[Federal Register Volume 72, Number 4 (Monday, January 8, 2007)]
[Notices]
[Pages 841-842]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 06-9997]


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DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION

Federal Aviation Administration


Noise Exposure Map Notice; Receipt of Noise Compatibility Program 
and Request for Review; Craig Municipal Airport; Jacksonville, FL

AGENCY: Federal Aviation Administration, DOT.

SUMMARY: The Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) announces its 
determination that the noise exposure maps submitted by the 
Jacksonville Airport Authority for Craig Municipal 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. The FAA also announces that it is reviewing a proposed 
noise compatibility program that was submitted for Craig Municipal 
Airport under part 150 in conjunction with the noise exposure map, and 
that this program will be approved or disapproved on or before June 20, 
2007.

DATES: Effective Date: The effective date of the FAA's determination on 
the noise exposure maps and of the start of its review of the 
associated noise compatibility program is December 22, 2006. The public 
comment period ends February 20, 2007.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Ms. Lindy McDowell, Federal Aviation 
Administration, Orlando Airports District Office, 5950 Hazeltine 
National Dr., Suite 400, Orlando, Florida 32822, (407) 812-6331, 
Extension 130. Comments on the proposed noise compatibility program 
should also be submitted to the above office.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: This notice announces that the FAA finds 
that the noise exposure maps submitted for Craig Municipal Airport are 
in compliance with applicable requirements of part 150, effective 
December 22, 2006. Further, FAA is reviewing a proposed noise 
compatibility program for that airport which will be approved or 
disapproved on or before June 20, 2007. This notice also announces the 
availability of this program for public review and comment.
    Under 49 U.S.C., Section 47503 (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 to proposes to take to reduce 
existing non-compatible uses and prevent the introduction of additional 
non-compatible uses.
    The Jacksonville Airport Authority submitted to the FAA on February 
16, 2006 noise exposure maps, descriptions and other documentation that 
were produced during the Craig Municipal Airport FAR part 150 Noise and 
Land Use Compatibility Study conducted between August 2004 and November 
2005. It was requested that the FAA review this material as the noise 
exposure maps, as described in section 47503 of the Act, and that the 
noise mitigation measures, to be implemented jointly by the airport and 
surrounding communities, be approved as a noise compatibility program 
under section 47503 of the Act.
    The FAA has completed its review of the noise exposure maps and 
related descriptions submitted by the Jacksonville Airport Authority. 
The specific documentation determined to constitute the noise exposure 
maps includes: Map A, 2006 Noise Exposure Map; Map B, 2011 Noise 
Exposure Map; Table 7-1, Historic and Project Aircraft Operations; 
Table 7-2, 2004 Activity Profile; Table 7-3, 2009 Activity Profile; 
Table 8-1, 2004 Military Operations and Fleet Mix; Table 8-2, 2009 
Military Operations and Fleet Mix; Table 8-3, 2004 Itinerant General 
Aviation Operations and Fleet Mix; Table 8-4, 2004 Local General 
Aviation Operations and Fleet Mix; Table 8-5, 2009 Itinerant General 
Aviation Operations and Fleet Mix; Table 8-6, 2009 Local General 
Aviation Operations and Fleet Mix; Exhibit 8-1, Aircraft Flight 
Tracks--Arrivals; Exhibit 8-2, Aircraft Flight Tracks--Departures; 
Exhibit 11-1, VFR Noise Abatement Departure Flight Tracks; Exhibit 11-
2, VRF Noise Abatement Arrival Flight Tracks; Table 8-7, 2004 and 2009 
Propeller Aircraft Flight Track Usage; Table 8-8, 2004 and 2009 Jet 
Aircraft Flight Track Usage; Table 8-9, 2004 and 2009 Local Pattern 
Flight Track Usage; Exhibit 8-3, Draft 2004 DNL Noise Contours; Exhibit 
8-4, Draft 2009 DNL Noise Contours; Exhibit 9-1, Noise Sensitive Areas, 
Table 9-3, Noise Sensitive Sites; Exhibit 9-2, 2004 DNL Noise Contours 
with Land Use; Exhibit 9-3, 2004 DNL Noise Contours with Existing 
Zoning; Exhibit 9-4, 2009 DNL Noise Contours with Land Use; Exhibit 9-
5, 2009 DNL Nose Contours with Existing Zoning; and Table 9-4, 
Estimated Population within 2004 and 2009 DNL Contours. The FAA has 
determined that these maps for Craig Municipal Airport are in 
compliance with applicable requirements. This determination is 
effective on December 22, 2006. 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,

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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 overlying 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.
    The FAA has formally received the noise compatibility program for 
Craig Municipal Airport, also effective on December 22, 2006. 
Preliminary review of the submitted material indicates that it conforms 
to the requirements for the submittal of noise compatibility programs, 
but that further review will be necessary prior to approval or 
disapproval of the program. The formal review period, limited by law to 
a maximum of 180 days, will be completed on or before June 20, 2007.
    The FAA's detailed evaluation will be conducted under the 
provisions of 14 CFR part 150, Section 150.33. The primary 
considerations in the evaluation process are whether the proposed 
measures may reduce the level of aviation safety, create an undue 
burden on interstate or foreign commerce, or be reasonably consistent 
with obtaining the goal of reducing existing non-compatible land uses 
and preventing the introduction of additional non-compatible land uses.
    Interested persons are invited to comment on the proposed program 
with specific reference to these factors. All comments, other than 
those properly addressed to local land use authorities, will be 
considered by the FAA to the extent practicable. Copies of the noise 
exposure maps, the FAA's evaluation of the maps, and the proposed noise 
computability program are available for examination at the following 
locations: Federal Aviation Administration, Orlando Airports District 
Office, 5950 Hazeltine National Dr., Suite 400, Orlando, Florida 32822.
    Questions may be directed to the individual named above under the 
heading, FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT.

    Dated: December 22, 2006.
W. Dean Stringer,
Manager, Orlando Airports District Office.
[FR Doc. 06-9997 Filed 1-5-07; 8:45 am]
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