[Federal Register Volume 80, Number 175 (Thursday, September 10, 2015)]
[Notices]
[Pages 54652-54653]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2015-22825]
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DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION
Federal Aviation Administration
Noise Exposure Map Notice, Memphis International Airport,
Memphis, TN
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 Memphis-Shelby
County Airport Authority for Memphis 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: The effective date of the FAA's determination on the noise
exposure maps is September 1, 2015.
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FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Phillip J. Braden, Federal Aviation
Administration, Memphis Airports District Office, 2600 Thousand Oaks
Blvd., Suite 2250, Memphis, Tennessee 38118, 901-322-8181.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: This notice announces that the FAA finds
that the Noise Exposure Maps submitted for Memphis International
Airport are in compliance with applicable requirements of Title 14 Code
of Federal Regulations (CFR) Part 150, effective September 1, 2015.
Under 49 U.S.C. 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 Memphis-Shelby County Airport
Authority. The documentation that constitutes the ``Noise Exposure
Maps'' as defined in Section 150.7 of 14 CFR part 150 includes: ''
Figure 2.1, Study Area Boundaries And Jurisdictions; Figure 2.2, Land
Use In Memphis And Shelby County; Figure 2.3, City of Southhaven
Existing Land Use; Figure 2.4, City of Southhaven Noise Abatement Zone;
Figure 2.5, City of Southhaven Future Land Use Plan; Figure 2.6, City
of Southaven Proposed Land Use For Area 2; Figure 2.7, City of Horn
Lake Proposed Land Use Map; Figure 2.8, Desoto County Existing Land Use
Map; Figure 2.9, Desoto County Future Land Use Map; Figure 2.10, Noise
Sensitive Sites; Figure 2.11, Mitigated Properties; Figure 3.1,
Vicinity Map; Figure 3.2, Airport Diagram; Figure 3.3, Memphis
Airspace; Figure 3.4, Daytime/Nightime Distribution By Aircraft Type;
Figure 3.5, Overall Runway Utilization; Figure 3.6, North/East Flow
Departures; Figure 3.7, North/East Arrivals; Figure 3.8, South/West
Flow Departures; Figure 3.9, South/West Flow Arrivals; Figure 3.10,
Military Flight Tracks; Figure 3.11, Helicopter Flight Tracks; Figure
3.12, Run-Up Locations; Figure 3.13 Protected Areas and Departure
Tracks; Figure 4.1, Noise Monitoring Locations; Figure 4.2, 2013
Existing Contour Noise Exposure Map; Figure 4.3, Existing Condition NEM
With Noise-Sensitive Sites; Figure 4.4, 2013 Existing Condition NEM
With Mitigated Properties; Figure 4.5, 2013 Existing Condition NEM With
Noncompatible Land Uses; Figure 5.1, Run-Up Locations; Figure 5.2,
North/East Flow Flight Tracks; Figure 5.3, South/West Flow Flight
Tracks; Figure 5.4, 2020 Future Condition Noise Exposure Map; Figure
5.5, Proposed Fedex Run-Up Location Noise Impacts; Figure 5.6, 2020
Future Condition NEM With Noise-Sensitive Sites; Figure 5.7, 2020
Future Condition NEM With Mitigated Properties; Figure 5.8, 2020 Future
Condition NEM With Noncompatible Land Uses. The FAA has determined that
these Noise Exposure Maps and accompanying documentation are in
compliance with applicable requirements. This determination is
effective on September 1, 2015.
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 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, 2600 Thousand Oaks Boulevard, Suite 2250, Memphis,
Tennessee 38118.
Questions may be directed to the individual named above under the
heading, FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT.
Issued in Memphis, Tennessee, on September 1, 2015.
Phillip J. Braden,
Manager, Memphis Airports District Office.
[FR Doc. 2015-22825 Filed 9-9-15; 8:45 am]
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