[Federal Register Volume 76, Number 73 (Friday, April 15, 2011)]
[Notices]
[Pages 21419-21420]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2011-9224]
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DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION
Federal Aviation Administration
Noise Exposure Map; Louisville Interntional Airport, Louisville,
KY
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 Louisville
Regional Airport Authority for Louisville International 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 7, 2011.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Phillip J. Braden, Federal Aviation
Administration, Memphis Airports District Office, 2862 Business Park
Drive, Building G, Memphis, Tennessee 38118, 901-322-8181.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: This notice announces that the FAA finds
that the Noise Exposure Maps submitted for Louisville International
Airport are in compliance with applicable requirements of Title 14 Code
of Federal Regulations (CFR) part 150, effective April 7, 2011. 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 noncompatible
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 noncompatible
uses and prevent the introduction of additional noncompatible uses.
The FAA has completed its review of the Noise Exposure Maps and
accompanying documentation submitted by Louisville Regional Airport
Authority. The documentation that constitutes the ``Noise Exposure
Maps'' as defined in Section 150.7 of 14 CFR part 150 includes: Figure
11, ``Existing Condition 2011 Noise Exposure Map''; Figure 12,
``Forecast Condition 2012 Noise Exposure Map''; Figure 4, ``Existing
2011 North Flow Arrival and Departure Tracks''; Figure 5, ``Existing
2011 South Flow Arrival and Departure Tracks''; Figure 6, ``Forecast
2016 North Flow Arrival and Departure RNAV Tracks''; Figure 7,
``Forecast 2016 South Flow Arrival and Departure RNAV Tracks''; Figure
8, ``Military Arrival and Departure Tracks''; Figure 13, ``Comparison
of Existing 2011 and Forecast 2016 Noise Exposure Maps''; Table 4,
``2011 Operations Summary''; Table 5, ``Modeled Average Daily Aircraft
Operations for 2011''; Table 6, ``2016 Operations Summary''; Table 7,
``Modeled Average Daily Aircraft Operations for 2016''; Table 9,
``Overall Runway Use Percentages for 2011''; Table 10, ``Modeled
Average Daily Runway Use for 2011''; Table 14, ``Overall Runway Use
Percentages for 2016''; Table 15, ``Modeled Average Daily Runway Use
for 2016''; Table 21, ``Military Helicopter Flight Tracks and Use'';
Table 25, ``Estimated Residential Population within 2011 and 2016 DNL
Contours''. The FAA has determined that these Noise Exposure Maps and
accompanying documentation are in compliance with applicable
requirements. This determination is effective on April 7, 2011.
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
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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 locations:
Federal Aviation Administration, Memphis Airports District Office, 2862
Business Park Drive, Building G, Memphis, Tennessee 38118.
Questions may be directed to the individual named above under the
heading, FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT.
Issued in Memphis, Tennessee on April 7, 2011.
Phillip J. Braden,
Manager, Memphis Airports District Office.
[FR Doc. 2011-9224 Filed 4-14-11; 8:45 am]
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