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<br />Zoning Bulletin <br /> <br />Preemption-Town rejects airport's application <br />for runway construction <br /> <br />, <br />" <br /> <br />Airport says town's land use powers are preempted by <br />federallaw <br /> <br />Citation: Tweed-New Haven Airport Authority v. Town of East Haven, <br />Conn., 2008 WL 4696980 (D. Conn. 2008) <br /> <br />CONNECTICUT (10/24/08)-Tweed-New Haven Airport (the "Air- <br />port") was situated on land in the town. The Airport was classified by <br />.the Federal Aviation Administration ("FAA") as a primary commercial <br />service airport. As such, it was required to hold an qperating certificate <br />under FAA regulations. In order to hold that certificate, the municipal <br />airport authority that operated the Airport (the "Authority") was re- <br />quired to have Runway SafetY Areas ("RSAs") that were acceptable to <br />the FAA. The Airport did not have standard RSAs at either end of its <br />main runway (the "Runway"). To remedy this failure, the Authority. <br />planned construction of RSAs at either end of the Runw~y (the "Proj- <br />ect"). The Project was thoroughly vetted by federal and state regulatory <br />bodies over many years. It was approved by, among others: the FAA; the <br />United States Army Corps of Engineers; the United States Environmental <br /> <br /> <br />~":':.-~ <br /> <br />~lI;~.Utr,J ~sion~l. ;- . .. ,; <br /> <br />t;wRfJ!;;~~'J~!~l~i~~J,"~l~~~~~~~,~~ <br /> <br />'POSTi-4AsTER: Send address changes to, Zoning liulletin, 610 Opperman Drive, P.O. Bo)(64526'51, <br />Paul,MN55164-0526. .' . . . . <br /> <br />THOMSON <br />* <br />VIlEST <br /> <br />l <br />.~ : <br /> <br />610 Opperman Drive. P.O. Box 64526. St. Paul, MN 55164-0526 <br />1-800-229-2084. emaH: west.customerservice@thomsonretiters.com . west.thomson.com/quinlan <br />155N 0514-7905 . @2008Thomson ReutersIWest. All Rights Reserved. <br />Quinlan™ is a Thomson ReutersIWest brand. <br /> <br />2 <br /> <br />@ 2008 Thomson ReuterslWest <br /> <br />46 <br /> <br />, ! <br />, \1 <br /> ii <br /> 'I <br /> Ij <br /> I' <br /> I: <br /> ., <br /> jj <br /> I: <br /> " <br /> II <br /> \. <br /> , <br /> ,. <br /> 1: <br /> I! <br /> ii <br /> Ii <br /> l\ <br /> \1 <br /> " <br /> il <br /> l- <br /> II <br /> II <br /> Ii <br /> II <br /> Ii <br /> ii <br /> I' <br /> ,I <br /> :1 <br /> ii <br /> II <br /> d <br /> 1\ <br /> 11 <br /> II <br /> i <br /> I <br /> I <br /> , <br /> \ <br /> !I <br /> ;1 <br />