[Federal Register Volume 62, Number 239 (Friday, December 12, 1997)]
[Notices]
[Page 65470]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 97-32578]


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DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION

Federal Aviation Administration


Noise Exposure Map Notice, Memphis International Airport, 
Memphis, TN

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 Memphis-Shelby 
County Airport Authority for Memphis International Airport 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 
noise exposure maps is December 4, 1997.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Jerry O. Bowers, Airports District 
Office, 2851 Directors Cove, Suite #3, Memphis, TN 38131-0301, 901-544-
3495.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: This notice announces that the FAA finds 
that the noise exposure maps submitted for Memphis International 
Airport are in compliance with applicable requirements of Part 150, 
effective December 4, 1997.
    Under section 103 of Title I 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 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 Memphis-Shelby County Airport 
Authority. The specific maps under consideration are Memphis 
International Airport Existing (1997) Noise Exposure Map and Future 
(2002) Noise Exposure Maps submission. The FAA has determined that 
these maps for Memphis International Airport are in compliance with 
applicable requirements. This determination is effective on December 4, 
1997. 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 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 Part 150 or through FAA's review 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 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:

Federal Aviation Administration, 800 Independence Avenue, SW., Room 
617, Washington, D.C. 20591.
Federal Aviation Administration, Airports District Office, 3851 
Directors Cove, Suite #3, Memphis, TN 38131-0301.
Mr. Larry D. Cox, President, Memphis-Shelby County Airport Authority, 
Memphis International Airport, P.O. Box 30168, Memphis, Tennessee 
38130-0168.

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

    Issued in Memphis Airports District Office, December 4, 1997.
LaVerne F. Reid,
Manager.
[FR Doc. 97-32578 Filed 12-11-97; 8:45 am]
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