[Federal Register Volume 69, Number 158 (Tuesday, August 17, 2004)]
[Notices]
[Pages 51141-51142]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 04-18820]


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DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION

Federal Aviation Administration


Approval of Revision No. 1 to the Approved Noise Compatibility 
Program for Bob Hope Airport, Burbank, CA

AGENCY: Federal Aviation Administration, DOT.

ACTION: Notice.

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SUMMARY: The Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) announces its 
findings on Revision No. 1 to the approved noise compatibility program 
submitted by the Burbank-Glendale-Pasadena Airport Authority for Bob 
Hope Airport (formerly known as the Burbank-Glendale-Pasadena Airport) 
under the provisions of Title I of the Aviation Safety and Noise 
Abatement Act, as amended, (Public Law 96-193) (hereinafter referred to 
as ``the Act'') and 14 CFR part 150. These findings are made in 
recognition of the description of Federal and nonfederal 
responsibilities in Senate Report No. 96-52 (1980). On January 31, 
2000, the FAA determined that the noise exposure maps submitted by the 
Burbank-Glendale-Pasadena Airport Authority for Bob Hope Airport under 
Part 150 were in compliance with applicable requirements.

EFFECTIVE DATE: The effective date of the FAA's approval of Revision 
No. 1 to the Approved Noise Compatibility Program for Bob Hope Airport 
is August 4, 2004.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: David B. Kessler, AICP, Acting 
Supervisor, Planning Section/Environmental Protection Specialist, AWP-
611, Airports Division, Western-Pacific Region, Federal Aviation 
Administration. Mailing Address: P.O. Box 92007, Los Angeles, 
California 90009-2007, Street Address: 15000 Aviation Boulevard, 
Hawthorne, California 90261. Telephone: 310/725-3615. 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 Revision No. 1 to the Approved Noise 
Compatibility Program for Bob Hope Airport (formerly known as Burbank-
Glendale-Pasadena Airport), effective August 4, 2004. Under section 
104(a) of the Aviation Safety and Noise Abatement Act of 1979, as 
amended (herein after referred to as the ``Act'') (recodified as 49 
U.S.C. 47504), an airport operator who has previously submitted a Noise 
Exposure Map may submit to the FAA as Noise Compatibility Program which 
sets forth the measures taken or proposed by the airport operator for 
the reduction of existing non-compatible land uses and prevention of 
additional non-compatible land uses within the area covered by the 
Noise Exposure Maps. The Act requires such programs to be developed in 
consultation with interested and affected parties including local 
communities, government agencies, airport users, and FAA personnel.
    Each airport noise compatibility program developed in accordance 
with Federal Aviation Regulations (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 non-compatible land uses around the airport 
and preventing the introduction of additional non-compatible 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 Government; 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 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 an 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 under the Airport and Airway Improvement Act of 1982, as amended. 
Where federal funding is sought, requests for project grants must be 
submitted to the FAA's Airports Division Office in Hawthorne, 
California.
    The Burbank-Glendale-Pasadena Airport Authority submitted to the 
FAA on December 23, 1998, the Noise Exposure Maps, descriptions, and 
other documentation produced during the noise compatibility planning 
study conducted from May 1997 to November 1999. The Noise Exposure Maps 
for Bob Hope Airport (formerly known as Burbank-Glendale-Pasadena 
Airport) were determined by FAA to be in compliance with applicable 
requirements on January 31, 2000. Notice of this determination was 
published in the Federal Register on February 14, 2000.

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    The Bob Hope Airport study contained a proposed noise compatibility 
program comprised of actions designed for phased implementation by 
airport management and adjacent jurisdictions. It was requested that 
the FAA evaluate and approve this material as a Noise Compatibility 
Program as described in 49 U.S.C. 47504 (formerly section 104(b) of the 
Act). The FAA began its review of the program on May 31, 2000, and was 
required by a provision of the Act to approve or disapprove the program 
within 180 days (other than the use of new or modified 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. FAA approved the program on November 27, 2000. Notice of 
this FAA's approval was published in the Federal Register on December 
21, 2000.
    Revision No. 1 to the approved NCP was submitted by the Burbank-
Glendale-Pasadena Airport Authority on January 20, 2004. The FAA began 
its review of the revision to the approved program on March 11, 2004, 
and was required by a provision of the Act to approve or disapprove the 
program within 180 days (other than the use of new or modified 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 submitted revision to the approved program contained one 
proposed action for noise abatement, noise mitigation, land use 
planning and program management on and off the airport. The FAA 
completed its review and determined that the procedural and substantive 
requirements of the Act and FAR Part 150 have been satisfied. Revision 
No. 1 to the approved program was approved, by the Associate 
Administrator for Airports, effective August 4, 2004.
    Outright approval was granted for the new Land Use Planning Measure 
No. 7. ``Provision for retention of property located in the northwest 
quadrant of the Airport within the 2003 65 CNEL noise exposure 
contour.''
    The determination is set forth in detail in the Record of Approval 
signed by the Associate Administrator for Airports on August 4, 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 Burbank-
Glendale-Pasadena Airport Authority. The Record of Approval also will 
be available on-line at: http://www.faa.gov/arp/environmental/14cfr150/index14.cfm.

    Issued in Hawthorne, California on August 5, 2004.
Mia Paredes Ratcliff,
Acting Manager, Airports Division, Western-Pacific Region, AWP-600.
[FR Doc. 04-18820 Filed 8-16-04; 8:45 am]
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