[Federal Register Volume 64, Number 125 (Wednesday, June 30, 1999)]
[Notices]
[Pages 35238-35239]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 99-16661]
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DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION
Federal Aviation Administration
Noise Exposure Map Notice; Receipt of Noise Compatibility Program
and Request for Review, Tulsa International Airport, Tulsa, OK
AGENCY: Federal Aviation Administration, DOT.
ACTION: Notice.
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SUMMARY: The Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) announced its
determination that the noise exposure maps submitted by the Tulsa
Airports Improvement Trust for Tulsa International Airport under the
provisions of Title 49 U.S.C., Chapter 475 (hereinafter referred to as
``Title 49'') and 14 CFR Part 150 are in compliance with applicable
requirements. The FAA also announces that it is reviewing a proposed
noise compatibility program that was submitted for Tulsa International
Airport under Part 150 in conjunction with the noise exposure maps and
that this program will be approved or disapproved on or before December
13, 1999.
EFFECTIVE DATES: The effective date of the FAA's determination on the
noise exposure maps and the start of its review of the associated noise
compatibility program is June 16, 1999. The public comment period ends
August 16, 1999.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
Tim Tandy, Department of Transportation, Federal Aviation
Administration, Fort Worth, Texas 76193-0630, (817) 222-5635. 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 noise exposure maps submitted for Tulsa International Airport
are in compliance with applicable requirements of Part 150, effective
June 16, 1999. Further, FAA is reviewing a proposed noise compatibility
program for that airport which will be approved or disapproved on or
before December 13, 1999. This notice also announces the availability
of this program for public review and comment.
Under Title 49, 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. Title 49 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 the FAA to be in compliance with the requirements of Federal
Aviation Regulations (FAR) Part 150, promulgated pursuant to Title 49,
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 Tulsa Airports Improvement Trust submitted to the FAA on May
26, 1999 noise exposure maps, descriptions and other documentation
which were produced during Tulsa International Airport FAR Part 150
Study, May 26, 1999. It was requested that the FAA review this material
as the noise exposure maps, as described in Title 49, and that the
noise mitigation measures, to be implemented jointly by the airport and
surrounding communities, be approved as a noise compatibility program
under Title 49.
The FAA has completed its review of the noise exposure maps and
related descriptions submitted by the Tulsa Airports Improvement Trust.
The specific maps under consideration are Figure G1, Future Noise
Exposure Map, 2002 with Existing Land Use, Page G.5 and Figure G2,
Existing Noise Exposure Map, 1995 with Existing Land Use, Page G.6 in
the submission.
The FAA has determined that these maps for Tulsa International
Airport are in compliance with applicable requirements. This
determination is effective on June 16, 1999. 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 exposure maps to resolve questions concerning,
for example, which properties should be covered by the provisions of
Title 49. 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 Title 49.
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
Tulsa International Airport, also effective on June 16, 1999.
Preliminary review of the submitted material indicates that it conforms
to the requirements for the submittal of noise compatibility programs,
but that further view 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 December 13,
1999.
The FAA's detailed evaluation will be conducted under the
provisions 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, create an undue
burden on interstate or foreign commerce, or be reasonably consistent
with obtaining the goal of reducing existing non compatible land uses
and preventing the introduction of additional non compatible 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
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extent practicable. Copies of the noise exposure maps, the FAA's
evaluation of the maps, and the proposed noise capability program are
available for examination at the following locations:
Federal Aviation Administration, Airports Division, 2601 Meacham
Boulevard, Fort Worth, Texas 76137
Tulsa Airport Authority Tulsa International Airport Terminal, 7777 E.
Apache, Room A-217; Tulsa, Oklahoma 74158.
Questions may be directed to the individual named above under the
heading FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT.
Issued in Fort Worth, Texas, June 16, 1999.
Naomi L. Saunders,
Manager, Airports Division.
[FR Doc. 99-16661 Filed 6-29-99; 8:45 am]
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