[Federal Register Volume 70, Number 89 (Tuesday, May 10, 2005)]
[Notices]
[Page 24671]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 05-9305]


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DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION

Federal Aviation Administration


Noise Exposure Map Notice for McClellan-Palomar Airport, 
Carlsbad, CA

AGENCY: Federal Aviation Administration, DOT.

ACTION: Notice.

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SUMMARY: The Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) announces its 
determination that the noise exposure maps submitted by the County of 
San Diego for McClellan-Palomar Airport under the provisions of 49 
U.S.C. 47501 et. seq. (Aviation Safety and Noise Abatement Act ) and 14 
CFR part 150 are in compliance with applicable requirements.

EFFECTIVE DATE: The effective date of the FAA's determination on the 
noise exposure maps is April 26, 2005.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Peter Ciesla, Federal Aviation 
Administration, Western Pacific Region, Airports Division, PO Box 
92007, Los Angeles, California, 90009-2007, Telephone: (310) 725-3633.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: This notice announces that the FAA finds 
that the noise exposure maps submitted by McClellan-Palomar Airport are 
in compliance with applicable requirements of Part 150, effective April 
26, 2005. Under 49 U.S.C. 47503 of the Aviation Safety and Noise 
Abatement Act (hereinafter referred to as ``the Act''), an airport 
operator may submit to the FAA noise exposure maps which meet 
applicable regulations and which depict non-compatible land uses as of 
the date of submission of such maps, a description of projected 
aircraft operations, and the ways in which such operations will affect 
such maps. The Act requires such maps to be developed in consultation 
with interested and affected parties in the local community, government 
agencies, and persons using the airport. 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 set forth the measures the operator has 
taken or proposes to take to reduce existing non-compatible uses and 
prevent the introduction of additional non-compatible uses.
    The FAA has completed its review of the noise exposure maps and 
accompanying documentation submitted by the County of San Diego. The 
documentation that constitutes the ``noise exposure maps'' as defined 
in section 150.7 of Part 150 includes: Figure 5-4, Existing Conditions 
(2004) Noise Exposure Map and Figure 6-1, Future Condition (2009) Noise 
Exposure Map. The Noise Exposure Maps contain current and forecast 
information including the depiction of the airport and its boundaries, 
the runway configurations, land uses such as residential, commercial/
travel/recreational, industrial/manufacturing, schools, government 
services, open space, and unplanned areas, and also those areas within 
the Community Noise Equivalent Level (CNEL) 60, 65, 70 and 75 noise 
contours. Estimates for the number of people and residences, within 
these contours for the year 2004 are shown in Table 5-12. Estimates of 
the future number of people and residences within the 2009 noise 
contours are shown in Table 6-7. Flight tracks for the existing and the 
five-year forecast Noise Exposure Maps are found in Figures 5-1, 5-2, 
and 5-3. The type and frequency of aircraft operations (including 
nighttime operations) are found in Table 5-1 for the existing 
conditions (2004) and Table 6-1 for the future conditions (2009). The 
FAA has determined that these noise exposure maps and accompanying 
documentation are in compliance with applicable requirements. This 
determination is effective on April 26, 2005.
    FAA's determination on an airport operator's noise exposure maps is 
limited to a finding that the maps were developed in accordance with 
the procedures contained in appendix A of FAR Part 150. Such 
determination does not constitute approval of the applicant's data, 
information or plans, or a commitment to approve a noise compatibility 
program or to fund the implementation of that program. If questions 
arise concerning the precise relationship of specific properties to 
noise exposure contours depicted on a noise exposure map submitted 
under section 47503 of the Act, it should be noted that the FAA is not 
involved in any way in determining the relative locations of specific 
properties with regard to the depicted noise contours, or in 
interpreting the noise exposure maps to resolve questions concerning, 
for example, which properties should be covered by the provisions of 
section 47506 of the Act. These functions are inseparable from the 
ultimate land use control and planning responsibilities of local 
government. These local responsibilities are not changed in any way 
under Part 150 or through FAA's review of noise exposure maps. 
Therefore, the responsibility for the detailed overlaying of noise 
exposure contours onto the map depicting properties on the surface 
rests exclusively with the airport operator that submitted those maps, 
or with those public agencies and planning agencies with which 
consultation is required under section 47503 of the Act. The FAA has 
relied on the certification by the airport operator, under section 
150.21 of FAR Part 150, that the statutorily require consultation has 
been accomplished.
    Copies of the full noise exposure map documentation and of the 
FAA's evaluation of the maps are available for examination at the 
following locations:

Federal Aviation Administration, Community and Environmental Needs 
Division, APP-600, 800 Independence Avenue, SW., Washington, DC 20591.
Federal Aviation Administration, Western-Pacific Region, Airports 
Division, Room 3012, 15000 Aviation Boulevard, Hawthorne, California 
90261.
Mr. Peter Drinkwater, Airport Director, County of San Diego, Department 
of Public Works, 5555 Overland Avenue, Suite 2188, San Diego, CA 92123-
1295.

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

    Issued in Hawthorne, California on April 26, 2005.
Mia Paredes Ratcliff,
Acting Manager, Airports Division, AWP-600, Western-Pacific Region.
[FR Doc. 05-9305 Filed 5-9-05; 8:45 am]
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