[Federal Register Volume 61, Number 146 (Monday, July 29, 1996)]
[Notices]
[Page 39500]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 96-19231]


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DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION

Receipt of Noise Compatibility Program and Request for Review; 
McGhee Tyson Airport, Knoxville, TN

AGENCY: Federal Aviation Administration, DOT.

ACTION: Notice.

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SUMMARY: The Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) announces that it is 
reviewing an updated noise compatibility program that was submitted for 
McGhee Tyson Airport under the provisions of Title I of the Aviation 
Safety and Noise Abatement Act of 1979 (Pub. L. 96-193) hereinafter 
referred to as ``the Act'') and 14 CFR Part 150 by Metropolitan 
Knoxville Airport Authority. McGhee Tyson Airport has an existing noise 
compatibility program approved May 5, 1989, and amended March 4, 1993. 
This updated Noise Compatibility Program was submitted subsequent to a 
decision by FAA that associated noise exposure maps submitted under 14 
CFR Part 150 for McGhee Tyson were in compliance with applicable 
requirements effective October 12, 1995. The proposed updated Noise 
Compatibility Program will be approved or disapproved on or before 
January 18, 1997.

EFFECTIVE DATE: The effective date of the start of FAA's review of the 
noise compatibility program is July 22, 1996. The public period ends 
September 20, 1996.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
Peggy S. Kelley, Memphis Airports District Office, 2851 Directors Cove, 
Suite 3, Memphis, Tennessee 38131-0301. Telephone 901-544-3495. 
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 McGhee Tyson 
Airport which will be approved or disapproved on or before January 18, 
1997. 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 proposed for 
the reduction of existing noncompatible uses and for the prevention of 
the introduction of additional noncompatible uses.
    The FAA has formally received the proposed updated noise 
compatibility program for McGhee Tyson Airport, effective July 22, 
1996. It was requested that the FAA review this material and that the 
noise mitigation measures to be implemented by the airport be approved 
as measures to the noise compatibility program under Section 104(b) of 
the Act. An amendment to the updated program, submitted subsequent to 
the updated noise compatibility program document, is also considered. 
Preliminary review of the submitted material indicates that it conforms 
to the requirements for the submittal of noise compatibility programs, 
but that further 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 January 18, 1997.
    The FAA's detailed evaluation will be conducted under the 
provisions of 14 CFR Part 150, Sec. 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, the noise 
compatibility program, and the proposed revisions to the noise 
compatibility program are available for examination at the following 
locations:

Federal Aviation Administration, 800 Independence Avenue, SW., Room 
617, Washington, DC 20591
Federal Aviation Administration, Memphis Airports District Office, 
2851 Directors Cove, Suite 3, Memphis, Tennessee 38131-0301
Administrative Offices, Metropolitan Knoxville Airport Authority, 
McGhee Tyson Airport, Alcoa, Tennessee 37701.

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

    Issued in Memphis, Tennessee, July 22, 1996.
LaVerne F. Reid,
Manager, Memphis Airports District Office.
[FR Doc. 96-19231 Filed 7-26-96; 8:45 am]
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