[Federal Register: June 14, 2004 (Volume 69, Number 113)]
[Notices]
[Page 33093-33094]
From the Federal Register Online via GPO Access [wais.access.gpo.gov]
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DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION
Federal Aviation Administration
Approval of Noise Compatibility Program, Jackson Hole Airport,
Jackson, WY
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 Airport
Director of Jackson Hole Airport under the provisions of 49 U.S.C. Sec.
47504(b) and 14 CFR Part 150. These findings are made in recognition of
the description of Federal and non-Federal responsibilities in Senate
Report No. 96-52 (1980).
On November 19, 2003, the FAA determined that the noise exposure
maps submitted by the Airport Director under Part 150 were in
compliance with applicable requirements. On May 17, 2004, the Associate
Administrator for Airports approved the Jackson Hole Airport noise
compatibility program. The Associate Administrator for Airports has
made the following determinations: Elements 1 and 2 require no FAA
approval action, element 3 requires no FAA determination with regard to
Stage 2 aircraft and is disapproved with regard to Stage 3 aircraft,
elements 4 and 7 were disapproved, and elements 5 and 6 were approved.
EFFECTIVE DATE: The effective date of the FAA's approval of the Jackson
Hole Airport noise compatibility program is May 17, 2004.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Dennis G. Ossenkop; Federal Aviation
Administration; Northwest Mountain Region; Airports Division, ANM-611;
1601 Lind Avenue, SW., Renton, Washington 98055-4056. 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 Jackson
Hole Airport, effective May 17, 2004. Under 49 U.S.C. Sec. 47504(a), 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 noncompatible land uses and prevention of additional
noncompatible land uses within the area covered by the noise exposure
maps. 49 U.S.C. 47503(a)(1) requires such a program to be developed in
consultation with interested and affected parties including the state,
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 noncompatible 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 Goverment; 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
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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 eligible for grant-in-aid
funding from the FAA. Where Federal funding is sought, requests for
project grants must be submitted to the FAA Airports District Office in
Denver, Colorado.
The Airport Director of Jackson Hole Airport submitted to the FAA
the noise exposure maps, descriptions, and other documentation produced
during the noise compatibility planning study conducted at Jackson Hole
Airport. The Jackson Hole Airport noise exposure maps were determined
by FAA to be in compliance with applicable requirements on November 19,
2003. Notice of this determination was published in the Federal
Register on December 2, 2003.
The Jackson Hole Airport noise compatibility program contains a
proposed noise compatibility program comprised of actions designed for
phased implementation by airport management and adjacent jurisdictions
from the date of study completion to the year 2008. It was requested
that the FAA evaluate and approve this material as a noise
compatibility program as described in 49 U.S.C. Sec. 47504(a). The FAA
began its review of the program on November 19, 2003, and was required
by a provision of 49 U.S.C. Sec. 47504(b) 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 program
within the 180-day period shall be deemed to be an approval of such
program.
The FAA completed its review and determined that the procedural and
substantive requirements of 49 U.S.C. Sec. 47504(b) and FAR 150 have
been satisfied. The overall program, therefore, was approved by the
Associate Administrator for Airports effective May 17, 2004.
These determinations are set forth in detail in a Record of
Approval endorsed by the Associate Administrator for Airports on May
17, 2004. 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
Jackson Hole Airport.
Issued in Renton, Washington, on June 4, 2004.
David A. Field,
Manager, Planning, Programming, and Capacity Branch, Northwest Mountain
Region.
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