IL SR1552

O'Hare Modernization Program approved in 2003 has created serious noise issues affecting residents living adjacent to the airport, particularly those east and west of new parallel runways.

Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) granted permission for the expansion based on noise projections and monitoring using 1990s-era technology standards that are no longer current.

Illinois General Assembly enacted P.A. 99-202 in spring 2015 amending the Permanent Noise Monitoring Act to mandate use of Community Noise Equivalent Level (CNEL) technology for monitoring O'Hare Airport noise going forward.

Senate commends generation of new CNEL data and calls on City of Chicago to implement P.A. 99-202 and FAA to assist with noise monitoring station siting, re-siting, re-equipping, and data publication in conformity with CNEL standards.

Senate calls on FAA to use new CNEL data to revisit and redraw existing noise contour maps surrounding O'Hare Airport as new airport noise data is submitted.