[Federal Register: May 19, 2009 (Volume 74, Number 95)]
[Notices]
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DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION
Federal Aviation Administration
Noise Exposure Map Notice; Nashua Municipal Airport, Nashua, NH
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 for Nashua Municipal
Airport, as submitted by the Nashua Airport Authority under the
provisions of Title I of the Aviation Safety and Noise Abatement Act of
1979 (Pub. L. 96-193) and 14 CFR Part 150, are in compliance with
applicable requirements.
DATES: Effective Date: The effective date of the FAA's determination on
the noise exposure maps is April 29, 2009.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Richard Doucette, Federal Aviation
Administration, New England Region, Airports Division, 12 New England
Executive Park, Burlington, Massachusetts 01803.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: This notice announces that the FAA finds
that the noise exposure maps submitted for Nashua Municipal Airport are
in compliance with applicable requirements of Part 150, effective April
29, 2009.
Under Section 103 of Title I of the Aviation Safety and Noise
Abatement Act of 1979 (hereinafter referred to as ``the Act''), an
airport operator may submit to the FAA noise exposure maps that meet
applicable regulations and that 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 such noise exposure maps that
are found by FAA to be in compliance with the requirements of Federal
Aviation Regulation (FAR) Part 150, promulgated pursuant to Title I of
the Act, may submit a noise compatibility program for FAA approval that
sets forth the measures the operator has taken, or proposes, for the
introduction of additional non-compatible uses.
The FAA has completed its review of the noise exposure map and
related descriptions submitted by the Nashua Airport Authority. The
specific maps under consideration were Figure 1. Existing (2009) Noise
Exposure Map and Figure 2. Future (2014) Noise Exposure Map in the
submission. The FAA has determined that these maps for Nashua Municipal
Airport are in compliance with applicable requirements. This
determination is effective on April 29, 2009.
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
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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 103 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 107 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 a noise exposure map.
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 the map or
with those public agencies and planning agencies with which
consultation is required under Section 103 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 noise exposure maps and of the FAA's evaluation of
the maps are available for examination at the following locations:
Nashua Airport Authority, Nashua Municipal Airport, Boire Field, 93
Perimeter Rd., Nashua, NH 03063 or:
Federal Aviation Administration, New England Region, Airports Division,
12 New England Executive Park, Burlington, Massachusetts 01803.
Questions may be directed to the individual named above under the
heading: FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT.
Issued in Burlington, Massachusetts on April 29, 2009.
LaVerne Reid,
Manager, Airports Division.
[FR Doc. E9-11594 Filed 5-18-09; 8:45 am]
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