[Federal Register: September 6, 2007 (Volume 72, Number 172)]
[Notices]
[Page 51291-51292]
From the Federal Register Online via GPO Access [wais.access.gpo.gov]
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DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION
Federal Aviation Administration
FAA Approval of Noise Compatibility Program; Rickenbacker
International Airport, Columbus, OH
AGENCY: Federal Aviation Administration, DOT.
ACTION: Notice.
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SUMMARY: The Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) announces its
findings on the noise compatibility program submitted by Columbus
Regional Airport authority under the provisions of 49 U.S.C. (the
Aviation Safety and Noise Abatement Act, hereinafter referred to as
``the Act'') and 14 CFR part 150. These findings are made in
recognition of the description of Federal and nonfederal
responsibilities in Senate Report No. 96-52 (1980). On January 25,
2007, the FAA determined that the noise exposure maps submitted by
Columbus Regional Airport Authority under Part 150 were in compliance
with applicable requirements. On July 9, 2007, the FAA approved the
Rickenbacker International Airport noise compatibility program. All of
the recommendations of the program were approved.
EFFECTIVE DATE: The effective date of the FAA's approval of the
Rickenbacker International Airport noise compatibility program is July
9, 2007.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Ms. Katherine S. Jones, Community
Planner, Detroit Airports District Office, Metro Airport Center, 11677
South Wayne Road, Suite 107, Romulus, Michigan, Phone (734) 229-2900.
Documents reflecting this FAA action may be reviewed at this same
location.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: This notice announces that the FAA has given
its overall approval to the noise compatibility program for
Rickenbacker International Airport, effective July 9, 2007.
Under section 47504 of the Act, an airport operator who has
previously submitted a noise exposure map may submit to the FAA a noise
compatibility program which sets forth the measures taken or proposed
by the airport operator for the reduction of existing non-compatible
land uses and prevention of additional non-compatible land uses within
the area covered by the noise exposure maps. The Act requires such
programs to be developed in consultation with interested and affected
parties including local communities, government agencies, airport
users, and FAA personnel.
Each airport noise compatibility program developed in accordance
with Federal Aviation Regulations (FAR) Part 150 is a local program,
not a Federal program. The FAA does not substitute its judgment for
that of the airport proprietor with respect to which measures should be
recommended for action. The FAA's approval or disapproval of FAR Part
150 program recommendations is measured according to the standards
expressed in Part 150 and the Act and is limited to the following
determinations:
a. The noise compatibility program was developed in accordance with
the provisions and procedures of FAR Part 150;
b. Program measures are reasonably consistent with achieving the
goals of reducing existing non-compatible land uses around the airport
and preventing
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the introduction of additional non-compatible land uses;
c. Program measures would not create an undue burden on interstate
or foreign commerce, unjustly discriminate against types or classes of
aeronautical uses, violate the terms of airport grant agreements, or
intrude into areas preempted by the Federal Government; and
d. Program measures relating to the use of flight procedures can be
implemented within the period covered by the program without derogating
safety, adversely affecting the efficient use and management of the
navigable airspace and air traffic control systems, or adversely
affecting other powers and responsibilities of the Administrator
prescribed by law.
Specific limitations with respect to FAA's approval of an airport
noise compatibility program are delineated in FAR Part 150, section
150.5. Approval is not a determination concerning the acceptability of
land uses under Federal, State, or local law. Approval does not by
itself constitute an FAA implementing action. A request for Federal
acton or approval to implement specific noise compatibility measures
may be required, and an FAA decision on the request may require an
environmental assessment of the proposed action. Approval does not
constitute a commitment by the FAA to financially assist in the
implementation of the program nor a determination that all measures
covered by the program are eligible for grant-in-aid funding from the
FAA. Where federal funding is sought, requests for project grants must
be submitted to the FAA Detroit Airports District Office in Romulus,
Michigan.
Columbus Regional Airport Authority submitted to the FAA on
December 21, 2006 the noise exposure maps, descriptions, and other
documentation produced during the noise compatibility planning study
conducted from 2005 through 2006. The Rickenbacker International
Airport noise exposure maps were determined by FAA to be in compliance
with applicable requirements on January 25, 2007. Notice of this
determination was published in the Federal Register on February 6, 2007
(FR Doc. 07-507 Filed 2-5-07; 8:45 am).
The Rickenbacker International Airport study contains a proposed
noise compatibility program comprised of actions designed for phased
implementation by airport management and adjacent jurisdictions
starting in 2007. It was requested that the FAA evaluate and approve
this material as a noise compatibility program as described in section
47504 of the Act. The FAA began its review of the program on January
25, 2007 and was required by a provision of the Act to approve or
disapprove the program within 180 days (other than the use of new or
modified flight procedures for noise control). Failure to approve or
disapprove such program within the 180-day period shall be deemed to be
an approval of such program.
The submitted program contained thirteen (13) proposed actions for
noise mitigation on and/or off the airport. The FAA completed its
review and determined that the procedural and substantive requirements
of the Act and FAR Part 150 have been satisfied. The overall program,
therefore, was approved by the FAA effective July 9, 2007.
Outright approval was granted for all of the specific program
elements. These elements were: Straight out departures of itinerant
aircraft from Runway 23L/R until reaching 3,000 feet mean sea level
before turning on course; Formalize civil noise abatement procedures
which include: right turns to a 070-degree heading after departing to
the northeast; and observing a preferential reverse flow runway use for
civil jet aircraft; Formalize military noise abatement procedures,
which include: right turns to a 070-degree heading after departing to
the northeast; preferential southwest flow for touch-and-go operations;
and observing preferential reverse flow use; Develop an Airport Land
Use Management District (ALUMD) based on the most recent Future 60 Day-
Night Average Sound Level (DNL) Noise Exposure Map/Noise Compatibility
Program (NEM/NCP) noise contour, natural geographic and jurisdictional
boundaries; Implement land use controls to discourage residential
development and encourage airport compatible development within the
ALUMD; Offer acquisition to eligible undeveloped properties within the
65-DNL noise contour of the Future (2011) NEM/NCP; For those
undeveloped properties that are offered but unwilling to be acquired
through LU-20, offer avigation easements to restrict the development of
incompatible land uses within the 65-DNL noise contour of the Future
(2011) NEM/NCP: Seek cooperation from the Board of Realtors to
participate in a voluntary fair disclosure program for the property
located within the ALUMD; Establish a Noise Abatement Committee;
Establish/continue a noise complaint response program; Periodic review
and update of the NEM and NCP; Develop a public information program to
communicate information about the NCP; and Provide for updates/
enhancement of the CRAA Airport Noise & Flight Track Monitoring System.
These determinations are set forth in detail in a Record of
Approval signed by the Great Lakes Region Airports Division Manager on
July 9, 2007. The Record of Approval, as well as other evaluation
materials and the documents comprising the submittal, are available for
review at the FAA office listed above at the administrative offices of
the Rickenbacker International Airport, 7161 Second Street, Columbus,
Ohio 43217 and Columbus Regional Airport Authority, Port Columbus
International Airport, 4600 International Gateway, Columbus, Ohio. The
Record of Approval also will be available on-line at http://www.faa.govairports_airtraffic/airports/environmental/airport_noise
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Issued in Romulus, Michigan, July 20, 2007.
Irene R. Porter,
Acting Manager, Detroit Airports District Office, Great Lakes Region.
[FR Doc. 07-4322 Filed 9-5-07; 8:45 am]
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