[Federal Register: February 26, 2004 (Volume 69, Number 38)]
[Notices]
[Page 9006-9007]
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DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION
Federal Aviation Administration
Noise Exposure Map Notice; Georgetown Municipal Airport,
Georgetown, TX
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 the city of
Georgetown for the Georgetown Municipal Airport under the provisions of
49 U.S.C. 47501 et seq. (Aviation
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Safety and Noise Abatement Act) and 14 CFR part 150 are in compliance
with applicable requirements.
EFFECTIVE DATE: The effective date of the FAA's determination on the
noise exposure maps is January 26, 2004.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
Mr. Paul Blackford, Program Manager, Federal Aviation Administration,
Texas Airports Development Office, ASW-650, 2601 Meacham Boulevard,
Fort Worth, Texas 76193-0650, Telephone: (817) 222-5607.
Mr. Travis McLain, P.O. Box 409, Georgetown, Texas 78627, (512) 930-
3666.
Ms. Michelle Hannah, Texas Department of Transportation, Aviation
Division, 125 East 11th Street, Austin, Texas 78701-2483, (512) 416-
4500.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: This notice announces that the FAA finds
that the noise exposure maps submitted for Georgetown Municipal Airport
are in compliance with applicable requirements of part 150, effective
January 26, 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 nonprojected 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 the city of Georgetown. The
documentation that constitutes the ``noise exposure maps'' as defined
in Sec. 150.7 of part 150 includes: Exhibits 1, 2, 3A, 3E-3G, and
Tracks 4A, 4B, 4D and 4E. The FAA has determined that these noise
exposure maps and accompanying documentation are in compliance with
applicable requirements. This determination is effective on January 26,
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 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 Sec. 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, 2601 Meacham
Boulevard, Fort Worth, Texas; city of Georgetown, P.O. Box 409,
Georgetown, Texas. Questions may be directed to the individual named
above under the heading FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT.
Issued in Fort Worth, Texas, January 26, 2004.
Naomi L. Saunders,
Manager, Airports Division.
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