Sources, documents, and other research:

Links to applicable sections of Arizona Revised Statutes (ARS):

• Arizona State Legislature homepage (click the "statutes" link for ARS homepage):
  http://www.azleg.state.az.us/
• ARS 28-8461 "Definitions" -- how accident and high- noise zones are defined by Arizona Law, among others. Specifically, 28-8461(9)(b) defines these areas around DMAFB
  http://www.azleg.state.az.us/ars/28/08461.htm
• ARS 28-8481 "Planning and Zoning; military airport and ancillary military facility's operation compatibility; compliance review; penalty; definitions" -- states that municipalities near military airports should have appropriate zoning, and what this zoning should incorporate. Includes clumsily- formatted table showing what can be built in which loudness and accident zones.
  http://www.azleg.state.az.us/ars/28/08481.htm

Other relevant bits of law:

• City of Tucson Ordinance 10073 enacted 25-OCT-2004 (PDF):
  http://www.ci.tucson.az.us/planning/luc/signedaezordinance.pdf
• City of Tucson Code (must accept municode.com cookies):
  http://library6.municode.com/gateway.dll/AZ/arizona/409?f=templates&fn=default.htm&npusername=11294&nppassword=MCC&npac_credentialspresent=true&vid=default
• The Joint Land Use Study (JLUS) document (100 page 3.1 MB PDF file):
  http://www.azcommerce.com/doclib/COMMASST/DM%20Graphics/DM.Final.JLUS.Feb04.pdf
• Arizona State Legislature's HB 2140 (from 46th legislature, second regular session, 2004):
  As HTML: http://www.azleg.state.az.us/legtext/46leg/2r/bills/hb2140s.htm
  As PDF: http://www.azleg.state.az.us/legtext/46leg/2r/bills/hb2140s.pdf
• U.S. Public Law 101-510, Defense Base Closure and Realignment Act of 1990 (PDF):
  http://www.defenselink.mil/brac/docs/legis03.pdf
• The _Federal Register_ at the U.S. Government Printing Office:
  http://www.gpoaccess.gov/fr/index.html
• Kelo -v- New London ruling, in which the U.S. Supreme Court held that "the city [of New London]'s proposed disposition of this property qualifies as a 'public use' within the meaning of the Takings Clause of the Fifth Amendment.":
  
  • http://www.law.cornell.edu/supct/html/04-108.ZS.html
  • http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kelo_v._New_London

Links to articles on hearing, noise, and the effects of excessive noise:

• Article on how high noise affects property values (PDF):
  http://www.eltoroairport.org/issues/AirportNoise.pdf
• Article from Franklin Institute on effects of stress, and how, surprise, excessive noise leads to stress:
  http://www.fi.edu/brain/stress.htm#stressnoise
• What Is A Decibel, And What Is The Loudest Sound I Can Listen To Before It Hurts My Ears?
  http://www.howstuffworks.com/question124.htm

Links to other citizen action groups:

• Alliance of Residents Concerning O'Hare (AReCO), fighting expansion of Chicago's O'Hare Airport:
  http://www.areco.org
• Arizona Coalition to Protect Property Rights (ACPPR), addresses the "takings" of properties surrounding Luke AFB's auxiliary airstrip in Wittman, AZ:
  http://www.acppr.org
• Aviation Conspiracy Newsletter -- Bill Mulcahy brings an investigative reporting style to examining the aviation industry:
  http://pages.prodigy.net/rockaway/ACNewsmenu.htm
• Citizens for the Abatement of Aircraft Noise (CAAN) deals with noise problems at Washington's National and Dulles airports:
  http://www.caan.org
• Noise Pollution Clearinghouse. "The mission of the Noise Pollution Clearinghouse is to create more civil cities and more natural rural and wilderness areas by reducing noise pollution at the source."
  http://www.nonoise.org
• Peninsula Aircraft Noise/Safety Information Committee (PANIC) concerned with LAX departures over the Rancho Palos Verdes, Hermosa Beach, and Redondo Beach areas:
  http://www.palosverdes.com/panic
• Regional Commission on Airport Affairs (RCAA) has been fighting the expansion of Seattle- Tacoma Airport for over 10 years:
  http://www.rcaanews.org
• Seattle Council on Airport Affairs (SCAA) was formed to educate citizens, gather information, and help communities with the negative impacts of airports and aviation in the Puget Sound region:
  http://www.airportnoise.org
• Tucson Quality of Life (TQL), addressing DMAFB noise in Tucson (workplace warning: contains sound):
  http://www.tucsonqualityoflife.com
• UPROAR, a San Francisco- based group concerned with airports' impact on quality of life:
  http://www.uproar.org
• U.S. Citizens Aviation Watch, a nation-wide organization of airport community groups:
  http://www.us-caw.org
• West London Friends of the Earth opposes expansion of Heathrow Airport and construction of Terminal 5:
  http://www.wlfoet5.demon.co.uk

Other useful sources:

• Notes from the City of Tucson Land Use Code Public Hearing on 06-OCT-2004
• Are you in the vicinity of a military airport? Get a map from the Arizona State Real Estate Department and find out:
  http://www.re.state.az.us/militaryairport1.html
• Got maps? Pima County Department of Transportation's GIS Database Services has amazing data on their MapGuide page. See noise zones, school districts, neighborhood associations, and many other breakouts:
  http://www.dot.co.pima.az.us/gis/maps/mapguide/
• NOISEMAP software from Air Force Center for Environmental Excellence "AFCEE") website, requires Windoze operating system. NOISEMAP is a computer program used to model noise exposure in the vicinity of a military air base due to aircraft flights and engine run-up activities. Noise contours generated by NOISEMAP are used in support of the Air Installation Compatible Use Zone (AICUZ) program and National Environmental Policy Act (NEPA) documentation.
  http://www.afcee.brooks.af.mil/ec/noise/noisemodels/noisemodels.asp
• Some conservative groups whose "property rights" information might be of interest:
  
  • Institute for Justice:
    http://www.ij.org/arizona/index.html
  • Mountain States Legal Foundation:
    http://www.mountainstateslegal.org/
• AZ Military Installation Fund (MIF)'s Notice of Final Rulemaking (includes comments submitted at 18-APR-2005 Tucson MIF meeting):
  http://www.azcommerce.com/doclib/COMMASST/Military%20Installation%20Fund/MIF%20NOTICE%20OF%20FINAL%20RULEMAKING.PDF
• Southeast Area Regional Arterial Plan for the City of Tucson. See what COT has planned for the area between I-19, I-10, AZ-83, and Sahuarita Road:
  http://www.searea.com/PDF%20Maps/Initial%20MSRP%2011x17%205.pdf
• The Governor's presentation to the Pentagon on Tucson's "military aspirations" (77 pages):
  http://www.azstarnet.com/subsections/includes/specialreports/pdf/mil_transformation.pdf
• White paper developed by the DM50 on Community Alliance and Vision for DMAFB and Tucson (11 pages):
  http://www.azstarnet.com/subsections/includes/specialreports/pdf/DM_Tucson.pdf
• Article on the history of spin, and how Edward Bernays grew PR into a force majeure, from _American Idealism_, JAN-2005:
  http://www.americanidealism.com/articles/edward-bernays-forger-of-the-public-relations-industry.html
• Aircraft spotter's guide (sort of, listed by name and not by silhouette):
  http://www.aircav.com/recog/mastlist.html
• C-Span's BRAC coverage:
  
  • C-Span main BRAC page:
    http://www.c-span.org/brac/index.asp?Cat=Current_Event&Code=BRAC&ShowVidNum=6&Rot_Cat_CD=BRAC
  • Streaming video of BRAC hearing on closing of Oceana Navy Base:
    rtsp://video.c-span.org/project/brac/brac082005_pm.rm (or copy- paste URL into your RealPlayer "open location" field)
• "Military Base Closures: The Impact on California Communities", Rand Research brief:
  http://www.rand.org/publications/RB/RB7511/RB7511.html
• The FAA's spec sheet on DMAFB, including its noise abatement policy (under "Additional Remarks"):
  http://www.airnav.com/airport/KDMA