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Author : United States Government Accountability Office
Publisher : Createspace Independent Publishing Platform
Page : 70 pages
File Size : 47,8 Mb
Release : 2018-01-30
Category : Electronic
ISBN : 1984383396
GAO-06-263 National Parks Air Tour Management Act: More Flexibility and Better Enforcement Needed
Author : United States. Government Accountability Office
Publisher : DIANE Publishing
Page : 69 pages
File Size : 52,6 Mb
Release : 2006
Category : National parks and reserves
ISBN : 9781428930391
The Government Accountability Office (GAO) was asked to determine the status of Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) and the National Park Service's implementation of the National Parks Air Tour Management Act of 2000; assess how the air tour operators and national parks have been affected by implementation; and identify what issues, if any, need to be addressed to improve implementation. GAO recommends that Congress consider amending the act to give the agencies authority to determine which parks should develop plans, which would allow more cost-effective implementation. GAO also recommends that FAA take several actions to improve compliance, enforcement, and implementation. In commenting on the draft report, the Departments of Transportation and the Interior generally agreed with our recommendations.
Author : United States Government Accountability Office
Publisher : Createspace Independent Publishing Platform
Page : 70 pages
File Size : 54,8 Mb
Release : 2017-09-13
Category : Electronic
ISBN : 197636342X
Primarily because of concerns that noise from air tours over national parks could impair visitors' experiences and park resources, Congress passed the National Parks Air Tour Management Act of 2000 to regulate air tours. The act requires the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) and the National Park Service to develop air tour management plans for all parks where air tour operators apply to conduct tours. A plan may establish controls over tours, such as routes, altitudes, time of day restrictions, and/or a maximum number of flights for a given period; or ban all air tours. GAO was asked to (1) determine the status of FAA and the Park Service's implementation of the act; (2) assess how the air tour operators and national parks have been affected by implementation; and (3) identify what issues, if any, need to be addressed to improve implementation.
Author : Gordon Hempton,John Grossmann
Publisher : Simon and Schuster
Page : 272 pages
File Size : 43,6 Mb
Release : 2009-03-31
Category : Nature
ISBN : 1416559825
In the visionary tradition of Rachel Carson’s Silent Spring, One Square Inch of Silence alerts us to beauty that we take for granted and sounds an urgent environmental alarm. Natural silence is our nation’s fastest-disappearing resource, warns Emmy-winning acoustic ecologist Gordon Hempton, who has made it his mission to record and preserve it in all its variety—before these soul-soothing terrestrial soundscapes vanish completely in the ever-rising din of man-made noise. Recalling the great works on nature written by John Muir, John McPhee, and Peter Matthiessen, this beautifully written narrative, co-authored with John Grossmann, is also a quintessentially American story—a road trip across the continent from west to east in a 1964 VW bus. But no one has crossed America like this. Armed with his recording equipment and a decibel-measuring sound-level meter, Hempton bends an inquisitive and loving ear to the varied natural voices of the American landscape—bugling elk, trilling thrushes, and drumming, endangered prairie chickens. He is an equally patient and perceptive listener when talking with people he meets on his journey about the importance of quiet in their lives. By the time he reaches his destination, Washington, D.C., where he meets with federal officials to press his case for natural silence preservation, Hempton has produced a historic and unforgettable sonic record of America. With the incisiveness of Jack Kerouac’s observations on the road and the stirring wisdom of Robert Pirsig repairing an aging vehicle and his life, One Square Inch of Silence provides a moving call to action. More than simply a book, it is an actual place, too, located in one of America’s last naturally quiet places, in Olympic National Park in Washington State.
Author : Anonim
Publisher : DIANE Publishing
Page : 37 pages
File Size : 46,8 Mb
Release : 2024-06-29
Category : Electronic
ISBN : 9781437982381
Author : United States. Congress. House. Committee on Appropriations. Subcommittee on Interior, Environment, and Related Agencies
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 932 pages
File Size : 45,9 Mb
Release : 2011
Category : United States
ISBN : IND:30000139684728
Author : U S Government Accountability Office (G,U. S. Government Accountability Office (
Publisher : BiblioGov
Page : 72 pages
File Size : 47,6 Mb
Release : 2013-06
Category : Electronic
ISBN : 1289011109
The U.S. Government Accountability Office (GAO) is an independent agency that works for Congress. The GAO watches over Congress, and investigates how the federal government spends taxpayers dollars. The Comptroller General of the United States is the leader of the GAO, and is appointed to a 15-year term by the U.S. President. The GAO wants to support Congress, while at the same time doing right by the citizens of the United States. They audit, investigate, perform analyses, issue legal decisions and report anything that the government is doing. This is one of their reports.
Author : United States. Congress. Senate. Committee on Energy and Natural Resources. Subcommittee on National Parks
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 58 pages
File Size : 43,7 Mb
Release : 2005
Category : Technology & Engineering
ISBN : STANFORD:36105050383517
Author : United States Government Accountability Office
Publisher : Createspace Independent Publishing Platform
Page : 42 pages
File Size : 44,9 Mb
Release : 2017-09-21
Category : Electronic
ISBN : 1976363357
The Omnibus Budget Reconciliation Act of 1993 (the fees legislation) required the National Park Service to begin collecting fees from operators that conduct air tours over national park units that meet certain criteria. Currently, only Grand Canyon, Haleakala, and Hawaii Volcanoes National Parks meet the criteria to charge air tour fees. The Federal Aviation Administration (FAA), in cooperation with the Park Service, also regulates air tours over park units pursuant to the National Parks Overflights Act of 1987 and the National Parks Air Tour Management Act of 2000. GAO was asked to (1) assess the Park Service's collection of air tour fees and (2) identify what factors, if any, hinder the collection of air tour fees. GAO is also providing information on the possible expansion of air tour fees to additional park units. Relying largely on voluntary compliance, the Park Service has collected some, but not all, fees from air tour operators at Grand Canyon, Haleakala, and Hawaii Volcanoes National Parks. After passage of the fees legislation, these three park units instituted air tour fees in 1994 by requesting operators to voluntarily report their air tours and pay appropriate fees monthly. Since then, the Park Service has collected about $19 million at the three park units (in inflation-adjusted 2005 dollars). However, voluntary compliance with the air tour fee requirement has been inconsistent, and several operators are not paying the required fees. For example, GAO found that 13 of the 21 operators conducting air tours over Grand Canyon underpaid their air tour fees for calendar years 2000 through 2003 by more than $1.5 million. The Park Service's ability to collect air tour fees is hindered by several factors, as follows: - The Park Service cannot verify air tour activity over the three park units. Air tour operators are not required to record and report to either the Park Service or FAA their number of air tours over park units, except for Grand Canyon. Operators at Grand Canyon are required to report their air tours only to FAA. Consequently, the Park Service relies on operators to voluntarily report their air tours and pay the required fees. A GAO January 2006 report recommended that FAA take steps to require operators to report to both agencies their air tours over park units under the 2000 air tour act, including Haleakala and Hawaii Volcanoes. - The Park Service cannot effectively enforce compliance due to the lack of air tour data. The Park Service has limited ability to enforce compliance because it does not have jurisdiction over airspace and lacks sufficient air tour data. Conversely, FAA is not required to assist with collecting, or enforcing the collection of, air tour fees. As a result, both Park Service and FAA officials told GAO, the agencies have little or no ability to take enforcement action against noncompliant operators. - Different geographic applicability of two laws complicates efforts to collect air tour fees. The fees legislation and the 2000 air tour act have different geographic applicability, which has complicated the Park Service's collection efforts. Air tour fees are currently charged at only 3 of the 86 park units with air tours, based on the criteria established in the fees legislation. Expanding air tour fees to other park units could generate additional funding for the Park Service, but such an expansion would require a legislative change and should be balanced against potential impacts on air tour operators. Legislation could explicitly provide that the additional funding may be used to develop the air tour management plans required by the 2000 air tour act. Regarding the potential impacts on air tour operators, the 2000 air tour act directed FAA to prepare a report to Congress on this subject by October 2000. FAA has drafted the report but has not submitted it to Congress.
Author : United States Senate,Committee on Energy and Natura (senate),United States Congress
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 56 pages
File Size : 41,6 Mb
Release : 2019-11-21
Category : Electronic
ISBN : 1710100982
National Parks Air Tour Management Act: hearing before the Subcommittee on National Parks of the Committee on Energy and Natural Resources, United States Senate, One Hundred Eighth Congress, second session, to conduct oversight on the implementation of the National Parks Air Management Act of 2000 (Public Law 106-181), July 22, 2004.
Author : United States Government Accountability Office
Publisher : Createspace Independent Publishing Platform
Page : 42 pages
File Size : 47,5 Mb
Release : 2018-01-29
Category : Electronic
ISBN : 1984312936
GAO-06-468 National Parks Air Tour Fees: Effective Verification and Enforcement Are Needed to Improve Compliance
Author : Anonim
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 784 pages
File Size : 48,7 Mb
Release : 2007
Category : Government publications
ISBN : OSU:32437122958974
Author : United States. Congress. House. Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 22 pages
File Size : 52,9 Mb
Release : 1999
Category : Aeronautics
ISBN : PURD:32754069251100
Author : William E. Neeley
Publisher : Nova Publishers
Page : 164 pages
File Size : 55,7 Mb
Release : 2007
Category : Conservation of natural resources
ISBN : MINN:31951D02373177U
There is a great amount of debate concerning the establishment and use of public lands. While there is a desire for recreational areas and parks, there are also considerations for the preservation of wilderness and wildlife. National parks must determine rules regarding the use of off road vehicles, personal watercrafts, snowmobiles and the implementation of hiking trails. This book examines the growing diversity of recreation on federal lands and the resulting impact on the environment.
Author : United States. National Park Service
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 352 pages
File Size : 50,9 Mb
Release : 1995
Category : Aeronautics, Commercial
ISBN : UCR:31210024860551
