[Federal Register Volume 60, Number 101 (Thursday, May 25, 1995)]
[Notices]
[Pages 27802-27803]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 95-12900]
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DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION
Federal Aviation Administration
Approval of Noise Compatibility Program Bishop International
Airport Flint, MI
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 Bishop
International Airport Authority, Michigan, 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 nonfederal responsibilities in Senate
Report No. 96-52 (1980). On March 1, 1993, the FAA determined that the
noise exposure maps submitted by Bishop International Airport Authority
under Part 150 were in compliance with applicable requirements. On July
25, 1994, the Assistant Administrator for Airports approved the Bishop
International Airport noise compatibility program.
All but one of the recommendations of the program were approved;
Noise Abatement Item 1b was disapproved pending submittal of additional
information. The approved program consists of two (2) noise abatement
measure and five (5) land use measures.
effective date: The effective date of the FAA's approval of the Bishop
International Airport noise compatibility program is July 25, 1994.
for further information contact: Ernest Gubry, Federal Aviation
Administration, Detroit Airports District Office, Willow Run Airport,
East, 8820 Beck Road, Belleville, Michigan 48111, 313-487-7280.
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 Bishop
International Airport, effective July 25, 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
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
[[Page 27803]] 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 the 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 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 Detroit Airports District Office in Belleville,
Michigan.
Bishop International Airport Authority submitted noise exposure
maps, descriptions, and other documentation produced during the noise
compatibility planning study (conducted from August 1988 through
September 1993) to the FAA. The Bishop International Airport noise
exposure maps were determined by the FAA to be in compliance with
applicable requirements on March 1, 1993. Notice of this determination
was published in the Federal Register on March 15, 1993.
The Bishop 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 1999. 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 January 26, 1994, 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
would have been deemed to be an approval of such program.
The submitted program contained seven (7) proposed actions 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 Assistant Administrator for Airports effective July 25, 1994.
Outright approval was granted for all of the specific program
elements with the exception of Item 1b, Development of SIDS and STARS
(Standard Instrument Departure and Standard Arrival Procedures), which
was disapproved pending submittal of additional information.
The approved items are:
Noise Abatement Procedures
1a. Voluntary Noise Abatement Procedures
2. Monitoring and Review of the Noise Exposure Maps/Noise Compatibility
Plan Status
Land Use Measures
1. Land Acquisition and Relocation of Noise Impacted Mobile Homes
2. Easement Acquisition
3. Soundproofing and/or Climate Control for Locally Determined
Qualified Compatible Residences
4. Airport Zoning/Overlay District
5. Real Estate Disclosure
These determinations are set forth in detail in a Record of
Approval endorsed by the Assistant Administrator for Airports on July
25, 1994. The Record of Approval, as well as other evaluation materials
and documents which comprised the submittal to the FAA, are available
for review at the following locations:
Federal Aviation Administration, Detroit Airports District Office,
Willow Run Airport, East, 8820 Beck Road, Belleville, Michigan 48111
Bishop International Airport Authority, Bishop International Airport,
G-3425 W. Bristol Road, Flint, Michigan 48507-3183
Questions may be directed to the individual named above under the
heading, FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT.
Issued in Belleville, Michigan, May 11, 1995.
Jack D. Roemer,
Acting Manager, Detroit Airports District Office, Great Lakes Region.
[FR Doc. 95-12900 Filed 5-24-95; 8:45 am]
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