[Federal Register Volume 70, Number 189 (Friday, September 30, 2005)]
[Notices]
[Pages 57351-57352]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 05-19596]


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DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION

Federal Aviation Administration


Noise Exposure Map Notice, Laredo International Airport, Laredo, 
TX

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 City of 
Laredo for Laredo 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.

EFFECTIVE DATE: The effective date of the FAA's determination on the 
noise exposure maps is September 22, 2005.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Paul Blackford, Federal Aviation 
Administration, Airports Division, 2601 Meacham Blvd., Fort Worth, 
Texas 76137-4298, telephone (817) 222-5607.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: This notice announces that the FAA finds 
that the noise exposure maps submitted by the City of Laredo, Texas for 
Laredo International Airport are in compliance with applicable 
requirements of Part 150, effective September 22, 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 City of Laredo. The 
documentation that constitutes the ``noise exposure maps'' as defined 
in section 150.7 of Part 150 includes the following from the August 
2005, FAR Part 150 Noise Compatibility Study: Exhibit 4.5, Year 2005 
Existing Condition Noise Exposure Map; Exhibit 5.2, Year 2010 Future 
Condition Noise Exposure Map; Appendix J maps consisting of Touch And 
Go/Overflight Flight Tracks Map, Departure Flight Tracks Map, and 
Arrival Flight Tracks Map; Table 4.4, 2005 Existing Condition Noise 
Exposure Estimates; Table 5.2, 2010 Future Condition-Case 1 Noise 
Exposure Estimates. There are no Historic Resources within the DNL 65 
contour. The FAA has determined that these noise exposure maps and 
accompanying documentation are in compliance with applicable 
requirements. This determination is effective on September 22, 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

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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 map documentation and of the 
FAA's evaluation of the maps are available for examination at the 
following locations: Federal Aviation Administration, 2601 Meacham 
Boulevard, Fort Worth, Texas; Laredo International Airport, 5210 Bob 
Bullock Loop, Laredo, Texas 78041. Questions may be directed to the 
individual named above under the heading FOR FURTHER INFORMATION 
CONTACT.

    Issued in Fort Worth, Texas, September 22, 2005.
Kelvin L. Solco,
Manager, Airports Division.
[FR Doc. 05-19596 Filed 9-29-05; 8:45 am]
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