[Federal Register Volume 60, Number 207 (Thursday, October 26, 1995)]
[Notices]
[Pages 54909-54910]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 95-26622]
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DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION
Noise Exposure Map Notice; McGhee-Tyson Airport, Knoxville, TN
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 Metropolitan
Knoxville Airport Authority for McGhee-Tyson Airport 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 are in compliance with
applicable requirements.
EFFECTIVE DATE: The effective date of the FAA's determination on the
noise exposure maps is October 12, 1995.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
Jerry O. Bowers, Airport District Office, 2851 Directors Cove, Suite
#3, Memphis, TN 38131-0301, 901-544-3495.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: This notice announces that the FAA finds
that the noise exposure maps submitted for McGhee-Tyson Airport are in
compliance with applicable requirements of Part 150, effective October
12, 1995.
Under section 103 of Title I of the Aviation Safety and Noise
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 in the local community, government
agencies, and persons using the airport.
An airport operator who has submitted noise 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 proposed for the reduction
of existing noncompatible uses and for the prevention of the
introduction of additional noncompatible uses.
The FAA has completed its review of the noise exposure maps and
related descriptions submitted by Metropolitan Knoxville Airport
Authority. The specific maps under consideration are McGhee-Tyson
Airport Existing (1995) Noise Exposure Map and Future (2000) Noise
Exposure Maps submission. The FAA has determined that these maps for
McGhee-Tyson Airport are in compliance with applicable requirements.
This determination is effective on October 12, 1995. 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
priorities 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 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 section
150.21 of FAR Part 150, that the statutorily required consultation has
been accomplished.
Copies of the noise exposure maps and of the FAA's evaluation of
the maps
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are available for examination at the following locations:
Federal Aviation Administration, 800 Independence Avenue, SW., Room
617, Washington, D.C. 20591.
Federal Aviation Administration, Airports District Office, 3851
Directors Cove, Suite #3, Memphis, TN 38131-0301.
Mr. William F. Marrison, Director of Airport Operations, McGhee-Tyson
Airport, P.O. Box 15600, Knoxville, Tennessee 37901.
Questions may be directed to the individual named above under the
heading FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT.
Issued in Memphis Airports District Office, October 12, 1995.
LaVerne F. Reid,
Manager.
[FR Doc. 95-26622 Filed 10-25-95; 8:45 am]
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