[Federal Register Volume 70, Number 151 (Monday, August 8, 2005)]
[Notices]
[Pages 45748-45749]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 05-15551]


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DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION

Federal Aviation Administration


Noise Exposure Map Notice; Columbia Metropolitan Airport, 
Columbia, SC

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 Richland-
Lexington Airport District for Columbia Metropolitan 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 July 29, 2005.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Ms. Bonnie Baskin, Federal Aviation 
Administration, Atlanta Airports District Office, 1701 Columbia Avenue, 
Suite 2-260 College Park, GA 30337 (404) 305-7152.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: This notice announces that the FAA finds

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that the noise exposure maps submitted by Columbia Metropolitan Airport 
are in compliance with applicable requirements of part 150, effective 
July 29, 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 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 Richland-Lexinton Airport 
District. The documentation that constitutes the ``noise exposure 
maps'' as defined in Sec.  150.7 of Part 150 includes: Figure 2-4, 
``Jurisdictional Boundaries'', Figure 2-5, ``Land Use Map'', Figure 5-
1, ``Noise Monitoring Locations'', Figure 5-2, ``Existing Flight 
Corridors--All Runways'', Figure 5-11, ``2002 Noise contours'', Figure 
5-12, ``2007 Noise Contours'', Figure 6-1, ``2002 Incompatible Land 
Uses'', Figure 6-2, ``2007 Incompatible Land Use'', and Table 6.3, 
``Summary of Off-Airport Noise Impacts''. 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 Sec.  150.21 
of FAR part 150, that the statutorily required consultation has been 
accomplished.
    Copies of the full noise exposure maps documentation and of the 
FAA's evaluation of the maps are available for examination at the 
following locations: Federal Aviation Administration, Atlanta Airports 
District Office, 1701 Columbia Avenue, Suite 2-260, College Park, GA, 
30337. Richland-Lexington Airport District, Columbia Metropolitan 
Airport, 3000 Aviation Way, West Columbia, SC 29170.
    Questions may be directed to the individual named above under the 
heading, FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT.

    Issued in Atlanta, Georgia, July 29, 2005.
Scott L. Seritt,
Manager, Atlanta Airports District Office.
[FR Doc. 05-15551 Filed 8-5-05; 8:45 am]
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