[Federal Register Volume 64, Number 135 (Thursday, July 15, 1999)]
[Notices]
[Pages 38230-38231]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 99-18030]
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DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION
Federal Aviation Administration
Receipt of Noise Compatibility Program and Request for Review
AGENCY: Federal Aviation Administration, DOT.
ACTION: Notice.
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SUMMARY: The Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) announces that it is
reviewing a proposed noise compatibility program that was submitted for
Anchorage International Airport under the provisions of Title I of the
Aviation Safety and Noise Abatement Act of 1979 (Pub. L. 96-193)
(hereinafter referred to as ``the Act'') and 14 CFR part 150 by the
State of Alaska, Department of Transportation and Public Facilities.
This program was submitted subsequent to a determination by FAA that
associated noise exposure maps submitted under 14 CFR part 150 for
Anchorage International Airport were in compliance with applicable
requirements effective January 26, 1999. The proposed noise
compatibility program will be approved or disapproved on or before
January 4, 2000.
EFFECTIVE DATE: The effective date of the start of FAA's review of the
noise compatibility program is July 9, 1999. The public comment period
ends September 6, 1999.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Patricia A. Sullivan, Federal Aviation
Administration, Alaskan Region, Airports Division, AAL-600, 222 West
7th Avenue, #14, Anchorage, Alaska 99513, 907-271-5454.
Comments on the proposed noise compatibility program should also be
submitted to the above office.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: This notice announces that the FAA is
reviewing a proposed noise compatibility program for Anchorage
International Airport which will be approved or disapproved on or
before January 4, 2000. This notice also announces the availability of
this program for public review and comment. 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 FAA has formally received the noise compatibility program for
Anchorage International Airport, effective on July 9, 1999. It was
requested that the FAA review this material and that the noise
mitigation measures, to be implemented jointly by the airport and
surrounding communities, be approved as a noise compatibility program
under section 104(b) of the Act. 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. The
formal review period, limited by law to a maximum of 180 days, will be
completed on or before January 4, 2000.
The FAA's detailed evaluation will be conducted under the
provisions of 14
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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 in 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 purposed program 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 noise exposure maps, the FAA's evaluation of
the maps, and the proposed noise compatibility program are available
for examination at the following locations:
Federal Aviation Administration, 800 Independence Avenue, SW., Room
617, Washington, DC 20591
Federal Aviation Administration, Alaskan Region, Airports Division,
AAL-600, 222 West 7th Avenue, #14, Anchorage, Alaska 99513
Maryellen Tuttell, Noise Program Manager, Anchorage International
Airport, P.O. Box 196960, Anchorage, Alaska 99519-6960.
Questions may be directed to the individual named above under the
heading FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT.
Issued in Anchorage, Alaska on July 9, 1999.
Ronnie V. Simpson,
Manager, Airports Division, AAL-600, Alaskan Region.
[FR Doc. 99-18030 Filed 7-14-99; 8:45 am]
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