Sec. 5305. Monitoring of noise from flights and training of EA–18G Growlers associated with Naval Air Station Whidbey Island
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The Secretary of Defense shall provide for real-time monitoring of noise from local flights of EA–18G Growlers associated with Naval Air Station Whidbey Island, including field carrier landing practice at Naval Outlying Field
(OLF)Coupeville and Ault Field. The Secretary shall publish the results of monitoring conducted under paragraph
(1)on a publicly available Internet website of the Department of Defense. Not later than 180 days after the date of the enactment of this Act, the Secretary shall submit to the Committees on Armed Services of the Senate and the House of Representatives a report on the progress of monitoring conducted under paragraph
(1)and the results of such monitoring. Not later than 180 days after the date of the enactment of this Act, the Secretary of Defense shall submit to the Committees on Armed Services of the Senate and the House of Representatives a plan for real-time monitoring described in subsection (a)(1) of noise relating to field carrier landing practice conducted above or adjacent to Olympic National Park, Olympic National Forest, and Ebey's Landing National Historical Reserve. The Secretary shall work with the Director of the National Park Service and the Chief of the Forest Service in developing the plan under paragraph (1). The amount authorized to be appropriated by this Act for Navy Operation and Maintenance is hereby increased by $1,000,000 and the amount of such increase shall be made available to carry out this section. The amount authorized to be appropriated by this Act for Marine Corps Operation and Maintenance for SAG 4A4G is hereby reduced by $1,000,000.