[Federal Register Volume 77, Number 4 (Friday, January 6, 2012)]
[Notices]
[Pages 834-835]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2012-26]
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DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION
Federal Aviation Administration
[Docket No. 4910-13]
Noise Exposure Map Update for Albany International Airport,
Albany, NY
AGENCY: Federal Aviation Administration, DOT.
ACTION: Notice.
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SUMMARY: The Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) announces its
determination that the updated noise exposure maps submitted by the
Albany County Airport Authority (ACAA), for Albany 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 December 19, 2011.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Ms. Suki Gill, Environmental
Protection Specialist, Federal Aviation Administration, New York
Airports District Office, 600 Old Country Road, Suite 446, Garden City,
NY 11530, Telephone (516) 227-3815.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: This notice announces that the FAA finds
that the updated noise exposure maps submitted for Albany International
Airport are in compliance with applicable requirements of 14 Code of
Federal Regulations (CFR) part 150 (hereinafter referred to as ``part
150''), effective December 19, 2011. Under 49 U.S.C. section 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
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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 NFTA. The documentation
that constitutes the ``Noise Exposure Maps'' as defined in section
150.7 of part 150 includes: Figure NEM-1 ``Existing (2009) Noise
Exposure Map'' and Exhibit NEM-2 ``Future (2014) Noise Exposure Map''.
The FAA has determined that these noise exposure maps and accompanying
documentation are in compliance with applicable requirements. This
determination is effective on December 19, 2011.
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, New York Airports District Office, 600
Old Country Road, Suite 446, Garden City, NY 11530, Monday-Friday--9
a.m.-4 p.m.
Albany County Airport Authority, Administration Building, Suite 200,
Albany International Airport, 737 Albany-Shaker Road, Albany, NY 12211,
(518) 242-2222, Available upon request, www.albanyairport.com.
Questions may be directed to the individual named above under the
heading FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT.
Issued in Jamaica, New York, December 19, 2011.
Tom Felix,
Manager, Planning & Programming, AEA-610, Eastern Region.
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