[Federal Register Volume 63, Number 32 (Wednesday, February 18, 1998)]
[Notices]
[Page 8250]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 98-3955]


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DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION

Federal Aviation Administration


Nantucket Memorial Airport, Nantucket, MA; Noise Exposure Map 
Notice

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 Nantucket 
Memorial Airport 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 determination on the 
noise exposure maps is February 2, 1998.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
John Silva, FAA New England Region, 12 New England Executive Park, 
Burlington, Massachusetts 01803.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: This notice announces that the FAA finds 
that the noise exposure maps submitted for Nantucket Memorial Airport 
are in compliance with applicable requirements of Part 150, effective 
February 2, 1998.
    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 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 Nantucket Memorial Airport. The 
specific maps under consideration are Noise Exposure Map Base Case and 
Noise Exposure Map Future Case, each of which is published in Nantucket 
Memorial Airport; Noise Abatement Study Update, dated January, 1998. 
FAA has determined that these maps for Nantucket Memorial Airport are 
in compliance with applicable requirements. This determination is 
effective on February 2, 1998. 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, New England Region, Airports Division, 
16 New England Executive Park, Burlington, Massachusetts 01803
Nantucket Memorial Airport, 30 Macy Lane, Nantucket Island, 
Massachusetts 02554

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

    Issued in Burlington, Massachusetts, February 2, 1998.
Vincent A. Scarano,
Manager, Airports Division, New England Region.
[FR Doc. 98-3955 Filed 2-17-98; 8:45 am]
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