[Federal Register Volume 67, Number 149 (Friday, August 2, 2002)]
[Notices]
[Pages 50502-50503]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 02-19560]


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DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION

Federal Aviation Administration


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

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 DATES: The effective date of the FAA's determination on the 
noise exposure maps is July 8, 2002.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Mary Jagiello, Federal Aviation 
Administration, Great Lakes Region, Detroit Airports District Office, 
DET ADO-AGL 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 Port Columbus International 
Airport are in compliance with applicable requirements of Part 150, 
effective July 8, 2002.
    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

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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 propose 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 descriptions submitted by the Columbus Municipal Airport 
Authority. The specific maps under consideration are Exhibit 8, 
``Existing (2001) Noise Exposure Map,'' and Exhibit 6, ``Future (2006) 
Noise Exposure Map'' in the submission. The FAA ha determined that 
these maps for Port Columbus International Airport are in compliance 
with applicable requirements. This determination is effective on July 
8, 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 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 
150.12 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, Great Lakes 
Region, Airports Division Office, 2300 East Devon Avenue, Room 261, Des 
Plaines, Illinois 60018. Federal Aviation Administration, Detroit 
Airports District Office, Willow Run Airport, East, 8820 Beck Road, 
Belleville, Michigan 48111. Mr. Bernard F. Meleski, Columbus 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, July 8, 2002.
Irene Porter,
Manager, Detroit Airports District Office, Great Lakes Region.
[FR Doc. 02-19560 Filed 8-1-02; 8:45 am]
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