O’Hare Noise Compatibility Commission appoints nine members to committee.
O’Hare Noise Compatibility Commission appoints nine members to committee.
Nine members representing Chicago and suburban communities near O’Hare International Airport were named Sept. 18 by O’Hare Noise Compatibility Commission (ONCC) Chair Arlene A. Juracek, mayor of Mount Prospect, to an ONCC Ad Hoc Fly Quiet Committee.
Selected members include ONCC Technical Committee Chair Catherine Dunlap, Chicago Ward 41; ONCC Technical Committee Vice-Chair Dennis Ryan, River Grove; Harwood Heights Mayor Arlene Jezierny; Schiller Park Mayor and Suburban O’Hare Commission (SOC) member Barbara Piltaver; Bensenville Mayor Frank Soto, SOC; Des Plaines Alderman Malcolm Chester; Schaumburg Director of Transportation Karyn Robles; and the Chicago Ward 45 designee.
The committee will be responsible for reviewing and recommending modifications to the airport’s nighttime noise abatement program.
Soto suggested the idea for an ad hoc committee based on his own interactions and experiences as a current board member with the national NOISE organization.
The initiative follows an assessment by the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) of interim environmental conditions due to the O’Hare Modernization Program and the Chicago Department of Aviation’s (CDA) recommendations for modifying the Fly Quiet Program, which were announced during meetings with community groups held this summer.
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