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DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION
Federal Aviation Administration
FAA Approval of Noise Compatibility
Program; Westover Metropolitan
Airport, Chicopee, Massachusetts
Federal Aviation
Administration, DOT.
ACTION: Notice.
AGENCY:
SUMMARY: The Federal Aviation
Administration (FAA) announces its
findings on the Noise Compatibility
Program submitted by the Westover
Municipal Development Corporation
under the provisions of Title I of the
Aviation Safety and Noise Abatement
Act of 1979. On March 7, 2019 the New
England Region Airports Division
Manager approved the Noise
Compatibility Program under Part 150.
On November 7, 2018, the FAA had
determined the noise exposure maps
submitted by the Westover Municipal
Development Corporation were in
compliance with applicable
requirements of Part 150.
DATES: The effective date of the FAA’s
approval of the Westover Metropolitan
Airport noise compatibility program is
March 7, 2019.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
Richard Doucette, Federal Aviation
Administration, New England Region,
Airports Division, ANE–600, 1200
District Avenue, Burlington MA 01803,
telephone (781) 238–7613.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
Authority: 49 U.S.C. 47501–47510; 14
CFR part 150
This notice announces that the FAA
has given its overall approval to the
Westover Metropolitan Airport noise
compatibility program, effective March
7, 2019.
Under Section 104 (a) of the Aviation
Safety and Noise Abatement Act of 1979
(hereinafter 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
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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 Regulation (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 as
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 a 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
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eligible for grant-in-aid funding from the
FAA under the Airport and Airway
Improvement Act of 1982. Where
Federal funding is sought, requests for
project grants must be submitted to the
FAA Regional Office in Burlington,
Massachusetts.
The Westover Municipal
Development Corporation previously
submitted to the FAA noise exposure
maps and associated documentation
produced during the noise compatibility
planning study. The Westover
Metropolitan Airport noise exposure
maps were determined by FAA to be in
compliance with applicable
requirements on November 7, 2018.
Notice of this determination was
published in the Federal Register
December 6, 2018.
The Westover Metropolitan Airport
study contains a proposed noise
compatibility program comprised of
actions designed for implementation by
airport. The Westover Municipal
Development Corporation requested that
the FAA evaluate and approve this
material as a noise compatibility
program as described in Section 104 (b)
of the Act. The FAA began its review of
the program on November 2, 2018, and
was required by a provision of the Act
to approve or disapprove the program
within 180 days (other than the use of
new flight procedures for noise control).
Failure to approve or disapprove such a
program within the 180-day period shall
be deemed to be an approval of such a
program.
The submitted program contained a
few changes to noise mitigation
measures in the Noise Compatibility
Program. Two measures (relating to
subdivision regulations and a pilot
awareness program) were not
recommended for approval and the FAA
concurred. One measure (relating to
monitoring of nighttime operations) had
been only partly approved previously, is
now approved. The FAA completed its
review and determined that the
procedural and substantive
requirements of the Act and FAR Part
150 have been satisfied. The New
England Region Airports Division
Manager therefore approved the overall
program on March 7, 2019. 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
Westover Metropolitan Airport.
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Issued in Burlington, Massachusetts on
March 7, 2019.
Gail Lattrell,
Acting Manager, Airports Division, FAA New
England Region.
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DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION
Federal Aviation Administration
FAA Approval of Noise Compatibility Program; Westover
Metropolitan Airport, Chicopee, Massachusetts
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 Westover
Municipal Development Corporation under the provisions of Title I of
the Aviation Safety and Noise Abatement Act of 1979. On March 7, 2019
the New England Region Airports Division Manager approved the Noise
Compatibility Program under Part 150. On November 7, 2018, the FAA had
determined the noise exposure maps submitted by the Westover Municipal
Development Corporation were in compliance with applicable requirements
of Part 150.
DATES: The effective date of the FAA's approval of the Westover
Metropolitan Airport noise compatibility program is March 7, 2019.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Richard Doucette, Federal Aviation
Administration, New England Region, Airports Division, ANE-600, 1200
District Avenue, Burlington MA 01803, telephone (781) 238-7613.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
Authority: 49 U.S.C. 47501-47510; 14 CFR part 150
This notice announces that the FAA has given its overall approval
to the Westover Metropolitan Airport noise compatibility program,
effective March 7, 2019.
Under Section 104 (a) of the Aviation Safety and Noise Abatement
Act of 1979 (hereinafter 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 Regulation (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 as
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 a 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
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eligible for grant-in-aid funding from the FAA under the Airport and
Airway Improvement Act of 1982. Where Federal funding is sought,
requests for project grants must be submitted to the FAA Regional
Office in Burlington, Massachusetts.
The Westover Municipal Development Corporation previously submitted
to the FAA noise exposure maps and associated documentation produced
during the noise compatibility planning study. The Westover
Metropolitan Airport noise exposure maps were determined by FAA to be
in compliance with applicable requirements on November 7, 2018. Notice
of this determination was published in the Federal Register December 6,
2018.
The Westover Metropolitan Airport study contains a proposed noise
compatibility program comprised of actions designed for implementation
by airport. The Westover Municipal Development Corporation requested
that the FAA evaluate and approve this material as a noise
compatibility program as described in Section 104 (b) of the Act. The
FAA began its review of the program on November 2, 2018, and was
required by a provision of the Act to approve or disapprove the program
within 180 days (other than the use of new flight procedures for noise
control). Failure to approve or disapprove such a program within the
180-day period shall be deemed to be an approval of such a program.
The submitted program contained a few changes to noise mitigation
measures in the Noise Compatibility Program. Two measures (relating to
subdivision regulations and a pilot awareness program) were not
recommended for approval and the FAA concurred. One measure (relating
to monitoring of nighttime operations) had been only partly approved
previously, is now approved. The FAA completed its review and
determined that the procedural and substantive requirements of the Act
and FAR Part 150 have been satisfied. The New England Region Airports
Division Manager therefore approved the overall program on March 7,
2019. 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 Westover
Metropolitan Airport.
Issued in Burlington, Massachusetts on March 7, 2019.
Gail Lattrell,
Acting Manager, Airports Division, FAA New England Region.
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