Cumberland County has no aircraft-noise ordinance. Aircraft operation noise is exclusively federally preempted by the FAA under 49 U.S.C. § 40103, with Portland International Jetport (PWM) noise abatement procedures handled by the FAA and the City of Portland (jetport operator).
Cumberland County does not publish a code of subject-matter ordinances and has no aircraft-noise rule. Maine's home-rule statute (Me. Rev. Stat. tit. 30-A § 3001) lets municipalities — not counties — regulate, but in-flight aircraft noise is reserved to the FAA under 49 U.S.C. § 40103 (sovereign airspace) and 14 C.F.R. Part 91. Airport-proprietor noise controls at Portland International Jetport (PWM) are administered by the City of Portland under FAA Order 5190.6B and the Airport Noise and Capacity Act (49 U.S.C. § 47521 et seq.). Ground-based noise outside the airport fence (e.g., engine run-ups at a private hangar) can be reached only through municipal noise ordinances and the state disorderly-conduct statute Me. Rev. Stat. tit. 17-A § 501-A.
No county enforcement. FAA Flight Standards District Office handles airspace complaints; Portland Jetport Noise Hotline (operated by City of Portland) accepts community noise reports. Disorderly-conduct citation under 17-A § 501-A is a Class E crime (up to 6 months / $1,000) if law-enforcement orders cessation and the operator refuses.
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