

In July 2006, the Los Angeles Board of Airport Commissioners directed LAWA staff and HMMH to prepare an Environmental Impact Report for a seven-year phaseout of noisier aircraft under a Part 161 provision that exempts ("grandfathers") rules proposed before October 2, 1990. In March 2009, LAWA released the final EIR for public review and the FAA notified LAWA in writing that a version of the phaseout that exempted Stage 3 and 4 aircraft would be grandfathered.

Ted Baldwin, Senior Vice President