Noise Exposure Map Notice; Westover Metropolitan Airport, Chicopee, Massachusetts, 61369-61370 [2014-23818]
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01803.
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Issued in Washington, DC, on October 6th,
2014.
Mohannad Dawoud,
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Group, ANG–A12, Federal Aviation
Administration.
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Federal Aviation Administration
Noise Exposure Map Notice; Westover
Metropolitan Airport, Chicopee,
Massachusetts
Federal Aviation
Administration, DOT.
ACTION: Notice.
AGENCY:
The Federal Aviation
Administration (FAA) announces its
determination that the noise exposure
map for Westover Metropolitan Airport,
as submitted by the Westover
Metropolitan Development Corporation
under the provisions of Title I of the
Aviation Safety and Noise Abatement
Act of 1979, is in compliance with
applicable requirements. The FAA also
announces that it is reviewing a
proposed noise compatibility program
that was submitted for Westover
Metropolitan Airport in conjunction
with the noise exposure map, and that
this program will be approved or
disapproved on or before April 8, 2015.
DATES: The effective date of the FAA’s
determination on the noise exposure
map and of the start of its review of the
associated noise compatibility program
is September 25, 2014. The public
comment period ends on November 25,
2014.
ADDRESSES: Interested persons are
invited to comment on the proposed
program. All comments, other than
those properly addressed to local land
use authorities will be considered by the
FAA to the extent practicable.
Comments on the proposed noise
compatibility program should also be
submitted to the FAA office under the
heading: FOR FURTHER INFORMATION
CONTACT.
Copies of the noise exposure map, the
FAA’s evaluation of the map, and the
proposed noise compatibility program
are available for examination at the
following locations:
Westover Metropolitan Airport,
Chicopee, Massachusetts.
Federal Aviation Administration, New
England Region, Airports Division,
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England Executive Park, Burlington MA
01803.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
Authority: 49 U.S.C. 47501–47510; 14 CFR
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This notice announces that the FAA
finds that the noise exposure map
submitted for Westover Metropolitan
Airport is in compliance with
applicable requirements of Part 150,
effective October 8, 2014. Further, FAA
is reviewing a proposed noise
compatibility program for that airport
which will be approved or disapproved
on or before April 8, 2015. This notice
also announces the availability of this
program for public review and
comment.
Under Section 103 of Title I of the
Aviation Safety and Noise Abatement
Act of 1979 (hereinafter referred to as
‘‘the Act’’), codified at 49 U.S.C. 47503,
an airport operator may submit to the
FAA a noise exposure map which meets
applicable regulations and which
depicts non-compatible land uses as of
the date of submission of such map, a
description of projected aircraft
operations, and the ways in which such
operations will affect such map. The Act
requires such map 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 a noise exposure map that is
found by FAA to be in compliance with
the requirements of Federal Aviation
Regulation (FAR) Part 150, promulgated
pursuant to Title I of the Act, may
submit a noise compatibility program
for FAA approval which sets forth the
measures the operator has taken, or
proposes, for the introduction of
additional non-compatible uses.
The Westover Metropolitan
Development Corporation submitted to
the FAA, on October 8, 2014, a noise
exposure map, descriptions, and other
documentation that were produced
during the Airport Noise Compatibility
Planning (Part 150) study Westover
Metropolitan Airport from August 2013
to September 2014. It was requested that
the FAA review this material as the
noise exposure map, as described in
Section 103(a)(1) of the Act, and that the
noise mitigation measures, to be
implemented jointly by the airport and
surrounding communities, be approved
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as a noise compatibility program under
Section 104 (b) of the Act.
The FAA has completed its review of
the noise exposure maps and related
descriptions submitted by the Westover
Metropolitan Development Corporation.
The specific maps under consideration
were:
—Existing (2014) Conditions Noise
Exposure Map NEM–1
—Future (2019) Conditions Noise
Exposure Map NEM–2
The FAA has determined that the
maps for Westover Metropolitan Airport
are in compliance with applicable
requirements. This determination is
effective on October 8, 2014.
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 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 103 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 map
to resolve questions concerning, for
example, which properties should be
covered by the provisions of Section 107
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 a noise exposure map.
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 the map, or with those
public agencies and planning agencies
with which consultation is required
under Section 103 of the Act. The FAA
has relied on the certification by the
airport operator, under Section 150.21
of FAR Part 150, that the statutorily
required consultation has been
accomplished.
The FAA has formally received the
noise compatibility program for
Westover Metropolitan Airport, also
effective on October 8, 2014.
Preliminary review of the submitted
material indicates that it conforms to the
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requirements for the submittal of noise
compatibility programs, but that further
review will be necessary prior to
approval or disapproval of the program.
The formal review period, limited by
law to a maximum of 180 days, will be
completed on or before April 8, 2015.
The FAA’s detailed evaluation will be
conducted under the provisions of 14
CFR part 150, Section 150.33. The
primary considerations in the
evaluation process are whether the
proposed measures may reduce the level
of aviation safety, create an undue
burden on interstate or foreign
commerce, or be reasonably consistent
with obtaining the goal of reducing
existing non compatible land uses and
preventing the introduction of
additional non-compatible land uses.
Interested persons are invited to
comment on the proposed program with
specific reference to these factors.
Questions may be directed to the
individual named above under the
heading: FOR FURTHER INFORMATION
CONTACT.
Issued in Burlington, Massachusetts, on
September 25, 2014.
Mary T. Walsh,
Manager, Airports Division.
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Federal Highway Administration
[Docket No. FHWA–2014–0024]
Application From the State of Texas
Under the Surface Transportation
Project Delivery Program and
Proposed Memorandum of
Understanding (MOU) Assigning
FHWA’s Environmental Review
Responsibilities to the State
Federal Highway
Administration (FHWA), DOT.
ACTION: Notice of proposed MOU and
request for comments.
AGENCY:
This notice announces that
the FHWA has received and reviewed
an application from the Texas
Department of Transportation (State)
requesting participation in the Surface
Transportation Project Delivery Program
(Program). This Program allows for
States to apply to assume, and for
FHWA to assign, environmental review
responsibilities under the National
Environmental Policy Act of 1969
(NEPA), and all or part of FHWA’s
responsibilities for environmental
reviews, consultations, or other actions
required under any Federal
environmental law with respect to one
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or more Federal highway projects
within the State. The FHWA has
determined the application to be
complete, and developed a draft MOU
with the State outlining how the State
will implement the program, with
FHWA oversight. The public and
agencies are now invited to comment on
the State’s request and the draft MOU.
In particular, FHWA seeks comments on
the proposed scope of the assignments
and assumptions of responsibilities set
out in the draft MOU for environmental
reviews, consultations, and other
activities to be assigned.
DATES: Please submit comments by
November 10, 2014.
ADDRESSES: To ensure that you do not
duplicate your docket submissions,
please submit them by only one of the
following means:
• Federal eRulemaking Portal: Go to
https://www.regulations.gov and follow
the online instructions for submitting
comments.
• Facsimile (Fax): 1–202–493–2251.
• Mail: Docket Management Facility;
U.S. Department of Transportation, 1200
New Jersey Ave. SE., West Building
Ground, Floor Room W12–140,
Washington, DC 20590–0001.
• Hand Delivery: West Building
Ground Floor, Room W12–140, 1200
New Jersey Ave. SE., Washington, DC
20590 between 9:00 a.m. and 5:00 p.m.
e.t., Monday through Friday, except
Federal holidays.
Instructions: You must include the
agency name and docket number at the
beginning of your comments. All
comments received will be posted
without change to https://
www.regulations.gov, including any
personal information provided.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
Michael T. Leary, Director of Planning
and Program Development, Federal
Highway Administration Texas
Division, 300 E. 8 St., Room 826,
Austin, TX 78701, 7:00 a.m.–4:30 p.m.
c.t., (512) 536–5940, michael.leary@
dot.gov.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
Electronic Access
An electronic copy of this notice may
be downloaded from the Federal
Register’s home page at https://
www.archives.gov and the Government
Printing Office’s database at https://
www.access.gpo.gov/nara. An electronic
version of the application materials and
proposed MOU may be downloaded by
accessing the DOT DMS docket, as
described above, at https://
www.regulations.gov/.
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Background
Section 327 of title 23, United States
Code (U.S.C.), allows for States to apply
to assume, and for the Secretary of the
USDOT (Secretary) to assign, the
Secretary’s NEPA responsibilities and
all or part of the Secretary’s
responsibilities for environmental
review, consultation, or other actions
required under any other Federal
environmental law with respect to one
or more Federal highway projects. The
FHWA is authorized to act on behalf of
the Secretary with respect to these
matters.
The State has submitted application
materials requesting to participate in
this Program. The FHWA has reviewed
these application materials, which
include public and agency comments on
the application and has determined
them complete. The FHWA and the
State have developed a draft MOU
outlining how the State will implement
the Program and how FHWA will
oversee the State’s implementation as
required by 23 U.S.C. 327. The FHWA
now seeks public comments on the
State’s request pursuant to 23 CFR
773.111(a).
Under the proposed MOU, FHWA
would assign to the State the NEPA
environmental review responsibilities
for the following Federal highway
projects:
1. Projects requiring environmental
impact statements (EIS), both on the
State highway system (SHS) and local
government projects off the SHS that
FHWA funds or that require FHWA
approvals, except the following EIS
projects, which FHWA will not assign:
Harbor Bridge, Trinity Parkway, and
South Padre Island Causeway 2.
2. Projects requiring environmental
assessments, both on the SHS and local
government projects off the SHS that
FHWA funds or that require FHWA
approvals.
3. Projects qualifying for categorical
exclusions (CE), both on the SHS and
local government projects off the SHS
that FHWA funds or that require FHWA
approvals. The FHWA previously
signed a MOU with the State assigning
CE responsibility under the authority in
23 U.S.C. 326. Upon execution of this
MOU, the 23 U.S.C. 326 CE MOU
between FHWA and the State will be
terminated, and projects included under
that MOU will be assumed under the
Program.
4. Highway projects within the State
that other Federal agencies fund [or
projects without any Federal funding]
that also include FHWA funding or that
require FHWA approvals. For these
projects, the assigned environmental
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DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION
Federal Aviation Administration
Noise Exposure Map Notice; Westover Metropolitan Airport,
Chicopee, Massachusetts
AGENCY: Federal Aviation Administration, DOT.
ACTION: Notice.
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SUMMARY: The Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) announces its
determination that the noise exposure map for Westover Metropolitan
Airport, as submitted by the Westover Metropolitan Development
Corporation under the provisions of Title I of the Aviation Safety and
Noise Abatement Act of 1979, is in compliance with applicable
requirements. The FAA also announces that it is reviewing a proposed
noise compatibility program that was submitted for Westover
Metropolitan Airport in conjunction with the noise exposure map, and
that this program will be approved or disapproved on or before April 8,
2015.
DATES: The effective date of the FAA's determination on the noise
exposure map and of the start of its review of the associated noise
compatibility program is September 25, 2014. The public comment period
ends on November 25, 2014.
ADDRESSES: Interested persons are invited to comment on the proposed
program. All comments, other than those properly addressed to local
land use authorities will be considered by the FAA to the extent
practicable. Comments on the proposed noise compatibility program
should also be submitted to the FAA office under the heading: FOR
FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT.
Copies of the noise exposure map, the FAA's evaluation of the map,
and the proposed noise compatibility program are available for
examination at the following locations:
Westover Metropolitan Airport, Chicopee, Massachusetts.
Federal Aviation Administration, New England Region, Airports Division,
ANE-600, 12 New England Executive Park, Burlington, Massachusetts
01803.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Richard Doucette, Federal Aviation
Administration, New England Region, Airports Division, ANE-600, 12 New
England Executive Park, Burlington MA 01803.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
Authority: 49 U.S.C. 47501-47510; 14 CFR part 150.
This notice announces that the FAA finds that the noise exposure
map submitted for Westover Metropolitan Airport is in compliance with
applicable requirements of Part 150, effective October 8, 2014.
Further, FAA is reviewing a proposed noise compatibility program for
that airport which will be approved or disapproved on or before April
8, 2015. This notice also announces the availability of this program
for public review and comment.
Under Section 103 of Title I of the Aviation Safety and Noise
Abatement Act of 1979 (hereinafter referred to as ``the Act''),
codified at 49 U.S.C. 47503, an airport operator may submit to the FAA
a noise exposure map which meets applicable regulations and which
depicts non-compatible land uses as of the date of submission of such
map, a description of projected aircraft operations, and the ways in
which such operations will affect such map. The Act requires such map
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 a noise exposure map
that is found by FAA to be in compliance with the requirements of
Federal Aviation Regulation (FAR) Part 150, promulgated pursuant to
Title I of the Act, may submit a noise compatibility program for FAA
approval which sets forth the measures the operator has taken, or
proposes, for the introduction of additional non-compatible uses.
The Westover Metropolitan Development Corporation submitted to the
FAA, on October 8, 2014, a noise exposure map, descriptions, and other
documentation that were produced during the Airport Noise Compatibility
Planning (Part 150) study Westover Metropolitan Airport from August
2013 to September 2014. It was requested that the FAA review this
material as the noise exposure map, as described in Section 103(a)(1)
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 104 (b) of the Act.
The FAA has completed its review of the noise exposure maps and
related descriptions submitted by the Westover Metropolitan Development
Corporation. The specific maps under consideration were:
--Existing (2014) Conditions Noise Exposure Map NEM-1
--Future (2019) Conditions Noise Exposure Map NEM-2
The FAA has determined that the maps for Westover Metropolitan
Airport are in compliance with applicable requirements. This
determination is effective on October 8, 2014.
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 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 103 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 map to resolve questions concerning,
for example, which properties should be covered by the provisions of
Section 107 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 a noise exposure map.
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 the map, or
with those public agencies and planning agencies with which
consultation is required under Section 103 of the Act. The FAA has
relied on the certification by the airport operator, under Section
150.21 of FAR Part 150, that the statutorily required consultation has
been accomplished.
The FAA has formally received the noise compatibility program for
Westover Metropolitan Airport, also effective on October 8, 2014.
Preliminary review of the submitted material indicates that it conforms
to the
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requirements for the submittal of noise compatibility programs, but
that further review will be necessary prior to approval or disapproval
of the program. The formal review period, limited by law to a maximum
of 180 days, will be completed on or before April 8, 2015. The FAA's
detailed evaluation will be conducted under the provisions of 14 CFR
part 150, Section 150.33. The primary considerations in the evaluation
process are whether the proposed measures may reduce the level of
aviation safety, create an undue burden on interstate or foreign
commerce, or be reasonably consistent with obtaining the goal of
reducing existing non compatible land uses and preventing the
introduction of additional non-compatible land uses.
Interested persons are invited to comment on the proposed program
with specific reference to these factors. Questions may be directed to
the individual named above under the heading: FOR FURTHER INFORMATION
CONTACT.
Issued in Burlington, Massachusetts, on September 25, 2014.
Mary T. Walsh,
Manager, Airports Division.
[FR Doc. 2014-23818 Filed 10-9-14; 8:45 am]
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