[Federal Register Volume 63, Number 191 (Friday, October 2, 1998)]
[Notices]
[Pages 53118-53119]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 98-26444]
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DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION
Federal Aviation Administration
Approval of Noise Compatibility Program, Terre Haute
International Airport-Hulman Field, Terre Haute, IN
AGENCY: Federal Aviation Administration, DOT.
ACTION: Notice.
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SUMMARY: The Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) announces its
findings on the noise compatibility program submitted by the Terre
Haute International Airport Authority under the provisions of Title I
of the Aviation Safety and Noise Abatement Act of 1979 (Pub. L. 96-193)
and 14 CFR Part 150. These findings are made in recognition of the
description of Federal and nonfederal responsibilities in Senate Report
No. 96-52 (1980). On February 20, 1998, the FAA determined that the
noise exposure maps submitted by the Terre Haute International Airport
Authority under Part 150 were in
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compliance with applicable requirements. On August 14, 1998, the
Associate Administrator for Airports approved the Terre Haute
International Airport-Hulman Field noise compatibility program. Twenty-
four of thirty of the recommendations of the program were wholly or
partially approved, and six were disapproved. The latter were
disapproved pending submittal of additional information regarding a
firm commitment for establishment of a second nighttime air cargo hub.
EFFECTIVE DATE: The effective date of the FAA's approval of the Terre
Haute International Airport-Hulman Field noise compatibility program is
August 14, 1998.
INFORMATION CONTACT: Prescott C. Snyder, Airport Environmental Program
Manager, 2300 East Devon Avenue, Des Plaines, Illinois 60018. Telephone
Number (847) 294-7538/FAX Number (847) 294-7046. Documents reflecting
this FAA action may be reviewed at this same location.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: This notice announces that the FAA has given
its overall approval to the noise compatibility program for Terre Haute
International Airport-Hulman Field, effective August 14, 1998.
Under section 104(a) of the Aviation Safety and Noise Abatement Act
of 1979 (hereinafter referred to as ``the Act''), an airport operator
who has previously submitted a noise exposure map may submit to the FAA
a noise compatibility program which sets forth the measures taken or
proposed by the airport operator for the reduction of existing
noncompatible land uses and prevention of additional noncompatible land
uses within the area covered by the noise exposure maps. The Act
requires such programs to be developed in consultation with interested
and affected parties including local communities, government agencies,
airport users, and FAA personnel.
Each airport noise compatibility program developed in accordance
with Federal Aviation Regulations (FAR) Part 150 is a local program,
not a Federal program. The FAA does not substitute its judgment for
that of the airport proprietor with respect to which measures should be
recommended for action. The FAA's approval or disapproval of FAR Part
150 program recommendations is measured according to the standards
expressed in Part 150 and the Act and is limited to the following
determinations:
a. The noise compatibility program was developed in accordance with
the provisions and procedures of FAR Part 150;
b. Program measures are reasonably consistent with achieving the
goals of reducing existing noncompatible land uses around the airport
and preventing the introduction of additional noncompatible land uses;
c. Program measures would not create an undue burden on interstate
or foreign commerce, unjustly discriminate against types or classes of
aeronautical uses, violate the terms of airport grant agreements, or
intrude into areas preempted by the Federal Government; and
d. Program measures relating to the use of flight procedures can be
implemented within the period covered by the program without derogating
safety, adversely affecting the efficient use and management of the
navigable airspace and air traffic control systems, or adversely
affecting other powers and responsibilities of the Administrator
prescribed by law.
Specific limitations with respect to FAA's approval of an airport
noise compatibility program are delineated in FAR Part 150, section
150.5. Approval is not a determination concerning the acceptability of
land uses under Federal, state, or local law. Approval does not by
itself constitute a FAA implementing action. A request for Federal
action or approval to implement specific noise compatibility measures
may be required, and a FAA decision on the request may require an
environmental assessment of the proposed action.
Approval does not constitute a commitment by the FAA to financially
assist in the implementation of the program nor a determination that
all measures covered by the program are eligible for grant-in-aid
funding from the FAA. Where federal funding is sought, requests for
project grants must be submitted to the FAA Chicago Airports District
Office in Des Planes, Illinois.
Terre Haute International Airport Authority submitted to the FAA on
November 14, 1997 the noise exposure maps, descriptions, and other
documentation produced during the noise compatibility planning study
conducted from November 1996 through November 1997. The Terre Haute
International Airport-Hulman Field noise exposure maps were determined
by FAA to be in compliance with applicable requirements on February 20,
1998. Notice of this determination was published in the Federal
Register on March 12, 1998.
The Terre Haute International Airport-Hulman Field study contains a
proposed noise compatibility program comprised of actions designed for
phased implementation by airport management and adjacent jurisdictions
from the date of study completion to the year 2002. It was requested
that the FAA evaluate and approve this material as a noise
compatibility program as described in section 104(b) of the Act. The
FAA began its review of the program on February 20, 1998 and was
required by a provision of the Act to approve or disapprove the program
within 180 days (other than the use of new flight procedures for noise
control). Failure to approve or disapprove such program within the 180-
day period shall be deemed to be an approval of such program.
The submitted program contained thirty proposed measures for noise
mitigation. The FAA completed its review and determined that the
procedural and substantive requirements of the Act and FAR part 150
have been satisfied. The overall program, therefore, was approved by
the Associate Administrator for Airports effective August 14, 1998.
Outright or partial approval was granted for twenty-four of thirty
specific program measures. Eight of twelve of the noise abatement
measures, twelve of fourteen land use measures and all four of the
program management measures were wholly or partially approved. The
measures that were disapproved involved items associated with the
establishment of a second night time air cargo hub. Pending submittal
of additional information regarding a firm commitment for establishment
of such a hub.
These determinations are set forth in detail in a Record of
Approval endorsed by the Associate Administrator for Airports on August
14, 1998. The Record of Approval, as well as other evaluation materials
and the documents comprising the submittal are available for review at
the FAA office listed above and at the administrative offices of the
Terre Haute International Airport Authority.
Issued in Des Plaines, Illinois on September 23, 1998.
Pene A Beversdorf,
Assistant Manager, Chicago Airports District Office, FAA, Great Lakes
Region.
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