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McCarthy’s anti-noise pollution effort fails
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An effort by Rep. Carolyn McCarthy (D-Mineola) to get a noise-pollution study included in funding and policy legislation for the Federal Aviation Administration has failed.
McCarthy said in a statement Friday that she voted against an FAA bill that passed the U.S. House because it lacked an environmental-impact statement, which would be a study of how new departure routes for jets flying out...
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