[Federal Register: July 2, 2004 (Volume 69, Number 127)]
[Notices]
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DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION
Federal Aviation Administration
Acceptance of Noise Exposure Maps for Santa Barbara Airport,
Santa Barbara, CA
AGENCY: Federal Aviation Administration, DOT.
ACTION: Notice.
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SUMMARY: The Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) announces its
determination that the noise exposure maps submitted by City of Santa
Barbara, California for Santa Barbara 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.
DATES: Effective: The effective date of the FAA's determination on the
noise exposure maps is June 28, 2004.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Jennifer Mendelsohn, Environmental
Protection Specialist, AWP-621.6, Southern California Standards
Section, Federal Aviation Administration, Western-Pacific Region, P.O.
Box 92007, Los Angeles, California 90009-2007, Telephone: 310/725-3637.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: This notice announces that the FAA finds
that the noise exposure maps submitted for Santa Barbara Airport are in
compliance with applicable requirements of Part 150, effective June 28,
2004. Under 49 U.S.C. 47503 of 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 non-compatible uses and prevent the
introduction of additional non-compatible uses.
The FAA has completed its review of the noise exposure maps and
accompanying documentation submitted by City of Santa Barbara,
California. The documentation that constitutes the ``Noise Exposure
Maps'' as defined in section 150.7 of Part 150 includes: Exhibit 3M
``2003 Noise Exposure Map,'' and Exhibit 3P ``2008 Noise Exposure
Map.'' The Noise Exposure Maps contain current and forecast information
including the depiction of the airport and its boundaries, the runway
configurations, land uses such as residential, open space, commercial/
office, community facilities, libraries, churches, open space,
infrastructure, vacant and warehouse and those areas within the
Community Noise Equivalent Level (CNEL) 60, 65, 70 and 75 noise
contours. Estimates for the number of people within these contours for
the year 2003 are shown in Table 4D. Estimates of the future
residential population within the 2008 noise contours are shown in
Table 4G. Exhibit 3A displays the location of noise monitoring sites.
Flight tracks for the existing and the five-year forecast Noise
Exposure Maps are found in Exhibits 3E, 3F, 3G, 3H, 3J, and 3K. The
type and frequency of aircraft operations (including nighttime
operations) are found in Tables 3D and 3E. The FAA has determined that
these noise exposure maps and accompanying documentation are in
compliance with applicable requirements. This determination is
effective on June 28, 2004.
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 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
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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 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 section 150.21 of FAR Part 150, that the
statutorily required consultation has been accomplished.
Copies of the full noise exposure map documentation and of the
FAA's evaluation of the maps are available for examination at the
following locations: Federal Aviation Administration, Community and
Environmental Needs Division, APP-600, 800 Independence Avenue, SW.,
Washington, DC 20591. Federal Aviation Administration, Western-Pacific
Region, Airports Division, Room 3012, 15000 Aviation Boulevard,
Hawthorne, California 90261. Karen Ramsdell, Airport Director, Santa
Barbara Airport, 601 Firestone Road, Goleta, California 93117.
Questions may be directed to the individual named above under the
heading FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT.
Issued in Hawthorne, California, on June 28, 2004.
Mark A. McClardy,
Manager, Airports Division, AWP-600, Western-Pacific Region.
[FR Doc. 04-15044 Filed 7-1-04; 8:45 am]
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