[Federal Register Volume 71, Number 54 (Tuesday, March 21, 2006)]
[Notices]
[Pages 14282-14283]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 06-2668]


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DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION

Federal Aviation Administration


Noise Exposure Map Notice

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 Wayne 
County Airport Authority under the provisions of the Aviation Safety 
and Noise Abatement Act (Act), 49 U.S.C. 47501, et seq. and the Federal 
Aviation Regulations (FAR), 14 CFR part 150 (part 150) are in 
compliance with applicable requirements.

DATES: The effective date of the FAA's determination on the noise 
exposure maps is March 7, 2006.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Mr. Ernest Gubry, Detroit Airports 
District Office, 11677 South Wayne Road, Suite 107, Romulus, Michigan 
48174, 734-229-2905.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: This notice announces that the FAA finds 
that the noise exposure maps submitted for Detroit Metropolitan Wayne 
County Airport are in compliance with applicable requirements of part 
150, effective March 7, 2006.
    Under 49 U.S.C. 47503 of the Act, an airport operator may submit 
noise exposure maps to the FAA which meet applicable regulations and 
which depict non-compatible land use 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

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affected parties in the local community 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 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 Wayne County Airport 
Authority. The documentation that constitutes the ``noise exposure 
maps'' as defined in 14 CFR 150.7 includes: Existing 2004 Noise 
Exposure Map (FAR Part 150 Noise Exposure Map Submittal, Figure D25) 
and Future Baseline 2011 Noise Exposure Map (FAR Part 150 Noise 
Exposure May Submittal, Figure D28). The FAA has determined that these 
noise exposure maps and accompanying documentation are in compliance 
with applicable requirements. This determination is effective on March 
7, 2006. FAA's determination on an airport operator's noise exposure 
maps is limited to a finding that the maps were development in 
accordance with the procedures contained in appendix A of 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 would 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 Detroit Airports District Office 11677 
South Wayne Road, Suite 107, Romulus, Michigan 48174.
Detroit Metropolitan Wayne County Airport Noise House 32629 
Pennsylvania Avenue, Romulus, Michigan 48174.

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

    Issued in Romulus, Michigan, March 7, 2006.
Irene R. Porter,
Manager, Detroit Airport District Office, Great Lakes Region.
[FR Doc. 06-2668 Filed 3-20-06; 8:45 am]
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