[Federal Register Volume 59, Number 241 (Friday, December 16, 1994)]
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From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 94-30961]
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[Federal Register: December 16, 1994]
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DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION
Acceptance of Noise Exposure Maps for Palm Springs Regional
Airport, Palm Springs, CA
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
Palm Springs for Palm Springs Regional Airport under the provisions of
Title I of the Aviation Safety and Noise Abatement Act of 1979 (Public
Law 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 November 28, 1994.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:Howard S. Yoshioka, Supervisor,
Planning Section, AWP-611, Airports Division, Federal Aviation
Administration, Western-Pacific Region, P.O. Box 92007, Worldway Postal
Center, Los Angeles, California 90009-2007, Telephone (310) 297-1250.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: This notice announces that the FAA finds
that the noise exposure maps submitted for Palm Springs Regional
Airport are in compliance with applicable requirements of Part 150,
effective November 28, 1994. Under Section 103 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 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 completed its review of the noise exposure maps and
related descriptions submitted by the city of Palm Springs. The
specific maps under consideration are Exhibits 1 and 2 in the
submission. The FAA has determined that these maps for Palm Springs
Regional Airport are in compliance with applicable requirements. This
determination is effective on November 28, 1994. 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 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 are available for examination at the following locations:
Federal Aviation Administration, 800 Independence Avenue, SW., Room
617, Washington, DC 20591;
Federal Aviation Administration, Western-Pacific Region, Airports
Division, Room 3012, 15000 Aviation Boulevard, Hawthorne, California
90261;
City of Palm Springs, Department of Aviation, Palm Springs Regional
Airport, P.O. Box 2743, Palm Springs California 92263-2743.
Questions may be directed to the individual named above under the
heading FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT.
Issued in Hawthorne, California on November 28, 1994.
Herman C. Bliss,
Manager, Airports Division, AWP-600.
[FR Doc. 94-30961 Filed 12-15-94; 8:45 am]
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