[Federal Register Volume 78, Number 53 (Tuesday, March 19, 2013)]
[Notices]
[Pages 16910-16911]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2013-06266]
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DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION
Federal Aviation Administration
Approval of Noise Compatibility Program for Cleveland-Hopkins
International Airport, Cleveland, Ohio
AGENCY: Federal Aviation Administration (FAA), DOT.
ACTION: Notice.
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SUMMARY: The FAA announces its findings on the noise compatibility
program submitted by the City of Cleveland, Ohio under the provisions
of 49 U.S.C. 47501 et seq. (formerly the Aviation Safety and Noise
Abatement Act, hereinafter referred to as ``the Act'') and 14 CFR part
150 (hereinafter referred to as ``Part 150''). On June 6, 2012, the FAA
determined that the noise exposure maps submitted by the City of
Cleveland, Ohio under Part 150 were in compliance with applicable
requirements. On November 29, 2012 the FAA approved the Cleveland-
Hopkins International Airport noise compatibility program. Twelve
recommendations were granted outright approval; six were approved in
part; one was withdrawn; one was disapproved; and one required no
action.
DATES: This notice is effective March 19, 2013, and is applicable
beginning December 12, 2012.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Katherine S. Delaney, 11677 S. Wayne
Road, Suite 107, Romulus, Michigan; Email: [email protected];
Phone: 734-229-2900. Documents reflecting this FAA action may be
reviewed at this same location.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: This notice announces that the FAA has made
a determination on each measure in the Noise Compatibility Program for
Cleveland Hopkins International Airport, effective November 29, 2012.
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 Part 150 is a local program, not a Federal
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 Part 150 program
recommendations is measured according to the standards expressed in
Part 150 and the Act and is limited to the following determinations:
a. The Noise Compatibility Program was developed in accordance with
the provisions and procedures of 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 grant 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 and management of the
navigable airspace and air traffic control systems, or adversely
affecting other powers and responsibilities of the Administrator
prescribed by law.
Specific limitations with respect to FAA's approval of an airport
noise compatibility program are delineated in
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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. Prior to an FAA decision on a request to
implement the action, an environmental review of the proposed action
may be required. 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 under applicable law contained in
Title 49 U.S.C. Where federal funding is sought, requests for project
grants must be submitted to the FAA Airports District Office in
Romulus, Michigan.
The Cleveland-Hopkins International Airport study contains a
proposed noise compatibility program comprised of actions designed for
phased implementation by airport management and adjacent jurisdictions
from 2011 to the year 2017. It was requested that the FAA evaluate and
approve this material as a Noise Compatibility Program as described in
section 47504 of the Act. The FAA began its review of the program on
June 6, 2012 and was required by a provision of the Act to approve or
disapprove the program within 180 days (other than the use of new or
modified flight procedures for noise control). Failure to approve or
disapprove such program within the 180-day period shall be deemed to be
an approval of such program. A total of twenty-one proposed actions for
noise abatement, land use planning and program management on and off
the airport were evaluated. The FAA completed its review and determined
that the procedural and substantive requirements of the Act and Part
150 have been satisfied. The overall program was approved by the FAA,
effective November 29, 2012.
Outright approval was granted for twelve specific program measures.
The measures that were granted outright approved were: Continue
voluntary restriction of run-ups and engine maintenance testing as
specified in the 1987 NCP and updated in the 2000 NCP; Continue to
encourage the use of noise abatement departure profiles (NADPs); Adopt
land use development controls and construction standards in the local
communities surrounding the Airport to include those within the 60 dB
DNL contour; Adopt real estate disclosure policies regarding airport
noise exposure in the local communities surrounding the Airport, to
include those within the 60 dB DNL contour; Complete sound insulation
of residences within the higher levels of the Noise Exposure, 65+ DNL;
Sound insulation program within 60 dB DNL contours; Expand capabilities
of the Airport's Noise and Operations Monitoring System (NOMS) by
acquiring and installing six new permanent noise monitors and more
fully utilizing the analysis capabilities of the current software;
Investigate the feasibility of a new state-of-the-art NOMS system to
replace the current system in its entirety; Expand the content of the
Airport's Quarterly Noise Reports; Update the tower's Standard
Operating Procedures Manual to reflect all FAA-approved NCP measures;
Retain the current Part 150 working group and continue to report on
information regarding noise issues; and Continue periodic updates of
the NCP and reviews of the NEMs.
The FAA approved the following measures in part: Develop and
implement new RNAV flight procedures for departures from Runways 6L and
6R; Develop and implement new RNAV flight procedures for departures
from Runways 24L and 24R; Modify existing standard instrument
departures (SIDs) to reduce early turns after take-off; Designate
Runway 6R as the preferred late night (11:00 p.m. to 6:00 a.m.)
departure runway; Wind and weather permitting, instruct arriving
aircraft at night (10:00 p.m. to 6:59 a.m. to intercept the final
approach course to all runways no closer than four miles; and Update
the ``Fly Quiet'' Communication Program.
The FAA disapproved one measure: Encourage the FAA and airlines
operating at CLE to use optimized profile descents (OPDs) between 11:00
p.m. and 6:00 a.m. for arrivals to Runway 6L, 6R, 24L, and 24R. No
action was taken on one measure: Add a minimum turn altitude to initial
departure clearances.
The Airport Sponsor requested one measure to be withdrawn:
Construction of enclosed ground run-up facility. These determinations
are set forth in detail in a Record of Approval signed by the Great
Lakes Airports Division Manager on November 29, 2012. 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 Cleveland-Hopkins
International Airport, Ms. Traci Clark, Deputy Chief Planning and
Engineering, Cleveland-Hopkins International Airport, 5301 W. Hangar
Road, Cleveland, Ohio 44135.
The Record of Approval will also be available on-line at: http://www.faa.gov/airports airtraffic/airports/environmental/airport noise/
part 150/states/.
Issued in Romulus, Michigan, on December 12, 2012.
John L. Mayfield, Jr.,
Manager, Detroit.
[FR Doc. 2013-06266 Filed 3-18-13; 8:45 am]
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