Noise Compatibility Program Notice, Lafayette Regional Airport, Lafayette, Louisiana, 11346-11347 [2016-04763]
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responsibilities under the TVA Act of
1933.
Authority: 40 CFR 1501.7.
Wilbourne (Skip) C. Markham,
Director, Environmental Permitting and
Compliance.
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DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION
Federal Aviation Administration
Public Notice for Waiver for
Aeronautical Land-Use Assurance at
Fort Worth Spinks Airport, Fort Worth,
TX
Federal Aviation
Administration, DOT.
ACTION: Notice of intent for Waiver of
Aeronautical Land-Use.
AGENCY:
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Issued in Fort Worth, Texas, on 15 January,
2016.
Ignacio Flores,
Manager, Airports Division, FAA, Southwest
Region.
[FR Doc. 2016–04737 Filed 3–2–16; 8:45 am]
The Federal Aviation
Administration (FAA) is considering a
proposal to change a portion of the
airport from aeronautical use to
nonaeronautical use and to authorize
the conversion of the airport property.
The proposal consists of one parcel of
land containing a total of approximately
2.583.
The property was acquired using City
and FAA funds through the AIP
Program from 1983–1987. The land
comprising this parcel is outside the
forecasted need for aviation
development and, thus, is no longer
needed for indirect or direct
aeronautical use. The airport wishes to
develop this land for compatible
commercial, nonaeronautical use. The
income from the conversion of this
parcel will benefit the aviation
community by reinvestment in the
airport.
Approval does not constitute a
commitment by the FAA to financially
assist in the conversion of the subject
airport property nor a determination of
eligibility for grant-in-aid funding from
the FAA. The disposition of proceeds
from the conversion of the airport
property will be in accordance with
FAA’s Policy and Procedures
Concerning the Use of Airport Revenue,
published in the Federal Register on
February 16, 1999. In accordance with
Section 47107(h) of Title 49, United
States Code, this notice is required to be
published in the Federal Register 30
days before modifying the land-use
assurance that requires the property to
be used for an aeronautical purpose.
DATES: Comments must be received on
or before April 4, 2016.
SUMMARY:
Send comments on this
document to Mr. Cameron Bryan,
Federal Aviation Administration, Acting
Manager, Texas Airports Development
Office, 10101 Hillwood Parkway, Fort
Worth, TX 76177.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Mr.
Bill Welstead, Aviation Director, City of
Fort Worth, 4201 N. Main St. Suite 200,
Fort Worth, TX 76106, telephone (817)
392–5400, or Mr. Anthony Mekhail,
Federal Aviation Administration, Texas
Airports Development Program
Manager, 10101 Hillwood Parkway, Fort
Worth, TX 76177, telephone (817) 222–
5663, FAX (817) 222–5989. Documents
reflecting this FAA action may be
reviewed at the above locations.
ADDRESSES:
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Federal Aviation Administration
Noise Compatibility Program Notice,
Lafayette Regional Airport, Lafayette,
Louisiana
Federal Aviation
Administration, DOT.
ACTION: Notice.
AGENCY:
The Federal Aviation
Administration (FAA) announces its
findings on the noise compatibility
program submitted by Lafayette Airport
Commission 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 April 4,
2012, the FAA determined that the
noise exposure maps submitted by
Lafayette Airport Commission under
Part 150 were in compliance with
applicable requirements. On November
23, 2015, the FAA approved the
Lafayette Regional Airport noise
compatibility program. Both of the
recommendations of the program were
approved.
SUMMARY:
The effective date of the FAA’s
approval of the Lafayette Regional
Airport noise compatibility program is
November 23, 2015.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
DOT/FAA Southwest Region, Tim
Tandy, Environmental Protection
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Specialist, ASW–640D, 10101 Hillwood
Parkway, Fort Worth, Texas 76177.
Telephone (817) 222–5644.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: This
notice announces that the FAA has
given its overall approval to the noise
compatibility program for Lafayette
Regional Airport, effective November
23, 2015.
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
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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 Lafayette Airport Commission
submitted to the FAA on November 29,
2011 the noise exposure maps,
descriptions, and other documentation
produced during the noise compatibility
planning study conducted from August
14, 2013 through August 6, 2014. The
Lafayette Regional Airport noise
exposure maps were determined by
FAA to be in compliance with
applicable requirements on April 4,
2012. Notice of this determination was
published in the Federal Register on
April 13, 2012.
The Lafayette Regional Airport study
contains a proposed noise compatibility
program comprised of actions designed
for phased implementation by airport
management and adjacent jurisdictions
from August 6, 2014 to the year 2017.
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 May
25, 2015 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 two
proposed actions for noise mitigation 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 November 23, 2015.
Outright approval was granted for
both of the specific program elements. A
preventive land use mitigation measure
would offer owners of vacant residential
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parcels located within the existing DNL
65 contour the opportunity to
participate in the Avigation Easement
Acquisition Program. A remedial
measure would offer owners of
residential properties located within the
DNL 65 contour the opportunity to
participate in the Avigation Easement
Acquisition Program.
These determinations are set forth in
detail in a Record of Approval signed by
the FAA Southwest Region Airports
Division Manager on November 23,
2015. 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 Lafayette
Airport Commission. The Record of
Approval also will be available on-line
at https://www.faa.gov/arp/
environmental/14cfr150/index14.cfm.
Issued in Fort Worth, Texas, February 4,
2016.
Ignacio Flores,
Manager, Airports Division.
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DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION
Federal Aviation Administration
Notice of Intent To Rule on Request To
Release Airport Property at the
Gainesville Municipal Airport in
Gainesville, Texas
Federal Aviation
Administration (FAA), DOT.
ACTION: Notice of request to release
airport property.
AGENCY:
The FAA proposes to rule and
invite public comment on the release of
land at the Gainesville Municipal
Airport under the provisions of Section
125 of the Wendell H. Ford Aviation
Investment Reform Act for the 21st
Century (AIR 21).
DATES: Comments must be received on
or before April 4, 2016.
ADDRESSES: Comments on this
application may be mailed or delivered
to the FAA at the following address: Mr.
Cameron Bryan, Acting Manager,
Federal Aviation Administration,
Southwest Region, Airports Division,
Texas Airports Development Office,
ASW–650, 10101 Hillwood Parkway,
Fort Worth, Texas 76177.
In addition, one copy of any
comments submitted to the FAA must
be mailed or delivered to Mr. Barry
Sullivan, City Manager, at the following
address: 2300 Airport Drive,
Gainesville, Texas 76240.
SUMMARY:
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Mr.
Anthony Mekhail, Program Manager,
Federal Aviation Administration, Texas
Airports Development Office, ASW–
650, 10101 Hillwood Parkway, Fort
Worth, TX 76177, Telephone: (817)
222–5663, email: Anthony.Mekhail@
faa.gov.
The request to release property may
be reviewed in person at this same
location.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The FAA
invites public comment on the request
to release property at the Gainesville
Municipal Airport under the provisions
of the AIR 21.
The following is a brief overview of
the request: City of Gainesville requests
the release of 20 acres of nonaeronautical airport property. The
property is located on the southeast side
of the airport, bordered by US HWY 82
to the south. The property to be released
will be sold and revenues shall be used
to enhance development, operations and
maintenance of the airport. Any person
may inspect the request in person at the
FAA office listed above under FOR
FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT.
In addition, any person may, upon
request, inspect the application, notice
and other documents relevant to the
application in person at the Gainesville
Municipal Airport, telephone number
(940) 668–4500.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
Issued in Fort Worth, Texas on February 2,
2016.
Ignacio Flores
Manager, Airports Division.
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DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION
Federal Railroad Administration
[Docket Number FRA–2010–0180]
Petition for Waiver of Compliance
In accordance with part 211 of Title
49 Code of Federal Regulations (CFR),
this document provides the public
notice that by a document dated
February 9, 2016, the Denton County
Transportation Authority (DCTA) has
petitioned the Federal Railroad
Administration (FRA) for an extension
of its existing waiver of compliance
from certain provisions of the Federal
railroad safety regulations. Specifically,
DCTA is requesting an extension of its
existing relief from the following parts
and specific regulations of 49 CFR part
238, Passenger Equipment Safety
Standards (Sections 238.115, 238.121,
238.223, 238.305, 238.309, and
Appendix D); Part 229, Railroad
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DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION
Federal Aviation Administration
Noise Compatibility Program Notice, Lafayette Regional Airport,
Lafayette, Louisiana
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 Lafayette
Airport Commission 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 April 4, 2012, the FAA determined that the noise
exposure maps submitted by Lafayette Airport Commission under Part 150
were in compliance with applicable requirements. On November 23, 2015,
the FAA approved the Lafayette Regional Airport noise compatibility
program. Both of the recommendations of the program were approved.
DATES: The effective date of the FAA's approval of the Lafayette
Regional Airport noise compatibility program is November 23, 2015.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: DOT/FAA Southwest Region, Tim Tandy,
Environmental Protection Specialist, ASW-640D, 10101 Hillwood Parkway,
Fort Worth, Texas 76177. Telephone (817) 222-5644.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: This notice announces that the FAA has
given its overall approval to the noise compatibility program for
Lafayette Regional Airport, effective November 23, 2015.
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
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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 Lafayette Airport Commission submitted to the FAA on November
29, 2011 the noise exposure maps, descriptions, and other documentation
produced during the noise compatibility planning study conducted from
August 14, 2013 through August 6, 2014. The Lafayette Regional Airport
noise exposure maps were determined by FAA to be in compliance with
applicable requirements on April 4, 2012. Notice of this determination
was published in the Federal Register on April 13, 2012.
The Lafayette Regional Airport study contains a proposed noise
compatibility program comprised of actions designed for phased
implementation by airport management and adjacent jurisdictions from
August 6, 2014 to the year 2017. 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
May 25, 2015 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 two proposed actions for noise
mitigation 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 November 23, 2015.
Outright approval was granted for both of the specific program
elements. A preventive land use mitigation measure would offer owners
of vacant residential parcels located within the existing DNL 65
contour the opportunity to participate in the Avigation Easement
Acquisition Program. A remedial measure would offer owners of
residential properties located within the DNL 65 contour the
opportunity to participate in the Avigation Easement Acquisition
Program.
These determinations are set forth in detail in a Record of
Approval signed by the FAA Southwest Region Airports Division Manager
on November 23, 2015. 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 Lafayette Airport Commission. The Record
of Approval also will be available on-line at https://www.faa.gov/arp/environmental/14cfr150/index14.cfm.
Issued in Fort Worth, Texas, February 4, 2016.
Ignacio Flores,
Manager, Airports Division.
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