[Federal Register: February 28, 2005 (Volume 70, Number 38)]
[Notices]
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DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION
Federal Aviation Administration
Noise Exposure Map Notice; Southwest Florida International
Airport, Fort Myers, FL
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 Lee County Port
Authority for Southwest Florida 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.
EFFECTIVE DATE: The effective date of the FAA's determination on the
noise exposure maps is February 11, 2005.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Ms. Bonnie Baskin, Federal Aviation
Administration, Orlando Airports District Office, 5950 Hazeltine
National Dr., Suite 400, Orlando Florida 32822, (407) 812-8331,
Extension 130.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: This notice announces that the FAA finds
that the noise exposure maps submitted for Southwest Florida
International Airport are in compliance with applicable requirements of
part 150, effective February 11, 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 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 Lee County Port Authority. The
documentation that constitutes the ``noise exposure maps'' as defined
in section 150.7 of Part 150 includes: Table 7-1, ``2003, 2008 and 2020
Annual operations''; Table 8-3, ``2008 Domestic Air Carrier Operations
and Fleet Mix''; Table 8-3, ``2008 Domestic Air Carrier operations and
Fleet Mix''; Table 8-3, ``2008 Domestic Air Carrier Operations and
Fleet Mix''; Table 8-21, ``2003 and 2008 Departure Corridor
Percentages''; Table 8-22, ``2003 and 2008 Arrival Corridor
Percentages''; Table 8-23, ``2003 and 2008 Local Pattern Percentages'';
Table 9-4, ``Estimated Population Within 2003 and 2008 DNL Contours'';
Exhibit 8-1, ``Aircraft Flight Tracks-Northeast Flow''; Exhibit 8-2,
``Aircraft Flight Tracks-Southwest Flow''; Exhibit 8-3, ``Local
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Flight Tracks''; Exhibit 9-1, ``2003 DNL Noise Contours with Existing
Land Use''; and Exhibit 9-3, ``2008 DNL Noise Contours With Existing
Land Use''. The FAA has determined that these noise exposure maps and
accompanying documentation are in compliance with applicable
requirements. This determination is effective on February 11, 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 statutoril6y required consultation has
been accomplished.
Copies of the full noise exposure maps documentation and of the
FAA's evaluation of the maps are available for examination at the
following locations: Federal Aviation Administration, Orlando Airports
District Office, 5950 Hazeltine National Dr., Suite 400, Orlando,
Florida 32822.
Questions may be directed to the individual named above under the
heading, FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT.
Issued in Orlando, Florida, February 11, 2005.
W. Dean Stringer,
Manager, Orlando Airports District Office.
[FR Doc. 05-3765 Filed 2-25-05; 8:45 am]
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