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HOWARD COUNTY, MARYLAND v. FEDERAL AVIATION ADMIN.

No. 18-2360.

970 F.3d 441 (2020)

HOWARD COUNTY, MARYLAND, Petitioner, v. FEDERAL AVIATION ADMINISTRATION; Stephen Dickson, Administrator, Federal Aviation Administration, Respondents.

United States Court of Appeals, Fourth Circuit.

Decided: August 11, 2020.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Gary W. Kuc , County Solicitor, Lewis J. Taylor , Senior Assistant County Solicitor, Melissa E. Goldmeier , Assistant County Solicitor, HOWARD COUNTY OFFICE OF LAW, Ellicott City, Maryland, for Petitioner. Jeffrey Bossert Clark , Assistant Attorney General, Eric Grant , Deputy Assistant Attorney General, J. David Gunter II , Environment and Natural Resources Division, UNITED STATES DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE, Washington, D.C.; John E. Doyle , Anne Christenson , Lane N. McFadden , FEDERAL AVIATION ADMINISTRATION, Bloomington, Indiana, for Respondent.

Petition dismissed by published opinion. Judge Diaz wrote the opinion, in which Judge Motz and Judge Rushing joined.

In February 2016, the Federal Aviation Administration ("FAA") modified an air-traffic procedure, or series of flight routes, that governs westbound departing aircraft at Baltimore/Washington International Thurgood Marshall Airport ("BWI"). The modified procedure, called "TERPZ-6," directs westbound aircraft to depart over historic...

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