SR 109 Summary

• Urges the Federal Aviation Administration to complete an Air Tour Management Plan for Hawai'i Volcanoes National Park, Haleakala, and other national parks, which has been pending since 2004 with no completion as of 2018.

• Requests the FAA and Department of Transportation update the Hawaii Air Tour Common Procedures Manual, which was issued in 2008 and contains unclear rules and prescribed altitudes for overflights.

• Directs state officials to work with community stakeholders and helicopter tour operators to develop new flight paths including a proposed offshore route, updated altitudes, and noise mitigation procedures for east Hawaii residential areas.

• Urges Hawaii's congressional delegation to introduce federal legislation addressing helicopter tour operations and noise pollution in populated cities, towns, and communities nationwide.

• Requests helicopter tour operators establish quarterly meetings with community stakeholders and limit operations to sunrise-to-sunset on weekdays and one hour after sunrise to one hour before sunset on weekends and holidays.