FAA Approval of Noise Compatibility Program; Rickenbacker International Airport, Columbus, OH, 51291-51292 [07-4322]
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release of 2.43 acres of land at the
Oceano Airport, Oceano, California,
from all the conditions in the grant
agreements under the provisions of
Section 125 of the Wendell H. Ford
Aviation Investment Reform Act for the
21st Century (AIR 21), now 49 U.S.C.
47107(h)(2). The land will be sold to the
San Luis Obispo County Sanitation
District and used for commercial
purposes by the District for purposes
compatible with the airport.
DATES: Comments must be received on
or before October 9, 2007.
ADDRESSES: Comments on this
application may be mailed or delivered
in triplicate to the FAA at the following
address: Federal Aviation
Administration, San Francisco Airports
District Office, Federal Register
Comment, 831 Mitten Road, Room 210,
Burlingame, CA 94010. In addition, one
copy of any comments submitted to the
FAA must be mailed or delivered to Ms.
Klassje Narine, Airport Manager, County
of San Luis Obispo, 1087 Santa Rosa
Street, San Luis Obispo, CA 93401,
(805) 781–5205.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Mr.
Racior Cavole, Airports Compliance
Specialist, San Francisco Airports
District Office, Western-Pacific Region,
Federal Aviation Administration, 831
Mitten Road, Burlingame, California
94010. Telephone (650) 876–2778,
extension 627.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: In
accordance with the Wendell H. Ford
Aviation Investment and Reform Act for
the 21st Century (AIR 21), Public Law
10–181 (Apr. 5, 2000; 114 Stat. 61), this
notice must be published in the Federal
Register 30 days before the Secretary
may waive any condition in grant
agreements imposed on a federally
obligated airport.
The FAA invites public comment on
the request to release 2.43 acres of
airport property from all federal
obligations. The FAA determined that
the County of San Luis Obispo request
to release property meets the procedural
requirements for a release, pending
approval of an environmental analysis.
The FAA may approve the request in
whole or in part and is seeking public
comments on the impacts to civil
aviation concerning this release.
The following is a brief overview of
the request:
The County of San Luis Obispo
requested a release from surplus
property agreement obligations for
approximately 2.43 acres of airport land
at the Oceano Airport for land obligated
by the conditions in grant agreements
with the United States that required the
land be used for airport purposes. The
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release is to facilitate a transfer of fee
ownership of one parcel and a grant of
an easement over another parcel that are
part of Oceano Airport. This request is
the result of Eminent Domain
proceedings brought by the South San
Luis Obispo County Sanitation District
through the Superior Court of the State
of California to acquire the land by
condemnation. The Stipulation for
Judgment requires that the County of
San Luis Obispo apply to the FAA for
a proper release of the subject parcels.
As compensation, the District will pay
the agreed upon settlement of $282,875
representing the fair market value of the
property.
The property release consists of two
parcels. Parcel ‘‘A,’’ containing 1.76
acres, will be conveyed in fee simple.
Parcel ‘‘B,’’ containing 0.67 acres, will
be granted as a non-exclusive easement
of airport property over which the
District will have access to Parcel ‘‘A.’’
The property is needed by the South
San Luis Obispo County Sanitation
District for the operation of its plant and
bio-solids drying ponds and to ensure
access to its existing property adjacent
to the airport. It has been determined
that the property is not needed for
airport purposes. Use of the sale
proceeds of $282,875 will be invested in
airport capital improvements, thereby
serving the interest of the airport and
civil aviation.
Issued in Burlingame, California on August
16, 2007.
Edward N. Agnew,
Acting Manager, San Francisco District
Office, Western-Pacific Region.
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DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION
Federal Aviation Administration
FAA Approval of Noise Compatibility
Program; Rickenbacker International
Airport, Columbus, OH
Federal Aviation
Administration, DOT.
ACTION: Notice.
AGENCY:
SUMMARY: The Federal Aviation
Administration (FAA) announces its
findings on the noise compatibility
program submitted by Columbus
Regional Airport authority 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.
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96–52 (1980). On January 25, 2007, the
FAA determined that the noise exposure
maps submitted by Columbus Regional
Airport Authority under Part 150 were
in compliance with applicable
requirements. On July 9, 2007, the FAA
approved the Rickenbacker
International Airport noise
compatibility program. All of the
recommendations of the program were
approved.
EFFECTIVE DATE: The effective date of the
FAA’s approval of the Rickenbacker
International Airport noise
compatibility program is July 9, 2007.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Ms.
Katherine S. Jones, Community Planner,
Detroit Airports District Office, Metro
Airport Center, 11677 South Wayne
Road, Suite 107, Romulus, Michigan,
Phone (734) 229–2900. 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 Rickenbacker
International Airport, effective July 9,
2007.
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
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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
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 acton 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 Detroit Airports
District Office in Romulus, Michigan.
Columbus Regional Airport Authority
submitted to the FAA on December 21,
2006 the noise exposure maps,
descriptions, and other documentation
produced during the noise compatibility
planning study conducted from 2005
through 2006. The Rickenbacker
International Airport noise exposure
maps were determined by FAA to be in
compliance with applicable
requirements on January 25, 2007.
Notice of this determination was
published in the Federal Register on
February 6, 2007 (FR Doc. 07–507 Filed
2–5–07; 8:45 am).
The Rickenbacker International
Airport study contains a proposed noise
compatibility program comprised of
actions designed for phased
implementation by airport management
and adjacent jurisdictions starting in
2007. It was requested that the FAA
evaluate and approve this material as a
noise compatibility program as
described in section 47504 of the Act.
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The FAA began its review of the
program on January 25, 2007 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
thirteen (13) proposed actions for noise
mitigation on and/or 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 July 9,
2007.
Outright approval was granted for all
of the specific program elements. These
elements were: Straight out departures
of itinerant aircraft from Runway 23L/R
until reaching 3,000 feet mean sea level
before turning on course; Formalize
civil noise abatement procedures which
include: right turns to a 070-degree
heading after departing to the northeast;
and observing a preferential reverse
flow runway use for civil jet aircraft;
Formalize military noise abatement
procedures, which include: right turns
to a 070-degree heading after departing
to the northeast; preferential southwest
flow for touch-and-go operations; and
observing preferential reverse flow use;
Develop an Airport Land Use
Management District (ALUMD) based on
the most recent Future 60 Day-Night
Average Sound Level (DNL) Noise
Exposure Map/Noise Compatibility
Program (NEM/NCP) noise contour,
natural geographic and jurisdictional
boundaries; Implement land use
controls to discourage residential
development and encourage airport
compatible development within the
ALUMD; Offer acquisition to eligible
undeveloped properties within the 65DNL noise contour of the Future (2011)
NEM/NCP; For those undeveloped
properties that are offered but unwilling
to be acquired through LU–20, offer
avigation easements to restrict the
development of incompatible land uses
within the 65-DNL noise contour of the
Future (2011) NEM/NCP: Seek
cooperation from the Board of Realtors
to participate in a voluntary fair
disclosure program for the property
located within the ALUMD; Establish a
Noise Abatement Committee; Establish/
continue a noise complaint response
program; Periodic review and update of
the NEM and NCP; Develop a public
information program to communicate
information about the NCP; and Provide
for updates/enhancement of the CRAA
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Airport Noise & Flight Track Monitoring
System.
These determinations are set forth in
detail in a Record of Approval signed by
the Great Lakes Region Airports
Division Manager on July 9, 2007. 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
at the administrative offices of the
Rickenbacker International Airport,
7161 Second Street, Columbus, Ohio
43217 and Columbus Regional Airport
Authority, Port Columbus International
Airport, 4600 International Gateway,
Columbus, Ohio. The Record of
Approval also will be available on-line
at https://www.faa.govairports_airtraffic/
airports/environmental/airport_noise.
Issued in Romulus, Michigan, July 20,
2007.
Irene R. Porter,
Acting Manager, Detroit Airports District
Office, Great Lakes Region.
[FR Doc. 07–4322 Filed 9–5–07; 8:45 am]
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DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION
Federal Highway Administration
Annual Materials Report on New
Bridge Construction and Bridge
Rehabilitation
Federal Highway
Administration (FHWA), DOT.
ACTION: Notice.
AGENCY:
SUMMARY: Section 1114 of the Safe,
Accountable, Flexible, Efficient
Transportation Equity Act: A Legacy for
Users (SAFETEA–LU) (Pub. L. 109–59;
119 Stat. 1144) continued the highway
bridge program to enable States to
improve the condition of their highway
bridges over waterways, other
topographical barriers, other highways,
and railroads. Section 1114(f) amends
23 U.S.C. 144 by adding subsection (r),
requiring the Secretary of
Transportation (Secretary) to publish in
the Federal Register a report describing
construction materials used in new
Federal-aid bridge construction and
bridge rehabilitation projects.
DATES: The report will be posted on the
FHWA Web site no later than August
10, 2007.
ADDRESSES: The report will be posted on
the FHWA Web site at: https://
www.fhwa.dot.gov/bridge/britab.htm.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Ms.
Ann Shemaka, Office of Bridge
Technology, HIBT–30, (202) 366–1575,
or Mr. Thomas Everett, Office of Bridge
Technology, HIBT–30, (202) 366–4675,
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DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION
Federal Aviation Administration
FAA Approval of Noise Compatibility Program; Rickenbacker
International Airport, Columbus, OH
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 Columbus
Regional Airport authority 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 January 25,
2007, the FAA determined that the noise exposure maps submitted by
Columbus Regional Airport Authority under Part 150 were in compliance
with applicable requirements. On July 9, 2007, the FAA approved the
Rickenbacker International Airport noise compatibility program. All of
the recommendations of the program were approved.
EFFECTIVE DATE: The effective date of the FAA's approval of the
Rickenbacker International Airport noise compatibility program is July
9, 2007.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Ms. Katherine S. Jones, Community
Planner, Detroit Airports District Office, Metro Airport Center, 11677
South Wayne Road, Suite 107, Romulus, Michigan, Phone (734) 229-2900.
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
Rickenbacker International Airport, effective July 9, 2007.
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
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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
acton 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 Detroit Airports District Office in Romulus,
Michigan.
Columbus Regional Airport Authority submitted to the FAA on
December 21, 2006 the noise exposure maps, descriptions, and other
documentation produced during the noise compatibility planning study
conducted from 2005 through 2006. The Rickenbacker International
Airport noise exposure maps were determined by FAA to be in compliance
with applicable requirements on January 25, 2007. Notice of this
determination was published in the Federal Register on February 6, 2007
(FR Doc. 07-507 Filed 2-5-07; 8:45 am).
The Rickenbacker International Airport study contains a proposed
noise compatibility program comprised of actions designed for phased
implementation by airport management and adjacent jurisdictions
starting in 2007. 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 January
25, 2007 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 thirteen (13) proposed actions for
noise mitigation on and/or 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 July 9, 2007.
Outright approval was granted for all of the specific program
elements. These elements were: Straight out departures of itinerant
aircraft from Runway 23L/R until reaching 3,000 feet mean sea level
before turning on course; Formalize civil noise abatement procedures
which include: right turns to a 070-degree heading after departing to
the northeast; and observing a preferential reverse flow runway use for
civil jet aircraft; Formalize military noise abatement procedures,
which include: right turns to a 070-degree heading after departing to
the northeast; preferential southwest flow for touch-and-go operations;
and observing preferential reverse flow use; Develop an Airport Land
Use Management District (ALUMD) based on the most recent Future 60 Day-
Night Average Sound Level (DNL) Noise Exposure Map/Noise Compatibility
Program (NEM/NCP) noise contour, natural geographic and jurisdictional
boundaries; Implement land use controls to discourage residential
development and encourage airport compatible development within the
ALUMD; Offer acquisition to eligible undeveloped properties within the
65-DNL noise contour of the Future (2011) NEM/NCP; For those
undeveloped properties that are offered but unwilling to be acquired
through LU-20, offer avigation easements to restrict the development of
incompatible land uses within the 65-DNL noise contour of the Future
(2011) NEM/NCP: Seek cooperation from the Board of Realtors to
participate in a voluntary fair disclosure program for the property
located within the ALUMD; Establish a Noise Abatement Committee;
Establish/continue a noise complaint response program; Periodic review
and update of the NEM and NCP; Develop a public information program to
communicate information about the NCP; and Provide for updates/
enhancement of the CRAA Airport Noise & Flight Track Monitoring System.
These determinations are set forth in detail in a Record of
Approval signed by the Great Lakes Region Airports Division Manager on
July 9, 2007. 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 at the administrative offices of
the Rickenbacker International Airport, 7161 Second Street, Columbus,
Ohio 43217 and Columbus Regional Airport Authority, Port Columbus
International Airport, 4600 International Gateway, Columbus, Ohio. The
Record of Approval also will be available on-line at https://
www.faa.govairports--airtraffic/airports/environmental/airport--noise.
Issued in Romulus, Michigan, July 20, 2007.
Irene R. Porter,
Acting Manager, Detroit Airports District Office, Great Lakes Region.
[FR Doc. 07-4322 Filed 9-5-07; 8:45 am]
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