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49 U.S.C. § 47506 — Limitations on recovering damages for noise
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**(a) General Limitations.—** A person acquiring an interest in property after February 18, 1980, in an area surrounding an airport for which a noise exposure map has been submitted under [section 47503 of this title](https://uscode.house.gov/view.xhtml?req=granuleid:USC-prelim-title49-section47503&num=0&edition=prelim) and having actual or constructive knowledge of the existence of the map may recover damages for noise attributable to the airport only if, in addition to any other elements for recovery of damages, the person shows that—
(1) after acquiring the interest, there was a significant—
(A) change in the type or frequency of aircraft operations at the airport;
(B) change in the airport layout;
(C) change in flight patterns; or
(D) increase in nighttime operations; and
(2) the damages resulted from the change or increase.
**(b) Constructive Knowledge.—** Constructive knowledge of the existence of a map under subsection (a) of this section shall be imputed, at a minimum, to a person if—
(1) before the person acquired the interest, notice of the existence of the map was published at least 3 times in a newspaper of general circulation in the county in which the property is located; or
(2) the person is given a copy of the map when acquiring the interest.
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**(a) General Limitations.—** A person acquiring an interest in property after February 18, 1980, in an area surrounding an airport for which a noise exposure map has been submitted under [section 47503 of this title](https://uscode.house.gov/view.xhtml?req=granuleid:USC-prelim-title49-section47503&num=0&edition=prelim) and having actual or constructive knowledge of the existence of the map may recover damages for noise attributable to the airport only if, in addition to any other elements for recovery of damages, the person shows that—
(1) after acquiring the interest, there was a significant—
(A) change in the type or frequency of aircraft operations at the airport;
(B) change in the airport layout;
(C) change in flight patterns; or
(D) increase in nighttime operations; and
(2) the damages resulted from the change or increase.
**(b) Constructive Knowledge.—** Constructive knowledge of the existence of a map under subsection (a) of this section shall be imputed, at a minimum, to a person if—
(1) before the person acquired the interest, notice of the existence of the map was published at least 3 times in a newspaper of general circulation in the county in which the property is located; or
(2) the person is given a copy of the map when acquiring the interest.
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**(a) Submission and Preparation.—** An airport operator may submit to the Secretary of Transportation a noise exposure map showing the noncompatible uses in each area of the map on the date the map is submitted, a description of estimated aircraft operations during a forecast period that is at least 5 years in the future and how those operations will affect the map. The map shall—
(1) be prepared in consultation with public agencies and planning authorities in the area surrounding the airport; and
(2) comply with regulations prescribed under [section 47502 of this title](https://uscode.house.gov/view.xhtml?req=granuleid:USC-prelim-title49-section47502&num=0&edition=prelim).
**(b) Revised Maps.—**
(1) **In general.—** — An airport operator that submits a noise exposure map under subsection (a) shall submit a revised map to the Secretary if, in an area surrounding an airport, a change in the operation of the airport would establish a substantial new noncompatible use, or would significantly reduce noise over existing noncompatible uses, that is not reflected in either the existing conditions map or forecast map currently on file with the Federal Aviation Administration.
(2) **Timing.—** — A submission under paragraph (1) shall be required only if the relevant change in the operation of the airport occurs during—
(A) the forecast period of the applicable noise exposure map submitted by an airport operator under subsection (a); or
(B) the implementation period of the airport operator’s noise compatibility program.
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TITLE 49—TRANSPORTATION
§ 47508
Pub. L. 103–305, § 119(1), redesignated par. (3) as (4).
Former par. (4) redesignated (5).
Subsec. (c)(5). Pub. L. 103–305, § 119(1), redesignated
par. (4) as (5).
Statutory Notes and Related Subsidiaries
EFFECTIVE DATE OF 2003 AMENDMENT
Amendment by Pub. L. 108–176 applicable only to fis-
cal years beginning after Sept. 30, 2003, except as other-
wise specifically provided, see section 3 of Pub. L.
108–176, set out as a note under section 106 of this title.
EFFECTIVE DATE OF 2000 AMENDMENT
Amendment by Pub. L. 106–181 applicable only to fis-
cal years beginning after Sept. 30, 1999, see section 3 of
Pub. L. 106–181, set out as a note under section 106 of
this title.
§ 47505. Airport noise compatibility planning
grants
(a) GENERAL
AUTHORITY.—The Secretary of
Transportation may make a grant to a sponsor
of an airport to develop, for planning purposes,
information necessary to prepare and submit—
(1) a noise exposure map and related infor-
mation under section 47503 of this title, in-
cluding the cost of obtaining the information;
or
(2) a noise compatibility program under sec-
tion 47504 of this title.
(b) AVAILABILITY
OF AMOUNTS
AND GOVERN-
MENT’S SHARE
OF COSTS.—A grant under sub-
section (a) of this section may be made from
amounts available under section 48103 of this
title. The United States Government’s share of
the grant is the percent for which a project for
airport development at an airport would be eli-
gible under section 47109(a) and (b) of this title.
(Pub. L. 103–272, § 1(e), July 5, 1994, 108 Stat.
1286.)
HISTORICAL AND REVISION NOTES
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47505 ..........
49 App.:2103(b).
Feb. 18, 1980, Pub. L. 96–193,
§ 103(b), 94 Stat. 51; re-
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