[Federal Register Volume 60, Number 132 (Tuesday, July 11, 1995)]
[Notices]
[Pages 35785-35786]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 95-16895]



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DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION
Federal Aviation Administration


Noise Exposure Map Notice; Boise Air Terminal; Boise, ID

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 Boise Air 
Terminal (BOI) 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 
Boise Air Terminal noise exposure maps is June 30, 1995.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
Dennis Ossenkop, FAA, Airports Division, ANM-611, 1601 Lind Avenue, 
S.W., Renton, Washington, 98055-4056.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: This notice announces that the FAA finds 
that the noise exposure maps for Boise Air Terminal are in compliance 
with applicable requirements of Part 150, effective June 30, 1995.
    Under Section 103 of Title I of the Aviation Safety and Noise 
Abatement Act of 1979 (herein after referred to as ``the Act''), an 
airport operator may submit to the FAA a noise exposure map which meets 
applicable regulations and which depicts 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 a noise exposure map that has 
been found by FAA to be in compliance with the requirements of Federal 
Aviation Regulation (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 BIO. The specific maps under 
consideration are Exhibits 1 and 2 in the submission. The FAA has 
determined that these maps for Boise Air Terminal are in compliance 
with applicable requirements. This determination is effective on June 
30, 1995. FAA's determination on an airport operator's noise exposure 
maps is limited to the determination 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 the questions arise concerning the precise relationship of 
specific properties to noise exposure contours depicted on noise 
exposure maps 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 maps 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 the 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:


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Federal Aviation Administration, Independence Avenue, SW, Room 615, 
Washington, D.C.
Federal Aviation Administration, Airports Division, ANM-600, 1601 Lind 
Avenue, S.W., Renton, Washington, 98055-4056
Boise Air Terminal, Boise, Idaho.

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

    Issued in Renton, Washington, June 30, 1995.
Matthew J. Cavanaugh,
Acting Manager, Airports Division, ANM-600, Northwest Mountain Region.
[FR Doc. 95-16895 Filed 7-10-95; 8:45 am]
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