{"id":28798,"date":"2024-05-27T18:04:34","date_gmt":"2024-05-27T18:04:34","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/saj.pachecostudios.com?p=28798"},"modified":"2024-05-27T18:05:44","modified_gmt":"2024-05-27T18:05:44","slug":"governor-polis-signs-bill-to-reduce-aviation-impacts-on-colorado-communities","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/stateaviationjournal.com\/index.php\/state-news\/colorado\/governor-polis-signs-bill-to-reduce-aviation-impacts-on-colorado-communities\/%20","title":{"rendered":"Governor Polis Signs Bill to Reduce Aviation Impacts on Colorado Communities"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p><em>Photo above &#8211; On May 17, 2024, Colorado Governor Jared Polis signed into law House Bill 24-1235. This new legislation is aimed to help reduce aviation impacts on Colorado communities. Photo L-R: Rep. Shannon Bird, Gov. Jared Polis, Rep. Kyle Brown, Sen. Steve Fenberg. Photo by Shahn Sederberg &#8211; CDOT.<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>On May 17, 2024, before a small group of community members and bill sponsors, Governor Jared Polis signed into law <a href=\"https:\/\/leg.colorado.gov\/bills\/hb24-1235\">House Bill (HB) 24-1235<\/a>. The new legislation is aimed at reducing the impacts of aviation on Colorado&#8217;s communities with a focus on the transition to unleaded aviation fuel and mitigation of aircraft noise. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The signed legislation comes after months of community town\nhalls, and cooperation between the bill sponsors, local community members, and\nconstituents representing Colorado aviation interests. This cooperation\nultimately led to a bill worthy of solid bipartisan support.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>&#8220;We heard from the aviation community, and I commend\nthem for being committed to working with us to solve these problems, and in\nparticular, to transitioning away from leaded aviation fuel&#8221;, said bill\nCo-Sponsor and Colorado House Representative Kyle Brown.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Measures in the legislation include adding two new Colorado\nAeronautical Board (CAB) members representing Colorado communities impacted by\naviation, and a non-voting position from the Colorado Department of Public\nHealth &amp; Environment to act as a technical advisor to the CAB.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Other measures in the HB24-1235 include:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\"><li>Incentivizes aircraft owners to transition their\naircraft to unleaded aviation fuel by providing a refundable income tax credit\nfor qualified expenses.<\/li><li>Ensures that the lesser of 10 percent or $1.5M\nof state aviation funding per year goes toward aiding the transition to\nunleaded aviation gasoline.<\/li><li>Requires certain airport grant recipients to\nadopt a plan for phasing out sales of leaded aviation gasoline by 2030, and\nestablish and publish a voluntary noise abatement plan. <\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p>&#8220;We&#8217;re very excited about the overall transition to\nunleaded aviation fuel. This bill will very specifically accelerate that\ntransition by ensuring that state grants for airports support infrastructure\nupgrades for unleaded aviation fuel,&#8221; said Colorado Governor Jared Polis. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>In support of the CAB\u2019s and Division\u2019s commitment to\nassisting Colorado\u2019s public-use airports transition to unleaded aviation fuel,\nRocky Mountain Metropolitan Airport (BJC) was awarded a $35,000 state matching\ngrant for the installation of a Federally funded unleaded aviation fuel tank.\nThis complements an August 2023 Division surplus equipment grant for BJC, which\nprovided $40,000 to the airport for the purchase of a pre-owned fuel truck that\nwill be dedicated to dispensing unleaded aviation fuel.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Last May, Centennial Airport (APA) became the first airport\nin Colorado to offer unleaded aviation fuel. Additionally, the airport\nintroduced a subsidy program to assist aircraft owners, operators, and\nfixed-base operators in transitioning to unleaded aviation fuel. APA is\ncurrently awaiting CAB approval for a grant request to further support the\nairport&#8217;s subsidy program. To date, over 80% of the training aircraft operated\nat Centennial Airport have been certified to safely use unleaded aviation fuel.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>These projects pave the way for future state funding to help\nairports transition to unleaded aviation fuel as the industry makes progress\ntowards a 100-octane unleaded fuel that can be safely used in all\npiston-powered general aviation aircraft.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Over the next few weeks, the Division of Aeronautics staff\nwill be working to implement the provisions of HB24-1235, including outreach to\nairports about the particular requirements imposed by the bill, and the new\nunleaded aviation fuel transition funding provisions created by the\nlegislation.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Photo above &#8211; On May 17, 2024, Colorado Governor Jared Polis signed into law House Bill 24-1235. This new legislation is aimed to help reduce aviation impacts on Colorado communities. Photo L-R: Rep. Shannon Bird, Gov. Jared Polis, Rep. Kyle Brown, Sen. Steve Fenberg. Photo by Shahn Sederberg &#8211; CDOT. 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