[Federal Register Volume 64, Number 135 (Thursday, July 15, 1999)]
[Notices]
[Pages 38230-38231]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 99-18030]


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DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION

Federal Aviation Administration


Receipt of Noise Compatibility Program and Request for Review

AGENCY: Federal Aviation Administration, DOT.

ACTION: Notice.

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SUMMARY: The Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) announces that it is 
reviewing a proposed noise compatibility program that was submitted for 
Anchorage International 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 the 
State of Alaska, Department of Transportation and Public Facilities. 
This program was submitted subsequent to a determination by FAA that 
associated noise exposure maps submitted under 14 CFR part 150 for 
Anchorage International Airport were in compliance with applicable 
requirements effective January 26, 1999. The proposed noise 
compatibility program will be approved or disapproved on or before 
January 4, 2000.

EFFECTIVE DATE: The effective date of the start of FAA's review of the 
noise compatibility program is July 9, 1999. The public comment period 
ends September 6, 1999.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Patricia A. Sullivan, Federal Aviation 
Administration, Alaskan Region, Airports Division, AAL-600, 222 West 
7th Avenue, #14, Anchorage, Alaska 99513, 907-271-5454.
    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 Anchorage 
International Airport which will be approved or disapproved on or 
before January 4, 2000. 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 proposes for the reduction of existing 
noncompatible uses and for the prevention of the introduction of 
additional noncompatible uses.
    The FAA has formally received the noise compatibility program for 
Anchorage International Airport, effective on July 9, 1999. It was 
requested that the FAA review this material and that the noise 
mitigation measures, to be implemented jointly by the airport and 
surrounding communities, be approved as a noise compatibility program 
under section 104(b) of the Act. 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 4, 2000.
    The FAA's detailed evaluation will be conducted under the 
provisions of 14

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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 in 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 purposed 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, and the proposed 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, Alaskan Region, Airports Division, 
AAL-600, 222 West 7th Avenue, #14, Anchorage, Alaska 99513
Maryellen Tuttell, Noise Program Manager, Anchorage International 
Airport, P.O. 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 July 9, 1999.
Ronnie V. Simpson,
Manager, Airports Division, AAL-600, Alaskan Region.
[FR Doc. 99-18030 Filed 7-14-99; 8:45 am]
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