[Federal Register Volume 63, Number 181 (Friday, September 18, 1998)]
[Notices]
[Pages 49942-49943]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 98-24967]
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DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION
Federal Aviation Administration
Noise Exposure Map Notice; Receipt of Noise Compatibility Program
Revision and Request for Review Naples Municipal Airport Naples,
Florida
AGENCY: Federal Aviation Administration, DOT.
ACTION: Notice.
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SUMMARY: The Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) announces its
determination that the revised current and future noise exposure maps
submitted by the City of Naples, Florida for Naples Municipal Airport
under the provisions of Title 1 of the Aviation Safety and Noise
Abatement Act of 1979 (Pub. L. 96-193) and 14 CFR part 150 are in
compliance with applicable requirements. The FAA also announces that it
is reviewing a proposed noise compatibility program revision that was
submitted for Naples Municipal Airport under Part 150 in conjunction
with the noise exposure maps, and that this program revision will be
approved or disapproved on or before March 2, 1999.
EFFECTIVE DATE: The effective date of the FAA's determination on the
revised noise exposure maps and of the start of its review of the
associated noise compatibility program revision is September 3, 1998.
The public comment period ends November 2, 1998.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
Mr. Tommy J. Pickering, P.E., Federal Aviation Administration, Orlando
Airports District Office, 5950 Hazeltine National Drive, Suite 400,
Orlando, Florida 32822-5024, (407) 812-6331, Extension 29. Comments on
the proposed noise compatibility program revision should also be
submitted to the above office.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: This notice announces that the FAA finds
that the revised noise exposure maps submitted for Naples Municipal
Airport are in compliance with applicable requirements of part 150,
effective September 3, 1998. Further, FAA is reviewing a proposed noise
compatibility program revision for that airport which will be approved
or disapproved on or before March 2, 1999. This notice also announces
the availability of this program revision for public review and
comment.
Under Section 103 of Title I of the Aviation Safety and Notice
Abatement Act of 1979 (hereinafter referred to as ``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 to 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 Title I of
the Act, may submit a noise compatibility program for FAA approval
which sets forth the measures the operator has taken or proposes for
the reduction of existing noncompatible uses and for the prevention of
the introduction of additional noncompatible uses.
The City of Naples, Florida, submitted to the FAA on March 6, 1998,
revised noise exposure maps, descriptions and other documentation which
were produced during the Naples Municipal Airport FAR Part 150 Update
Amendment of Noise Exposure Maps and Noise Compatibility Program to
Extend Nightime Stage 1 Use Restrictions to 24 Hours study conducted
between October 23, 1997 and February 27, 1998. Subsequent supporting
documentation was also provided by the City of Naples and their
consultant. It was requested that the FAA review this material as the
noise exposure maps, as described in Section 103(a)(1) of the Act, and
that the noise mitigation measure revisions, to be implemented jointly
by the airport and surrounding communities, be approved as a noise
compatibility program revision under Section 104(a) of the Act. The
proposed noise compatibility program revision would revise one of the
noise abatement measures in the noise compatibility program previously
approved on September 29, 1997.
The FAA has completed its review of the revised noise exposure maps
and related descriptions submitted by the City of Naples, Florida. The
specific maps under consideration are ``1998 Noise Exposure Map'' and
``2003 Noise Exposure Map'' in the noise compatibility program revision
submission. The FAA has determined that these maps for Naples Municipal
Airport are in compliance with applicable requirements. This
determination is effective on September 3, 1998. 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 103 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 107 of the Act. These functions are inseparable from
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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 which submitted those maps,
or with those public agencies and planning agencies with which
consultation is required under Section 103 of the Act. The FAA has
relied on the certification by the airport operator, under Sec. 150.21
of FAR part 150, that the statutorily required consultation has been
accomplished.
The FAA has formally received the noise compatibility program
revision for Naples Municipal Airport, also effective on September 3,
1998. Preliminary review of the submitted material indicates that it
conforms to the requirements for the submittal of noise compatibility
programs, but that further review will be necessary prior to approval
or disapproval of the program revision. The formal review period,
limited by law to a maximum of 180 days, will be completed on or before
March 2, 1999.
The FAA's detailed evaluation will be conducted under the
provisions of 14 CFR part 150, Sec. 150.33. The primary considerations
in the evaluation process are whether the proposed measures may reduce
the level of aviation safety, create an undue burden on interstate or
foreign commerce, or be reasonably consistent with obtaining the goal
of reducing existing noncompatible land uses and preventing the
introduction of additional noncompatible land uses.
Interested persons are invited to comment on the proposed program
revision with specific reference to these factors. All comments, other
than those properly addressed to local land use authorities, will be
considered by the FAA to the extent practicable. Copies of the revised
noise exposure maps, the FAA's evaluation of the maps, and the proposed
noise compatibility program revision are available for examination at
the following locations: Federal Aviation Administration, Orlando
Airports District Office, 5950 Hazeltine National Drive, Suite 400,
Orlando, Florida 32822-5024 and Naples Airport Authority, 160 Aviation
Drive North, Naples, Florida 34104.
Questions may be directed to the individual named above under the
heading, for further information contact.
Issued in Orlando, Florida September 3, 1998.
Charles E. Blair,
Manager, Orlando Airport District Office.
[FR Doc. 98-24967 Filed 9-17-98; 8:45 am]
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