[Federal Register Volume 67, Number 17 (Friday, January 25, 2002)]
[Notices]
[Page 3776]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 02-1867]


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DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION

Federal Aviation Administration


Noise Exposure Map Notice; San Antonio International Airport, San 
Antonio, TX

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 San 
Antonio for San Antonio International Airport, San Antonio, Texas, 
under the provisions of Title 49, U.S.C., Chapter 475 (hereinafter 
referred to as ``Title 49'') and 14 CFR part 150 are in compliance with 
applicable requirements.

EFFECTIVE DATES: The effective date of the FAA's determination on the 
noise exposure maps is January 16, 2002.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Nan L. Terry, Department of 
Transportation, Federal Aviation Administration, 2601 Meacham 
Boulevard, Fort Worth, Texas, 76137, (817) 222-5607.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: This notice announces that the FAA finds 
that the noise exposure maps submitted for San Antonio International 
Airport, San Antonio, Texas are in compliance with applicable 
requirements of Part 150, effective January 16, 2002.
    Under Title 49, 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. Title 49 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 49, 
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 city of San Antonio submitted to the FAA on January 7, 2002, 
noise exposure maps, descriptions and other documentation, which were 
produced during the update to the part 150 Study. It was requested that 
the FAA review this material as the noise exposure maps, as described 
in Title 49.
    The FAA has completed its review of the noise exposure maps and 
related descriptions submitted by the city of San Antonio. The specific 
maps under consideration are Noise Exposure Map: 1998 and Noise 
Exposure Map: 2004 in the submission. The FAA has determined that these 
maps for San Antonio International Airport are in compliance with 
applicable requirements. This determination is effective on January 16, 
2002. 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 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 Title 49, 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 
Title 49. 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 maps. Therefore, the responsibility for 
the detailed overlaying of noise exposures 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 Title 49. 
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 the FAA's evaluation of the 
maps are available for examination at the following locations:

Federal Aviation Administration, Airports Division, 2601 Meacham 
Boulevard, Fort Worth, Texas 76137
City of San Antonio, Aviation Department, 9800 Airport Boulevard, San 
Antonio, Texas 78216

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

    Issued in Forth Worth, Texas, January 16, 2002.
Naomi L. Saunders,
Manager, Airports Division.
[FR Doc. 02-1867 Filed 1-24-02; 8:45 am]
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