TO  DAN ELWELL, ACTING ADMINISTRATOR | FEDERAL AVIATION ADMINISTRATION (FAA):  The FAA is considering the establishment of new Standard Instrument Departure procedures at Burbank Airport known as OROSZ THREE and SLAPP TWO.  Requiring planes to continue to two waypoints known as JAYTE and TEAGN will bring noise pollution and air pollution to Valley schools and residential neighborhoods.

The changes under consideration are serious and will impact quality of life for Valley residents.  

At this point, the FAA has not engaged the impacted communities in an open and transparent discussion regarding the proposed changes.  Implementation without comprehensive environmental review and public input process is unacceptable.  Valley residents and families with children in affected schools deserve the strongest possible environmental review process.  They also deserve written, intelligible notice of the proposed changes (so that a layperson can understand what the changes would mean in terms of planes flying overhead--where, how high/loud/often) and a reasonable period of time to comment in writing and in public hearings in which they can ask questions and express concerns to the FAA.

We respectfully exercise our right to petition our government to address these grievances immediately by providing due process.