[Federal Register Volume 69, Number 54 (Friday, March 19, 2004)]
[Notices]
[Page 13118]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 04-6157]



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DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION

Federal Aviation Administration


Receipt of Revision Number 1 to Approved Noise Compatibility 
Program and Request for Review for Bob Hope Airport, Burbank, CA

AGENCY: Federal Aviation Administration (FAA).

ACTION: Notice.

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SUMMARY: The Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) announces that it is 
reviewing a proposed first revision to the approved noise compatibility 
program that was submitted for Bob Hope Airport (formerly known as the 
Burbank-Glendale-Pasadena Airport) under the provisions of 49 U.S.C. 
47501 et seq. (the Aviation Safety and Noise Abatement Act, hereinafter 
referred to as the ``the Act'') and 14 CFR part 150 by the Burbank-
Glendale-Pasadena Airport Authority. This program was submitted 
subsequent to a determination by FAA that associated noise exposure 
maps submitted under 14 CFR part 150 for Bob Hope Airport were in 
compliance with applicable requirements, effective January 1, 2000. The 
noise compatibility program for Bob Hope Airport was approved by the 
FAA on November 27, 2000. The proposed Revision No. 1 to the approved 
noise compatibility program will be approved or disapproved on or 
before September 7, 2004.

DATES: The effective date of the start of the FAA's review of Revision 
No. 1 to the approved noise compatibility program is March 11, 2004. 
The public comment period ends May 10, 2004.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Michelle Simmons, Environmental 
Protection Specialist, Airports Division, AWP-611.4, Federal Aviation 
Administration, Western Pacific Region. Mailing address: P.O. Box 
92007, Los Angeles, California 90009-2007; street address: 15000 
Aviation Boulevard, Hawthorne, California 90261; telephone number 310/
725-614. Comments on the proposed Revision No. 1 to the approved noise 
compatibility program should also be submitted to the above office.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: This notice announces that the FAA is 
reviewing the proposed Revision No. 1 to the approved noise 
compatibility program for Bob Hope Airport (formerly known as the 
Burbank-Glendale-Pasadena Airport), which will be approved or 
disapproved on or before September 7, 2004. This notice also announces 
the availability of Revision No. 1 for public review and comment.
    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 Act, 
may submit a noise compatibility program for FAA approval which sets 
forth the measures the operator has taken or proposes to reduce 
existing non-compatible uses and prevent the introduction of additional 
non-compatible uses.
    The FAA has formally received the proposed Revision No. 1 to the 
approved noise compatibility program for Bob Hope Airport, effective on 
March 11, 2004. The airport operator has requested that the FAA review 
this material and that the noise mitigation measure, to be implemented 
jointly by the airport, be approved as a noise compatibility program 
under section 47504 of the Act. On November 27, 2000, the FAA approved 
the noise compatibility program for the Bob Hope Airport. An 
announcement of FAA's approval of the noise compatibility program was 
published in the Federal Register on December 21, 2000. Preliminary 
review of the submitted material for the proposed Revision No. 1 
indicates that it conforms to FAR part 150 requirements for the 
submittal of noise compatibility programs, but that further review will 
be necessary prior to approval or disapproval of the program. The 
formal review period, limited by law to a maximum of 180 days, will be 
completed on or before September 7, 2004.
    The FAA's detailed evaluation will be conducted under the 
provisions of 14 CFR part 150, Sec.  150.33. The primary considerations 
in the evaluation process are whether the proposed measure may reduce 
the level of aviation safety or create an undue burden on interstate or 
foreign commerce, and whether it is reasonably consistent with 
obtaining the goal of reducing existing non-compatible land uses and 
preventing the introduction of additional non-compatible land uses.
    Interested persons are invited to comment on the proposed Revision 
No. 1 to the approved noise compatibility program, with specific 
reference to these factors. All comments relating to these factors, 
other than those properly addressed to local land use authorities, will 
be considered by the FAA to the extent practicable. Copies of the noise 
exposure maps, the approved noise compatibility program, and the 
proposed Revision No. 1 are available for examination at the following 
locations:

Federal Aviation Administration, National Headquarters, Community 
Environmental Needs Division, 800 Independence Avenue, SW., Room 621, 
Washington, DC 20591;
Federal Aviation Administration, Western-Pacific Region, Airports 
Division, Room 3012, 15000 Aviation Boulevard, Hawthorne, California 
90261;
Mr. Dios Marrero, Executive Director, Burbank Glendale Pasadena Airport 
Authority, 2627 Hollywood Way, Burbank, California 91505-9989.

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

    Issued in Hawthorne, California on March 11, 2004.
Mia Paredes Ratcliff,
Acting Manager, Airports Division, Western-Pacific Region, AWP-600.
[FR Doc. 04-6157 Filed 3-18-04; 8:45 am]
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