
- Companion Spreadsheet for the Technical Support Document (MS Excel)
- Quality Assurance Project Plan (PDF)
Fuel Venting and Exhaust Emission Requirements for Turbine Engine Powered Airplanes Title 14 Part 34
- Advisory Circular 34-1B
Guidance for Quantifying Speciated Organic Gas Emissions from Airport Sources (PDF)
Information on Reducing Emissions from Ground Support Equipment GSE and Auxiliary Power Units APUs
IPCC Special Report: Aviation and the Global Atmosphere (PDF)
Los Angeles Helicopter Noise Initiative
- Report on Los Angeles Helicopter Noise Initiative (PDF)
- Significant Progress Report on the Los Angeles Helicopter Noise
  Initiative (PDF)
Report to Congress: Nonmilitary Helicopter Urban Noise Study (PDF)
Workshop on the Impacts of Aviation on Climate Change – A Report of Findings and Recommendations (August 2006)
- Summary (PDF)
- Full Report of Findings and Recommendations (PDF)

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