[Federal Register Volume 60, Number 70 (Wednesday, April 12, 1995)]
[Notices]
[Pages 18656-18657]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 95-8953]



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DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION

Receipt of Noise Compatibility Program and Request for Review for 
Saipan International Airport, Saipan, Northern Mariana Islands

AGENCY: Federal Aviation Administration, DOT.

ACTION: Notice.

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SUMMARY: The Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) announces that it is 
reviewing a proposed noise compatibility program that was submitted for 
Saipan International Airport under the provisions of Title I of the 
Aviation Safety and Noise Abatement Act of 1979 (Public Law 96-193) 
(hereinafter referred to as ``the Act'') and 14 CFR part 150 by the 
Commonwealth Ports Authority. This program was submitted subsequent to 
a determination by the FAA that the associated noise exposure maps 
submitted under 14 CFR part 150 for Saipan International Airport were 
in compliance with applicable requirements effective February 14, 1994. 
The proposed noise compatibility program will be approved or 
disapproved on or before September 25, 1995.

EFFECTIVE DATE: The effective date of the start of FAA's review of the 
noise compatibility program is March 29, 1995. The public comment 
period ends May 28, 1995.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
David J. Welhouse, Airport Engineer/Planner, Honolulu Airports District 
Office, Federal Aviation Administration, Box 50244, Honolulu, Hawaii 
96850. Telephone 808/541-1243. Street Address: 300 Ala Moana Boulevard, 
room 7116, Honolulu, Hawaii, 96813. Comments on the proposed noise 
compatibility program should also be submitted to the above office.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: This notice announces that the FAA is 
reviewing a proposed noise compatibility program for Saipan 
International Airport which will be approved or disapproved on or 
before September 25, 1995. This notice also announces the availability 
of this program for public review and comment.

    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 formally received the noise compatibility program for 
Saipan International Airport, effective on March 29, 1995. It was 
requested that the FAA review this material and that the noise 
mitigation measures, to be implemented jointly by the airport and 
surrounding communities, be approved as a noise compatibility program 
under section 104(b) of the Act. Preliminary review of the submitted 
material indicates that it conforms to the requirements for the 
submittal of noise compatibility programs, but that further 
[[Page 18657]] review 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 September 25, 
1995.
    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 noncompatible land uses 
and preventing the introduction of additional noncompatible 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 extent practicable. Copies of the noise 
exposure maps, the FAA's evaluation of the maps, and the proposed noise 
compatibility program are available for examination at the following 
locations:

Federal Aviation Administration, National Headquarters, 800 
Independence Avenue, SW., room 617, Washington, DC 20591
Federal Aviation Administration, Western-Pacific Region Office, 15000 
Aviation Boulevard, room 3012, Hawthorne, California 90261
Federal Aviation Administration, Honolulu Airports District Office, 300 
Ala Moana Boulevard, room 7116, Honolulu, Hawaii 96813
Commonwealth Ports Authority, Saipan International Airport, Saipan, 
Northern Mariana Islands

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

    Issued in Hawthorne, California, on March 29, 1995.
Herman C. Bliss,
Manager, Airports Division, Western-Pacific Region.
[FR Doc. 95-8953 Filed 4-11-95; 8:45 am]
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