[Federal Register Volume 71, Number 207 (Thursday, October 26, 2006)]
[Notices]
[Pages 62655-62656]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 06-8889]


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DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION

Federal Aviation Administration


Noise Exposure Map Notice for Honolulu International Airport, 
Honolulu, HI

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 State of 
Hawaii, DOT, Airports Division, for the Honolulu 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 of the 
noise exposure maps is October 16, 2006.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Steven Wong, Federal Aviation 
Administration, Honolulu Airports District Office, Box 50244, Honolulu, 
HI 96850, Telephone: (808) 541-1225.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: This notice announces that the FAA finds 
that the noise exposure maps submitted for Honolulu International 
Airport are in compliance with applicable requirements of Part 150, 
effective October 16, 2006. 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 meet applicable regulations and which depict non-compatible 
land uses 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 State of Hawaii, DOT, 
Airports Division. The documentation that constitutes the ``Noise 
Exposure Maps'' as defined in section 150.7 of Part 150 includes: 
Figure 4-1 ``2003 (Existing) Base Year Noise Exposure Map,'' and Figure 
5-1 ``2008 (Forecast) Five-Year Noise Exposure Map--No Mitigation 
Scenario.'' 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, open space, 
commercial/office, community facilities, libraries, churches, open 
space, infrastructure, vacant and warehouse and those areas within the 
Yearly Day-Night Average Sound Levels (DNL) 55, 60, 65, 70 and 75 noise 
contours. Estimates for the number of people within these contours for 
the year 2003 are shown in Table 4-3. Estimates of the future 
residential population within the 2008 noise contours are shown in 
Table 5-5. Figure 2-13 displays the location of noise monitoring sites. 
Flight tracks for the existing Noise Exposure Maps are found in Figures 
2-9 and 2-10. The type and frequency of aircraft operations (including 
day and night operations) are found in Table 3-1 and Appendix E. The 
FAA has determined that these

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noise exposure maps and accompanying documentation are in compliance 
with applicable requirements. This determination is effective on 
October 16, 2006.
    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 changes 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 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.
Federal Aviation Administration, Honolulu Airports District Office, 300 
Ala Moana Blvd., Rm. 7-128, Honolulu, HI 96850.
Stephen Takashima, Senior Planner, State of Hawaii, DOT, Airports 
Division, 400 Rodgers Blvd., Suite 700, Honolulu, HI 96819-1880.
    Questions may be directed to the individual named above under the 
heading FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT.

    Issued in Hawthorne, California, on October 16, 2006.
Mark McClardy,
Manager, Airports Division, AWP-600, Western-Pacific Region.
[FR Doc. 06-8889 Filed 10-25-06; 8:45 am]
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