[Federal Register Volume 75, Number 152 (Monday, August 9, 2010)]
[Notices]
[Pages 47881-47882]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2010-19611]
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DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION
Federal Aviation Administration
Noise Exposure Map Notice, T.F.Green Airport, Warwick, RI
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 T.F.Green Airport as
submitted by the Rhode Island Airport Corporation 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 July 27, 2010.
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 T.F.Green Airport are in
compliance with applicable requirements of part 150, effective July 27,
2010.
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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 Rhode Island Airport Corporation.
The specific maps under consideration were Figure 1 Existing Condition
(2010) Noise Exposure Map, Figure 2 Forecast Condition (2020 EIS No-
action) Noise Exposure Map, and Figure 3 Forecast Conditions (2020 EIS
Preferred Alternative) Noise Exposure Map in the submission. The FAA
has determined that these maps for T.F.Green Airport are in compliance
with applicable requirements. This determination is effective on July
27, 2010.
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 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:
Rhode Island Airport Corporation
T.F.Green Airport, 2000 Post Road, Warwick, RI 02886;
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 July 27, 2010.
LaVerne Francis Reid,
Manager, Airports Division.
[FR Doc. 2010-19611 Filed 8-6-10; 8:45 am]
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