[Federal Register Volume 64, Number 200 (Monday, October 18, 1999)]
[Notices]
[Pages 56240-56241]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 99-26953]


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DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION

Federal Aviation Administration


Approval of Noise Compatibility Program, Salt Lake City 
International Airport, Salt Lake City, UT

AGENCY: Federal Aviation Administration, DOT.

ACTION: Notice.

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SUMMARY: The Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) announces its 
findings on the noise compatibility program submitted by the Executive 
Director of Salt Lake City International Airport under the provisions 
of 49 U.S.C. Sec. 47504(b) 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 March 10, 1999, the FAA determined that the noise exposure maps 
submitted by the Executive Director under Part 150 were in compliance 
with applicable requirements. On September 3, 1999, the Acting 
Associate Administrator for Airports approved the Salt Lake City 
International Airport noise compatibility program. All but four of the 
program elements were approved.

EFFECTIVE DATE: The effective date of the FAA's approval of the Salt 
Lake City International Airport noise compatibility program is 
September 3, 1999.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Dennis G. Ossenkop; Federal Aviation 
Administration; Northwest Mountain Region; Airports Division, ANM-611; 
1601 Lind Avenue, SW, Renton, Washington, 98055-4056. Documents 
reflecting this FAA action may be reviewed at this same location.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: This notice announces that the FAA has given 
its overall approval to the noise compatibility program for Salt Lake 
City International Airport, effective September 3, 1999. Under 49 
U.S.C. Sec. 47504(a), 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 noncompatible land uses and 
prevention of additional noncompatible land uses within the area 
covered by the noise exposure maps. Title 49 U.S.C. Sec. 47503(a)(1) 
requires such a program to be developed in consultation with interested 
and affected parties including the state, 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 noncompatible 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.
    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 the 
navigable airspace and air traffic control systems, or adversely 
affecting other powers and 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 nor a determination concerning the acceptability of 
land uses under Federal, state, or local law. Approval does not by 
itself constitute a FAA implementing 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. Where Federal funding is sought, requests for project grants must 
be submitted to the FAA Airports District Office in Denver, Colorado.
    The Executive Director of Salt Lake City International Airport 
submitted to the FAA the noise exposure maps, descriptions, and other 
documentation produced during the noise compatibility planning study 
conducted at Salt Lake City International Airport. The Salt Lake City 
International Airport noise exposure maps were determined by FAA to be 
in compliance with applicable requirements on March 10, 1999. Notice of 
this determination was published in the Federal Register on March 25, 
1999.
    The Salt Lake City International Airport noise compatibility 
program contains 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 
2003. It is requested that the FAA evaluate and approve this material 
as a noise compatibility program as described in 49 U.S.C. Sec. 
47504(a). The FAA began its review of the program on March 10, 1999, 
and was required by a provision of 49 U.S.C. Sec. 47504(b) 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 to be an 
approval of such program.
    The submitted program contained 17 proposed actions for noise 
mitigation on and off the airport. Noise Abatement measures 2 and 3 
were approved in part, and disapproved in part for purposes of Part 
150. Noise Abatement measures 6 and 7 were disapproved for purposes of 
Part 150 pending submission of sufficient information to make an 
informed analysis regarding the noise benefits contributed by these 
measures to the overall NCP.
    The FAA completed its review and determined that the procedural and 
substantive requirements of 49 U.S.C. Sec. 47504(b) and FAR 150 have 
been satisfied. The overall program, therefore, was approved by the 
Acting Associate Administrator for Airports effective September 3, 
1999.
    These determinations are set forth in detail in a Record of 
Approval endorsed by the Acting Associate Administrator

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for Airports on September 3, 1999. 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 Salt Lake City International Airport.

    Issued in Renton, Washington on October 1, 1999.
Lowell H. Johnson,
Manager, Airports Division Northwest Mountain Region.
[FR Doc. 99-26953 Filed 10-15-99; 8:45 am]
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