[Federal Register Volume 83, Number 39 (Tuesday, February 27, 2018)]
[Notices]
[Pages 8565-8566]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2018-03955]
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DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION
Federal Aviation Administration
Noise Exposure Map Notice for Fresno Yosemite International
Airport, Fresno, California
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 City of
Fresno for Fresno Yosemite 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: Effective Date: The effective date of the FAA's determination on
the noise exposure maps is February 16, 2018.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Camille Garibaldi, Federal Aviation
Administration, San Francisco Airports District Office, 1000 Marina
Boulevard, Suite 220, Brisbane, CA 94005-1835; email
[email protected]; or Telephone: 650-827-7613
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: This notice announces that the FAA finds
that the noise exposure maps submitted for Fresno Yosemite
International Airport are in compliance with applicable requirements of
Title14, Code of Federal Regulations (CFR) Part 150 (hereinafter
referred to as ``Part 150''), effective February 16, 2018. Under 49
United States Code (U.S.C.) section 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, 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 Part 150, promulgated pursuant to the Act, may
submit a noise compatibility program for FAA approval which 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 documentation submitted by the City of Fresno. The
documentation that constitutes the ``Noise Exposure Maps'' as defined
in section 150.7 of Part 150 includes: Figure 14 Existing Condition
(2017) Noise Exposure Map, and Figure 15 Forecast Conditions (2022)
Noise Exposure Map. The Noise Exposure Maps contain current and
forecast information including the depiction of the airport and its
boundary; the runway configurations, land uses such as residential,
commercial, industrial, and open space/recreational land use; locations
of noise sensitive public buildings (such as schools, hospitals,
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and historic properties on or eligible for the National Register of
Historic Places); and the Community Noise Equivalent Level (CNEL) 65,
70, and 75 decibel airport noise contours resulting from existing and
forecast airport operations. The frequency of airport operations is
described in Section 4.2 of the Noise Exposure Map Update report.
Flight tracks associated with Fresno Yosemite International Airport are
depicted in Figures 9 through 12. The Fresno Yosemite International
Airport noise monitoring system is described in both Section 5.3 and
Appendix O, with noise monitoring locations shown on Figure O-1 of the
report. Estimates of the number of people residing within the CNEL
contours is located in Section 5.2.2 of the Noise Exposure Map Update
report. The FAA has determined that these noise exposure maps and
accompanying documentation are in compliance with applicable
requirements. This determination is effective on February 16, 2018.
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 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 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, Western-Pacific Region, Office of
Airports, 15000 Aviation Boulevard, Room 3012, Lawndale, CA 90261.
Federal Aviation Administration, San Francisco Airports District
Office, 1000 Marina Boulevard, Suite 220, Brisbane, CA 94005-1835.
Mark W. Davis, Airports Planning Manager, Fresno Yosemite International
Airport, 4995 E. Clinton Way, Fresno, CA 93727.
Questions may be directed to the individual named above under the
heading FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT.
Issued in Hawthorne, California, on February 16, 2018.
Brian Q. Armstrong,
Acting Director, Office of Airports, AWP-600, Western-Pacific Region.
[FR Doc. 2018-03955 Filed 2-26-18; 8:45 am]
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