[Federal Register Volume 75, Number 137 (Monday, July 19, 2010)]
[Notices]
[Pages 41926-41927]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2010-17512]
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DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION
Federal Aviation Administration
Noise Exposure Map Notice New Smyrna Beach Municipal Airport, New
Smyrna Beach, 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 City of New
Smyrna Beach for New Smyrna Beach Municipal 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 July 8, 2010.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Ms. Lindy McDowell, Federal Aviation
Administration, Orlando Airports District Office, 5950 Hazeltine
National Drive, Suite 400, Orlando, FL 32822, 407-812-6331.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: This notice announces that the FAA finds
that the Noise Exposure Maps submitted for New Smyrna Beach Municipal
Airport are in compliance with applicable requirements of Title 14 Code
of Federal Regulations (CFR) Part 150, effective July 8, 2010. 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 the City of New Smyrna Beach.
The documentation that constitutes the ``Noise Exposure Maps'' as
defined in Section 150.7 of 14 CFR Part 150 includes: Figure 6.1, 2009
Noise Contours; Figure 6.2, 2014 Noise Contours; Figure 5-1, Runway 02
Flight Tracks; Figure 5-2, Runway 07 Flight Tracks; Figure 5-3, Runway
11 Flight Tracks; Figure 5-4, Runway 20 Flight Tracks; Figure 5-5,
Runway 25 Flight Tracks; Figure 5-6, Runway 29 Flight Tracks; Figure
5.7, Helicopter Flight Tracks, Figure 5.8 Local Flight Tracks; Table
5.1, 2008 Annual Operations; Table 5.2, 2008 Annual-Average Day Fleet
Mix (Itinerant Operations); Table 5.3, 2008 Annual Average Day Fleet
Mix (Local Operations); Table 5.4 2013 Annual Operations; Table 5.5,
2013 Annual-Average Day Fleet Mix (Itinerant Operations); Table 5.6,
2013 Annual Average Day Fleet Mix (Local Operations); Figure 5.10,
Percentage Runway Utilization; and Table 5.11,
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Percentage Helicopter Runway/Helipad Utilization. The FAA has
determined that these Noise Exposure Maps and accompanying
documentation are in compliance with applicable requirements. This
determination is effective on July 8, 2010.
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 Section 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 location: Federal Aviation Administration, Orlando Airports
District Office, 5950 Hazeltine National Drive, Suite 400, Orlando, FL
32822, 407-812-6331.
Questions may be directed to the individual named above under the
heading, FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT.
Issued in Orlando, Florida, on July 8, 2010.
W. Dean Stringer,
Manager, Orlando Airports District Office.
[FR Doc. 2010-17512 Filed 7-16-10; 8:45 am]
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