[Federal Register: August 5, 2005 (Volume 70, Number 150)]
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DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION
Federal Aviation Administration
Noise Exposure Map Notice, Memphis International Airport, Memphis
TN
AGENCY: Federal Aviation Administration, DOT
ACTION: Notice.
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SUMMARY: The Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) announces the
determination that the noise exposure maps submitted by Memphis-Shelby
County Airport Authority for Memphis International 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: The effective date of the FAA's determination on the noise
exposure maps is July 29, 2005.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Mr. Tommy L. Dupree, Federal Aviation
Administration, Memphis Airports District Office, 2862 Business Park
Drive, Building G, Memphis, Tennessee, 38118-1555 (901) 322-8185.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: This notice announces that the FAA finds
that the noise exposure maps submitted for Memphis International.
Airport are in compliance with applicable requirements of part 150,
effective July 29, 2005. 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 met 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 the Memphis-Shelby
County Airport Authority. The documentation that constitutes the
``noise exposure maps'' as defined in Sec. 150.7 of part 150 includes
Figure 2.1. ``Vicinity Map'', Figure 2.2, ``Runway Configuration'',
Figure 2.3, ``MEM Area Airspace'', Figure 2.4, ``Overall Directional
Runway Utilization'', Figure 2.5, ``North/east Flow Radar Flight
Tracks'', Figure 2.6, ``Northeast Flow INM Flight Tracks'', Figure 2.7,
``South/West Flow Radar Flight Tracks'', Figure 2.8, ``South/West Flow
NM Flight Tracks'', Figure 2.10, ``Runways 1 8L/C/R Departure Radar
Data and Protected Areas South of MEM'', Figure 2.11, ``Runway 27
Departure Radar Data and Protected Area West of MEM'', Figure 3.1,
``Study Area Boundaries and Jurisdictions'', Figure 3.2, ``Land Use in
Memphis & Shelby County'', Figure 3.5, ``City of Southhaven Future Land
Use Plan'', Figure 3.6, ``City of Southhaven Proposed Land Use For Area
2'', Figure 3.7, ``City of Horn Lake Proposed Land Use Map'', Figure
3.9, `` De Soto County Future Land Use Map'', Figure 3.10, ``Noise
Sensitive Sites'', Figure 4.2, ``2004 Existing Condition Noise Exposure
Map'', Figure 4.6, ``2004 Existing Condition NEM With Noncompatible
Land Use'', Figure 5.2, ``2009 Future Condition Noise Exposure Map'',
Figure 5.5, ``2009 Future Condition NEM With Noncompatible Land Use'',
Table 3.2, ``Noise Sensitive Sites'', Table 4.1, ``2004 Existing
Condition Noise Exposure Estimates'', Table 4.2, ``2004 Existing
Condition Day-Night Level (DNL) at Selected /Sites'', Table 5.1, ``2009
Future Condition Noise Exposure Estimates'', Table 5.2, ``2009 Future
Condition Day-Night Level (DNL) at Selected Sites''.
The FAA has determined that these noise exposure maps and
accompanying documentation are in compliance with applicable
requirements. This determination is effective on July 29, 2005.
FAA's determination on the 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 section
150.21 of FAR part 150, that the statutorily required consultation has
been accomplished.
Copies of the noise exposure maps documentation and of the FAA's
evaluation of the maps are available for examination at the following
locations:
Federal Aviation Administration, Memphis Airports District Office,
2862 Business Park Drive, Building G, Memphis, Tennessee, 38118-1555.
Memphis-Shelby County Airport Authority, Memphis International
Metropolitan Airport, 2491 Winchester Road, Suite 113, Memphis,
Tennessee 38118-3856.
Question may be directed to the individual named above under the
heading FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT.
Issued in Memphis, Tennessee, July 29, 2005.
Rans D. Black,
Manager, Memphis Airports District Office.
[FR Doc. 05-15462 Filed 8-4-05; 8:45 am]
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