[Federal Register Volume 59, Number 241 (Friday, December 16, 1994)]
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[FR Doc No: 94-30961]


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[Federal Register: December 16, 1994]


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DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION
 

Acceptance of Noise Exposure Maps for Palm Springs Regional 
Airport, Palm Springs, 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 city of 
Palm Springs for Palm Springs Regional 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 November 28, 1994.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:Howard S. Yoshioka, Supervisor, 
Planning Section, AWP-611, Airports Division, Federal Aviation 
Administration, Western-Pacific Region, P.O. Box 92007, Worldway Postal 
Center, Los Angeles, California 90009-2007, Telephone (310) 297-1250.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: This notice announces that the FAA finds 
that the noise exposure maps submitted for Palm Springs Regional 
Airport are in compliance with applicable requirements of Part 150, 
effective November 28, 1994. 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 Palm Springs. The 
specific maps under consideration are Exhibits 1 and 2 in the 
submission. The FAA has determined that these maps for Palm Springs 
Regional Airport are in compliance with applicable requirements. This 
determination is effective on November 28, 1994. 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 
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 
150.21 of FAR Part 150, that the statutorily required consultation 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, 800 Independence Avenue, SW., Room 
617, Washington, DC 20591;
Federal Aviation Administration, Western-Pacific Region, Airports 
Division, Room 3012, 15000 Aviation Boulevard, Hawthorne, California 
90261;
City of Palm Springs, Department of Aviation, Palm Springs Regional 
Airport, P.O. Box 2743, Palm Springs California 92263-2743.

    Questions may be directed to the individual named above under the 
heading FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT.

    Issued in Hawthorne, California on November 28, 1994.
Herman C. Bliss,
Manager, Airports Division, AWP-600.
[FR Doc. 94-30961 Filed 12-15-94; 8:45 am]
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