[Federal Register Volume 61, Number 104 (Wednesday, May 29, 1996)]
[Notices]
[Pages 26946-26947]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 96-13425]
-----------------------------------------------------------------------
DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION
Acceptance of Updated Noise Exposure Maps for San Francisco
International Airport, San Francisco, CA
AGENCY: Federal Aviation Administration, DOT.
ACTION: Notice.
-----------------------------------------------------------------------
SUMMARY: The Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) announces its
determination that the updated noise exposure maps submitted by the
city of San Francisco, California for San Francisco 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 are
in compliance with applicable requirements.
EFFECTIVE DATE: The effective date of the FAA's determination on the
noise exposure maps is May 17, 1996.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
Joseph R. Rodriguez, Federal Aviation Administration, San Francisco
Airports District Office, 831 Mitten Road, Burlingame, California
94010, Telephone: 415/876-2805. Documents reflecting this FAA action
may be reviewed at this same location.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: This notice announces that the FAA finds
that the updated noise exposure maps submitted for San Francisco
International Airport are in compliance with applicable requirements of
Part 150, May 17, 1996.
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 San Francisco,
California. The specific maps under consideration are Figures 2 and 3
in the submission. The FAA has determined that these maps for San
Francisco International Airport are in compliance with applicable
requirements. This determination is effective on May 17, 1996. 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
[[Page 26947]]
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 150.16 of FAR Part 150, that the statutorily
required consultation has been accomplished.
Copies of the updated 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 621,
Washington, D.C. 20591
Federal Aviation Administration, Western-Pacific Region, Airports
Division, AWP-600, 15000 Aviation Boulevard, Room 3012, Hawthorne,
California 90261
Federal Aviation Administration, San Francisco Airports District
Office, 831 Mitten Road, Burlingame, California 94010-1303
Mr. John Martin, Director of Airports, San Francisco International
Airport, San Francisco, California 94128.
Questions may be directed to the individual named above under the
heading FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT.
Issued in Hawthorne, California on May 17, 1996
Robert C. Bloom,
Acting Manager, Airports Division, AWP-600, Western-Pacific Region.
[FR Doc. 96-13425 Filed 5-28-96; 8:45 am]
BILLING CODE 1410-13-M
