R-0776-84 RESOLUTION NO. 776-84
A RESOLUTION SUPPORTING THE EFFORTS OF THE
DADE COUNTY AVIATION DEPARTMENT AND MIAMI
INTERNATIONAL AIRPORT (MIA) ,TO OBTAIN A THREE-
YEAR EXEMPTION FROM FEDERAL AVIATION REGULATIONS
(FAR 36) AND 91 .303 FOR INTERNATIONAL OPERATIONS
AT MIA UNTIL JANUARY 1 , 1988; URGING THE FEDERAL
AVIATION ADMINISTRATION (FAA) TO CONSIDER ALL
PERTINENT FACTORS AND TO GRANT THE REQUESTED
EXEMPTION FROM FROM FAR 36 AND FAR 91 .303 FOR
INTERNATIONAL OPERATIONS AT MIA UNTIL JANUARY 1 ,
1988.
WHEREAS, the implementation Federal Aviation Aircraft Noise
Regulations FAR 36 and 91E will, on January 1 , 1985, prohibit most Boeing
727-100 and most DC-8 aircraft, and all B707 and Convair 880 aircraft from
operating in the United States and at Miami International Airport;
WHEREAS, most of the airlines in the Caribbean and Latin America
use these aircraft exclusively, or almost exclusively, particularly for
their all-cargo, freighter, aircraft; and
WHEREAS, 37 of Miami International Airport's foreign airlines
will be severely impacted, and 30 foreign airlines will be totally
eliminated, and 10 U.S. airlines will be severely affected and 8 U.S.
airlines totally eliminated, from Miami International Airport - the
a gateway to the Caribbean and Latin America; and
WHEREAS, this loss of air service at Miami International Airport
will impact 6,000 jobs in•Dade County and 48% of Miami's international
cargo, valued in 1983 at more than $1 .2 billion; and
WHEREAS, due to their present economic situation, most of the
affected Caribbean and Latin American airlines, and even their
governments, cannot afford FAR 36 - compliant new or reengined aircraft;
and
WHEREAS, there is currently on the market no FAA certificated
quiet engine nacelle or "hush kit" to enable their present 8707-320 and
DC8-50 aircraft to comply with FAR 36/FAR- 91 .303; and
WHEREAS, such hush kits will not be on the market in full
production until sometime in 1985 at the earliest; and
WHEREAS, it is therefore both financially and technically
impossible for these airlines' aircraft to comply with FAR 36/FAR 91 .303
by January 1 , 1985; and
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WHEREAS, approximately 2,000 aircraft noise measurements. at MIA
have shown that, at takeoff weights these "non-compliant" B707 and DC-8
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aircraft depart from MIA their takeoff noise on the community is directly
comparable to, and in many cases lower than, the takeoff noise of the many
"compliant" B727-200 aircraft used by the major U.S. airlines; and
WHEREAS, the IAA has and has used on behalf of U.S. air carriers
its exemption authority with regard to FAR 36 to grant approximately 450
U.S. registered aircraft exemptions to FAR 36 until January 1 , 1988; and
WHEREAS, the International Civil Aviation Organization (ICAO), of
which the U.S. is a signatory member, has recommended that these or
similar noise regulations should not be applied to aircraft of foreign
airlines until January 1 , 1988; and
WHEREAS, Great Britain and other European Economic 'Community
countries are utilizing the January `1 , 1988 date for compliance with
similar noise regulations relating to the aircraft of foreign airlines;
and
WHEREAS, implementation of FAR 36 and FAR 91E on January 1 , 1985
will have a very serious negative effect on trade between the United
States and the Caribbean and Latin American countries, and specifically
between Miami and its major international trading nations; and
WHEREAS, rigid implementation of FAR 36 will reverse the
potential economic advances made possible by the Caribbean Basin Initia-
tive and other efforts;
NOW THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED that Miami Shores Village supports the
effort of the Dade County Aviation Department and Miami International
Airport to seek a three year exemption to FAR 36 and' FAR 91E for
international operations at Miami International Airport until January 1,
1988 for both foreign and domestic carriers.
BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that the FAA and other agencies involved in the
decision of whether to grant an exemption relating to international
operations at Miami International Airport should consider all pertinent
factors and should not pre-judge the issue; and
BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that the FAA and the Department of Transportation
should grant the requested exemption to FAR 36 and FAR 91E for
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PASSED AND ADOPTED by the Village Council of Miami Shores
Village, Florida, this 18th day of September 1984.
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Mayor
ATTEST:
Village Clerk