Paul Clinton
BURBANK -- State Sen. Adam Schiff (D-Burbank) will travel to
Washington, D.C., Wednesday to meet with Federal Aviation Administrator
Jane Garvey.
Schiff said he would lobby for a mandatory curfew on night flights at
the Burbank-Glendale-Pasadena Airport, as well as get input from Garvey
about how to move the stalled terminal deal forward.
"Hope to see if we can jump-start discussions," Schiff said Friday.
"We really need to get the FAA involved."
In early February, city officials halted work on a plan that would
allow the airport to build a 14-gate, $300-million terminal, under
certain conditions, to replace the aging current facility.
Mayor Stacey Murphy cited Garvey's scathing Nov. 22 letter -- which
said provisions of the deal "violate federal law" -- as the key reason
why talks were stopped.
Only the FAA can impose noise measures on regional airports, under
laws governed by the Airport Noise and Capacity Act of 1990.
