Allen H. Weber Papers, PC.1583
Descriptive Summary
- Title
- Allen H. Weber Papers
- Call Number
- PC.1583
- Creator
- Unknown
- Date
- 1974-1977
- Repository
- State Archives of North Carolina
Collection Overview
Papers of Dr. Weber, geoscientist at NCSU and member of community groups opposing "Plan B" for new runway at Raleigh-Durham airport with anticipated jet noise over Cary and northwest Raleigh, Research Triangle Park, and Umstead State Park. Included are reports and statements from the RDU Airport Authority and the Federal Aviation Administration favoring the runway and reports and statements against it from the Air Transport Association of America, Wake Environment, Inc., Sierra Club, Medfield-Kingsbrook Homeowners Association, Northwest Community Task Force, Research Triangle Owners and Tenants Association, and Citizens for Responsible Airport Expansion. Also Draft Environmental Impact Statement for Airport Expansion and Improvements at RDU Airport, Federal Aviation Administration, 1977, which includes the Environmental Impact Assessment Report of 1974. Issues of North Carolina Leader (Research Triangle Park) and newspaper clippings report public hearings of 1974 and 1975. Correspondents and authors are Henry E. Boyd, Bruce B. Clary, Walter J. Ferrari, Robert E. Giles, Frank D. Hart, Harold E. Little, R. Dillard Teer.