[Federal Register: December 17, 2007 (Volume 72, Number 241)]
[Notices]
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DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION
Federal Aviation Administration
Noise Exposure Map Notice for Marana Regional Airport, Marana, 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 Town of
Marana, Arizona for Marana 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.
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DATES: Effective Date: The effective date of the FAA's determination on
the noise exposure maps is December 7, 2007.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Ms. Michelle Simmons, Federal Aviation
Administration, Los Angeles Airports District Office, 15000 Aviation
Boulevard, Hawthorne, California 90261, Telephone: 310/725-3614.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: This notice announces that the FAA finds
that the noise exposure maps submitted for Marana Regional Airport are
in compliance with applicable requirements of Part 150, effective
December 7, 2007. 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 the Town of Marana, Arizona.
The documentation that constitutes the ``Noise Exposure Maps'' as
defined in section 150.7 of Part 150 includes: ``Exhibit 1-2005 Noise
Exposure Map,'' and ``Exhibit 2-2010 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 2005 are shown in Table 4B.
Estimates of the future residential population within the 2010 noise
contours are shown in Table 4E. Flight tracks for the existing and the
five-year forecast Noise Exposure Maps are found in Exhibits 3D, 3E,
and 3F. The type and frequency of aircraft operations (including
nighttime operations) are found in Table 3C. The FAA has determined
that these noise exposure maps and accompanying documentation are in
compliance with applicable requirements. This determination is
effective on December 7, 2007.
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, Planning and Environmental Division,
APP-400, 800 Independence Avenue, SW., Washington, DC 20591.
Federal Aviation Administration, Western-Pacific Region, Airports
Division, Room 3012, 15000 Aviation Boulevard, Hawthorne, California
90261.
Federal Aviation Administration, Los Angeles Airports District Office,
Room 3024, 15000 Aviation Boulevard, Hawthorne, California 90261.
Charles Mangum, Airport Director, Marana Regional Airport, 11700 W.
Avra Valley Road, 91, Marana, Arizona 85633-9625.
Questions may be directed to the individual named above under the
heading FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT.
Issued in Hawthorne, California on December 7, 2007.
Mark A. McClardy,
Manager, Airports Division, AWP-600, Western-Pacific Region.
[FR Doc. 07-6067 Filed 12-14-07; 8:45 am]
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