[Federal Register: April 22, 2004 (Volume 69, Number 78)]
[Notices]
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DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION
Federal Aviation Administration
Noise Exposure Map Notice
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
Pennsylvania State University for the University Park 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.
EFFECTIVE DATE: The effective date of the FAA's determination on the
noise exposure maps is April 15, 2004.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Maria Stanco, New York Airports
District Office, 600 Old Country Road, Suite 440, Garden City, New
York, 11530 (516-227-3808).
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: This notice announces that the FAA finds
that the noise exposure maps submitted for the University Park Airport
are in compliance with applicable requirements of Part 150, effective
April 15, 2004. Under 49 U.S.C. section 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 the FAA to be in
compliance with the requirements of Federal Aviation Regulations (FAR)
Part 150,
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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 Pennsylvania State
University. The documentation that constitutes the ``noise exposure
maps'' as defined in section 150.7 of Part 150 includes: 2000 Noise
Exposure Map (Exhibit 4-4), 2005 Noise Exposure Map (Exhibit 4-5) and
documentation in Chapter 4 of the Noise Exposure Maps Report for the
University Park Airport; type and frequency of aircraft (Tables 4-1, 4-
2) and documentation in section 4.2; airport layout and flight patterns
(Exhibits 4-1, 4-2, Table 4-4) and documentation in sections 4.1, 4.4;
and nighttime operations Table 4.4. The FAA has determined that these
noise exposure maps and accompanying documentation are in compliance
with the applicable requirements. This determination is effective on
April 15, 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 47503 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 which submitted these 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, which under Sec.
150.21 of FAR part 150, that the statutorily required consultation has
been accomplished.
Copies of the full noise exposure maps documentation and of the
FAA's evaluation of the maps are available at the following locations:
Federal Aviation Administration, New York Airports District Office,
600 Old Country Road, Suite 440, Garden City, NY 11530, and
Bryan Rodgers, University Park Airport, 2535 Fox Hill Road, State
College, PA.
Questions may be directed to the individual named above under the
heading FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT.
Issued in Jamaica, Queens, April 15th, 2004.
William J. Flanagan,
Eastern Region Airports Manager.
[FR Doc. 04-8925 Filed 4-21-04; 8:45 am]
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