[Federal Register: April 20, 2005 (Volume 70, Number 75)]
[Notices]
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DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION
Federal Aviation Administration
Noise Exposure Map Notice for Flagstaff Airport, Flagstaff, AZ
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
Flagstaff for Flagstaff Pulliam 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 7, 2005.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Michelle Simmons, Environmental
Protection Specialist, Federal Aviation Administration, Western Pacific
Region Headquarters, PO Box 92007, Los Angeles, California 90009,
Telephone: (301) 725-3614.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: This notice announces that the FAA finds
that the noise exposure maps submitted for Flagstaff Airport are in
compliance with applicable requirements of Part 150, effective April 7,
2005. 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 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 noncompatible uses.
The FAA has completed its review of the noise exposure maps and
accompanying documentation submitted by City of Flagstaff, Arizona. The
documentation that constitutes the ``Noise Exposure Maps'' as defined
in section 150.7 of Part 150 includes: Exhibit 1 ``Existing Conditions
(2003) Noise Exposure Map,'' and Exhibit 2 ``Five-Year Forecast (2008)
Noise Exposure Map.'' The Noise Exposure Maps contain current and
forecast information including the depiction of the airport and its
boundaries, the runway configurations, land uses such as residential,
open space, commercial/office, community facilities, libraries,
churches, open space, infrastructure, vacant and warehouse and those
areas within the Yearly Day-Night Average Sound Level (DNL) 65, 70 and
75 noise contours. Estimates for the number of people within these
contours for the year 2003 are shown in Table 4B. Estimates of the
future residential population within the 2008 noise contours are shown
in Table 4D. Exhibit 3J displays the location of noise monitoring
sites. Flight tracks for the existing and the five-year forecast Noise
Exposure Maps are found in Exhibits 3E, 3F, and 3G. The type and
frequency of aircraft operations (including nighttime operations) are
found in Tables 3C and 3D. The FAA has determined that these noise
exposure maps and accompanying documentation are in compliance with
applicable requirements. This determination is effective on April 7,
2005.
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 section
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, Community and Environmental Needs
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Division, APP-600, 800 Independence Avenue, SW., Washington, DC 20591.
Federal Aviation Administration, Western-Pacific Region, Airports
Division, Room 3012, 15000 Aviation Boulevard, Hawthorne, California
90261.
Mike Covalt, Airport Manager, City of Flagstaff, Flagstaff Pulliam
Airport, 6200 South Pulliam Drive, Flagstaff, Arizona 86001.
Questions may be directed to the individual named above under the
heading FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT.
Issued in Hawthorne, California, on April 7, 2005.
Mia Paredes Ratcliff,
Acting Manager, Airports Division, AWP-600, Western-Pacific Region.
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