[Federal Register Volume 70, Number 150 (Friday, August 5, 2005)]
[Notices]
[Page 45484]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 05-15462]



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DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION

Federal Aviation Administration


Noise Exposure Map Notice, Memphis International Airport, Memphis 
TN

AGENCY: Federal Aviation Administration, DOT

ACTION:  Notice.

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SUMMARY: The Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) announces the 
determination that the noise exposure maps submitted by Memphis-Shelby 
County Airport Authority for Memphis International 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.

DATES: The effective date of the FAA's determination on the noise 
exposure maps is July 29, 2005.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Mr. Tommy L. Dupree, Federal Aviation 
Administration, Memphis Airports District Office, 2862 Business Park 
Drive, Building G, Memphis, Tennessee, 38118-1555 (901) 322-8185.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: This notice announces that the FAA finds 
that the noise exposure maps submitted for Memphis International. 
Airport are in compliance with applicable requirements of part 150, 
effective July 29, 2005. Under 49 U.S.C. section 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 met 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 sets 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 Memphis-Shelby 
County Airport Authority. The documentation that constitutes the 
``noise exposure maps'' as defined in Sec.  150.7 of part 150 includes 
Figure 2.1. ``Vicinity Map'', Figure 2.2, ``Runway Configuration'', 
Figure 2.3, ``MEM Area Airspace'', Figure 2.4, ``Overall Directional 
Runway Utilization'', Figure 2.5, ``North/east Flow Radar Flight 
Tracks'', Figure 2.6, ``Northeast Flow INM Flight Tracks'', Figure 2.7, 
``South/West Flow Radar Flight Tracks'', Figure 2.8, ``South/West Flow 
NM Flight Tracks'', Figure 2.10, ``Runways 1 8L/C/R Departure Radar 
Data and Protected Areas South of MEM'', Figure 2.11, ``Runway 27 
Departure Radar Data and Protected Area West of MEM'', Figure 3.1, 
``Study Area Boundaries and Jurisdictions'', Figure 3.2, ``Land Use in 
Memphis & Shelby County'', Figure 3.5, ``City of Southhaven Future Land 
Use Plan'', Figure 3.6, ``City of Southhaven Proposed Land Use For Area 
2'', Figure 3.7, ``City of Horn Lake Proposed Land Use Map'', Figure 
3.9, `` De Soto County Future Land Use Map'', Figure 3.10, ``Noise 
Sensitive Sites'', Figure 4.2, ``2004 Existing Condition Noise Exposure 
Map'', Figure 4.6, ``2004 Existing Condition NEM With Noncompatible 
Land Use'', Figure 5.2, ``2009 Future Condition Noise Exposure Map'', 
Figure 5.5, ``2009 Future Condition NEM With Noncompatible Land Use'', 
Table 3.2, ``Noise Sensitive Sites'', Table 4.1, ``2004 Existing 
Condition Noise Exposure Estimates'', Table 4.2, ``2004 Existing 
Condition Day-Night Level (DNL) at Selected /Sites'', Table 5.1, ``2009 
Future Condition Noise Exposure Estimates'', Table 5.2, ``2009 Future 
Condition Day-Night Level (DNL) at Selected Sites''.
    The FAA has determined that these noise exposure maps and 
accompanying documentation are in compliance with applicable 
requirements. This determination is effective on July 29, 2005.
    FAA's determination on the 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 required consultation has 
been accomplished.
    Copies of the noise exposure maps documentation and of the FAA's 
evaluation of the maps are available for examination at the following 
locations:
    Federal Aviation Administration, Memphis Airports District Office, 
2862 Business Park Drive, Building G, Memphis, Tennessee, 38118-1555.
    Memphis-Shelby County Airport Authority, Memphis International 
Metropolitan Airport, 2491 Winchester Road, Suite 113, Memphis, 
Tennessee 38118-3856.
    Question may be directed to the individual named above under the 
heading FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT.

    Issued in Memphis, Tennessee, July 29, 2005.
Rans D. Black,
Manager, Memphis Airports District Office.
[FR Doc. 05-15462 Filed 8-4-05; 8:45 am]
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