[Federal Register Volume 60, Number 89 (Tuesday, May 9, 1995)]
[Notices]
[Pages 24664-24665]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 95-11274]
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DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION
Federal Aviation Administration
Acceptance of Noise Exposure Maps for Meadows field, Bakersfield,
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 Kern
County, California for Meadows Field 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 April 14, 1995.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
Bahman H. Tash, Airport Planner, AWP-611.5 Planning Section, Western-
Pacific Region, Federal Aviation Administration, Mailing Address: P.O.
Box 92007, Worldway Postal Center, Los Angeles, California 90009-2007.
Street Address: 15000 Aviation Boulevard, Room 3012, Hawthorne,
California 90261, Telephone: (310) 297-1508.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: This notice announces that the FAA finds
that the noise exposure maps submitted for Meadows Field are in
compliance with applicable requirements of Part 150, effective April
14, 1995. 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.
[[Page 24665]] 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 Kern County, California. The specific
maps under consideration are the 1993 and 1998 Noise Exposure Maps
(Figure 9 and 10, respectively) located in page 3-22 and 4-8 in the
submission. The FAA has determined that these maps for Meadows Field
are in compliance with applicable requirements. This determination is
effective on April 14, 1995. 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 the
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 and acceptance 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 consultation required by statute 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, National Headquarters, 800
Independence Avenue, SW., Room 617, Washington, D.C. 20591
Federal Aviation Administration, Western-Pacific Region, Airports
Division, Room 3012, 15000 Aviation Boulevard, Hawthorne, California
90261
Mr. David Price III, Director, Kern County Department of Airports, 1401
Skyway Drive, Suite 200, Bakersfield, California 93308-1697
Questions may be directed to the individual named above under the
heading FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT.
Issued in Hawthorne, California on April 14, 1995.
Herman C. Bliss,
Manager, Airports Division, AWP-600, Western-Pacific Region.
[FR Doc. 95-11274 Filed 5-8-95; 8:45 am]
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