[Federal Register Volume 65, Number 24 (Friday, February 4, 2000)]
[Notices]
[Pages 5718-5719]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 00-2565]


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DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION

Federal Aviation Administration


Noise Exposure Map Notice; Port Columbus International Airport, 
Columbus, OH

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 Columbus 
Municipal Airport Authority for Port Columbus 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 3, 2000.
      

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Mary Jagiello, Federal Aviation 
Administration, Great Lakes Region, Detroit Airports District Office, 
DET ADO-670.1, Willow Run Airport, East, 8820 Beck Road, Belleville, 
Michigan 48111, (734) 487-7296.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: This notice announces that the FAA finds 
that the noise exposure maps submitted for the Port Columbus 
International Airport are in compliance with applicable requirements of 
Part 150, effective January 3, 2000.
    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 non-compatible 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 the 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 non-compatible uses and for the prevention of 
the introduction of additional non-compatible uses.
    The FAA has completed its review of the noise exposure maps and 
related description submitted by the Columbus Municipal Airport 
Authority for Port Columbus International Airport. The specific maps 
under consideration are the noise exposure maps:
    Figure 3.4, ``1998 Existing Condition Noise Exposure Map'', and 
Figure 4.4, ``2003 Future Condition Noise Exposure Map'' of the 
submission. The FAA has determined that these maps for Port Columbus 
International Airport are in compliance with applicable requirements. 
This determination is effective on January 3, 2000. The 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

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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 the 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, Great lakes Region, Airports 
Division Office, 2300 East Devon Avenue, Room 269, Des Plaines, 
Illinois 60018
Federal Aviation Administration, Detroit Airports District Office, 
Willow Run airport, East, 8820 Beck Road, Belleville, Michigan 48111
Columbus Municipal Airport Authority, Port Columbus International 
Airport, 4600 International Gateway, Columbus, Ohio 43219

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

    Issued in Belleville, Michigan, on January 3, 2000.
James M. Opatrny,
Acting Manager, Detroit Airports District Office, Great Lakes Region.
[FR Doc. 00-2565 Filed 2-3-00; 8:45 am]
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