[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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