US Lawmakers Ask FAA to Conduct Review Before Allowing Amazon Drone Hub Near Boston

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• Massachusetts Democratic lawmakers — Senators Ed Markey and Elizabeth Warren, and Representatives Jim McGovern and Lori Trahan — sent a letter to FAA Administrator Bryan Bedford requesting a new environmental review before approving an Amazon drone hub planned in Westborough, about 30 miles west of Boston, according to Investing.com. The request cites resident concerns over noise pollution, health and safety, privacy, and quality-of-life impacts.
• The letter follows the FAA's July announcement of a broad environmental review allowing qualified drone operators to fly without site-specific environmental analysis, covering noise from an average 1,150 deliveries per year per hub at altitudes below 400 feet. Separately, 15 states and Harris County, Texas are suing the FAA, alleging that review process violates the law. The FAA said it would respond directly to the lawmakers; Amazon did not immediately comment.

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