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DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION
Federal Aviation Administration
Notice of Intent to Request
Amendment From the Office of
Management and Budget of a Currently
Approved Information Collection
Activity, Request for Comments;
Outsource Maintenance Providers
Quarterly Utilization Report
Federal Aviation
Administration (FAA), DOT.
ACTION: Notice and request for
comments.
AGENCY:
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SUMMARY: The FAA invites public
comments about our intention to request
the Office of Management and Budget
(OMB) to approve an amendment of a
current information collection. The
amendment is to add air agencies to the
list of respondents. The data from this
report will be used to assist the
principal maintenance or avionics
inspector in revising the annual FAA
surveillance requirements of the leading
contract maintenance providers to the
air operators and air agencies.
DATES: Please submit comments by May
1, 2006.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Judy
Street on (202) 267–9895, or by e-mail
at: Judy.Street@faa.gov.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
Federal Aviation Administration (FAA)
Title: Outsourcing Maintenance
Providers Quarterly Utilization Report.
Type of Request: Amendment of an
approved collection.
OMB Control Number: 2120–0708.
Forms(s): Quarterly Outsource
Maintenance Providers Utilization
Report.
Affected Public: An estimated 5,800
respondents.
Frequency: The information is
collected quarterly.
Estimated Average Burden per
Response: Approximately 1 hour per
response.
Estimated Annual Burden Hours: An
estimated 23,200 hours annually (This
is an increase over the previous estimate
for this collection. We have expanded
the respondent base for this collection).
Abstract: The data from this report
will be used to assist the principal
maintenance or avionics inspector in
revising the annual FAA surveillance
requirements of the leading contract
maintenance providers to the air
operators and air agencies.
ADDRESSES: Send comments to the FAA
at the following address: Ms. Judy
Street, Room 612, Federal Aviation
Administration, Standards and
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Information Division, ABA–20, 800
Independence Ave., SW., Washington,
DC 20591.
Comments are invited on: Whether
the proposed collection of information
is necessary for the proper performance
of the functions of the Department,
including whether the information will
have practical utility; the accuracy of
the Department’s estimates of the
burden of the proposed information
collection; ways to enhance the quality,
utility and clarity of the information to
be collected; and ways to minimize the
burden of the collection of information
on respondents, including the use of
automated collection techniques or
other forms of information technology.
Issued in Washington, DC, on February 24,
2006.
Judith D. Street,
FAA Information Collection Clearance
Officer, Information Systems and Technology
Services Staff, ABA–20.
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DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION
Federal Aviation Administration
Approval of Noise Compatibility
Program; Boise Air Terminal/Gowen
Field, Boise, ID
Federal Aviation
Administration (FAA), DOT.
ACTION: Notice.
AGENCY:
SUMMARY: The Federal Aviation
Administration (FAA) announces its
findings on the noise compatibility
program submitted by the Boise Air
Terminal/Gowen Field under the
provisions of Title 49 of the United
States Code (49 U.S.C.), the Aviation
Safety and Noise Abatement Act,
hereinafter referred to as ‘‘the Act,’’ and
Title 14 of the Code of Federal
Regulations, Part 150. These findings
are made in recognition of the
description of federal and nonfederal
responsibilities in Senate Report No.
96–52 (1980). On August 23, 2005, the
Federal Aviation Administration (FAA)
determined that the noise exposure
maps submitted by the Boise Air
Terminal/Gowen Field under Part 150
were in compliance with applicable
requirements. On February 8, 2006, the
FAA approved the Boise Air Terminal/
Gowen Field noise compatibility
program. Thirty of thirty-two
recommendations of the program were
approved.
The effective date of the FAA’s
approval of the Boise Air Terminal/
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Gowen Field Noise Compatibility
Program is February 8, 2006.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
Cayla Morgan, Federal Aviation
Administration, Seattle Airports District
Office, 1601 Lind Ave. SW., Renton,
WA 98055–4056, telephone 425–227–
2653. Documents reflecting this FAA
action may be reviewed at this same
location.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: This
notice announces that the FAA has
given its overall approval to the noise
compatibility program for Boise Air
Terminal/Gowen Field, effective
February 8, 2006.
Under section 47504 of the Act, an
airport operator who has previously
submitted a noise exposure map may
submit to the FAA a noise compatibility
program which sets forth the measures
taken or proposed by the airport
operator for the reduction of existing
non-compatible land uses and
prevention of additional non-compatible
land uses within the area covered by the
noise exposure maps. The Act requires
such programs to be developed in
consultation with interested and
affected parties including local
communities, government agencies,
airport users, and FAA personnel. Each
airport noise compatibility program
developed in accordance with Federal
Aviation Regulations (FAR) part 150 is
a local program, not a federal program.
The FAA does not substitute its
judgment for that of the airport
proprietor with respect to which
measures should be recommended for
action. The FAA’s approval or
disapproval of FAR Part 150 program
recommendations is measured
according to the standards expressed in
Part 150 and the Act and is limited to
the following determinations:
a. The noise compatibility program
was developed in accordance with the
provisions and procedures of FAR part
150.
b. Program measures are reasonably
consistent with achieving the goals of
reducing existing non-compatible land
uses around the airport and preventing
the introduction of additional noncompatible land uses.
c. Program measures would not create
an undue burden on interstate of foreign
commerce, unjustly discriminate against
types or classes of aeronautical uses,
violate the terms of airport grant
agreements, or intrude into areas
preempted by the Federal Government.
d. Program measures relating to the
use of flight procedures can be
implemented within the period covered
by the program without derogating
safety, adversely affecting the efficient
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use and management of the navigable
airspace and air traffic control systems,
or adversely affecting other powers and
responsibilities of the Administrator, as
prescribed by law.
Specific limitations with respect to
FAA’s approval of an airport noise
compatibility program are delineated in
FAR Part 150, section 150.5. Approval
is not a determination concerning the
acceptability of land uses under federal,
state, or local law. Approval does not by
itself constitute an FAA implementing
action. A request for federal action or
approval to implement specific noise
compatibility measures may be
required, and an FAA decision on the
request may require an environmental
assessment of the proposed action.
Approval does not constitute a
commitment by the FAA to financially
assist in the implementation of the
program nor a determination that all
measures covered by the program are
eligible for grant-in-aid funding from the
FAA. Where federal funding is sought,
requests for project grants must be
submitted to the FAA Seattle Airports
District Office in Renton, Washington.
Boise Air Terminal/Gowen Field
submitted to the FAA on September 9,
2004, the noise exposure maps,
descriptions, and other documentation
produced during the noise compatibility
planning study conducted from 2002
through 2004. The Boise Air Terminal/
Gowen Field noise exposure maps were
determined by FAA to be in compliance
with applicable requirements on August
12, 2005. Notice of this determination
was published in the Federal Register
on August 23, 2005 (FR Volume 70,
Number 162, pages 49360–49361).
The Boise Air Terminal/Gowen Field
study contains a proposed noise
compatibility program comprised of
actions designed for phased
implementation by airport management
and adjacent jurisdictions from 2004
through 2009. It was requested that the
FAA evaluate and approve this material
as a noise compatibility program, as
described in section 47504 of the Act.
The FAA began its review of the
program on August 12, 2005, and was
required by a provision of the Act to
approve or disapprove the program
within 180 days (other than the use of
new or modified flight procedures for
noise control). Failure to approve or
disapprove such program within the
180-day period shall be deemed to be an
approval of such program.
The submitted program contained 32
proposed actions for noise mitigation on
and off the airport. The FAA completed
its review and determined that the
procedural and substantive
requirements of the Act and FAR part
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150 have been satisfied. The FAA,
therefore, approved the overall program,
effective February 8, 2006.
Outright approval was granted for 30
program elements. Noise Abatement
Measure 6—Downwind Arrival Flight
Tracks was disapproved. The measure
was disapproved because no
demonstrable noise benefit would
accrue if this measure were
implemented on a voluntary basis.
Vectoring aircraft to south downwind
would create operational issues. The
aircraft would have to be blended with
south traffic and have to be kept clear
of departing traffic. The new result
would be increased workload, risk of
error, and increased flying time and cost
for users. Noise Abatement Measure 7—
Flight Management System (FMS)/
Global Positioning System (GPS) Flight
Procedures for 1–84 was also
disapproved. The NCP did not
demonstrate noise benefits for this
measure, even assuming 100 percent
compliance. Many aircraft presently are
not equipped to carry out FMS/GPS
procedures, so the compliance rate is
unrealistic. Also, the FAA still would
need to develop airport-specific
procedures, which would take some
time to study and determine their
feasibility. This recommendation is
more appropriate to pursue outside of
the Part 150 process to determine local
feasibility and possible inclusion in
future updates.
These determinations are set forth in
detail in a Record of Approval signed by
the Associate Administrator of Airports
on February 8, 2006. The Record of
Approval, as well as other evaluation
materials and the documents
comprising the submittal, are available
for review at the FAA office listed above
and at the administrative offices of the
Boise Air Terminal/Gowen Field. The
Record of Approval also will be
available online at https://www.faa.gov/
arp/environmental/14cfr150/
index14.cfm.
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Issued in Renton, Washington, on February
23, 2006.
Lowell H. Johnson,
Manager, Airports Division, Northwest
Mountain Region.
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DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION
Federal Aviation Administration
Noise Exposure Map Notice; Receipt of
Noise Compatibility Program and
Request for Review; St. Lucie County
International Airport; Fort Pierce, FL
Federal Aviation
Administration, DOT.
SUMMARY: The Federal Aviation
Administration (FAA) announces its
determination that the noise exposure
maps submitted by St. Lucie County for
St. Lucie County International Airport
under the provisions of 49 U.S.C. 47501
et seq. (Aviation Safety and Noise
Abatement Act) and 14 CFR part 150 are
in compliance with applicable
requirements. The FAA also announces
that it is reviewing a proposed noise
compatibility program that was
submitted for St. Lucie County
International under part 150 in
conjunction with the noise exposure
map, and that this program will be
approved or disapproved on or before
August 22, 2006.
DATES: The effective date of the FAA’s
determination on the noise exposure
maps and of the start of its review of the
associated noise compatibility program
is February 23, 2006. The public
comment period ends April 24, 2006.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Ms.
Lindy McDowell, Federal Aviation
Administration, Orlando Airports
District Office, 5950 Hazeltine National
Dr., Suite 400, Orlando, FL 32822, (407)
812–6331, Extension 130. Comments on
the proposed noise compatibility
program should also be submitted to the
above office.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: This
notice announces that the FAA finds
that the noise exposure maps submitted
for St. Lucie County National Airport
are in compliance with applicable
requirements of part 150, effective
February 23, 2006. Further, FAA is
reviewing a proposed noise
compatibility program for that airport
which will be approved or disapproved
on or before August 22, 2006. This
notice also announces the availability of
this program for public review and
comment.
Under 49 U.S.C. 48503 (the Aviation
Safety and Noise Abatement Act,
hereinafter referred to as ‘‘the Act’’), an
airport operator may submit to the FAA
noise exposure maps which meet
applicable regulations and which depict
non-compatible land uses as of the date
of submission of such maps, a
description of projected aircraft
operations, and the ways in which such
operations will affect such maps. The
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DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION
Federal Aviation Administration
Approval of Noise Compatibility Program; Boise Air Terminal/Gowen
Field, Boise, ID
AGENCY: Federal Aviation Administration (FAA), DOT.
ACTION: Notice.
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SUMMARY: The Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) announces its
findings on the noise compatibility program submitted by the Boise Air
Terminal/Gowen Field under the provisions of Title 49 of the United
States Code (49 U.S.C.), the Aviation Safety and Noise Abatement Act,
hereinafter referred to as ``the Act,'' and Title 14 of the Code of
Federal Regulations, Part 150. These findings are made in recognition
of the description of federal and nonfederal responsibilities in Senate
Report No. 96-52 (1980). On August 23, 2005, the Federal Aviation
Administration (FAA) determined that the noise exposure maps submitted
by the Boise Air Terminal/Gowen Field under Part 150 were in compliance
with applicable requirements. On February 8, 2006, the FAA approved the
Boise Air Terminal/Gowen Field noise compatibility program. Thirty of
thirty-two recommendations of the program were approved.
DATES: The effective date of the FAA's approval of the Boise Air
Terminal/Gowen Field Noise Compatibility Program is February 8, 2006.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Cayla Morgan, Federal Aviation
Administration, Seattle Airports District Office, 1601 Lind Ave. SW.,
Renton, WA 98055-4056, telephone 425-227-2653. Documents reflecting
this FAA action may be reviewed at this same location.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: This notice announces that the FAA has given
its overall approval to the noise compatibility program for Boise Air
Terminal/Gowen Field, effective February 8, 2006.
Under section 47504 of the Act, an airport operator who has
previously submitted a noise exposure map may submit to the FAA a noise
compatibility program which sets forth the measures taken or proposed
by the airport operator for the reduction of existing non-compatible
land uses and prevention of additional non-compatible land uses within
the area covered by the noise exposure maps. The Act requires such
programs to be developed in consultation with interested and affected
parties including local communities, government agencies, airport
users, and FAA personnel. Each airport noise compatibility program
developed in accordance with Federal Aviation Regulations (FAR) part
150 is a local program, not a federal program. The FAA does not
substitute its judgment for that of the airport proprietor with respect
to which measures should be recommended for action. The FAA's approval
or disapproval of FAR Part 150 program recommendations is measured
according to the standards expressed in Part 150 and the Act and is
limited to the following determinations:
a. The noise compatibility program was developed in accordance with
the provisions and procedures of FAR part 150.
b. Program measures are reasonably consistent with achieving the
goals of reducing existing non-compatible land uses around the airport
and preventing the introduction of additional non-compatible land uses.
c. Program measures would not create an undue burden on interstate
of foreign commerce, unjustly discriminate against types or classes of
aeronautical uses, violate the terms of airport grant agreements, or
intrude into areas preempted by the Federal Government.
d. Program measures relating to the use of flight procedures can be
implemented within the period covered by the program without derogating
safety, adversely affecting the efficient
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use and management of the navigable airspace and air traffic control
systems, or adversely affecting other powers and responsibilities of
the Administrator, as prescribed by law.
Specific limitations with respect to FAA's approval of an airport
noise compatibility program are delineated in FAR Part 150, section
150.5. Approval is not a determination concerning the acceptability of
land uses under federal, state, or local law. Approval does not by
itself constitute an FAA implementing action. A request for federal
action or approval to implement specific noise compatibility measures
may be required, and an FAA decision on the request may require an
environmental assessment of the proposed action. Approval does not
constitute a commitment by the FAA to financially assist in the
implementation of the program nor a determination that all measures
covered by the program are eligible for grant-in-aid funding from the
FAA. Where federal funding is sought, requests for project grants must
be submitted to the FAA Seattle Airports District Office in Renton,
Washington. Boise Air Terminal/Gowen Field submitted to the FAA on
September 9, 2004, the noise exposure maps, descriptions, and other
documentation produced during the noise compatibility planning study
conducted from 2002 through 2004. The Boise Air Terminal/Gowen Field
noise exposure maps were determined by FAA to be in compliance with
applicable requirements on August 12, 2005. Notice of this
determination was published in the Federal Register on August 23, 2005
(FR Volume 70, Number 162, pages 49360-49361).
The Boise Air Terminal/Gowen Field study contains a proposed noise
compatibility program comprised of actions designed for phased
implementation by airport management and adjacent jurisdictions from
2004 through 2009. It was requested that the FAA evaluate and approve
this material as a noise compatibility program, as described in section
47504 of the Act. The FAA began its review of the program on August 12,
2005, and was required by a provision of the Act to approve or
disapprove the program within 180 days (other than the use of new or
modified flight procedures for noise control). Failure to approve or
disapprove such program within the 180-day period shall be deemed to be
an approval of such program.
The submitted program contained 32 proposed actions for noise
mitigation on and off the airport. The FAA completed its review and
determined that the procedural and substantive requirements of the Act
and FAR part 150 have been satisfied. The FAA, therefore, approved the
overall program, effective February 8, 2006.
Outright approval was granted for 30 program elements. Noise
Abatement Measure 6--Downwind Arrival Flight Tracks was disapproved.
The measure was disapproved because no demonstrable noise benefit would
accrue if this measure were implemented on a voluntary basis. Vectoring
aircraft to south downwind would create operational issues. The
aircraft would have to be blended with south traffic and have to be
kept clear of departing traffic. The new result would be increased
workload, risk of error, and increased flying time and cost for users.
Noise Abatement Measure 7--Flight Management System (FMS)/Global
Positioning System (GPS) Flight Procedures for 1-84 was also
disapproved. The NCP did not demonstrate noise benefits for this
measure, even assuming 100 percent compliance. Many aircraft presently
are not equipped to carry out FMS/GPS procedures, so the compliance
rate is unrealistic. Also, the FAA still would need to develop airport-
specific procedures, which would take some time to study and determine
their feasibility. This recommendation is more appropriate to pursue
outside of the Part 150 process to determine local feasibility and
possible inclusion in future updates.
These determinations are set forth in detail in a Record of
Approval signed by the Associate Administrator of Airports on February
8, 2006. The Record of Approval, as well as other evaluation materials
and the documents comprising the submittal, are available for review at
the FAA office listed above and at the administrative offices of the
Boise Air Terminal/Gowen Field. The Record of Approval also will be
available online at https://www.faa.gov/arp/environmental/14cfr150/
index14.cfm.
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Issued in Renton, Washington, on February 23, 2006.
Lowell H. Johnson,
Manager, Airports Division, Northwest Mountain Region.
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