[Federal Register Volume 70, Number 75 (Wednesday, April 20, 2005)]
[Notices]
[Pages 20616-20617]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 05-7827]


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DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION

Federal Aviation Administration


Receipt of Noise Compatibility Program Update/Revised Five-Year 
Forecast Condition NEM and Request for Review for Lehigh Valley 
International Airport, Allentown, PA

AGENCY: Federal Aviation Administration, DOT.

ACTION: Notice.

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SUMMARY: The Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) announces that it is 
reviewing a revised noise compatibility program and revised five-year 
forecast condition NEM submitted by the Lehigh-Northampton Airport 
Authority for Lehigh Valley International Airport under the provisions 
of Title I of the Aviation Safety and Noise Abatement Act of 1979 (Pub. 
L. 96-193) and 14 CFR part 150. This program was submitted subsequent 
to a determination by the FAA that the associated updated noise 
exposure maps submitted under 14 CFR part 150 for Lehigh Valley 
International Airport were in compliance with applicable requirements 
effective May 14, 2004. The proposed noise compatibility program update 
and revised five-year forecast condition NEM will be approved or 
disapproved on or before October 9, 2005.

DATES: The effective date of the start of FAA's review of the noise 
compatibility program update and revised five-year forecast condition 
is April 12, 2005. The public comment period ends, June 11, 2005.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Edward S. Gabsewics, CEP, 
Environmental Protection Specialist, Federal Aviation Administration, 
Harrisburg Airports District Office, 3905 Hartzdale Drive, Suite 508, 
Camp Hill, PA 17011, telephone (717) 730-2832. Comments on the proposed 
noise compatibility program update and revised five-year forecast 
condition NEM should also be submitted to the above office.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: This notice announces that the FAA is 
reviewing a proposed noise compatibility program update and revised 
five-year forecast condition NEM for the Lehigh Valley International 
Airport, which will be approved or disapproved on or before October 9, 
2005. This notice also announces the availability of this proposed 
noise compatibility program update and revised five-year forecast 
condition NEB 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 Title I of 
the Act, may submit a noise compatibility program for FAA approval 
which sets forth the measures the operator has taken or proposes for 
the reduction of existing noncompatible uses and for the prevention of 
the introduction of additional noncompatible uses.
    The FAA has formally received the noise compatibility program 
update and revised five-year forecast condition NEM for the Lehigh 
Valley International Airport, effective on April 12, 2005. It was 
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 
update under section 104(b) of the Act. Preliminary review of the 
submitted material indications that it conforms to the 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

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law to a maximum of 180 days, will be completed on or before October 9, 
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 proposed 
noise compatibility program update and proposed revised five-year 
forecast conditions NEM for the Lehigh Valley International Airport are 
available for examination at the following locations: Lehigh--
Northampton Airport Authority, 3311 Airport Road, Allentown, PA 18109 
and Federal Aviation Administration, Harrisburg Airports District 
Office, 3905 Hartzdale Drive, Suite 508, Camp Hill, PA 17011.
    Questions may be directed to the individual named above under the 
heading, FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT.

    Issued in Camp Hill, Pennsylvania, April 12, 2005.
Wayne T. Heibeck,
Manager, Harrisburg Airports District Office.
[FR Doc. 05-7827 Filed 4-19-05; 8:45 am]
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