[Federal Register Volume 81, Number 168 (Tuesday, August 30, 2016)]
[Notices]
[Pages 59714-59715]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2016-20795]
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DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION
Federal Aviation Administration
Noise Exposure Map Notice for Baltimore/Washington International
Thurgood Marshall Airport, Anne Arundel County, Maryland
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 the Maryland
Aviation Administration for Baltimore/Washington International Thurgood
Marshall 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 August 31, 2016.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Washington Airports District Office
(WAS ADO), Marcus Brundage, Environmental Protection Specialist,
Federal Aviation Administration, WAS ADO, Washington Airports District
Office, 23723 Air Freight Lane, Suite 210, Dulles, VA 20166, Telephone:
(703) 661-1354.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: This notice announces that the FAA finds
that the noise exposure maps submitted for the Baltimore/Washington
International Thurgood Marshall Airport are in compliance with
applicable requirements of 14 CFR part 150, effective January 13, 2004.
Under 49 U.S.C. 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 during a
forecast period that is at least five (5) years in the future, 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
Federal Aviation Regulations (FAR) Part 150, promulgated pursuant to
the Act, may submit a noise compatibility program for FAA approval
which sets forth the
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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 Mayland Aviation
Administration. The documentation that constitutes the ``Noise Exposure
Maps'' (NEM) as defined in Section 150.7 of part 150 includes: 2014
Base Year NEM Figure (20) and 2019 Future Year NEM Figure (21). The
Noise Exposure Maps contain current and forecast information, including
the depiction of the airport and its boundaries, the runway
configurations, and land uses such as residential, open space,
commercial/office, community facilities, libraries, churches, open
space, infrastructure, vacant and warehouse and those areas within the
Day Night Average Sound Level (DNL) 65, 70 and 75 noise contours.
Estimates for the area within these contours for the 2014 Base Year are
shown in Table 3-1 and Table 15; and in Chapter 5 of the NEM. Estimates
of the future residential population within the 2019 Future Year noise
contours are shown in Table 15 and in Chapter 5 of the NEM. Figure 24
displays the location of noise monitoring sites. Flight tracks for the
existing and the five-year forecast Noise Exposure Maps are found in
Chapter 4 and Appendix F. The type and frequency of aircraft operations
(including nighttime operations) are found in Appendix C. The FAA has
determined that these noise exposure maps and accompanying
documentation are in compliance with applicable requirements. This
determination is effective on August 17, 2016.
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 FAR 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 FAR 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, Eastern Region, Airports Division,
AEA-600, 1 Aviation Plaza, Jamaica, New York 11434.
Federal Aviation Administration, Washington Airports District Office,
23723 Air Freight Lane, Suite 210, Dulles, VA 20166.
Maryland Aviation Administration, 991 Corporate Boulevard, Linthicum,
MD 21090.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Washington Airports District Office
(WAS ADO), Marcus Brundage, Environmental Protection Specialist,
Federal Aviation Administration, WAS ADO, 23723 Air Freight Lane, Suite
210, Dulles, VA 17011, Telephone: (703) 661-1354.
Issued in Dulles, VA, on August 17, 2016.
Matthew J. Thys,
Manager, Washington Airports District Office, Eastern Region.
[FR Doc. 2016-20795 Filed 8-29-16; 8:45 am]
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