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DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION
Federal Aviation Administration
Approval of Noise Compatibility
Program for Harrisburg International
Airport, Middletown, PA
Federal Aviation
Administration, DOT.
ACTION: Notice.
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AGENCY:
SUMMARY: The Federal Aviation
Administration (FAA) announces its
findings on the noise compatibility
program submitted by the Susquehanna
Area Regional Airport Authority
(SARAA) under the provisions of Title
I of the Aviation Safety and Noise
Abatement Act, as amended, (Public
Law 96–193) (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 January 13, 2006, the
FAA determined that the noise exposure
maps submitted by the SARAA under
part 150 were in compliance with
applicable requirements.
EFFECTIVE DATES: The effective date of
the FAA’s approval of the Noise
Compatibility Program is July 7, 2006.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
Edward S. Gabsewics, CEP,
Environmental Protection Specialist,
Federal Aviation Administration,
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Harrisburg Airports District Office, 3905
Hartzdale Drive, Suite 508, Camp Hill,
PA 17011, Telephone 717–730–2932.
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 the
Harrisburg International Airport,
effective July 7, 2006. Under section
104(a) of the Aviation Safety and Noise
Abatement Act of 1979, as amended
(herein after referred in as the ‘‘Act’’)
[recodified as 49 USC Section 47504],
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
by the program without derogating
safety, adversely affecting the efficient
use and management of the navigable
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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, 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 under the Airport and Airway
Improvement Act of 1982, as amended.
Where Federal funding is sought,
requests for project grants must be
submitted to the FAA Airports District
Office in Camp Hill, Pennsylvania.
The SARAA submitted to the FAA on
December 16, 2005, the Noise Exposure
Maps, descriptions, and other
documentation produced during the
noise compatibility planning study
conducted from mid-2003 to December
2005.
The Harrisburg International Airport’s
Noise Exposure Maps were determined
by FAA to be in compliance with
applicable requirements on January 13,
2006. Notice of this determination was
published in the Federal Register on
January 31, 2006.
The Harrisburg International Airport
study contains a proposed noise
compatibility program comprised of
actions designed for phased
implementation by airport management
and adjacent jurisdictions from 2004 to
beyond 2010. It was requested that the
FAA evaluate and approve this material
as a Noise Compatibility Program as
described in 49 U.S.C. Section 47504
(formerly Section 104(b) of the Act). The
FAA began its review of the program on
January 13, 2006 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 ten
proposed actions for noise mitigation
(one more abatement measure, six land
use measures, and three program
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management measures). 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 was approved by the FAA
effective July 7, 2006.
Approval was granted for all ten of
the ten specific program measures. The
approved measures include: Encourage
noise-attenuating standards in airport
development; Amend local
comprehensive plans by adopting the
Part 150 Noise Compatibility Plan as
their noise compatibility elements;
Adopt guidelines for discretionary
review of development projects; Adopt
noise overlay zoning to prohibit
development of selected noise-sensitive
land uses within the Future (2010) NEM
65+ DNL noise contour; Encourage local
jurisdictions not to allow an increase in
residential density in the residential or
agricultural zoning districts within the
Future (2010) NEM 65+ DNL noise
contour; Develop and implement a
voluntary residential acquisition
program within the Future (2010) NEM
65+ noise contour; Initiate a formal
study (study only) to evaluate the noise
levels at various churches located
within the Future (2010) NEM/NCP 65+
DNL noise contour for eligibility for
sound insulation (eligibility based on
FAA funding criteria); Establish a Noise
Abatement Advisory Committee;
Establish a pilot/community awareness
program; and Update the Noise
Exposure Maps and Noise Compatibility
Program.
These determinations are set forth in
detail in a Record of Approval signed by
the Acting Associate Administrator for
Airports on July 7, 2006. The Record of
Approval, as well as other evaluation
materials and the documents
comprising the submittal, are available
for review at the following offices:
Federal Aviation Administration
Harrisburg Airports District Office, 3905
Hartzdale Drive, Suite 508, Camp Hill,
PA 17011 and
Susquehanna Area Regional Airport
Authority, Harrisburg International
Airport, One Terminal Drive, Suite 300,
Middletown, PA 17057.
The Record of Approval also will be
available online at https://www.faa.gov/
arp/environmental/14cft150/
index14.cfm.
Issued in Camp Hill, Pennsylvania, July 11,
2006.
Wayne T. Heibeck,
Manager, Harrisburg Airports District Office.
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DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION
Federal Aviation Administration
Notice of Intent To Prepare an
Environmental Impact Statement and
Hold Scoping Meetings for Federal
Aviation Administration Approval of
Airline Operations Specifications To
Accommodate Proposed Scheduled
Air Service Into Mammoth Yosemite
Airport, Mammoth Lakes, CA
Federal Aviation
Administration, DOT.
ACTION: Notice of Intent to Prepare an
Environmental Impact Statement (EIS)
and to hold one (1) public scoping
meeting and one (1) governmental and
public agency scoping meeting for
Federal Aviation Administration (FAA)
approval of Airline Operations
Specifications to accommodate
proposed scheduled air service into
Mammoth Yosemite Airport (MMH).
This notice also serves as formal notice
of FAA’s termination and withdrawal of
its Notice of Intent to Prepare an EIS for
the Proposed Expansion of MMH
published in Federal Register (FR)
Volume 68 Number 214 dated
November 5, 2003. The Town of
Mammoth Lakes has withdrawn its
prior proposal to expand facilities at
Mammoth Yosemite Airport and EIS is
no longer required.
AGENCY:
SUMMARY: The FAA is issuing this notice
to advise the public that an EIS will be
prepared for the proposed approval of
Operation Specifications for Horizon
Air to provide commercial airline
service with regional jets into Mammoth
Yosemite Airport, Mammoth Lakes,
California utilizing Bombardier DHC–8–
402 (Q400). The establishment of
scheduled commercial service into
Mammoth Yosemite Airport also
necessitates a change in the airport’s 14
CFR Part 139 Certification from Class IV
to Class I.
If the FAA determines the potential
environmental impacts of the proposed
actions are not significant, FAA may
consider, after public notification and
agency coordination, completing the
NEPA process for this proposal as an
Environmental Assessment and issuing
a Finding of No Significant Impact and
Record of Decision.
To ensure that all significant issues
related to the proposed action are
identified, one (1) public scoping
meeting and one (1) governmental and
public agency scoping meeting will be
held.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
Camille Garibaldi, Environmental
Protection Specialist, San Francisco
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Airports District Office, Federal
Aviation Administration, WesternPacific Region, 831 Mitten Road, Room
210, Burlingame, California 94010–
1303. Telephone: 650/876–2778
extension 613. Comments on the scope
of the EIS should be submitted to the
address above and must be received no
later than 5:00 p.m. Pacific Daylight
Time, on Wednesday, August 30, 2006.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The
Federal Aviation Administration (FAA),
as the lead agency, will prepare an EIS
that will disclose the potential
environmental impacts of FAA approval
of Airline Operations Specifications to
accommodate proposed scheduled air
service into Mammoth Yosemite Airport
(MMH). Horizon Air has provided the
FAA with a letter of intent to initiate
passenger service into Mammoth
Yosemite Airport using the Bombardier
DHC 8–402 (Q400). The establishment
of scheduled commercial service into
Mammoth Yosemite Airport also
necessitates a change in the airport’s
Operating Certificate from Class IV to
Class I, pursuant to Title 14, Code of
Federal Regulations, Part 139.
The FAA has determined that an EIS
is the most appropriate NEPA document
at this time. In making this
determination, FAA has considered the
injunction issued by the U.S. District
Court for the Northern District of
California for the Town of Mammoth
Lake’s proposed expansion of the
airport, and the resources potentially
affected by establishment of scheduled
air carrier service.
In November of 2005, the Town of
Mammoth Lakes representatives
withdrew their proposed runway
expansion project to Mammoth
Yosemite Airport in favor of a reduced
proposal for resumption of scheduled
regional air carrier service that would be
accommodated within the existing
configuration of the airport. As a result
of this decision, the FAA has terminated
preparation of an EIS for the proposed
expansion of Mammoth Yosemite
Airport. See FR Volume 68, Number
214. Should FAA identify potential
impacts to any resource designated
under 49 U.S.C. 303(c) (commonly
known as Section 34(f)), the EIS will
also serve as FAA’s Section 4(f)
statement.
Horizon Air is proposing to begin
scheduled regional air carrier service
using existing facilities at Mammoth
Yosemite Airport beginning in
December of 2007 with two flights per
day from Los Angeles International
Airport during the winter season,
(December to April). Proposed winter
service is projected to increase to a
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DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION
Federal Aviation Administration
Approval of Noise Compatibility Program for Harrisburg
International Airport, Middletown, PA
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 the
Susquehanna Area Regional Airport Authority (SARAA) under the
provisions of Title I of the Aviation Safety and Noise Abatement Act,
as amended, (Public Law 96-193) (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 January 13, 2006, the FAA determined that
the noise exposure maps submitted by the SARAA under part 150 were in
compliance with applicable requirements.
EFFECTIVE DATES: The effective date of the FAA's approval of the Noise
Compatibility Program is July 7, 2006.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Edward S. Gabsewics, CEP,
Environmental Protection Specialist, Federal Aviation Administration,
Harrisburg Airports District Office, 3905 Hartzdale Drive, Suite 508,
Camp Hill, PA 17011, Telephone 717-730-2932. 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 the
Harrisburg International Airport, effective July 7, 2006. Under section
104(a) of the Aviation Safety and Noise Abatement Act of 1979, as
amended (herein after referred in as the ``Act'') [recodified as 49 USC
Section 47504], 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 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, 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 under the Airport and Airway Improvement Act of 1982, as amended.
Where Federal funding is sought, requests for project grants must be
submitted to the FAA Airports District Office in Camp Hill,
Pennsylvania.
The SARAA submitted to the FAA on December 16, 2005, the Noise
Exposure Maps, descriptions, and other documentation produced during
the noise compatibility planning study conducted from mid-2003 to
December 2005.
The Harrisburg International Airport's Noise Exposure Maps were
determined by FAA to be in compliance with applicable requirements on
January 13, 2006. Notice of this determination was published in the
Federal Register on January 31, 2006.
The Harrisburg International Airport study contains a proposed
noise compatibility program comprised of actions designed for phased
implementation by airport management and adjacent jurisdictions from
2004 to beyond 2010. It was requested that the FAA evaluate and approve
this material as a Noise Compatibility Program as described in 49
U.S.C. Section 47504 (formerly Section 104(b) of the Act). The FAA
began its review of the program on January 13, 2006 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 ten proposed actions for noise
mitigation (one more abatement measure, six land use measures, and
three program
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management measures). 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 was approved by the FAA
effective July 7, 2006.
Approval was granted for all ten of the ten specific program
measures. The approved measures include: Encourage noise-attenuating
standards in airport development; Amend local comprehensive plans by
adopting the Part 150 Noise Compatibility Plan as their noise
compatibility elements; Adopt guidelines for discretionary review of
development projects; Adopt noise overlay zoning to prohibit
development of selected noise-sensitive land uses within the Future
(2010) NEM 65+ DNL noise contour; Encourage local jurisdictions not to
allow an increase in residential density in the residential or
agricultural zoning districts within the Future (2010) NEM 65+ DNL
noise contour; Develop and implement a voluntary residential
acquisition program within the Future (2010) NEM 65+ noise contour;
Initiate a formal study (study only) to evaluate the noise levels at
various churches located within the Future (2010) NEM/NCP 65+ DNL noise
contour for eligibility for sound insulation (eligibility based on FAA
funding criteria); Establish a Noise Abatement Advisory Committee;
Establish a pilot/community awareness program; and Update the Noise
Exposure Maps and Noise Compatibility Program.
These determinations are set forth in detail in a Record of
Approval signed by the Acting Associate Administrator for Airports on
July 7, 2006. The Record of Approval, as well as other evaluation
materials and the documents comprising the submittal, are available for
review at the following offices:
Federal Aviation Administration Harrisburg Airports District
Office, 3905 Hartzdale Drive, Suite 508, Camp Hill, PA 17011 and
Susquehanna Area Regional Airport Authority, Harrisburg
International Airport, One Terminal Drive, Suite 300, Middletown, PA
17057.
The Record of Approval also will be available online at https://
www.faa.gov/arp/environmental/14cft150/index14.cfm.
Issued in Camp Hill, Pennsylvania, July 11, 2006.
Wayne T. Heibeck,
Manager, Harrisburg Airports District Office.
[FR Doc. 06-6424 Filed 7-21-06; 8:45 am]
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