[Federal Register Volume 68, Number 195 (Wednesday, October 8, 2003)]
[Notices]
[Pages 58160-58161]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 03-25437]


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DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION

Federal Aviation Administration


Noise Exposure Map Notice; Lincoln Airport, Lincoln, NE

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 Lincoln Airport 
Authority for Lincoln Airport under the provisions of 49 U.S.C. 47501 
et seq. (Aviation Safety and Noise Abatement Act) and 14 CFR Part 150 
are in compliance with applicable requirements.

EFFECTIVE DATE: The effective date of the FAA's determination on the 
noise exposure maps is September 26, 2003.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Mark Schenkelberg, Federal Aviation 
Administration, Central Region, 901 Locust, Kansas City, MO 64106, 816-
329-2645.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: This notice announces that the FAA finds 
that the noise exposure maps submitted for Lincoln Airport are in 
compliance with applicable requirements of part 150, effective 
September 26, 2003. Under 49 U.S.C. section 47503, 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. 49 U.S.C. Section 47503 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 the Aviation Safety 
and Noise Abatement Act, may submit a noise compatibility program for 
FAA approval which sets forth the measures the operator has taken or 
proposes to take to reduce existing non-compatible uses and prevent the 
introduction of additional non-compatible uses.
    The FAA has completed its review of the noise exposure maps and 
accompanying documentation submitted by Lincoln Airport Authority. The 
documentation that constitutes the ``noise exposure maps'' as defined 
in section 150.7 of part 150 includes: ``2002 Noise Exposure Map and 
2007 Noise Exposure Map''. The FAA has determined that these noise 
exposure maps and accompanying documentation are in compliance with 
applicable requirements. This determination is effective on September 
26, 2003.
    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 49 U.S.C. Section 47503, 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 49 
U.S.C. Section 47506. 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 exposure contours 
onto the map depicting properties on the surface rests exclusively with 
the airport operator that submitted those maps, or with those public 
agencies and planning agencies with which consultation is required 
under 49 U.S.C. Section 47503. The FAA has relied on the certification

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by the airport operator, under section 150.21 of FAR Part 150, that the 
statutorily required consultation has been accomplished.
    Copies of the full exposure map documentation and of the FAA's 
evaluation of the maps are available for examination at the following 
locations: Federal Aviation Administration, Central Region, 901 Locust, 
Kansas City, MO 64106; Jon L. Large, Lincoln Airport, 2400 West Adams, 
Lincoln, NE 68504.
    Questions may be directed to the individual named above under the 
heading FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT.

    Issued in Kansas City, Missouri, on September 26, 2003.
George A. Hendon,
Manager, Airports Division, Central Region.
[FR Doc. 03-25437 Filed 10-7-03; 8:45 am]
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