[Federal Register Volume 64, Number 39 (Monday, March 1, 1999)]
[Notices]
[Pages 10059-10060]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 99-4998]


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DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION

Federal Aviation Administration


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 the State of 
Alaska, Department of Transportation and Public Facilities, for 
Anchorage International 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 January 26, 1999.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Patricia A. Sullivan, Federal Aviation 
Administration, Alaskan Region, Airports Division, AAL-600, 222 West 
7th Avenue, 6#14, Anchorage, Alaska 99513, 907-271-5454.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: This notice announces that the FAA finds 
that the noise exposure maps submitted for Anchorage International 
Airport are in compliance with applicable requirements of Part 150, 
effective January 26, 1999.
    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 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 the State of Alaska, Department of 
Transportation and Public Facilities. The specific maps under 
consideration are Noise Exposure Maps (NEMs) for the existing (1997), 
Figure 7.1 and five-year (2002) forecast condition, Figure 7.2 in the 
submission. The FAA has determined that these maps for Anchorage 
International Airport are in compliance with applicable requirements. 
This determination is effective on (January 26, 1999). 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

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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 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 the FAA's 
evaluation of the made and available for examination at the following 
locations:

Federal Aviation Administration, 800 Independence Avenue, SW., Room 
617, Washington, DC 20591.
Federal Aviation Administration, Alaska Region, Airports Division, AAL-
600, 222 West 7th Avenue, #14, Anchorage, Alaska 99513.
Maryellen Tuttel, Noise Program Manager, Anchorage International 
Airport, PO Box 196960, Anchorage, Alaska 99519-6960.

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

    Issued in Anchorage, Alaska on January 26, 1999.
Ronnie V. Simpson,
Manager, Airports Division, AAL-600, Alaskan Region.
[FR Doc. 99-4998 Filed 2-26-99; 8:45 am]
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