[Federal Register Volume 70, Number 33 (Friday, February 18, 2005)]
[Notices]
[Pages 8424-8425]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 05-3111]


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DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION

Federal Aviation Administration


Receipt of Noise Compatibility Program Amendment; Austin-
Bergstrom International Airport, Austin, TX

AGENCY: Federal Aviation Administration, DOT.

ACTION: Notice.

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SUMMARY: The Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) announces that it is 
reviewing a proposed amendment (second) for the noise compatibility 
program that was submitted for Austin-Bergstrom International Airport 
under the provisions of Title 49, U.S.C. Chapter 475 (hereinafter 
referred to as ``Title 49'') and 14 CFR part 150 by the city of Austin. 
This program was submitted subsequent to a determination by the FAA 
that associated noise exposure maps submitted under 14 CFR part 150 for 
Austin-Bergstrom International Airport were in compliance with 
applicable requirements effective on April 29, 2000. The original noise 
compatibility program was approved on November 7, 2000, and subseqently 
amended on February 11, 2004. The proposed update to the noise 
compatibility program will be approved or disapproved on or before 
August 10, 2005.

DATES: The effective date of the start of the FAA's review of the noise 
compatibility program is February 11, 2005. The public comment period 
ends April 10, 2005.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Mr. Paul E. Blackford, Department of 
Transportation, Federal Aviation Administration, Fort Worth, Texas, 
76193-0652, (817) 222-5607. Comments on the proposed noise compatibilty 
program should also be submitted to the above office.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: This notice announces that the FAA is 
reviewing a proposed update to the existing noise compatibility program 
for Austin-Bergstrom International Airport, which will be approved or 
disapproved on or before August 10, 2005. 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 the FAA to be in compliance with the requirements of Federal 
Aviation Regulations (FAR) part 150, promulgated ppursuant to Title 49, 
may submit a noise compatibility program for FAA approval, which sets 
forth the measures the operator has taken or

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proposes for the reduction of existing noncompatible uses and for the 
prevention of the introduction of additional noncompatible uses.
    On April 20, 1999, the FAA published its approval of noise exposure 
maps for the Augstin-Bergstrom International Airport in the Federal 
Register. On May 25, 2000, the FAA published its approval of a final 
2004 noise exposure map for the Austin-Bergstrom International Airport 
in the Federal Register. The FAA approved the original noise 
compatibility program on November 7, 2000, produced during Austin-
Bergstrom International Airport, austin, Texas Part 150 Noise 
Compatibility Study.
    The FAA received an update to the noise compatibility program, and 
published its intent to review in the August 26, 2003, Federal 
Register. The FAA approved the updated noise compatibility program on 
February 11, 2004.
    The FAA has formally received a second update to the noise 
compatibility program for Austin-Bergstrom International Airport. 
Preliminary review of the submitted material indicates that it conforms 
to the requirements for the submittal of noise exposure 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 August 10, 2005.
    The FAA's detailed evaluation will be conducted under the 
provisions of 14 CFR part 150, section 150.33. The primary 
considerations in the evaluation process are whether the proposed 
measures may reduce the level of aviation safety, create an undue 
burden on interstate or foreign commerce, or be reasonably consistent 
with obtaining the goal of reducing existing noncompatible land uses 
and preventing the introduction of additional noncompatible land uses.
    Interested persons are invited to comment on the proposed program 
with specific reference to these factors. All comments, other than 
those properly addressed to local land use authorities, will be 
considered by the FAA to the extent practicable. Copies of the notice 
exposure maps, the FAA's evaluation of the maps, and the proposed noise 
compatibility program are available for examination at the following 
locations:

Federal Aviation Administration, Airports Division, 2601 Meacham 
Boulevard, Forth Worth, Texas 76137.
Austin-Bergstrom International Airport, City of Austin, Aviation 
Department, 3600 Presidential Blvd., Austin, Texas 78719.
    Questions may be directed to the individual named above under the 
heading, FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT.

    Dated: Issued in Forth Worth, Texas, February 11, 2005.
D. Cameron Bryan,
Acting Manager, Airports Division.
[FR Doc. 05-3111 Filed 2-17-05; 8:45 am]
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