[Federal Register: January 22, 2007 (Volume 72, Number 13)]
[Notices]
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DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION
Federal Aviation Administration
Noise Exposure Map Notice; Receipt of Noise Compatibility Program
and Request for Review, Shreveport Regional Airport, Shreveport, LA
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 Shreveport
Airport Authority for the Shreveport Regional 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 the Shreveport
Regional Airport under part 150 in conjunction with the noise exposure
map, and that this program will be approved or disapproved on or before
July 11, 2007.
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 January 12, 2007. The public
comment periods ends March 13, 2007.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Mr. Tim Tandy, Federal Aviation
Administration, ASW-630, Fort Worth, TX 76193-0630 at (817) 222-5635.
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 Shreveport Regional Airport
are in compliance with applicable requirements of Part 150, effective
January 12, 2007. Further, FAA is reviewing a proposed noise
compatibility program for that airport which will be approved or
disapproved on or before July 11, 2007. 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.
The Shreveport Airport Authority submitted to the FAA on May 21,
2004, noise exposure maps, descriptions and other documentation that
were produced during 2004 FAR part 150 Noise Exposure Maps Update,
Shreveport Regional Airport. 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 Shreveport Airport Authority. The
specific documentation determined to constitute the noise exposure maps
includes the following from the 2004 FAR part 150 Noise Exposure Maps
Update, Shreveport Regional Airport:
2004 Noise Exposure Map; 2009 Unabated Noise Exposure Map; Exhibit
1D, 2004 NEM Update Study Area; Exhibit 1E, Current Land Use; Table
2.2, Air Traffic Summary--Shreveport Regional Airport; Table 2.3,
Summarized Activity at Shreveport Regional Airport; Figure 2.1,
Shreveport Regional Airport total Operations (1975-2003); Figure 2.2,
Shreveport Regional Airport Passenger Enplanements (1972-2003); Figure
2.3, Shreveport Regional Airport Air Mail (lbs); Figure 2.4, Shreveport
Regional Airport Freight (lbs); Table 2.4, Commercial Air Carrier
Operations Summary; Table 2.5, Commercial Arrivals at Shreveport
Regional Airport; Table 2.6, Commercial Departures at Shreveport
Regional Airport; Table 2.7, Commercial Carrier Aircraft Types; Table
2.8, Air Cargo Arrivals; Table 2.9, Air Cargo Departures; Figure 2-5,
Commercial Jet Aircraft Approach Profiles; Figure 2-6, Commercial Prop-
Jet Approach Profiles; Figure 2-7, Freight Jet Aircraft Approach
Profiles; Figure 2-8, Commercial Jet Aircraft Departure Profiles;
Figure 2-9, Commercial Prop-Jet Aircraft Departure Profiles; Figure 2-
10, Freight Jet Aircraft Departure Profiles; Figure 2-11, Commercial
Jet Noise Levels--Approach; Figure 2-12, Commercial Jet Noise Levels--
Departure; Figure 2-13, Commercial Prop-Jet Noise Levels--Approach and
Departure; Table 4.1, INM Aircraft Identifiers; Table 4.2, Runway 14
Vectored Departure Flight Tracks; Table 4.3, Runway 32 Vectored
Departure Flight Tracks; Table 4.4, Runway 05 Vectored Departure Flight
Tracks; Table 4.5, Runway 23 Vectored Departure Flight Tracks; Table
4.6, Vectored Arrival Tracks; Table 4.7, Vectored Touch-and-Go Track--
Runway 14; Table 4.8, Commercial Air Carrier and Freight Arrivals;
Table 4.9, Commercial Air Carrier and Freight Departures; Table 4.10,
Commercial Carrier Departure and Freight Track Usage; Table 4.11,
Commercial Carrier Departure and Freight Track Usage; Exhibit 4A,
Flight Tracks; Table 5.5, INM 6.1 Modeled Daily Flight Operations;
Exhibit 5A, 2004 Noise Contours and Airport/Political Boundaries;
Exhibit 5B, 2004 Noise Contours and 1992 NCP; Exhibit 5C, Land Use
Inside 2004 Noise Contours; Exhibit 5D, Land Use Inside 2004 Noise
Contours (North End Detail); Exhibit 5E, Land Use Inside 2004 Noise
Contours (Runway 05/23 Detail); Exhibit 5F, Land Use Inside 2004 Noise
Contours (South End Detail); Exhibit 5G, 2009 Unabated Noise Contours
and Airport/Political Boundaries; Exhibit 5H, 2009 Unabated Noise
Contours and 1992 NCP; Exhibit 5I, Land Use Inside 2009 Unabated Noise
Contours; Exhibit 5J, Land Use Inside 2009 Unabated Noise Contours
(North End Detail); Exhibit 5K, Land Use Inside 2009 Unabated Noise
Contours (South End Detail); Exhibit 5L, Land Use Inside 2009 Unabated
Noise Contours (Runway 05/23 Detail); Exhibit
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5M, Comparison of 2004 and 2009 Noise Contours; Table 6-2, Summary of
Noise Monitoring Date; Table 6-3, Noise Monitor Sites Ranked by
Triangulated Distance from the Aircraft; Table 6-4, Noise Monitor Sites
Ranked by Distance from the Ground Path of the Aircraft; Figure 6.2,
Noise Monitoring Data vs. INM Prediction; Figure 6.3, Noise Exposure
vs. Distance from Aircraft; Figure 6.4, Noise Exposure vs. Distance
from Aircraft Ground Path; Table 6.5, Shreveport Regional Airport Air
Carrier/Air Taxi/Commuter Schedule; Table 6.6, Air Cargo Arrivals/
Departures; Exhibit 6A, Noise Monitoring Locations.
The FAA has determined that these maps for the Shreveport Regional
Airport are in compliance with applicable requirements. This
determination is effective on January 12, 2007. The 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
constitute 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 Sec. 150.21
of FAR part 150, that the statutorily required consultation has been
accomplished.
The FAA has formally received the noise compatibility program for
Shreveport Regional Airport, also effective on January 12, 2007.
Preliminary review of the submitted material indicates that it 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 July 11, 2007.
The FAA's detailed evaluation will be conducted under the
provisions of 14 CFR part 150, Sec. 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 be 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, Louisiana/New Mexico Airports
Development Office, Room 692, 2601 Meacham Boulevard, Fort Worth, TX
76137-4298; Director of Airports, Shreveport Airport Authority, 5103
Hollywood Avenue, Suite 300, Shreveport, LA 71109.
Questions may be directed to the individual named above under the
heading, FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT.
Issued in Fort Worth, Texas, January 12, 2007.
Kelvin L. Solco,
Manager, Airports Division.
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