Community boards

(a) In general Not later than 6 months after the date on which an aviation-impacted community becomes a designated community pursuant to section 4, such designated community shall— (1) select a community board comprised of individuals that equally represent— (A) State, regional, or local elected officials or city managers (or designees thereof); (B) local airport operators; (C) impacted community residents; and (D) the public health and environment; and (2) in the case where such designated community decides to maintain an existing group of primarily elected local officials that has previously been constituted for purposes of working on aviation-related issues, designate such existing group as a community board pursuant to this section, so long as— (A) affected community members who are not airport employees or elected officials have representation on the board; and (B) health and environmental representatives are added as needed. (b) Meetings A community board shall meet at times and places chosen by the members of such board. (c) Purposes The purpose of a community board is to provide information to airport operators and the Federal Aviation Administration concerning aviation impacts. (d) Collaboration The Administrator shall— (1) designate an FAA designee; and (2) ensure that representatives of and, when appropriate and upon request of a community board, relevant experts from the Federal Aviation Administration participate in meetings of a community board. (e) Community reports (1) In general A community board may draft a community report detailing the community’s concerns and issues related to aviation impacts. (2) Contents A community report may be comprised of, or include, community information, documents, or locally conducted assessments. (f) Community assessments (1) In general A community board may petition the Administrator to conduct a community assessment, which shall be conducted based on the framework and diagnostic tool established by the National Academy of Sciences under section 3 and the community reports described in subsection (e). (2) Limitation A community board may petition the Administrator to conduct not more than 1 community assessment under paragraph (1) every 3 years. (3) Exception Notwithstanding paragraph (2), a community board may petition the Administrator to conduct an additional community assessment during the 3-year period described in paragraph (2) if— (A) a study described in part 150 of title 14, Code of Federal Regulations, is commissioned by an airport with flight paths that affect the community represented by the community board; or (B) if airport operations increase substantially above of projected increases. (g) Instrumentation Upon request of a community board, the Administrator shall provide additional noise measurement instrumentation to measure aircraft noise. (h) Collaboration The Administrator and each community board that petitions for a community assessment shall collaborate on the scope of such community assessment. (i) Regional assessment Upon the request and approval of not less than 2 community boards located in the same region, the FAA may conduct a regional assessment based on the framework and diagnostic tool established by the National Academy of Sciences under section 3. (j) Accessible format The Administrator shall ensure the community assessment is culturally and linguistically accessible given the needs or requests of the community.