,,ii  #aadth ,,congress  #ast ,session  
,s4 #bdjf  ,,in ,,the ,,senate ,,of     
,,the ,,united ,,states  ,december #af1 
#bjae,mr4 ,mc,cain 7for himself and ,mr4
 ,flake7 introduced the following bill2 
which was read twice and referred to the
 ,committee on ,commerce1 ,science1 and 
,transportation  ,a ,,bill  ,to require 
the ,administrator of the ,federal      
,aviation ,administration to review     
certain decisions to grant categorical  
exclusions for ,next ,generation flight 
procedures and to consult with the      
airports at which such procedures will  
be implemented4  #a4 ,review and        
notifications of categorical exclusions 
granted for ,next ,generation flight    
procedures ,section #bac7;c7 of the     
,,faa ,modernization and ,reform ,act of
 #bjab 7,public ,law #aab-ie2 #di       
,u4,s4,c4 #djaja note7 is amended by    
adding at the end the following3  7#c7  
,notifications and consultations ,not   
less than #ij days before applying a    
categorical exclusion under this        

subsection to a new procedure at an     
,,oep airport1 the ,administrator       
shall--  7,a7 notify and consult with   
the operator of the airport at which the
 procedure would be implemented2 and    
7,b7 consider consultations or other    
engagement with the community in the    
which the airport is located to inform  
the public of the procedure4  7#d7      
,review of certain categorical          
exclusions  7,a7 ,in general ,the       
,administrator shall review a decision  
of the ,administrator made on or after  
,february #ad1 #bjab1 and before the    
date of the enactment of this paragraph 
to grant a categorical exclusion under  
this subsection with respect to a       
procedure to be implemented at an ,,oep 
airport that was a material change from 
procedures previously in effect at the  
airport to determine if the             
implementation of the procedure had a   
significant effect on the human         
environment in the community in which   
the airport is located if the operator  

of that airport requests such a review  
and demonstrates that there is good     
cause to believe that the implementation
 of the procedure had such an effect4   
7,b7 ,content of review ,if1 in         
conducting a review under subparagraph  
7,a7 with respect to a procedure        
implemented at an ,,oep airport1 the    
,administrator1 in consultation with the
 operator of the airport1 determines    
that implementing the procedure had a   
significant effect on the human         
environment in the community in which   
the airport is located1 the             
,administrator shall--  7i7 consult with
 the operator of the airport to identify
 measures to mitigate the effect of the 
procedure on the human environment2 and 
7ii7 in conducting such consultations1  
consider the use of alternative flight  
paths4  7,c7 ,human environment defined 
,in this paragraph1 the term human      
environment has the meaning given that  
term in section #aejh4ad of title #dj1  
,code of ,federal ,regulations 7as in   

effect on the day before the date of the
 enactment of this paragraph74  4