[Federal Register: May 1, 2009 (Volume 74, Number 83)]
[Notices]
[Page 20357-20358]
From the Federal Register Online via GPO Access [wais.access.gpo.gov]
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DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION
Federal Aviation Administration
Noise Exposure Map Notice, Gainesville Regional Airport,
Gainesville, FL
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 Gainesville
Alachua County Regional Airport Authority for Gainesville 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.
DATES: Effective Date: The effective date of the FAA's determination on
the noise exposure maps is April 20, 2009.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Ms. Lindy McDowell, Federal Aviation
Administration, Orlando Airports District Office, 5950 Hazeltine
National Drive, Suite 400, Orlando, Florida 32822, 407-812-6331 X130.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: This notice announces that the FAA finds
that the Noise Exposure Maps submitted for Gainesville Regional Airport
are in compliance with applicable requirements of Title 14 Code of
Federal Regulations (CFR) Part 150, effective April 20, 2009. Under 49
U.S.C. section 47503 of the Aviation Safety and Noise Abatement Act
(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 14 CFR part 150,
promulgated pursuant to the Act, may submit a Noise Compatibility
Program for FAA approval which sets forth the measures the airport
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 Gainesville Alachua County
Regional Airport Authority. The documentation that constitutes the
``Noise Exposure Maps'' as defined in Sec. 150.7 of 14 CFR part 150
includes: Figure 7-1(A), Existing (2007) Noise Contour Map; Figure 7-
2(A), Future (2012) Noise Contour Map; Table 5-1, 2007 Operations;
Table 5-2, 2007 Itinerant Operations and Fleet Mix; Table 5-3, 2007
Local Operations and Fleet Mix, Table 5-4, 2012 Operations; Table 5-5,
2012 Itinerant Operations and Fleet Mix; Table 5-6, 2012 Local
Operations and Fleet Mix; Figure 5-1, East Flow Corridors 2007, 2012 &
2027; Figure 5-2, West Flow Corridors 2007, 2012 & 2027; Figure 5-3,
Helicopter Corridors 2007, 2012 & 2027; Composite Corridors 2007, 2012
& 2027; Table 5-9, Itinerant Departure Track Use Percentages; Table 5-
11, Local Track Use Percentages; Table 5-12, Rotorcraft Arrival Track
Use Percentages; Table 5-13, Rotorcraft Arrival Track Use Percentages;
Table 6-1; 2007 Noise Contour Surface Areas; Table 6-2, 2012 Noise
Contour Surface Areas; Figure 6-1, 2007 Noise Contour Map; Figure 6-2,
2012 Noise Contour Map; Table 7-3, 2007 Noise Exposure Contour
Population Summary; and Table 7-4, 2012 Noise Exposure Contour
Population Summary. The FAA has determined that these Noise Exposure
Maps and accompanying documentation are in compliance with applicable
requirements. This determination is effective on April 20, 2009.
FAA's determination on the 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 14 CFR part 150. Such
determination does not constitute approval of the airport operator'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 exposure
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 14 CFR 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 14 CFR part 150, that the statutorily required consultation has been
accomplished.
Copies of the full Noise Exposure Maps documentation and of the
FAA's evaluation of the maps are available for examination at the
following locations: Federal Aviation Administration, Orlando Airports
District Office, 5950 Hazeltine National Drive, Suite 400, Orlando,
Florida 32822.
Questions may be directed to the individual named above under the
heading, FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT.
Issued in Orlando, Florida, on April 20, 2009.
Julian C. Brown,
Acting Manager, Orlando Airports District Office.
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