[Federal Register Volume 78, Number 249 (Friday, December 27, 2013)]
[Notices]
[Pages 79061-79062]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2013-31075]
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DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION
Federal Aviation Administration
Noise Exposure Map Notice; Key West International Airport, Key
West, FL
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 Monroe County
for the Key West International Airport under the provisions of the
Aviation Safety and Noise Abatement Act and FAA's regulations are in
compliance with applicable requirements.
DATES: This notice is effective December 19, 2013, and is applicable
beginning December 19, 2013.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Allan Nagy, Federal Aviation
Administration, Orlando Airports District Office, 5950 Hazeltine
National Drive Citadel International Building, Suite 400, Orlando, FL
32822, 407-812-6331.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: This notice announces that the FAA finds
that the Noise Exposure Maps submitted for the Key West International
Airport are in compliance with applicable requirements of Title 14 Code
of Federal Regulations (CFR) part 150, effective December 19, 2013.
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
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 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 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 Monroe County. The
documentation that constitutes the ``Noise Exposure Maps'' as defined
in Section 150.7 of 14 CFR part 150 includes: Table 4-1, 2013 FAA ATADS
and Part 150 Aircraft Operations; Table 4-2, Flight Track Utilization
by Aircraft Category for East Flow Operations; Table 4-3, Flight Track
Utilization by Aircraft Category for West Flow Operations; Table 4-4,
2013 Air Carrier Flight Operations; Table 4-5, 2013 Commuter and Air
Taxi Flight Operations; Table 4-6, 2013 Average Daily Engine Run-Up
Operations; Table 4-7, 2013 General Aviation Flight Operations; Table
4-8, 2013 Military Aircraft Flight Operations; Table 4-9, Summary of
2013 Flight Operations; Table 4-10, 2013 Existing Condition Noise
Exposure Estimates; Table 5-1, 2018 FAA TAF and Part 150 Aircraft
Operations; Table 5-2, 2018 Air Carrier Flight Operations; Table 5-3,
2018 Commuter and Air Taxi Flight Operations; Table 5-4, 2018 Average
Daily Engine Run-Up Operations, Table 5-5, 2018 General Aviation Flight
Operations; Table 5-6, 2018 Military Aircraft Operations; Table 5-7,
Summary of 2018 Flight Operations; Table 5-8, 2018 Future Condition
Noise Exposure Estimates; Figure 1-5, Designated Aircraft Warm-Up
Circle Location; Figure 2-1, General Study Area; Figure 2-2, Existing
Generalized Land Use; Figure 2-3, Community and Recreational
Facilities; Figure 2-4, City of Key West Future Land Use and Zoning
Map; Figure 3-1, Key West Airspace; Figure 3-2, Key West All Weather
Wind Rose; Figure 4-1, Radar Flight Tracks--Arrivals; Figure 4-2, Radar
Flight Tracks--Departures; Figure 4-3, East Flow Flight Tracks; Figure
4-4, West Flow Flight Tracks; Figure 4-5, Touch and Go and Helicopter
Flight Tracks; Figure 4-6, Aircraft Run-Up and Spool-Up Locations;
Figure 4-8, 2013 Existing Condition Noise Exposure Map; Figure 4-9,
Noise Monitoring Locations; Figure 5-1, 2018 Future Condition Noise
Exposure Map; Figure 5-2, Comparison of Existing Condition and Future
Condition Noise Exposure Maps; Figure 6-1, Airport Transmittal Letter;
Figure 6-2, Sponsor's Certification.
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, 2013.
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 procedures contained in Appendix A of 14 CFR part 150. Such
determination does not constitute approval of the airport operator's
data, information or
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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:
(1) Key West International Airport Administrative Office
(2) Federal Aviation Administration, Orlando Airports District
Office, 5950 Hazeltine National Drive, Citadel International Building,
Suite 400, Orlando, FL 32822
Questions may be directed to the individual named above under the
heading, FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT.
Issued in Orlando, FL on December 19, 2013.
Bart Vernace,
Manager, Orlando Airports District Office, Federal Aviation
Administration.
[FR Doc. 2013-31075 Filed 12-26-13; 8:45 am]
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