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affected parties in the local community
agencies, and persons using the airport.
An airport operator who has
submitted noise exposure maps that are
found by FAA to be in compliance with
the requirements of Part 150,
promulgated pursuant to the Act, may
submit a noise compatibility program
for FAA approval which sets forth the
measures the operator has taken or
proposes to take to reduce existing noncompatible uses and prevent the
introduction of additional noncompatible uses.
The FAA has completed its review of
the noise exposure maps and
accompanying documentation
submitted by the Wayne County Airport
Authority. The documentation that
constitutes the ‘‘noise exposure maps’’
as defined in 14 CFR 150.7 includes:
Existing 2004 Noise Exposure Map (FAR
Part 150 Noise Exposure Map Submittal,
Figure D25) and Future Baseline 2011
Noise Exposure Map (FAR Part 150
Noise Exposure May Submittal, Figure
D28). The FAA has determined that
these noise exposure maps and
accompanying documentation are in
compliance with applicable
requirements. This determination is
effective on March 7, 2006. FAA’s
determination on an airport operator’s
noise exposure maps is limited to a
finding that the maps were development
in accordance with the procedures
contained in appendix A of part 150.
Such determination does not constitute
approval of the applicant’s data,
information or plans, or a commitment
to approve a noise compatibility
program or to fund the implementation
of that program.
If questions arise concerning the
precise relationship of specific
properties to noise exposure contours
depicted on a noise exposure map
submitted under section 47503 of the
Act, it should be noted that the FAA is
not involved in any way in determining
the relative locations of specific
properties with regard to the depicted
noise contours, or in interpreting the
noise exposure maps to resolve
questions concerning, for example,
which properties would be covered by
the provisions of section 47506 of the
Act. These functions are inseparable
from the ultimate land use control and
planning responsibilities of local
government. These local responsibilities
are not changed in any way under part
150 or through FAA’s review of noise
exposure maps. Therefore, the
responsibility for the detailed
overlaying of noise exposure contours
onto the map depicting properties on
the surface rests exclusively with the
airport operator that submitted those
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maps, or with those public agencies and
planning agencies with which
consultation is required under section
47503 of the Act. The FAA has relied on
the certification by the airport operator,
under § 150.21 of FAR part 150, that the
statutorily required consultation has
been accomplished.
Copies of the full noise exposure map
documentation and of the FAA’s
evaluation of the maps are available for
examination at the following locations:
Federal Aviation Administration Detroit
Airports District Office 11677 South
Wayne Road, Suite 107, Romulus,
Michigan 48174.
Detroit Metropolitan Wayne County
Airport Noise House 32629
Pennsylvania Avenue, Romulus,
Michigan 48174.
Questions may be directed to the
individual named above under the
heading FOR FURTHER INFORMATION
CONTACT.
Issued in Romulus, Michigan, March 7,
2006.
Irene R. Porter,
Manager, Detroit Airport District Office, Great
Lakes Region.
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FAA Approval of Noise Compatibility
Program 14 CFR Part 150, Santa
Barbara Airport, Santa Barbara, CA
Federal Aviation
Administration, DOT.
ACTION: Notice.
AGENCY:
SUMMARY: The Federal Aviation
Administration (FAA) announces its
findings on the noise compatibility
program submitted by Santa Barbara
Airport under the provisions of 49
U.S.C. (the Aviation Safety and Noise
Abatement Act, hereinafter referred to
as ‘‘the Act’’) and 14 CFR part 150.
These findings are made in recognition
of the description of Federal and
nonfederal responsibilities in Senate
Report No. 96–52 (1980). On June 28,
2004, the FAA determined that the
noise exposure maps submitted by
Santa Barbara Airport under Part 150
were in compliance with applicable
requirements. On January 27, 2006, the
FAA approved the Santa Barbara
Airport noise compatibility program.
Some of the recommendations of the
program were approved.
DATES: Effective Date: The effective date
of the FAA’s approval of the Santa
Barbara Airport noise compatibility
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program for Santa Barbara Airport is
January 27, 2006.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
Jennifer Mendelsohn, Environmental
Protection Specialist, AWP–621.6,
Southern California Standards Section,
Federal Aviation Administration,
Western-Pacific Region, 15000 Aviation
Boulevard, Hawthorne, California
90261, Telephone: 310/725–3637.
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 Santa Barbara
Airport, effective January 27, 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 or 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;
and
d. Program measures relating to the
use of flight procedures can be
implemented within the period covered
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by the program without derogating
safety, adversely affecting the efficient
use and management of the navigable
airspace and air traffic control systems,
or adversely affecting other powers and
responsibilities of the Administrator
prescribed by law.
Specific limitations with respect to
FAA’s approval of an airport noise
compatibility program are delineated in
FAR part 150, 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 regional office in
Hawthorne, California.
The Santa Barbara Airport submitted
to the FAA on April 8, 2004, the noise
exposure maps, descriptions, and other
documentation produced during the
noise compatibility planning study
conducted from March 2004 through
January 2005. The Santa Barbara Airport
noise exposure maps were determined
by FAA to be in compliance with
applicable requirements on June 28,
2004. Notice of this determination was
published in the Federal Register on
July 2, 2004 (69 FR 40452).
The Santa Barbara Airport study
contains a proposed noise compatibility
program comprised of actions designed
for phased implementation by airport
management and adjacent jurisdictions
from January 2005 to (or beyond) the
year 2008. 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 3, 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
twenty (20) proposed actions for noise
mitigation on and off the airport. The
FAA completed its review and
determined that the procedural and
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substantive requirements of the Act and
FAR Part 150 have been satisfied. The
overall program, therefore, was
approved by the FAA effective January
27, 2006.
Outright approval was granted for one
Noise Abatement element, ten Land Use
Management elements and all four
Program Management elements. Three
Noise Abatement elements were
disapproved and one element required
no federal action. One Land Use
Management element was disapproved
in part pending submission of
additional information. The approved
measures included such items as:
Promote use of Aircraft Owners and
Pilots Association Noise Awareness
Steps by light single and twin-engine
aircraft; Encourage Santa Barbara
County to enact the noise overlay
zoning recommendations contained
within County’s general plan; Encourage
the City of Goleta to incorporate land
use regulations or restrictions within the
Airport Influence Area; Encourage the
Santa Barbara County Association of
Governments to revise the Airport Land
Use Plan; City of Santa Barbara should
adopt project review guidelines to
specify noise compatibility criteria for
development within the Airport
Influence Area; Maintain the current
compatible land use zoning within the
2008 65 Community Noise Equivalent
Level (CNEL) noise contour; City of
Santa Barbara should enact overlay
zoning to provide noise compatibility
use standards within the Airport
Influence Area; Encourage the City of
Goleta and Santa Barbara County to
require noise and avigation easements
as a condition of subdivision approval
for those areas contained within Zones
One, Two and Three of the proposed
zoning ordinance; City of Santa Barbara
should amend its current building codes
to incorporate prescriptive noise
standards and encourage the City of
Goleta and Santa Barbara County to
incorporate similar building code
amendments; Consideration should be
given to establishing a voluntary
acquisition program for dwellings
located within the 65 to 75 CNEL;
Consideration should be given to
voluntary acquisition of the residential
development rights for portions of two
large parcels located east of the airport;
Continue noise abatement information
program; Update and expand noise and
flight track monitoring system; Monitor
implementation of the updated Part 150
Noise Compatibility Program and
Update Noise Exposure Maps and Noise
Compatibility Program, as necessary, at
minimum every seven to ten years to
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respond to the changing conditions in
the local area and the aviation industry.
These determinations are set forth in
detail in the Record of Approval signed
by the Associate Administrator for
Airports on January 27, 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
Santa Barbara Airport. The Record of
Approval also will be available on-line
at: https://www.faa.gov/
airports_airtraffic/airports/
environmental/airport_noise/.
Issued in Hawthorne, California on March
8, 2006.
Mark A. McClardy,
Manager, Airports Division, Western—Pacific
Region, AWP–600.
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Aviation Rulemaking Advisory
Committee; Transport Airplane and
Engine Issue Area—New Task
Federal Aviation
Administration (FAA), DOT.
ACTION: Notice of new task assignment
for the Aviation Rulemaking Advisory
Committee (ARAC).
AGENCY:
SUMMARY: The FAA assigned a new task
to the Aviation Rulemaking Advisory
Committee to develop a
recommendation that will help the FAA
establish standardized criteria and
guidance for conducting airplane-level
safety assessments of critical systems.
This notice is to inform the public of
this ARAC activity.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Linh
Le, Federal Aviation Administration,
Transport Airplane Directorate (ANM–
117), Northwest Mountain Region
Headquarters, 1601 Lind Ave., SW.,
Renton, WA 98055–4056; telephone:
(425) 227–1105; fax: 425–227–1320;
e-mail: linh.le@faa.gov.
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Rulemaking Advisory Committee to
provide advice and recommendations to
the FAA Administrator on the FAA’s
rulemaking activities for aviationrelated issues. This includes obtaining
advice and recommendations on the
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14 of the Code of Federal Regulations
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DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION
Federal Aviation Administration
FAA Approval of Noise Compatibility Program 14 CFR Part 150,
Santa Barbara Airport, Santa Barbara, CA
AGENCY: Federal Aviation Administration, DOT.
ACTION: Notice.
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SUMMARY: The Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) announces its
findings on the noise compatibility program submitted by Santa Barbara
Airport under the provisions of 49 U.S.C. (the Aviation Safety and
Noise Abatement Act, hereinafter referred to as ``the Act'') and 14 CFR
part 150. These findings are made in recognition of the description of
Federal and nonfederal responsibilities in Senate Report No. 96-52
(1980). On June 28, 2004, the FAA determined that the noise exposure
maps submitted by Santa Barbara Airport under Part 150 were in
compliance with applicable requirements. On January 27, 2006, the FAA
approved the Santa Barbara Airport noise compatibility program. Some of
the recommendations of the program were approved.
DATES: Effective Date: The effective date of the FAA's approval of the
Santa Barbara Airport noise compatibility program for Santa Barbara
Airport is January 27, 2006.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Jennifer Mendelsohn, Environmental
Protection Specialist, AWP-621.6, Southern California Standards
Section, Federal Aviation Administration, Western-Pacific Region, 15000
Aviation Boulevard, Hawthorne, California 90261, Telephone: 310/725-
3637. 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 Santa
Barbara Airport, effective January 27, 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
or 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; and
d. Program measures relating to the use of flight procedures can be
implemented within the period covered
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by the program without derogating safety, adversely affecting the
efficient use and management of the navigable airspace and air traffic
control systems, or adversely affecting other powers and
responsibilities of the Administrator prescribed by law.
Specific limitations with respect to FAA's approval of an airport
noise compatibility program are delineated in FAR part 150, 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 regional office in Hawthorne, California.
The Santa Barbara Airport submitted to the FAA on April 8, 2004,
the noise exposure maps, descriptions, and other documentation produced
during the noise compatibility planning study conducted from March 2004
through January 2005. The Santa Barbara Airport noise exposure maps
were determined by FAA to be in compliance with applicable requirements
on June 28, 2004. Notice of this determination was published in the
Federal Register on July 2, 2004 (69 FR 40452).
The Santa Barbara Airport study contains a proposed noise
compatibility program comprised of actions designed for phased
implementation by airport management and adjacent jurisdictions from
January 2005 to (or beyond) the year 2008. 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 3, 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 twenty (20) 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 overall program,
therefore, was approved by the FAA effective January 27, 2006.
Outright approval was granted for one Noise Abatement element, ten
Land Use Management elements and all four Program Management elements.
Three Noise Abatement elements were disapproved and one element
required no federal action. One Land Use Management element was
disapproved in part pending submission of additional information. The
approved measures included such items as: Promote use of Aircraft
Owners and Pilots Association Noise Awareness Steps by light single and
twin-engine aircraft; Encourage Santa Barbara County to enact the noise
overlay zoning recommendations contained within County's general plan;
Encourage the City of Goleta to incorporate land use regulations or
restrictions within the Airport Influence Area; Encourage the Santa
Barbara County Association of Governments to revise the Airport Land
Use Plan; City of Santa Barbara should adopt project review guidelines
to specify noise compatibility criteria for development within the
Airport Influence Area; Maintain the current compatible land use zoning
within the 2008 65 Community Noise Equivalent Level (CNEL) noise
contour; City of Santa Barbara should enact overlay zoning to provide
noise compatibility use standards within the Airport Influence Area;
Encourage the City of Goleta and Santa Barbara County to require noise
and avigation easements as a condition of subdivision approval for
those areas contained within Zones One, Two and Three of the proposed
zoning ordinance; City of Santa Barbara should amend its current
building codes to incorporate prescriptive noise standards and
encourage the City of Goleta and Santa Barbara County to incorporate
similar building code amendments; Consideration should be given to
establishing a voluntary acquisition program for dwellings located
within the 65 to 75 CNEL; Consideration should be given to voluntary
acquisition of the residential development rights for portions of two
large parcels located east of the airport; Continue noise abatement
information program; Update and expand noise and flight track
monitoring system; Monitor implementation of the updated Part 150 Noise
Compatibility Program and Update Noise Exposure Maps and Noise
Compatibility Program, as necessary, at minimum every seven to ten
years to respond to the changing conditions in the local area and the
aviation industry.
These determinations are set forth in detail in the Record of
Approval signed by the Associate Administrator for Airports on January
27, 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
Santa Barbara Airport. The Record of Approval also will be available
on-line at: https://www.faa.gov/airports_airtraffic/airports/
environmental/airport_noise/.
Issued in Hawthorne, California on March 8, 2006.
Mark A. McClardy,
Manager, Airports Division, Western--Pacific Region, AWP-600.
[FR Doc. 06-2666 Filed 3-20-06; 8:45 am]
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