[Federal Register: November 21, 2008 (Volume 73, Number 226)]
[Notices]
[Page 70691-70692]
From the Federal Register Online via GPO Access [wais.access.gpo.gov]
[DOCID:fr21no08-105]
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DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION
Federal Aviation Administration
Approval of Noise Compatibility Program Piedmont Triad
International Airport, Greensboro, NC
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 the Piedmont
Triad Airport Authority (PTAA) 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 June 10, 2008,
the FAA determined that the noise exposure maps submitted by the
Piedmont Triad Airport Authority (PTAA) under Part 150 were in
compliance with applicable requirements. On November 7, 2008, the FAA
approved the Piedmont Triad International Airport noise compatibility
program. All of the recommendations of the program were approved.
DATES: Effective Date: The effective date of the FAA's approval of the
Piedmont Triad International Airport Noise Compatibility Program is
November 7, 2008.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Dana Perkins, Federal Aviation
Administration, Atlanta Airports District Office, 1701 Columbia Avenue,
College Park, Georgia 30337-2747, phone number: (404) 305-7152.
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 Piedmont
Triad International Airport, effective November 7, 2008.
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 noncompatible
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
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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 operator with respect to which measure 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 FAR
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 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
action 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 Airports District Office in College Park,
Georgia.
Piedmont Triad International Airport submitted to the FAA on May 7,
2008 the Noise Exposure Maps, descriptions, and other documentation
produced during the noise compatibility planning study conducted from
March 2003, through April 2008. The Piedmont Triad International
Airport Noise Exposure Maps were determined by FAA to be in compliance
with applicable requirements on June 10, 2008. Notice of this
determination was published in the Federal Register on June 10, 2008.
The Piedmont Triad International Airport study contains a proposed
Noise Compatibility Program comprised of actions designed for phased
implementation by airport management and adjacent jurisdictions from
2008 to 2014 and beyond, as applicable. It was requested that 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
theProgram on June 10, 2008 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 20 proposed actions for noise
mitigation on and 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 November 7, 2008.
Outright approval, with clarification in some cases, was granted
for all of the specific program elements. The 20 measures proposed and
approved follow: NA1--Evaluate Noise barriers at Sites of Future
Airport Facilities; NA-2--Preferred Night Runway Use; NA-3--Night
Runway Use Assignments; NA-4--Night Southbound Departure Corridor from
Runway 23L; NA-5--Night Departure Procedures from Runway 23R; NA-6--
Night Northbound Departure Corridor form Runway 23L; NA-8--Departures
from Runway 5L; NA-9--Departures from Runway 5R; NA-10--Restrictions on
Use of Auxiliary Power Units (APUs); NA-11--Noise Abatement Departure
Profiles; NA-12--Noise Abatement Approach Procedures; NA-13--Altitude
for Downwind Legs; LU-1 Acquire Noise-Sensitive Properties where DNL
Exceeds 70 dB; LU-2--Sound Insulation for Noise-Sensitive Structures
where DNL Exceeds 65 dB; LU-3--Optional Acquisition of Avigation
Easements for Noise Sensitive Structures where DNL Exceeds 65dB; LU-4--
Other Assistance for Owners of Residential Property where DNL exceeds
65 dB; LU-5--Pursue Compatible Use Zoning where DNL Exceeds 65 dB; NM-
i--Establish a Noise Monitoring Function at PTIA; NM-2--Publish DNL
Contours for DNL 60 and Above; and NM-3 Install and Operate an Aircraft
Noise and Operations Monitoring System.
Operational Measure NA-1 and Land Use Measure LU-4 were approved
for study only because the benefits of implementation, as required by
Part 150, cannot be determined until study and/or analysis is complete.
Operational Measures NA-2, NA-3, NA-4, NA-5, NA-6, NA-8, NA-9, NA-11,
NA-12, and NA-13 are approved as voluntary measures because their
implementation is subject to traffic, weather, and airspace safety and
efficiency. Additionally, while approved, clarification was added to
the approval statements for several Land Use Measures.
These determinations are set forth in detail in a Record of
Approval signed by the FAA on November 7, 2008. 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 and
at the administrative office of the Piedmont Triad Airport Authority
(PTAA). The Record of Approval also will be available on-line at:
http://www.faa.gov/airports airtraffic/airports/environmental/airport
noise/part 150/states/.
Issued in College Park, Georgia on November 8, 2008.
Scott L. Seritt,
Manager, Atlanta Airports District Office.
[FR Doc. E8-27546 Filed 11-20-08; 8:45 am]
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