[Federal Register Volume 82, Number 150 (Monday, August 7, 2017)]
[Notices]
[Page 36849]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2017-16609]
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DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION
Federal Aviation Administration
Noise Exposure Map Determination, Centennial Airport, Englewood,
CO
AGENCY: Federal Aviation Administration (FAA), DOT.
ACTION: Notice.
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SUMMARY: The FAA announces its determination that the noise exposure
maps submitted by the Arapahoe County Public Airport Authority for
Centennial Airport are in compliance with applicable requirements.
DATES: The date of the FAA's determination on the noise exposure maps
is August 1, 2017.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Linda Bruce, Federal Aviation
Administration, Denver Airports District Office, 26805 E. 68th Ave.,
Suite 224, Denver, CO 80249, (303) 342-1264, [email protected].
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: This notice announces that the FAA finds
that the noise exposure maps submitted for Centennial 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 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 that meet applicable regulations
and 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 14
CFR part 150, promulgated pursuant to the Act, may submit a noise
compatibility program for FAA approval that 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 report submitted by the Arapahoe County Public Airport
Authority. The documentation that constitutes the ``Noise Exposure
Maps'' (NEM), as defined in Section 150.7 of 14 CFR part 150, and
includes an Existing Conditions (2016) Noise Exposure Map, Figure 13,
and a Forecast Conditions (2021) Noise Exposure Map, Figure 14, located
in Chapter 4 of the official NEM Report submittal.
The NEM 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. This information is contained
in the NEM Report. Land uses in close proximity to the airport are
shown in Chapter 2, Figure 1. Estimates of private residential
population within the 2016 Base Year and the 2021 Future Year noise
contours are shown in Chapter 4, Table 12.
The locations of noise monitoring sites are discussed in Chapter 4
and are included on the NEM (Figures 13 and 14). Flight tracks for the
existing and the five-year forecast Noise Exposure Maps are found in
Chapter 3, Figures 5 and 6. The type and frequency of aircraft
operations (including nighttime operations) are found in Chapter 3,
Table 5 through Table 8. For aircraft types not in the INM standard
database, FAA-approved substitutions were used to model an aircraft of
a similar type, as detailed in Chapter 3 and Appendix H and I.
As discussed in Chapter 5 of the NEM Report, the Arapahoe County
Public Airport Authority provided the general public the opportunity to
review and comment on the NEM. The public consultation program for the
NEM was open to the general public and included a project Web site,
social media posting, newsletters, and public open house/meeting. The
public comment period on the draft NEM and narrative report opened
November 1, 2016 and closed on November 30, 2016. Public open houses
were held on February 3, 2016 and November 2, 2016. All comments
received during the public comment period and throughout the
development of the NEM, as well as responses to these comments, are
contained in Appendix G of the NEM Report.
The FAA has determined that these noise exposure maps and
accompanying documentation are in compliance with applicable
requirements. This determination is effective on August 1, 2017.
FAA's determination on an airport operator's NEM 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 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 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 and associated documentation
are available for examination at the following locations:
Federal Aviation Administration, Denver Airports District Office, 26805
E. 68th Ave., Suite 224, Denver, CO 80249.
The Arapahoe County Public Airport Authority, 7800 S. Peoria Street,
Unit G1, Englewood, CO 80112.
Issued in Renton, WA, on August 1, 2017.
Randall S. Fiertz,
Director, Airports Division, Northwest Mountain Region.
[FR Doc. 2017-16609 Filed 8-4-17; 8:45 am]
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