[Federal Register Volume 63, Number 151 (Thursday, August 6, 1998)]
[Notices]
[Page 42093]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 98-21073]
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DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION
Federal Aviation Administration
Acceptance of Noise Exposure Maps for Monterey Peninsula Airport,
Monterey, 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 Monterey
Peninsula Airport District, for Monterey Airport under the provisions
of Title I of the Aviation Safety and Noise Abatement Act of 1979 (Pub.
L. 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 July 24, 1998.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
Joseph R. Rodriguez, Federal Aviation Administration, San Francisco
Airports District Office, 831 Mitten Road, Burlingame, California
94010-1303, Telephone: 650/876-2805. Documents reflecting this FAA
action may be reviewed at the same location.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: This notice announces that the FAA finds
that the noise exposure maps submitted for Monterey Peninsula Airport
are in compliance with applicable requirements of part 150, July 24,
1998.
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 such operations will affect such maps. The Act requires such maps
to be developed in consultation with interested 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 Monterey, California. The
specific maps under consideration are Figure 4-2, ``Year 1996 Noise
Exposure Map'' and Figure 4-3, ``Year 2002 Noise Exposure Map,'' in the
submissions. The FAA has determined that these maps for Monterey
Peninsula Airport are in compliance with applicable requirements. This
determination is effective on July 24, 1998. FAAs 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
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
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 Sec. 150.16
of FAR part 150, that the statutory required consultation has been
accomplished.
Copies of the noise exposure maps of the FAA's evaluation of the
maps are available for examination at the following locations:
Federal Aviation Administration, Community and Environmental Needs
Division, Room 621, 800 Independence Avenue, SW., Washington, DC. 20591
Federal Aviation Administration, Western-Pacific Region, Airports
Division, Room 3012, 15000 Aviation Boulevard, Hawthorne, California
90261
Federal Aviation Administration, San Francisco Airports District
Office, 831 Mitten Road, Burlingame, California 94010-1303
Mr. Denis Horn, General Manager, Monterey Peninsula Airport District,
200 Fred Kane Drive, Suite 200, Monterey, California 93940
Questions may be directed to the individual named above under the
heading FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT.
Issued in Hawthorne, California, on July 24, 1998.
Herman C. Bliss,
Manager, Airports Division, AWP-600, Western-Pacific Region.
[FR Doc. 98-21073 Filed 8-5-98; 8:45 am]
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