[Federal Register Volume 69, Number 113 (Monday, June 14, 2004)]
[Notices]
[Pages 33093-33094]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 04-13301]


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DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION

Federal Aviation Administration


Approval of Noise Compatibility Program, Jackson Hole Airport, 
Jackson, WY

AGENCY: Federal Aviation Administration, DOT.

ACTION: Notice.

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SUMMARY: The Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) announces its 
findings on the noise compatibility program submitted by the Airport 
Director of Jackson Hole Airport under the provisions of 49 U.S.C. Sec. 
47504(b) and 14 CFR Part 150. These findings are made in recognition of 
the description of Federal and non-Federal responsibilities in Senate 
Report No. 96-52 (1980).
    On November 19, 2003, the FAA determined that the noise exposure 
maps submitted by the Airport Director under Part 150 were in 
compliance with applicable requirements. On May 17, 2004, the Associate 
Administrator for Airports approved the Jackson Hole Airport noise 
compatibility program. The Associate Administrator for Airports has 
made the following determinations: Elements 1 and 2 require no FAA 
approval action, element 3 requires no FAA determination with regard to 
Stage 2 aircraft and is disapproved with regard to Stage 3 aircraft, 
elements 4 and 7 were disapproved, and elements 5 and 6 were approved.

EFFECTIVE DATE: The effective date of the FAA's approval of the Jackson 
Hole Airport noise compatibility program is May 17, 2004.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Dennis G. Ossenkop; Federal Aviation 
Administration; Northwest Mountain Region; Airports Division, ANM-611; 
1601 Lind Avenue, SW., Renton, Washington 98055-4056. Documents 
reflecting this FAA action may be reviewed at this same location.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: This notice announces that the FAA has given 
its overall approval to the noise compatibility program for Jackson 
Hole Airport, effective May 17, 2004. Under 49 U.S.C. Sec. 47504(a), an 
airport operator who has previously submitted a noise exposure map may 
submit to the FAA a noise compatibility program which sets forth the 
measures taken or proposed by the airport operator for the reduction of 
existing noncompatible land uses and prevention of additional 
noncompatible land uses within the area covered by the noise exposure 
maps. 49 U.S.C. 47503(a)(1) requires such a program to be developed in 
consultation with interested and affected parties including the state, 
local communities, government agencies, airport users, and FAA 
personnel.
    Each airport noise compatibility program developed in accordance 
with Federal Aviation Regulation (FAR) Part 150 is a local program, not 
a Federal program. The FAA does not substitute its judgment for that of 
the airport proprietor with respect to which measures should be 
recommended for action. The FAA's approval or disapproval of FAR Part 
150 program recommendations is measured according to the standards 
expressed in Part 150 and the Act and is limited to the following 
determinations:
    a. The noise compatibility program was developed in accordance with 
the provisions and procedures of FAR Part 150;
    b. Program measures are reasonably consistent with achieving the 
goals of reducing existing noncompatible land uses around the airport 
and preventing the introduction of additional noncompatible land uses;
    c. Program measures would not create an undue burden on interstate 
or foreign commerce, unjustly discriminate against types or classes of 
aeronautical uses, violate the terms of airport grant agreements, or 
intrude into areas preempted by the Federal Goverment; and
    d. Program measures relating to the use of flight procedures can be 
implemented within the period covered by the program without derogating 
safety, adversely affecting the efficient use and management of the 
navigable airspace and air traffic control systems, or adversely 
affecting other powers and responsibilities of the Administrator 
prescribed by law.
    Specific limitations with respect to FAA's approval of an airport 
noise compatibility program are delineated in

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FAR Part 150, Section 150.5. Approval is not a determination concerning 
the acceptability of land uses under Federal, state, or local law. 
Approval does not by itself constitute a FAA implementing action. A 
request for Federal action or approval to implement specific noise 
compatibility measures may be required, and an FAA decision on the 
request may require an environmental assessment of the proposed action. 
Approval does not constitute a commitment by the FAA to financially 
assist in the implementation of the program nor a determination that 
all measures covered by the program are eligible for grant-in-aid 
funding from the FAA. Where Federal funding is sought, requests for 
project grants must be submitted to the FAA Airports District Office in 
Denver, Colorado.
    The Airport Director of Jackson Hole Airport submitted to the FAA 
the noise exposure maps, descriptions, and other documentation produced 
during the noise compatibility planning study conducted at Jackson Hole 
Airport. The Jackson Hole Airport noise exposure maps were determined 
by FAA to be in compliance with applicable requirements on November 19, 
2003. Notice of this determination was published in the Federal 
Register on December 2, 2003.
    The Jackson Hole Airport noise compatibility program contains a 
proposed noise compatibility program comprised of actions designed for 
phased implementation by airport management and adjacent jurisdictions 
from the date of study completion to the year 2008. It was requested 
that the FAA evaluate and approve this material as a noise 
compatibility program as described in 49 U.S.C. Sec. 47504(a). The FAA 
began its review of the program on November 19, 2003, and was required 
by a provision of 49 U.S.C. Sec. 47504(b) to approve or disapprove the 
program within 180 days (other than the use of new flight procedures 
for noise control). Failure to approve or disapprove such program 
within the 180-day period shall be deemed to be an approval of such 
program.
    The FAA completed its review and determined that the procedural and 
substantive requirements of 49 U.S.C. Sec. 47504(b) and FAR 150 have 
been satisfied. The overall program, therefore, was approved by the 
Associate Administrator for Airports effective May 17, 2004.
    These determinations are set forth in detail in a Record of 
Approval endorsed by the Associate Administrator for Airports on May 
17, 2004. The Record of Approval, as well as other evaluation materials 
and the documents comprising the submittal are available for review at 
the FAA office listed above and at the administrative offices of the 
Jackson Hole Airport.

    Issued in Renton, Washington, on June 4, 2004.
David A. Field,
Manager, Planning, Programming, and Capacity Branch, Northwest Mountain 
Region.
[FR Doc. 04-13301 Filed 6-10-04; 8:45 am]
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