SAFETY OF JUNEAU INTERNATIONAL AIRPORT.

SEC. 521. SAFETY OF JUNEAU INTERNATIONAL AIRPORT. (a) Study.— Not later than 30 days after the date of the enactment of this Act, the Secretary, in cooperation with the National Transportation Safety Board, the National Guard, and the Juneau International Airport, shall undertake a study of the safety of the approaches to the Juneau International Airport. (b) Matters To Be Considered.— In conducting the study under subsection (a), the Secretary shall examine— (1) the crash of Alaska Airlines Flight 1866 on September 4, 1971; (2) the crash of a Lear Jet on October 22, 1985; (3) the crash of an Alaska Army National Guard aircraft on November 12, 1992; (4) the adequacy of NAVAIDs in the vicinity of the Juneau International Airport; (5) the possibility of inaccurate data from Sisters Island DVOR and the possibility of confusion between Elephant Island Non-Directional Beacon and Coghlan Island Non-Directional Beacon; (6) the need for a singular Approach Surveillance Radar site on top of Heintzleman Ridge; (7) the need for a Terminal Very High Frequency Omni-Directional Range (Terminal VOR) navigational aid in Gastineau Channel; and (8) any other matter that a participant in the study specified in subsection (a) considers appropriate to the safety of108 STAT. 1602 aircraft approaching or leaving the Juneau International Airport. (c) Report.— Not later than 6 months after the date of the enactment of this Act, the Secretary shall transmit to the Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation of the Senate and the Committee on Public Works and Transportation of the House of Representatives a report which— (1) details the matters considered by the study conducted under subsection (a); (2) summarizes any conclusions reached by the participants in the study; (3) proposes specific recommendations to improve or enhance the safety of aircraft approaching or leaving the Juneau International Airport or contains a detailed explanation of why no recommendations are being proposed; (4) estimates the cost of any proposed recommendations; (6) includes any minority views if a consensus is not reached among the participants in the study specified in subsection (a).