[Federal Register Volume 65, Number 246 (Thursday, December 21, 2000)]
[Notices]
[Pages 80476-80478]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 00-32525]


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DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION

Federal Aviation Administration


Approval of Noise Compatibility Program; Burbank-Glendale-
Pasadena Airport, Burbank, California

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 Burbank-
Glendale-Pasadena Airport Authority, Burbank, California, 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, 
Part 150 (FAR Part 150). These findings are made in recognition of the 
description of Federal and nonfederal responsibilities in Senate Report 
No. 96-52 (1980). On January 31, 2000, the FAA determined that the 
noise exposure maps submitted by the Burbank-Glendale-Pasadena Airport 
Authority under FAR Part 150 were in compliance with applicable 
requirements. On November 27, 2000, the Acting Associate Administrator 
for Airports approved the Burbank-Glendale-Pasadena Airport Noise 
Compatibility Program. Twenty-five of the twenty-eight program measures 
have been approved. Four measures were approved as voluntary measures, 
one measure was approved in part, twenty measures were approved 
outright, two measures were disapproved pending the submission of 
additional information and compliance with Part 161, and no action was 
taken on one measure relating to flight procedures.

EFFECTIVE DATE: The effective date of the FAA's approval of the 
Burbank-Glendale-Pasadena Airport Noise Compatibility Program is 
November 27, 2000.

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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 location.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: This notice announces that the FAA has given 
its overall approval to the Noise Compatibility Program for the 
Burbank-Glendale-Pasadena Airport, effective November 27, 2000.
    Under Section 104(a) of the Aviation Safety and Noise Abatement Act 
of 1979 (hereinafter referred to as ``the Act''), 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. The Act 
requires such programs to be developed in consultation with interested 
and affected parties including local communities, government agencies, 
airport users, and FAA personnel.
    Each airport Noise Compatibility Program developed in accordance 
with 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 would be recommended for action. The 
FAA's approval or disapproval of FAR Part 150 program recommendations 
is measured according to the standards expressed in FAR Part 150 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; and
    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 not 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 a 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 Division office in Hawthorne, 
California.
    The Burbank-Glendale-Pasadena Airport Authority submitted the Noise 
Exposure Maps, descriptions, and other documentation produced during 
the noise compatibility planning study conducted from February 1997 
through November 1999 to the FAA on December 23, 1998, and September 
20, 1999. The Burbank-Glendale-Pasadena Airport Noise Exposure Maps 
were determined by FAA to be in compliance with applicable requirements 
on January 31, 2000. Notice of this determination was published in the 
Federal Register on February 14, 2000.
    The Burbank-Glendale-Pasadena Airport study contains a proposed 
Noise Compatibility Program comprised of actions designed for 
implementation by airport management and adjacent jurisdictions. It was 
requested that the FAA evaluate and approve this material as a Noise 
Compatibility Program as described in Section 104(b) of the Act. The 
FAA began its review of the program on May 31, 2000 and was required by 
a provision of the Act 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 twenty-eight proposed actions for 
noise mitigation on and off the airport. The FAA completed its review 
and determined that the procedural and substantive requirements of the 
Act and FAR Part 150 have been satisfied. The Acting Associate 
Administrator for Airports approved the overall program effective 
November 27, 2000.
    Twenty-five of the twenty-eight program measures have been 
approved. The following four measures were approved as voluntary 
measures: Continue promoting use of AC 91-53A noise abatement 
departures procedures by air carrier jets; continue promoting use of 
NBAA noise abatement procedures, or equivalent manufacturers 
procedures, by general aviation jet aircraft; continue working with the 
FAA Airport Traffic Control Tower to maintain the typical traffic 
pattern altitude of 1,800 feet MSL; and, designate Runway 26 as 
nighttime preferential departure runway. The following measure was 
approved in part: Offer purchase assurance as an option for homeowners 
in the acoustical treatment eligibility area. The following twenty 
measures were approved outright: Continue requiring all transport 
category and turbojet aircraft to comply with Federal aircraft noise 
regulations; continue requiring compliance with the Airport's Engine 
Test Run Up Policy; continue the placement of new buildings on the 
airport north of Runway 8-26 to shield nearby neighborhood from noise 
on runway; build extension of Taxiway D to promote nighttime general 
aviation departures on Runway 26; build engine maintenance run-up 
enclosure; continue existing acoustical treatment program for single-
family homes; expand residential acoustical treatment program to 
include homes within 65 CNEL contour based on 2003 NEM; establish 
acoustical treatment program for schools and preschools not previously 
treated within the 65 CNEL contour based on 2003 NEM; used Baseline 
2010 noise contours as basis for noise compatibility planning; 
establish noise compatibility guidelines for the review of development 
projects within the 65 CNEL contour; amend Sun Valley-La Tuna Canyon 
Community Plan to establish infill development standards for noise 
compatibility; Amend North Hollywood-Valley Village Community Plan to 
establish land use policies promoting airport noise compatibility; 
establish airport noise overlay zoning to implement infill development 
policies of local General Plans; amend building codes to establish 
sound insulation construction standards to implement requirements of 
State law and infill development policies; continue noise

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abatement information program; monitor implementation of updated Noise 
Compatibility Program; update Noise Exposure Maps and Noise 
Compatibility Program; expand noise monitoring system; enhance Airport 
Authority's geographic information system; and, maintain log of 
nighttime runway use and operations by aircraft type. The following two 
measures were disapproved pending the submission of additional 
information and compliance with Part 161: Phase-out operations by all 
State 2 jets; and, establish a mandatory curfew on departures by all 
Stage 2 aircraft between 10 p.m. and 7 a.m., departures by all aircraft 
over 75,000 pounds between 10:30 p.m. and 6:30 a.m., and arrivals by 
all aircraft over 75,000 pounds between 11 p.m. and 6 a.m. No action 
was taken on the following measure related to flight procedures: 
Establish noise abatement departure turn for jet takeoffs on Runway 26.
    These determinations are set forth in detail in a Record of 
Approval endorsed by the Acting Associate Administrator for Airports on 
November 27, 2000. 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 Burbank-Glendale-Pasadena Airport Authority, Burbank, 
California.

    Issued in Hawthorne, California on December 5, 2000.
Herman C. Bliss,
Manager, Airports Division, AWP-600, Western-Pacific Region.
[FR Doc. 00-32525 Filed 12-20-00; 8:45 am]
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