Where did you get that noise contour map?

Thanks for asking! By law the Air Force is required to study the impact the F-35A will have on communities where it will be based. Called the F-35A Training Basing Environmental Impact Statement, (EIS) the study is a legal document available for download from the Air Force website: www.f-35atrainingeis. com or as a 1180-page printed book available for study at the The F-35A Training Basing Environmental Impact Statement examines all four F-35A sites. public library.
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The noise contour used in the F-35 Facts and Impacts flyer was traced from the B3 scenario (72 aircraft) contour found on pages 14 and 15 of the EIS Executive Summary. Curiously, youll note there are also two smaller contours in the original map showing the DNL levels for fewer aircraft (scenarios B1 and B2.) While the Air Force has decided that it has to base 72 jets per site for reasons of cost effectiveness theyve managed to obscure the purpose of the map somewhat by leaving in the now-irrelevant noise contours for Not Suitable numbers of jets. the smallerFor Residential Use
Based on the Air Forces Environmental Impact Statement, (EIS), 72 F-35A aircraft operating out of Boise would expose 6,958 acres of property to so much noise that the area would be designated by FAA regulations Not Suitable For Residential Use. (NSFRU) (65 decibel DNL)
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Noise and Land Use. The Boise Air Terminal Airport aa joint use airfield that currently Inform is tioMilitary aircraft based at accommodates several varieties of civilian and military aircraft. n More Boise AGS include A-10, H-64, and H-60 aircraft. Table 6 lists the population and acreage www.saveourvalleynow.org/ under various www.f-35atrainingeis.com/ noise contours near Boise AGS. Boise Air Terminal Airport Air Guard The 65 decibel 0 Station208-422-5268 (dB) daynight average sound level (DNL) noise contours for each aircraft scenario are presented in Figure 2.

Noise contour map used for F-35 Facts and Impacts flyer

Figure 2. Land Use and Noise Contours in Areas Surrounding Boise AGS, Baseline Conditions and F-35A Scenarios
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Table 6. Population and Acreage Under Noise Contours Near Boise AGS, Baseline Conditions and F-35A Scenarios
Contour Interval (dB DNL) Total >65 6569 7074 7579 8084 85 Total >65 6569 7074 7579 8084 85 Total >65 6569 7074 7579 8084 85 Total >65 6569 7074 7579 8084 85 Population Affected Total Area Affected (Off-Installation/Airport) (Off-Installation/Airport) Number Change Acres Change Baseline Conditions 142 N/A 89 N/A 131 N/A 82 N/A 11 N/A 7 N/A 0 N/A 0 N/A 0 N/A 0 N/A 0 N/A 0 N/A Scenario B1 (24 Aircraft) 3,104 2,962 3,032 2,943 2,157 2,026 2,357 2,275 590 579 519 512 289 289 129 129 68 68 24 24 0 0 3 3 Scenario B2 (48 Aircraft) 5,470 5,328 5,038 4,947 3,894 3,763 3,395 3,313 955 944 1,320 1,313 457 457 253 253 142 142 60 60 22 22 10 10 Scenario B3 (72 Aircraft) 10,119 9,977 6,958 6,864 7,521 7,390 4,411 4,329 1,755 1,744 2,012 2,005 530 530 406 406 258 258 108 108 55 55 21 21

Note: See Draft EIS, Table BO 3.22.

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Pages 14 and 15 from the EIS showing noise contours of Not Suitable For Residential Use (65 DNL) resulting from F-35s in Boise