[Federal Register Volume 75, Number 201 (Tuesday, October 19, 2010)]
[Notices]
[Pages 64393-64394]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2010-26324]
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DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION
Federal Aviation Administration
Approval of Noise Compatibility Program for Chicago Executive
Airport, Prospect Heights and Wheeling, IL
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 (NCP) submitted by the
Chicago Executive Airport Board of Directors for Chicago Executive
Airport under the provisions of 49 U.S.C. 47501 et seq. (the Aviation
Safety and Noise Abatement Act, herein referred to as ``the Act'') and
14 CFR part 150. On March 1, 2010, the FAA determined that the noise
exposure maps submitted by Chicago Executive Airport Board of Directors
for Chicago Executive Airport were in compliance with applicable
requirements. On September 30, 2010, the FAA approved the Chicago
Executive Airport noise compatibility program. Twenty-one of the
twenty-seven recommendations of the program were approved.
DATES: Effective Date: The effective date of the FAA's approval of the
Chicago Executive Airport noise compatibility program is September 30,
2010.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Ms. Amy Hanson, Environmental
Protection Specialist, CHI-603, Federal Aviation Administration,
Chicago Airport District Office, 2300 East Devon Avenue, Des Plaines,
IL 60018. Telephone number: 847-294-7354. Documents reflecting this FAA
action may also be reviewed at this same location.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: This notice announces that the FAA has given
its approval to the Noise Compatibility Program for Chicago Executive
Airport, effective October 1, 2010.
The Chicago Executive Airport Board of Directors for Chicago
Executive Airport submitted to the FAA the noise exposure maps,
descriptions, and other documentation produced during the noise
compatibility study. The Chicago Executive Airport noise exposure maps
were determined by the FAA to be in compliance with applicable
requirements on March 1, 2010. Notice of this determination was
published in the Federal Register on March 12, 2010, Volume 75, Number
48, pages 11990 and 11991.
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 non-compatible
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 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.
The FAA does not substitute its judgment for that of the airport
proprietor with respect to which measures 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
Part 150 of 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 grants 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 of navigable airspace and
air traffic control systems, or adversely affecting other powers and
responsibilities of the Administrator prescribed by law.
The submitted program included twenty-seven proposed actions for
noise mitigation on and off the airport, as applicable. The FAA
completed is review and determined that the procedural and substantive
requirements of the Act and FAR Part 150 have been satisfied.
On October 1, 2010, the FAA approved the Chicago Executive Airport
noise compatibility program. Twenty-one of the twenty-seven
recommendations of the program were approved.
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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 Chicago Airports District Office.
These determinations are set forth in detail in a Record of
Approval signed by Susan Schalk on October 1, 2010. 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 offices of the Chicago Executive
Airport. The Record of Approval also will be available online at:
http://www.faa.gov/airports/environmental/airport_noise/part_150/states/.
Issued in Des Plaines, IL, October 6, 2010.
James G. Keefer,
Manager, Chicago Airports District Office.
[FR Doc. 2010-26324 Filed 10-18-10; 8:45 am]
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