[Federal Register Volume 59, Number 232 (Monday, December 5, 1994)]
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[FR Doc No: 94-29500]
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[Federal Register: December 5, 1994]
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DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION
Federal Aviation Administration
Noise Exposure Map Notice; Receipt of Noise Compatibility Program
and Request for Review, Palm Beach International Airport, West Palm
Beach, FL
AGENCY: Federal Aviation Administration, DOT.
ACTION: Notice.
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SUMMARY: The Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) announces its
determination that the revised future noise exposure map submitted by
the Palm Beach County Department of Airports, West Palm Beach, Florida
for The Palm Beach International 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 is in compliance with applicable
requirements. The FAA also announces that it is reviewing a proposed
noise compatibility program that was submitted for The Palm Beach
International Airport under Part 150 in conjunction with the noise
exposure maps, and that this program will be approved or disapproved on
or before May 17, 1995. This program was submitted subsequent to a
determination by FAA that the associated existing noise exposure map
submitted under 14 CFR Part 150 for The Palm Beach International
Airport was in compliance with applicable requirements effective
February 1, 1993.
EFFECTIVE DATE: The effective date of the FAA's determination on the
revised future noise exposure map and of the start of its review of the
associated noise compatibility program is November 18, 1994. The public
comment period ends January 17, 1995.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
Mr. Tommy J. Pickering, P.E., Federal Aviation Administration, Orlando
Airports District Office, 9677 Tradeport Drive, Suite 130, Orlando,
Florida 32827-5397, (407) 648-6583. Comments on the proposed noise
compatibility program should also be submitted to the above office.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: This notice announces that the FAA finds
that the revised future noise exposure map submitted for The Palm Beach
International Airport is in compliance with applicable requirements of
Part 150, effective November 18, 1994. Further, FAA is reviewing a
proposed noise compatibility program for that airport which will be
approved or disapproved on or before May 17, 1995. This notice also
announces the availability of this program for public review and
comment.
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 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 Palm Beach County Department of Airports, West Palm Beach,
Florida, submitted to the FAA on October 6, 1994, a revised future
noise exposure map, descriptions and other documentation which were
produced during the Palm Beach International Airport FAR Part 150 Study
conducted between March 21, 1991 and October 4, 1994. It was requested
that the FAA review this material as the future noise exposure map, as
described in Section 103(a)(1) of the Act, 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.
The FAA has completed its review of the revised future nose
exposure map and related descriptions submitted by the Palm Beach
County Department of Airports, West Palm Beach, Florida. The specific
map under consideration is ``REVISED FIVE-YEAR (1998) NOISE EXPOSURE
MAP, INCLUDING IMPLEMENTATION OF REVISED NOISE COMPATIBILITY PROGRAM
WITH EXISTING OFF-AIRPORT LAND USE'' in the submission. The FAA has
determined that this map for The Palm Beach International Airport is in
compliance with applicable requirements. This determination is
effective on November 18, 1994. FAA's determination on an airport
operator's noise exposure maps is limited to a funding 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 overlying of noise
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.
The FAA has formally received the noise compatibility program for
The Palm Beach International Airport, also effective on November 18,
1994. 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 May 17, 1995.
The FAA's detailed evaluation will be conducted under the provision
of 14 CFR Part 150, Section 150.33. The primary considerations in the
evaluation process are whether the proposed measures may reduce the
level of aviation safety, crate an undue burden on interstate or
foreign commerce, or be reasonable 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
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, Orlando Airports District Office, 9677
Tradeport Drive, Suite 130, Orlando, Florida 32827-5397
Palm Beach County Department of Airports, Palm Beach International
Airport, Building 846, West Palm Beach, FL 33406-1491
Questions may be directed to the individual named above under the
heading FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT.
Issued in Orlando, Florida, November 18, 1994.
Charles E. Blair,
Manager, Orlando Airports District Office.
[FR Doc. 94-29500 Filed 12-2-94; 8:45 am]
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