[Federal Register Volume 65, Number 207 (Wednesday, October 25, 2000)]
[Notices]
[Pages 63905-63906]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 00-27334]


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DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION

Federal Aviation Administration


Acceptance of Noise Exposure Maps for Phoenix Sky Harbor 
International Airport, Phoenix, AZ

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 City of 
Phoenix for the Phoenix Sky Harbor International Airport, Phoenix, 
Arizona under the provisions of Title I of the Aviation Safety and 
Noise Abatement Act of 1979 (Public Law 96-193) and Title 14, Code of 
Federal Regulations (CFR), Part 150, are in compliance with applicable 
requirements.

EFFECTIVE DATES: The effective date of the FAA's acceptance of the 
Noise Exposure Maps for the Phoenix Sky Harbor International Airport, 
Phoenix, Arizona is October 10, 2000.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Brian Armstrong, Airport Planner, 
Airports Division, AWP-611.1, Federal Aviation Administration, Western-
Pacific Region. Mailing Address: P.O. Box 92007, Worldway Postal 
Center, Los Angeles, California 90009-2007. Telephone (310) 725-3614. 
Street address: 15000 Aviation Boulevard, Hawthorne, California 90261. 
Documents reflecting this FAA action may be reviewed at this same 
location.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: This notice announces that the FAA finds 
that the Noise Exposure Maps submitted for the Phoenix Sky Harbor 
International Airport, Phoenix, Arizona are in compliance with 
applicable requirements of Federal Aviation Regulation (FAR) Part 150, 
effective October 10, 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 noncompatible land uses as of the date of submission 
of such maps, a description of projected aircraft

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operation, 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 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 Map and 
supporting documentation submitted by the city of Phoenix. The specific 
maps under consideration are Exhibit 1, ``1999 Noise Exposure Map'' and 
Exhibit 2, ``2004 Noise Exposure Map'' in the submission. The FAA has 
determined that these maps for the Phoenix Sky Harbor International 
Airport are in compliance with applicable requirements. This 
determination is effective on October 10, 2000. FAA's acceptance of 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 acceptance 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 FAR Part 150 through FAA's review of the 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, 800 Independence Avenue, SW., Room 
617, Washington, DC 20591;
Federal Aviation Administration, Western-Pacific Region, Airports 
Division, AWP-600, 15000 Aviation Boulevard, Hawthorne, CA 90261; and
City of Phoenix, Aviation Department, 3400 Sky Harbor Boulevard, 
Phoenix, AZ 85034.

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

    Issued in Hawthorne, California on October 10, 2000.
Herman C. Bliss,
 Manager, Airports Division, AWP-600, Western-Pacific Region.
[FR Doc. 00-27334 Filed 10-24-00; 8:45 am]
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