[Federal Register Volume 60, Number 105 (Thursday, June 1, 1995)]
[Notices]
[Pages 28644-28645]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 95-13404]



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DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION

Approval of Revision to the Approved Noise Compatibility Program 
for San Diego International Airport-Lindbergh Field, San Diego, CA

AGENCY: Federal Aviation Administration, DOT.

ACTION: Notice.

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SUMMARY: The Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) announces its 
findings on the Revision to the Approved Noise Compatibility Program 
submitted by the San Diego Unified Port District for San Diego 
International Airport--Lindbergh Field (SAN), San Diego, California, 
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. These findings are made in 
recognition of the description of Federal and non-federal 
responsibilities in Senate Report No. 96-52 (1980). This revision was 
submitted subsequent to a determination by the FAA that associated 
Noise Exposure Maps, submitted under 14 CFR Part 150, were in 
compliance with applicable requirements effective January 30, 1989. On 
May 11, 1995, the Assistant Administrator for Airports approved the 
revision to the Noise Compatibility Program for SAN. This revision 
provides sound attenuation of four public schools and one private 
school all located within the 65 dB CNEL contour.

EFFECTIVE DATE: The effective date of the FAA's approval for the 
Revision to the Approved NCP San Diego International Airport's revised 
Noise Compatibility Program is May 11, 1995.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Charles B. Lieber, Airport Planner, 
Airports Division, AWP-611.1, Federal Aviation Administration, Western-
Pacific Region. Mailing address: P.O. Box 92007, Worldway Postal 
Center, Los Angeles, California 90009-2007. Telephone number (310) 297-
1621. Street address: 15000 Aviation Boulevard, Hawthorne, California 
90261. Documents reflecting this FAA action may be reviewed at this 
same location.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: This notice announces that the FAA has given 
its overall approval of the Revision to the Approved Noise 
Compatibility Program for San Diego International Airport-Lindbergh 
Field, effective May 11, 1995.
    Under Section 104(a) of the Aviation Safety and Noise Abatement Act 
of 1979 (herein after referred to as the ``Act''), an airport operator 
who has previously submitted a Noise Exposure Map may submit to the FAA 
a Noise Compatibility Program which sets forth the measures taken or 
proposed by the airport operator for the reduction of existing non 
compatible land uses and prevention of additional non compatible land 
uses within the area covered by the Noise Exposure Maps. The Act 
requires such programs to be developed in consultation with interested 
and affected parties including local communities, government agencies, 
airport users, and FAA personnel.
    Each airport Noise Compatibility Program developed in accordance 
with Federal Aviation Regulations (FAR) Part 150 is a local program, 
not a Federal Program. The FAA does not substitute its judgment for 
that of the airport proprietor with respect to which measures should be 
recommended for action. The FAA's approval or disapproval of FAR Part 
150 program recommendations is measured according to the standards 
expressed in Part 150 and the Act, and is limited to the following 
determinations:
    a. The Noise Compatibility Program was developed in accordance with 
the provisions and procedures of FAR Part 150;
    b. Program measures are reasonably consistent with achieving the 
goals of reducing existing non compatible land uses around the airport 
and preventing the introduction of additional non compatible land uses;
    c. Program measures would not create an undue burden on interstate 
or foreign commerce, unjustly discriminate against types or classes of 
aeronautical uses, violate the terms of airport grant agreements, or 
intrude into areas preempted by the Federal government and;
    d. Program measures relating to the use of flight procedures can be 
implemented within the period covered by the program without derogating 
safety, adversely affecting the efficient use and management of 
navigable airspace and air traffic control responsibilities of the 
Administrator prescribed by law.
    Specific limitations with respect to FAA's approval of an Airport 
Noise Compatibility Program are delineated in [[Page 28645]] FAR Part 
150, Section 150.5. Approval is not a determination concerning the 
acceptability of land uses under Federal, State or local law. Approval 
does not, by itself, constitute an FAA implementation action. A request 
for Federal action or approval to implement specific Noise 
Compatibility Measures may be required and an FAA decision on the 
request may require an environmental assessment of the proposed action. 
Approval does not constitute a commitment by the FAA to financially 
assist in the implementation of the program nor a determination that 
all measures covered by the program are eligible for grant-in-aid 
funding from the FAA under the Airport and Airway Improvement Act of 
1982, as amended. Where Federal funding is sought, requests for project 
grants must be submitted to the FAA Airports Division Office in 
Hawthorne, California.
    The San Diego Unified Port District submitted to the FAA on 
November 7, 1986 and December 11, 1987, the noise exposure maps, 
descriptions, and other documentation produced during the noise 
compatibility planning study conducted from September 1985 through 
September 1989. The San Diego International Airport-Lindbergh Field 
noise exposure maps were determined by FAA to be in compliance with 
applicable requirements on January 30, 1989. Notice of this 
determination was published in the Federal Register on March 30, 1989.
    The San Diego International Airport-Lindbergh Field study contained 
a proposed Noise Compatibility Program comprised of actions designed 
for phased implementation by airport management and adjacent 
jurisdictions from the date of study completion to the year 1990. It 
was requested that the FAA evaluate and approve this material as a 
noise compatibility program as described in section 104(b) of the Act. 
The FAA began its review of the program on December 5, 1990 and was 
required by a provision of the Act to approve or disapprove the program 
within 180-days (other than the use of new flight procedures for noise 
control). Failure to approve or disapprove such program within the 180-
day period shall be deemed an approval of such program. The Noise 
Compatibility Program was approved by the FAA on June 5, 1991. On 
February 10, 1995, the FAA began its review of the Revision to the 
approved program and was required by a provision of the Act to approve 
or disapprove the program within 180-day (other than the use of new 
flight procedures for noise control).
    The submitted revision to the program contained one proposed action 
for installation of sound insulation of four (4) public schools one (1) 
private school inside the 65 dB CNEL contour. The FAA completed its 
review and determined that the procedural and substantive requirements 
of the Act and FAR Part 150 have been satisfied. The revision to the 
program was approved by the Assistant Administrator for Airports 
effective May 12, 1995.
    Outright approval was granted for one (1) new noise program measure 
for installation of sound insulation of four (4) public schools and one 
(1) private school inside the 65 dB CNEL contour.
    This determination is set forth in detail in a Record of Approval 
endorsed by the Associate Administrator for Airports on May 11, 1995. 
The Record of Approval, as well as other evaluation materials and the 
documents comprising the submittal, are available for review at the FAA 
office listed above and at the administrative offices of the San Diego 
Unified Port District, San Diego, California.

    Issued in Hawthorne, California on May 17, 1995.
Robert C. Bloom,
Acting Manager, Airports Division, AWP-600, Western-Pacific Region.
[FR Doc. 95-13404 Filed 5-31-95; 8:45 am]
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