Question juridique clé
Whether the appellants' plan-related complaints were admissible by administrative appeal because of their close link to noise-control issues.
Solution extraite
Yes. Where a zoning plan also sets noise-sensitivity levels and the planning objections are closely connected with federal environmental-law issues, the administrative appeal is admissible for those plan-related objections as well.
Motifs extraits
The court held that the case involved a close factual and legal nexus between the zoning revision and noise-protection measures concerning the shooting range. Under the developed case law, plan objections may be raised by administrative appeal when they cannot be separated from federal environmental-law questions.