[Federal Register Volume 63, Number 55 (Monday, March 23, 1998)]
[Notices]
[Pages 13906-13907]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 98-7407]


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DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION

Federal Aviation Administration


Approval of Noise Compatibility Program for Scottsdale Airport, 
Scottsdale, AZ

AGENCY: Federal Aviation Administration, DOT.

ACTION: Notice.

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SUMMARY: The Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) announces its 
findings on a new Noise Compatibility Program for Scottsdale Airport, 
submitted by the City of Scottsdale, Arizona, 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. 
These findings are made in recognition of the description of Federal 
and non federal responsibilities in Senate Report No. 96-52 (1980). On 
June 5, 1996, the FAA determined that the Noise Exposure Maps, 
submitted by the City of Scottsdale under 14 CFR Part 150, were in 
compliance with applicable requirements. On February 13, 1998, the 
Associate Administrator for Airports approved the new Noise 
Compatibility Program for Scottsdale Airport. This new study revised 
and updated the existing Noise Compatibility Program that was approved 
by the FAA on December 19, 1986.

EFFECTIVE DATE: The effective date of the FAA's approval of the new 
Noise Compatibility Program for Scottsdale Airport is February 13, 
1998.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
David B. Kessler, AICP, Environmental Protection Specialist, Airports 
Division, AWP-611.2, Western-Pacific Region, Federal Aviation 
Administration, P.O. Box 92007, Worldway Postal Center, Los Angeles, 
California 90009-2007, Telephone: 310/725-3615. Street Address: 15000 
Aviation Boulevard, Hawthorne, California 90261. Documents reflecting 
the FAA action may be reviewed at this same location.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: This notice announces that the FAA has given 
its overall approval to a new Noise compatibility Program for 
Scottsdale Airport, effective February 13, 1998. This new study revises 
and updates an existing Noise Compatibility Program approved by the FAA 
on December 19, 1986. Under Section 104(a) of the Aviation Safety and 
Noise Abatement Act of 1979 (herein after referred to as the ``Act''), 
an airport operator who has previously submitted a Noise Exposure Map 
may submit to the FAA a Noise Compatibility program which sets forth 
the measures taken or proposed by the airport operator for the 
reduction of existing non compatible land uses and prevention of 
additional non compatible land uses within the area covered by the 
Noise Exposure Maps. The Act requires such programs to be developed in 
consultation with interested and affected parties including local 
communities, government agencies, airport users, and FAA personnel.
    Each airport Noise Compatibility Program developed in accordance 
with Federal Aviation Regulations (FAR) Part 150 is a local program, 
not a Federal Program. The FAA does not substitute its judgment for 
that of the airport proprietor with respect to which measures should be 
recommended for action. The FAA's approval or disapproval of FAR Part 
150 program recommendations is measured according to the standards 
expressed in Part 150 and the Act, and is limited to the following 
determinations.
    a. The Noise Compatibility Program was developed in accordance with 
the provisions and procedures of FAR Part 150;
    b. Program measures are reasonably consistent with achieving the 
goals of reducing existing noncompatible land uses around the airport 
and preventing the introduction of additional non compatible land uses;
    c. Program measures would not create an undue burden on interstate 
or foreign commerce, unjustly discriminate against types or classes of 
aeronautical uses, violate the terms of airport grant agreements, or 
intrude into areas preempted by the Federal government and;
    d. Program measures relating to the use of flight procedures can be 
implemented within the period covered by the program without derogating 
safety, adversely affecting the efficient use and management of 
navigable airspace and air traffic control responsibilities of the 
Administrator prescribed by law.
    Specific limitations with respect to FAA's approval of an airport 
Noise Compatibility Program are delineated in FAR Part 150, Section 
150.5. Approval is not a determination concerning the acceptability of 
land uses under Federal, State or local law. Approval does not, by 
itself, constitute an FAA implementation action. A request for Federal 
action or approval to implement specific Noise Compatibility Measures 
may be required and an FAA decision on the request may require an 
environmental assessment of the proposed action. Approval does not 
constitute a commitment by the FAA to financially assist in the 
implementation of the program nor a determination that all measures 
covered by the program are eligible for grant-in-aid funding from the 
FAA under the Airport and Airway Improvement Act of 1982, as amended. 
Where Federal funding is sought, requests for project grants must be 
submitted to the FAA Airports Division Office in Hawthorne, California.
    The city of Scottsdale, Arizona submitted to the FAA on December 
18, 1995, the noise exposure maps, descriptions, and other 
documentation produced during the noise compatibility planning study 
conducted from January

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1995 through November 1996. The Scottsdale Airport noise exposure maps 
were determined by FAA to be in compliance with applicable requirements 
on June 5, 1996. Notice of this determination was published in the 
Federal Register on June 19, 1996.
    The Scottsdale Airport study contained a proposed Noise 
Compatibility Program comprised of actions designed for phased 
implementation by airport management and adjacent jurisdictions from 
the date of study completion to the year 2000. It was requested that 
the FAA evaluate and approve this material as a Noise Compatibility 
Program as described in section 104(b) of the Act. The FAA began its 
review of the program on August 20, 1997 and was required by a 
provision of the Act to approve or disapprove the program within 180-
days (other than the use of new flight procedures for noise control). 
Failure to approve or disapprove such program within the 180-day period 
shall be deemed an approval of such program.
    The submitted program contained 12 proposed actions for noise 
mitigation, 11 land Use management and five program management measures 
for both on and off the airport. The FAA completed its review and 
determined that the procedural and substantive requirements of the Act 
and FAR Part 150 have been satisfied. The overall program was approved, 
by the Associate Administrator for Airports, effective February 13, 
1998.
    Outright approval was granted for all 28 specific program measures. 
The approved measures included such items as: Encouraging non-Stage 3 
aircraft to use Runway 21 for landing and Runway 3 for takeoff; 
Continuance of right turns as soon as practical when departing Runway 
21; Request use of (National Business Aircraft Association (NBAA) 
standard noise abatement departure procedures for jets; Continue 
requiring maintenance run-ups to be performed at the north end of Kilo 
Ramp and continue prohibition of maintenance run-ups between 10:00 p.m. 
and 7:00 a.m.; Continue prohibition of stop-and-go operations, 
intersection, formation and simulated single engine takeoffs by multi-
engine aircraft from Runway 21; Discourage straight out and left turns 
after departure on Runway 21; On Runway 3, discourage right downwind 
and right base pattern entry; Continue prohibition on touch-and-go and 
stop-and-go operations between 9:30 a.m. and 6:00 p.m.; Continue 
preferential use of Runway 3; Discourage descents below 2,500 feet MSL 
for practice instrument approaches; Encourage use of (Aircraft Owners 
and Pilots Association (AOPA) Noise Awareness Steps by light single 
engine aircraft; Request aircraft on approach to Runway 21 to avoid 
overflying residential land uses. Land use management measures: 
Establish an Airport Influence Area; Preserve general plan designation 
for compatible land uses; Retain existing compatible land uses within 
the Airport Influence Area; Amend the city of Scottsdale General Plan; 
Rezone certain parcels consistent with the City's General Plan; Adopt 
airport noise overlay zoning within the Airport Influence Area; 
Prohibit introduction of new noise sensitive land uses within the 65 
DNL contour; and require fair disclosure agreements within the Airport 
Influence Area; Program management measures: Maintain a complaint 
response system; Monitor, review and update Noise Exposure Maps and the 
Noise Compatibility Program, as necessary; Broadcast noise abatement 
information on the Automatic Terminal Information System (ATIS), and 
purchase three portable noise monitors.
    These determinations are set forth in detail in the Record of 
Approval endorsed by the Associate Administrator for Airports on 
February 13, 1998. The Record of Approval, as well as other evaluation 
materials, and the documents comprising the submittal are available for 
review at the FAA office listed above and at the administrative offices 
of the Scottsdale Airport, Scottsdale, Arizona.

    Issued in Hawthorne, California on March 10, 1998.
Herman C. Bliss,
Manager, Airports Division, AWP-600, Western-Pacific Region.
[FR Doc. 98-7407 Filed 3-20-98; 8:45 am]
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