[Federal Register Volume 59, Number 100 (Wednesday, May 25, 1994)]
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From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 94-12779]
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[Federal Register: May 25, 1994]
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DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION
Federal Aviation Administration
Approval of Noise Compatibility Program for Hilo International
Airport
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 State of
Hawaii, Department of Transportation, 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. These findings are made in recognition of the
description of Federal and non-Federal responsibilities in Senate
Report No. 96-52 (1980). On November 4, 1993, the FAA determined that
the noise exposure maps submitted by the State of Hawaii, Department of
Transportation, under part 150, were in compliance with applicable
requirements. On May 3, 1994, the Administrator approved the Hilo
International Airport noise compatibility program. Eight of the ten
recommendations of the program were approved, one was approved in part,
and one had no action.
EFFECTIVE DATE: The effective date of the FAA's approval of the Hilo
International Airport noise compatibility program is May 3, 1994.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
David J. Welhouse, Airport Engineer/Planner, Honolulu Airports District
Office, Federal Aviation Administration, P.O. Box 50244, Honolulu,
Hawaii 96850, Telephone: 808) 541-1243. Street Address: 300 Ala Moana
Blvd., room 7116. 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 the Hilo
International Airport, effective May 3, 1994.
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
incompatible land uses and prevention of additional incompatible 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 incompatible land uses around the airport
and preventing the introduction of additional incompatible 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 pre-empted 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, Sec. 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 an FAA implementing action. A request for Federal action or
approval to implement specific noise compatibility measures may be
required, and an 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 Airports District Office in Honolulu, Hawaii.
The State of Hawaii, Department of Transportation submitted to the
FAA on December 28, 1992, the noise exposure maps, descriptions, and
other documentation produced during the noise compatibility planning
study conducted from January 1990 through December 1992. The Hilo
International Airport noise exposure maps were determined by FAA to be
in compliance with applicable requirements on November 4, 1993. Notice
of this determination was published in the Federal Register on November
23, 1993.
The Hilo International Airport 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 1996. 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 November 4, 1993 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 ten (10) proposed actions for noise
mitigation on and off the airport. 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 Assistant Administration for Airports effective May
3, 1994.
Outright approval was granted for eight (8) of the ten (10) of the
specific program elements. Approved program measures include: Encourage
relocation of military training operations; Displace Runway 8 landing
threshold; Study sound attenuation barrier; Study possible land
exchanges with Hawaiian Home Lands; Monitor development proposals in
the Hilo International Airport environs; Annually monitor aircraft
noise levels and operations at Hilo International Airport; Conduct
annual public information meetings on the progress of the part 150
program; Disclose airport noise impacts for all real estate transfers;
and Provide sound attenuation for impacted residences and public use
structures. One measure approved in part: Sound attenuation for public
building approved and sound attenuation for residence was disapproved.
No action was taken on the measure to implement an informal runway use
program.
These determinations are set forth in detail in a Record of
Approval endorsed by the Administrator on May 3, 1994. 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 State of Hawaii.
Issued in Hawthorne, California on May 13, 1994.
Herman C. Bliss,
Manager, Airports Division.
[FR Doc. 94-12779 Filed 5-24-94; 8:45 am]
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