Howard County v. Federal Aviation Administration

ELR Citation: 50 ELR 20194
No(s). 18-2360 (4th Cir. Aug 11, 2020)

The Fourth Circuit dismissed a petition to vacate or set aside the FAA's modification to a series of flight routes that caused residents of historic areas of a county in Maryland to endure "insufferable levels of noise." The county argued that the FAA failed to comply with environmental statutes and...