[Federal Register Volume 69, Number 94 (Friday, May 14, 2004)]
[Notices]
[Pages 26919-26920]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 04-11003]


-----------------------------------------------------------------------

DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION

Federal Aviation Administration


Receipt of Noise Compatibility Program and Request for Review for 
Reid-Hillview Airport, San Jose, CA

AGENCY: Federal Aviation Administration, DOT.

ACTION: Notice.

-----------------------------------------------------------------------

SUMMARY: The Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) announces that it is 
reviewing a proposed noise compatibility program that was submitted for 
the Reid-Hillview Airport under the provisions of 49 U.S.C. 47501

[[Page 26920]]

et seq. (the Aviation Safety and Noise Abatement Act, hereinafter 
referred to as ``the Act'') and 14 CFR part 150 by the County of Santa 
Clara, California. This program was submitted subsequent to a 
determination by FAA that associated noise exposure maps submitted 
under 14 CFR part 150 for Reid-Hillview Airport were in compliance with 
applicable requirements, effective January 13, 2004. The proposed noise 
compatibility program will be approved or disapproved on or before 
November 3, 2004.

EFFECTIVE DATE: The effective date of the start of FAA's review of the 
noise compatibility program is May 7, 2004. The public comment period 
ends July 6, 2004.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Joseph Rodriguez, Supervisor, Planning 
Section, San Francisco Airports District Office, Federal Aviation 
Administration, 831 Mitten Road, Burlingame, CA 94010, Telephone (650) 
876-2805. Comments on the proposed noise compatibility program should 
also be submitted to the above office.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: This noise announces that the FAA is 
reviewing a proposed noise compatibility program for Reid-Hillview 
Airport, which will be approved or disapproved on or before November 3, 
2004. This notice also announces the availability of this program 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 noise compatibility program for 
Reid-Hillview Airport, effective on May 7, 2004. The airport operator 
has requested that the FAA review this material and that the noise 
mitigation measures, to be implemented jointly by the airport and 
surrounding communities, be approved as a noise compatibility program 
under section 47504 of the Act. Preliminary review of the submitted 
material 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 November 3, 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 measures may reduce 
the level of aviation safety or create an undue burden on interstate or 
foreign commerce, and whether they are 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 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 and the proposed noise compatibility 
program are available for examination at the following locations:

Federal Aviation Administration, National Headquarters, Community and 
Environmental Needs Division, APP-600, 800 Independence Avenue, SW., 
Room 621, Washington, DC 20591.
Federal Aviation Administration, Western-Pacific Region Office, 
Airports Division, Room 3012, 15000 Aviation Boulevard, Hawthorne, 
California 90261.
Federal Aviation Administration, San Francisco Airports District 
Office, 831 Mitten Road, Burlingame, California 94010-1303.
W. Carl Honaker Acting Director of County Airports, County of Santa 
Clara, Roads & Airports Department, Airports Division, 2500 Cunningham 
Avenue, San Jose, California 94148.

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

    Issued in Hawthorne, California on May 7, 2004.
Mark A. McClardy,
Manager, Airports Division, Western-Pacific Region, AWP-600.
[FR Doc. 04-11003 Filed 5-13-04; 8:45 am]
BILLING CODE 4910-13-M