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definitions Sec. 3. (a) Section 11 of the Airport and Airway Development Act of 1970 (49 U.S.C. 1711) is amended as follows: (1) Paragraph (2) is amended by— (A) striking out “and (B)” and inserting in lieu thereof “and including snow removal equipment, and including the purchase of noise suppressing equipment, the construction of physical barriers, and landscaping for the purpose of diminishing the effect of aircraft noise on any area adjacent to a public airport, (B)”: and (B) striking out the period at the end thereof and inserting in lieu thereof “, and (C) any acquisition of land or of any interest therein necessary to insure that such land is used only for purposes which are compatible with the noise levels of the operation of a public airport,”. (2) Paragraph (4) is amended by adding after “feasibility studies,” the following; “including the potential use and development of land surrounding an actual or potential airport site,”. (3) Before paragraph (1), add the following new paragraph: “(1) ‘Air carrier airport’ means an existing public airport regularly served, or a new public airport which the Secretary determines will be regularly served, by an air carrier certificated by the Civil Aeronautics Board under section 401 of the federal Aviation Act of 1958 (other than a supplemental air carrier), and a commuter service airport.”. (4) After paragraph (5), add the following new paragraphs: “(6) ‘Commuter service airport’ means an air carrier airport which is not served by an air carrier certificated under section 401 of the Federal Aviation Act of 1958 and which is regularly served by one or more air carriers operating under exemption granted by the Civil Aeronautics Board from section 401(a) of the Federal Aviation Act of 1958 at which not less than two thousand five hundred passengers 90 STAT. 872were enplaned in the aggregate by all such air carriers from such airport during the preceding calendar year, “(7) ‘General aviation airport’ means a public airport which is not an air carrier airport.”. (5) After paragraph (12), add the following new paragraph: “(13) ‘Reliever airport’ means a general aviation airport designated by the Secretary as having the primary function of relieving congestion at an air carrier airport by diverting from such airport general aviation traffic,”. (b) Section 11 of the Airport and Airway Development Act of 1970 is amended by renumbering the paragraphs of such section as paragraphs (1) through (21), respectively, and renumbering all references to such paragraphs accordingly.