[Federal Register Volume 75, Number 44 (Monday, March 8, 2010)]
[Notices]
[Pages 10552-10553]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2010-4849]
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DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION
Federal Aviation Administration
Noise Exposure Map Notice for Chandler Municipal Airport,
Chandler, AZ
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 City of
Chandler, for Chandler 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.
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DATES: Effective Date: The effective date of the FAA's determination on
the noise exposure maps is February 19, 2010.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Roxana Hernandez, Federal Aviation
Administration, Los Angeles Airports District Office, 15000 Aviation
Boulevard, Lawndale, CA 90261, (310) 725-3614.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: This notice announces that the FAA finds
that the noise exposure maps submitted for Chandler Municipal Airport
are in compliance with applicable requirements of 14 Code of Federal
Regulations (CFR) Part 150 (hereinafter referred to as ``Part 150''),
effective February 19, 2010. Under 49 U.S.C. 47503 of the Aviation
Safety and Noise Abatement Act (hereinafter referred to as ``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 Part 150,
promulgated pursuant to the Act, may submit a noise compatibility
program for FAA approval which sets forth the measures the 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 Chandler. The
documentation that constitutes the ``Noise Exposure Maps'' as defined
in section 150.7 of Part 150 includes the 2009 and 2014 Noise Exposure
Maps. The 2014 Noise Exposure Maps contain current and forecast
information including the depiction of the airport and its boundaries,
the runway configurations, land uses such as residential, open space,
commercial/office, community facilities, libraries, churches,
infrastructure, vacant and warehouse and those areas within the Yearly
Day-Night Average Sound Level (DNL) 65, 70 and 75 noise contours.
Estimates for the number of people within these contours for the year
2009 are shown in Table 6.5. Estimates of the future residential
population within the 2014 noise contours are shown in Table 6.6.
Flight tracks for the existing and the five-year Noise Exposure Maps
are found in Figures 5.1-5.4. The type and frequency of aircraft
operations including nighttime operations are found in Tables 5.1-5.4.
The FAA has determined that these noise exposure maps and accompanying
documentation are in compliance with applicable requirements. This
determination is effective on February 19, 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 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 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 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 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 Part 150, that the
statutorily required consultation has been accomplished.
Copies of the full noise exposure map documentation and of the
FAA's evaluation of the maps are available for examination at the
following locations:
Federal Aviation Administration, Western-Pacific Region, Airports
Division, Room 3012, 15000 Aviation Boulevard, Lawndale, CA 90261;
Federal Aviation Administration, Los Angeles Airports District Office,
Room 3000, 15000 Aviation Boulevard, Lawndale, CA 90261;
Greg Chenoweth, Airport Manager, Chandler Municipal Airport, 2380 South
Stinson Way, Chandler, AZ 85249.
Questions may be directed to the individual named above under the
heading, FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT.
Issued in Hawthorne, California on February 19, 2010.
Debbie Roth,
Acting Manager, Airports Division, AWP-600, Western-Pacific Region.
[FR Doc. 2010-4849 Filed 3-5-10; 8:45 am]
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