[Federal Register: March 18, 2005 (Volume 70, Number 52)]
[Notices]
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DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION
Federal Aviation Administration
Noise Exposure Map Notice: Receipt of Noise Compatibility Program
and Request for Review
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 Capital Region
Airport Authority for Capital City 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. The FAA
also announces that it is reviewing a proposed noise compatibility
program that was submitted for Capital City Airport under Part 150 in
conjunction with the noise exposure map, and that this program will be
approved or disapproved on or before August 5, 2005.
DATES: Effective Date: The effective date of the FAA's determination on
the noise exposure maps and of the start of its review of the
associated noise compatibility program is February 7, 2005. The public
comment period ends April 8, 2005.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Ms. Katherine S. Jones, Federal
Aviation Administration, Detroit Airports District Office, 11677 South
Wayne Road, Suite 107, Romulus, Michigan, phone number (734) 229-2958.
Comments on the proposed noise compatibility program should also be
submitted to the above office.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: This notice announces that the FAA finds
that the noise exposure maps submitted for Capital City Airport are in
compliance with applicable requirements of Part 150, effective February
7, 2005. Further, FAA is reviewing a proposed noise compatibility
program for that airport which will be approved or disapproved on or
before August 5, 2005. This notice also announces the availability of
this program for public review and comment.
Under 49 U.S.C. 47503 (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.
Capital Region Airport Authority submitted to the FAA on February
1, 2005 noise exposure maps, descriptions and other documentation that
were produced during the Capital City Airport FAR Part 150 Noise
Compatibility Study Update, January 2005. It was requested that the FAA
review this material as the noise exposure maps, as described in
section 47503 of the Act, and that the noise mitigation measures, to be
implemented jointly by the airport and surrounding communities, be
approved as a noise compatibility program under section 47504 of the
Act.
The FAA has completed its review of the noise exposure maps and
related descriptions submitted by Capital Region Airport Authority. The
specific documentation determined to constitute the noise exposure maps
includes: Noise Exposure Map Existing Conditions (2003), Noise Exposure
Map Future (2008) with Runway Extension, FAR Part 150 Noise
Compatibility Study Update Volume I contains the required information
for Section 47503 and section A150.101 including the following specific
references: Current and forecast operations in Table II-9;
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fleet mix and nighttime operations in Tables IV-2, IV-3, IV-4, and IV-
5; flight patterns in Exhibits IV-3, IV-4, Iv-5, IV-6, IV-7, IV-8, IV-
9, IV-10, and land use in Exhibits III-2 and III-3. The FAA has
determined that these maps for Capital City Airport are in compliance
with applicable requirements. This determination is effective on
February 7, 2005. FAA's determinations on an airport operator's noise
exposure maps is limited to a finding that the maps are 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 constitute a commitment to approve a
noise compatibility program or to find 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.
The FAA has formally received the noise compatibility program for
Capital Region Airport Authority, also effective on February 7, 2005.
Preliminary review of the submitted material indicates that in conforms
to the requirements for the submittal of noise compatibility programs,
but that further review will be necessary prior to approval or
disapproval of the program. The formal review period, limited by law to
a maximum of 180 days, will be completed on or before August 6, 2005.
The FAA's detailed evaluation will be conducted under the
provisions of 14 CFR part 150, section 150.33. The primary
considerations in the evaluation process are whether the proposed
measures may reduce the level of aviation safety, create an undue
burden on interstate or foreign commerce, or by reasonably consistent
with obtaining the goal of reducing existing non-compatible land uses
and preventing the introduction of additional non-compatible land uses.
Interested persons are invited to comment on the proposed program
with specific reference to these factors. All comments, other than
those properly addressed to local land use authorities, will be
considered by the FAA to the extent practicable. Copies of the noise
exposure maps, the FAA's evaluation of the maps, and the proposed noise
compatibility program are available for examination at the following
locations:
Federal Aviation Administration Detroit Airports District Office, 11677
South Wayne Road, Suite 107, Romulus, Michigan 48174
Capital Region Airport Authority, Capital City Airport, 4100 Capital
City Boulevard, Lansing, Michigan 48906
Questions may be directed to the individual named above under the
heading, FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT.
Issued in Romulus, Michigan, on February 7, 2005.
Irene R. Porter,
Manager, Detroit Airports District Office, Great Lakes Region.
[FR Doc. 05-5341 Filed 3-17-05; 8:45 am]
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