[Federal Register Volume 61, Number 141 (Monday, July 22, 1996)]
[Notices]
[Pages 37958-37959]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 96-18549]
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DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION
Acceptance of Noise Exposure Maps, Laughlin/Bullhead
International Airport, Bullhead City, AZ
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 Mohave
County Airport Authority, 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 acceptance of the Noise
Exposure Maps for Laughlin/Bullhead International Airport, Bullhead
City, Arizona is July 9, 1996.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Charles B. Lieber, Airport Planner,
Airports, 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 (310) 725-3614. Street address: 15000 Aviation Boulevard,
Hawthrone, California 90261. Documents reflecting this FAA action may
be reviewed at this same location.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: This notice announces that the FAA finds
that the Noise Exposure Maps submitted for Laughlin/Bullhead
International Airport, Bullhead City, Arizona are in compliance with
applicable requirements of Federal Aviation Regulations (FAR) Part 150,
effective July 9, 1996.
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 FAR Part 150,
promulgated pursuant to Title I of the Act, may submit a Noise
Compatibility Program for FAA approval which sets
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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 competed its review of the Noise Exposure Maps and
supporting documentation submitted by the Mohave County Airport
Authority. The specific maps under consideration are Exhibit 2G, ``1996
Aircraft Noise Exposure'' and Exhibit 2H ``2001 Aircraft Noise
Exposure'' in the submission. The FAA has determined that these maps
for Laughlin/Bullhead International Airport are in compliance with
applicable requirements. This determination is effective on July 9,
1996. FAA's acceptance of 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 acceptance
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 FAR Part 150 or through FAA's review of the 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, that the statutory 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, D.C. 20591
Federal Aviation Administration, Western-Pacific Region, Airports
Division, Room 3012, 15000 Aviation Boulevard, Hawthorne, California
90261
Mr. Norm Hicks, Executive Director, Laughlin/Bullhead International
Airport, 2750 Locust Boulevard, Bullhead City, Arizona 86430
Questions may be directed to the individual named above under the
heading FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT.
Issued in Hawthorne, California on July 9, 1996.
Robert C. Bloom,
Acting Manager, Airports Division, AWP-600, Western-Pacific Region.
[FR Doc. 96-18549 Filed 7-19-96; 8:45 am]
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