[Federal Register Volume 68, Number 247 (Wednesday, December 24, 2003)]
[Notices]
[Pages 74695-74696]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 03-31751]


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DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION

Federal Aviation Administration


Noise Exposure Map Notice for Bolton Field Airport, Columbus, OH

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 
Port Authority for Bolton Field 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 December 5, 2003.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Ernest P. Gubry, Federal Aviation 
Administration, Great Lakes Region, Detroit Airports District Office, 
DET ADO-605, 11677 South Wayne Road, Suite 107, Romulus, Michigan 
48174, (734) 229-2905.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: This notice announces that the FAA finds

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that the noise exposure maps submitted for Bolton Field Airport are in 
compliance with applicable requirements of Part 150, effective December 
5, 2003.
    Under 49 U.S.C. section 47503 of the Aviation Safety and Noise 
Abatement Act (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 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 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 maps and 
accompanying documentation submitted by the Columbus Airport Authority. 
The documentation that constitutes the ``noise exposure maps'' as 
defined in section 150.7 of part 150 includes: Exhibit 3 ``Exhibit 
(2001) Noise Exposure Map'' and Exhibit 6 ``Future (2006) Noise 
Exposure Map'' in the submission. The FAA has determined that these 
noise exposure maps and accompanying documentation for Bolton Field 
Airport are in compliance with applicable requirements. This 
determination is effective on December 5, 2003. 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 47503 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 47506 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 47503 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, Detroit Airports District Office, 
11677 South Wayne Road, Suite 107, Romulus, Michigan 48174; Bolton 
Field Airport, Airport Terminal Building, 2000 Norton Road, Columbus, 
Ohio 43228.
    Questions may be directed to the individual named above under the 
heading, FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT.

    Issued in Romulus, Michigan, December 5, 2003.
Winsome Lenfert,
Acting Manager, Detroit Airports District Office, FAA Great Lakes 
Region.
[FR Doc. 03-31751 Filed 12-23-03; 8:45 am]
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