[Federal Register Volume 65, Number 117 (Friday, June 16, 2000)]
[Notices]
[Pages 37817-37818]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 00-15212]


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DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION

Federal Aviation Administration


Noise Exposure Map Notice; Receipt of Noise Compatibility Program 
Update and Request for Review; Cincinnati/Northern Kentucky 
International Airport, Hebron, Kentucky

AGENCY: Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) DOT.

ACTION: Notice.

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SUMMARY: The Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) announces its 
determination that the noise exposure maps submitted by the Kenton 
County Airport Board for Cincinnati/Northern Kentucky International 
Airport under the provisions of Title I of the Aviation Safety and 
Noise Abatement Act of 1979 (Public Law 96-193) and CFR part 150 are in 
compliance with applicable requirements. The FAA also announces that it 
is reviewing a proposed noise compatibility program update that was 
submitted for Cincinnati/Northern Kentucky International Airport under 
Part 150 in conjunction with the noise exposure map, and that this 
program will be approved or disapproved on or before December 5, 2000.

EFFECTIVE DATES: The effective date of the FAA's determination on the 
noise exposure maps and of the start of its review of the associated 
noise compatibility program is June 8, 2000. The public comment period 
ends August 7, 2000.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Peggy S. Kelley, Airports District 
Office, 3385 Airways Blvd., Suite 302, Memphis, TN 38116-3841, 901-544-
3495, ext. 19. Comments on the proposed noise compatibility program 
update should also be submitted to the above office.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: This notice announces that the FAA finds 
that the noise exposure maps submitted for Cincinnati/Northern Kentucky 
International Airport are in compliance with applicable requirements of 
Part 150, effective June 8, 2000. Further, FAA is reviewing a proposed 
noise compatibility program update for that airport which will be 
approved or disapproved on or before December 5, 2000. This notice also 
announces the availability of this program for public review and 
comment.
    Under section 103 of Title I 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 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 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 Kenton County Airport Board submitted to the FAA on May 2, 
2000, noise exposure maps, descriptions and other documentation which 
were produced during the Cincinnati/Northern Kentucky International 
Noise Compatibility Study Update, initiated August 1998. It was 
requested that the FAA review this material as the noise exposure maps, 
as described in section 103(a)(1) of the Act, 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.
    The FAA has completed its review of the noise exposure maps and 
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descriptions submitted by the Kenton County Airport Board. The specific 
maps under consideration are Cincinnati/Northern Kentucky International 
Airport 1999 Noise Exposure Map and Future (2005) Noise Exposure Map/
Noise Compatibility Program in the submission. The FAA has determined 
that these maps for Cincinnati/Northern Kentucky International Airport 
are in complience with applciable requirements. This determination is 
effective on June 8, 2000. 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 maps. Therefore, the responsibility for 
the detailed overlaying of 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 FAA's review 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.
    The FAA has formally received the noise compatibility program for 
Cincinnati/Northern Kentucky International Airport, also effective on 
June 8, 2000. 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 
December 5, 2000.
    The FAA's detailed evaluation will be conducted under the 
provisions of 14 CFR Part 150, section 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 on 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 proposed 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 
621, Washington, DC 20591
Federal Aviation Administration, Airports District Office, 3385 Airways 
Blvd., Suite 302, Memphis, TN 38116-3841
Mr. Robert F. Holscher, Director of Aviation, Kenton County Airport 
Board, Cincinnati/Northern Kentucky Airport, Second Floor, Terminal 
One, Hebron, Kentucky

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

    Issued in Memphis Airports District Office, Memphis, Tennessee, 
June 8, 2000.
LaVerne F. Reid,
Manager, Memphis Airports District Office.
[FR Doc. 00-15212 Filed 6-15-00; 8:45 am]
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