Title 49, TransportationRelease 119-102
§47522 Definitions
Title 49 › SUBTITLE VII — AVIATION PROGRAMS › PART B — AIRPORT DEVELOPMENT AND NOISE › CHAPTER 475 — NOISE › SUBCHAPTER II — NATIONAL AVIATION NOISE POLICY › § 47522
Summary
Uses the existing federal meanings for "air carrier," "air transportation," and "United States" found in section 40102(a). "Stage 3 noise levels" means the noise standards in 14 CFR part 36 as they were on November 5, 1990.
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Title 49, §47522
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In this subchapter—
(1)“air carrier”, “air transportation”, and “United States” have the same meanings given those terms in section 40102(a) of this title.
(2)“stage 3 noise levels” means the stage 3 noise levels in part 36 of title 14, Code of Federal Regulations, in effect on November 5, 1990.
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Revised SectionSource (U.S. Code)Source (Statutes at Large) 4752249 App.:2157(h).Nov. 5, 1990, Pub. L. 101–508, § 9308(h), 104 Stat. 1388–384. The definitions are made applicable to all of subchapter II, rather than only to those provisions based on 49 App.:2157 as in the source provisions, because the defined terms appear in several sections of subchapter II and it is assumed they are intended to have the same meaning in each of those sections.
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49 U.S.C. § 47522
Title 49, Transportation
Last Updated
Aug 21, 2026
Release point: 119-102