[Federal Register Volume 73, Number 104 (Thursday, May 29, 2008)]
[Notices]
[Page 30996]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: E8-11824]



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DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION

Federal Aviation Administration


Noise Exposure Map Notice for Monterey Peninsula Airport, 
Monterey, California

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 Monterey 
Peninsula Airport District, California for Monterey Peninsula 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 May 9, 2008.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: David B. Kessler, AICP, Federal 
Aviation Administration, Western-Pacific Region, P.O. Box 92007, Los 
Angeles, California 90009-Telephone: 310/725-3615.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: This notice announces that the FAA finds 
that the noise exposure maps submitted for Monterey Peninsula Airport 
are in compliance with applicable requirements of Part 150, effective 
May 9, 2008. 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 noncompatible 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 Monterey Peninsula Airport 
District, California. The documentation that constitutes the ``Noise 
Exposure Maps'' as defined in section 150.7 of Part 150 includes: 
Exhibit 1 ``2007 CNEL Noise Exposure Contours Map,'' and Exhibit 2--
``2012 CNEL Noise Exposure Contours Map.'' 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 Community Noise Equivalent Level (CNEL) 65, 
70, and 75 noise contours. Estimates for the number of people within 
these contours for the year 2007 are shown in Table 4B. Estimates of 
the future residential population within the 2012 noise contours are 
shown in Table 4D. Exhibit 3M displays the location of noise monitoring 
sites. Flight tracks for the existing and the five-year forecast Noise 
Exposure Maps are found in Exhibits 3E, 3F, 3G, and 3H. The type and 
frequency of aircraft operations (including nighttime operations) are 
found in Tables 2L and 2P. The FAA has determined that these noise 
exposure maps and accompanying documentation are in compliance with 
applicable requirements. This determination is effective on May 9, 
2008.
    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 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 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, Planning and Environmental Division, 
APP-400, 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, San Francisco Airports District 
Office, 831 Mitten Road, Burlingame, California 94010-1303;
Thomas Greer, General Manager, Monterey Peninsula Airport, 200 Fred 
Kane Drive 200, Monterey, CA 93940.

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

    Issued in Hawthorne, California on May 9, 2008.
Mark A. McClardy,
Manager, Airports Division, AWP-600, Western-Pacific Region.
[FR Doc. E8-11824 Filed 5-28-08; 8:45 am]
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