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PUBLIC LAW 102-143—OCT. 28, 1991 105 STAT. 949 Regulations. 49 USC app. 1357 note. Report to Congress required pursuant to section 9119(c) of Public Law 101-508. 03) There is hereby established the Metropolitan New York Air- Establishment, craft Noise Mitigation Committee to review aircraft noise complaints within the study area and advise the Administrator of the locations and boundaries of noise impact areas defined by such complaints. The Committee shall consist of nine members, with three members each from the States of Connecticut, New York, and New Jersey, such members to be appointed by the Governor of each State. The Committee shall obtain the participation of citizens, community associations, and other public organizations concerned with aircraft noise in the study area, and shall make recommendations to the Administrator regarding the organizations. These recommendations shall be submitted to the Administrator in accordance with the schedule he establishes in the plan required under subsection (a)(l). (c) This section shall not apply to the Federal Aviation Administration's field testing and evaluation of any new noise abatement departure procedures for Runway Thirteen at LaGuardia Airport. Implementation of new procedures, if appropriate, shall be in accordance with all applicable Federal requirements. SEC. 346. Not later than 180 days after the date of the enactment of this legislation, the Administrator shall issue regulations as may be necessary to carry out section 316(g) of the Federal Aviation Act of 1958 (49 U.S.C. App. 1357), as amended. The processing of criminal history record checks contained in section 316(g) shall begin not later than 60 days after the issuance of the final regulations. SEC. 347. None of the funds provided, or otherwise made available, by this Act shall be used by the Secretary of Transportation or the . Federal Aviation Administration to consolidate flight service stations (including changes in flight service station operations such as permanent reductions in staff, hours of operation, airspace, and airport jurisdictions and the disconnection of telephone lines), until after the expiration of the 9-month period following the date of the submission to Congress of the Auxiliary Flight Service Station plan required under section 330 of the Department of Transportation and Related Agencies Appropriations Act, 1991 (Public Law 101-516; 104 Stat. 2184). This section shall not apply to flight service stations in Laramie, Rawlins, and Rock Springs, Wyoming. SEC. 348. The Secretary shall advance emergency relief funds to Washington. the State of Washington for the replacement of a bridge on the interstate system damaged by November 1990 storms notwithstanding the provisions of section 125 of title 23, United States Code: Provided, That this provision shall be subject to the Federal Share provisions of section 120, title 23, of the United States Code. The State of Washington shall repay such advances to the extent that a final court judgment declares that damage to such bridges was a result of human error. SEC. 349. (a) Section 9308(d) of Public Law 101-508 is amended by striking the word "This" at the beginning of the first sentence thereof and inserting in lieu thereof the following: "Except for Hawaiian operations described in and provided for in subsection (i), this". (b) Section 9308 of Public Law 101-508 is amended by adding a new subsection (i), to read as follows: "(i) HAWAIIAN OPERATIONS. — 49 USC app. 2157.