108 STAT. 1290 PUBLIC LAW 103-272—JULY 5, 1994 traffic control procedure changes at the airport. However, if an agreement on noise reductions at that airport is made between the airport proprietor and one or more air carriers or foreign air carriers that constitute a majority of the carrier use of the airport, this paragraph applies only to a local action to enforce the agreement. (4) The Secretary may reevaluate an airport noise or access restriction previously agreed to or approved under this subsection on request of an aircraft operator able to demonstrate to the satisfaction of the Secretary that there lias been a change in the noise environment of the affected airport that justifies a reevaluation. Regulations. The Secretary shall establish by regulation procedures for conducting a reevaluation. A reevaluation— (A) shall be based on the criteria in paragraph (2) of this subsection; and (B) may be conducted only after 2 years after a decision under paragraph (2) of this subsection has been made. (d) NONAPPLICATION.—Subsections (b) and (c) of this section do not apply to— (1) a local action to enforce a negotiated or executed airport noise or access agreement between the airport operator and the aircraft operators in effect on November 5, 1990; (2) a local action to enforce a negotiated or executed airport noise or access restriction agreed to by the airport operator and the aircraft operators before November 5, 1990; (3) an intergovernmental agreement including an airport noise or access restriction in effect on November 5, 1990; (4) a subsequent amendment to an airport noise or access agreement or restriction in effect on November 5, 1990, that does not reduce or limit aircraft operations or affect aircraft safety; (5)(A) an airport noise or access restriction adopted by an airport operator not later than October 1, 1990, and stayed as of October 1, 1990, by a court order or as a result of litigation, if any part of the restriction is subsequently allowed by a court to take effect; or (B) a new restriction imposed by an airport operator to replace any part of a restriction described in subclause (A) of this clause that is disallowed by a court, if the new restriction would not prohibit aircraft operations in effect on November 5, 1990;or (6) a local action that represents the adoption of the final part of a program of a staged airport noise or access restriction if the initial part of the program was adopted during 1988 and was in effect on November 5, 1990. (e) GRANT LIMITATIONS. —Beginning on the 91st day after the Secretary prescribes a regulation under subsection (a) of this section, a sponsor of a facility operating under an airport noise or access restriction on the operation of stage 3 aircraft that first became effective after October 1, 1990, is eligible for a grant under section 47104 of this title and is eligible to impose a passenger facility fee under section 40117 of this title only if the restriction has been— (1) agreed to by the airport proprietor and aircraft operators; (2) approved by the Secretary as required by subsection (c)(1) of this section; or
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