Noise Impacts on Historic and Natural Resources

Hanscom Field is the only airport in the nation that abuts two National Resources:

• Minute Man National Historical Park and

• Great Meadows National Wildlife Sanctuary

 Specifically because of the adverse impacts from aircraft noise at Hanscom Field, the National Register of Historic Places designated Minute Man National Historical Park & Its Environs (including Great Meadows and surrounding historic sites) as one of the 11th Most Endangered Historic Places in America in 2003. They are still on the list to this day.

Because of these resources’ proximity to the airport, expansion plans at Hanscom can trigger federal/national oversight and reviews by the following agencies and groups:

• US Dept. of the Interior (National Parks)

• US Dept. of the Interior (US Fish and Wildlife Service)

• US Dept. of Transportation (FAA)

• Advisory Council for Historic Preservation

• Federal Interagency Working Group