Noise Compatibility Program Notice; Austin-Bergstrom International Airport; Austin, TX, 72437-72438 [07-6108]
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Issued in Beckley, West Virginia on
December 7, 2007.
Matthew P. DiGiulian,
Acting Manager, Beckley Airport District
Office, Eastern Region.
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DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION
Federal Aviation Administration
Noise Compatibility Program Notice;
Austin-Bergstrom International
Airport; Austin, TX
Federal Aviation
Administration, DOT.
ACTION: Notice.
AGENCY:
SUMMARY: The Federal Aviation
Administration (FAA) announces its
findings on the noise compatibility
program submitted by the City of Austin
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 February 15, 2007, the
FAA determined that the noise exposure
maps submitted by the City of Austin
under Part 150 were in compliance with
applicable requirements. On December
7, 2007, the FAA approved the AustinBergstrom International Airport noise
compatibility program. All of the
recommendations of the program were
approved. No program elements relating
to new or revised flight procedures for
noise abatement were proposed by the
airport operator.
DATES: Effective Date: The effective date
of the FAA’s approval of the AustinBergstrom International Airport noise
compatibility program is December 7,
2007.
Mr.
Paul E. Blackford, Department of
Transportation, Federal Aviation
Administration, Fort Worth, Texas
76193–0650, (817) 222–5607.
Documents reflecting this FAA action
may be reviewed at this same location.
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FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
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This
notice announces that the FAA has
given its overall approval to the noise
compatibility program for AustinBergstrom International Airport,
effective December 7, 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
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
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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
Fort Worth, Texas.
The City of Austin submitted to the
FAA on August 14, 2007, the noise
exposure maps, descriptions, and other
documentation produced during the
noise compatibility planning study
conducted from December 15, 2005
through August 14, 2007. The AustinBergstrom International Airport noise
exposure maps were determined by
FAA to be in compliance with
applicable requirements on February 15,
2007. Notice of this determination was
published in the Federal Register on
February 23, 2007.
The Austin-Bergstrom International
Airport study contains a proposed noise
compatibility program comprised of
actions designed for phased
implementation by airport management
and adjacent jurisdictions from
December 7, 2007 beyond the year 2012.
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 14, 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
three proposed actions for noise
mitigation off and on 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
December 7, 2007.
Outright approval was granted for all
of the specific program elements.
Approved measures consisted of (1)
acquisition of noise sensitive land uses,
(2) upgrade of the existing noise
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monitoring system, and (3) the
recommendation that the operating
characteristics of the airport be
monitored to ensure the accuracy of the
noise exposure maps.
These determinations are set forth in
detail in a Record of Approval signed by
the Southwest Region, Airports Division
Manager on December 7, 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
and at the administrative offices of the
Austin-Bergstrom International Airport.
The Record of Approval also will be
available on-line at https://www.faa.gov/
arp/environmental/14cfr/150/
index14.cfm.
Issued in Fort Worth, Texas, December 11,
2007.
Kelvin L. Solco,
Manager, Airports Division.
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DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION
Federal Aviation Administration
Noise Exposure Map Notice: Receipt of
Noise Compatibility Program and
Request For Review
Federal Aviation
Administration, DOT.
ACTION: Notice.
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AGENCY:
SUMMARY: The Federal Aviation
Administration (FAA) announces its
determination that the noise exposure
maps submitted by Columbus Regional
Airport Authority for Port Columbus
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 Port Columbus
International Airport under Part 150 in
conjunction with the noise exposure
maps, and that this program will be
approved or disapproved on or before
June 1, 2008.
DATES: Effective Date: 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 December 5,
2007. The public comment period ends
February 2, 2008.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Ms.
Katherine S. Jones, Federal Aviation
Administration, Detroit Airports District
Office, 11677 South Wayne Road, Suite
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107, Romulus, Michigan, phone number
(734) 229–2958. Comments on the
proposed noise compatibility program
should also be submitted to the above
office.
This
notice announces that the FAA finds
that the noise exposure maps submitted
for Port Columbus International Airport
are in compliance with applicable
requirements of Part 150, effective
December 5, 2007. Further, FAA is
reviewing a proposed noise
compatibility program for that airport
which will be approved or disapproved
on or before June 1, 2008. This notice
also announces the availability of this
program for public review and
comment.
Under 49 U.S.C. 47501, et seq. (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
Act requires such maps to be developed
in consultation with interested and
affected parties in the local community,
government 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 Federal Aviation
Regulations (FAR) 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.
Columbus Regional Airport Authority
submitted to the FAA on November 27,
2007 noise exposure maps, descriptions
and other documentation that were
produced during the Port Columbus
International Airport Part 150 Noise
Compatibility Program Update,
November 2007. It was requested that
the FAA review this material as the
noise exposure maps, as described in
section 47503 of the Act, and that the
noise mitigation measures, to be
implemented jointly by the airport and
surrounding communities, be approved
as a noise compatibility program under
section 47504 of the Act.
The FAA has completed its review of
the noise exposure maps and related
descriptions submitted by Columbus
Regional Airport Authority. The specific
documentation determined to constitute
the noise exposure maps includes:
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Existing (2006) Noise Exposure Map
(NEM–1) and Future (2012) NEM with
Noise Compatibility Program (NCP)
(NEM–2). The Part 150 Noise
Compatibility Program Update contains
the required information for section
47503 of the Act and section A150.101
including the following specific
references: current and forecast
operations in Appendix J, Table 10; fleet
mix and nighttime operations in
Appendix C–Table C–1, C–2, C–3, C–4;
flight patterns in Appendix C—Exhibits
C–6, C–7, C–8, C–9, C–10, C–11, C–12,
C–13, C–14, C–15, C–16, C–17, C–18,
and land use in Exhibit 2–3. The FAA
has determined that these maps for Port
Columbus International Airport are in
compliance with applicable
requirements. This determination is
effective on December 5, 2007. FAA’s
determination on an airport operator’s
noise exposure maps is limited to a
finding that the maps were developed in
accordance with the procedures
contained in appendix A of FAR Part
150. Such determination does not
constitute approval of the applicant’s
data, information or plans, or constitute
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 should 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 14
CFR 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
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 14 CFR 150.21 of FAR part 150,
that the statutorily required consultation
has been accomplished.
The FAA has formally received the
noise compatibility program for Port
Columbus International Airport, also
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DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION
Federal Aviation Administration
Noise Compatibility Program Notice; Austin-Bergstrom
International Airport; Austin, TX
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 City of
Austin 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 February 15, 2007, the FAA determined that the noise
exposure maps submitted by the City of Austin under Part 150 were in
compliance with applicable requirements. On December 7, 2007, the FAA
approved the Austin-Bergstrom International Airport noise compatibility
program. All of the recommendations of the program were approved. No
program elements relating to new or revised flight procedures for noise
abatement were proposed by the airport operator.
DATES: Effective Date: The effective date of the FAA's approval of the
Austin-Bergstrom International Airport noise compatibility program is
December 7, 2007.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Mr. Paul E. Blackford, Department of
Transportation, Federal Aviation Administration, Fort Worth, Texas
76193-0650, (817) 222-5607. 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 Austin-
Bergstrom International Airport, effective December 7, 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 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. Where federal funding is sought, requests for project grants must
be submitted to the FAA regional office in Fort Worth, Texas.
The City of Austin submitted to the FAA on August 14, 2007, the
noise exposure maps, descriptions, and other documentation produced
during the noise compatibility planning study conducted from December
15, 2005 through August 14, 2007. The Austin-Bergstrom International
Airport noise exposure maps were determined by FAA to be in compliance
with applicable requirements on February 15, 2007. Notice of this
determination was published in the Federal Register on February 23,
2007.
The Austin-Bergstrom International Airport study contains a
proposed noise compatibility program comprised of actions designed for
phased implementation by airport management and adjacent jurisdictions
from December 7, 2007 beyond the year 2012. 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 14, 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 three proposed actions for noise
mitigation off and on 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 December 7, 2007.
Outright approval was granted for all of the specific program
elements. Approved measures consisted of (1) acquisition of noise
sensitive land uses, (2) upgrade of the existing noise
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monitoring system, and (3) the recommendation that the operating
characteristics of the airport be monitored to ensure the accuracy of
the noise exposure maps.
These determinations are set forth in detail in a Record of
Approval signed by the Southwest Region, Airports Division Manager on
December 7, 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 and at the administrative offices
of the Austin-Bergstrom International Airport. The Record of Approval
also will be available on-line at https://www.faa.gov/arp/environmental/
14cfr/150/index14.cfm.
Issued in Fort Worth, Texas, December 11, 2007.
Kelvin L. Solco,
Manager, Airports Division.
[FR Doc. 07-6108 Filed 12-19-07; 8:45 am]
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