[Federal Register Volume 73, Number 179 (Monday, September 15, 2008)]
[Notices]
[Pages 53319-53320]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: E8-21185]


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DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION

Federal Aviation Administration


Noise Exposure Map Notice, Key West International Airport, Key 
West, FL

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 Monroe County 
for Key West 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.

DATES: Effective Date: The effective date of the FAA's determination on 
the noise exposure maps is August 27, 2008.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Ms. Lindy McDowell, Federal Aviation 
Administration, Orlando Airports District Office, 5950 Hazeltine 
National Drive, Suite 400, Orlando, Florida 32822, 407-812-6331 
extension 130.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: This notice announces that the FAA finds 
that the Noise Exposure Maps submitted for Key West International 
Airport are in compliance with applicable requirements of Federal 
Aviation Regulation (FAR) Part 150, effective August 27, 2008. Under 49 
U.S.C. section 47503 of the Aviation Safety and Noise Abatement Act 
(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 FAR Part 150, 
promulgated pursuant to the Act, may submit a Noise Compatibility 
Program for FAA approval which sets forth the measures the airport 
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 Monroe County. The 
documentation that constitutes the ``Noise Exposure Maps'' as defined 
in Section 150.7 of FAR Part 150 includes: Table 4.2-1, 2008 Air 
Carrier & Air Taxi Operations; 4.2-2, Air Carrier & Air Taxi Flight 
Track Utilization; Table 4.2-3, 2008 Average Daily Engine Run-up 
Operations; Table 4.2-4, 2008 General Aviation Operations; Table 4.2-5, 
General Aviation Flight Track Utilization; Table 4.2-6, 2008 Military 
Aircraft Operations; Table 4.2-7, Military Flight Track Utilization; 
Table 4.2-8, Summary of 2008 Flight Operations; Table 4.3-1, 2008 
Existing Condition Noise Exposure Estimates;

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Figure 4.1, East Flow Radar Tracks; Figure 4.2, West Flow Radar Tracks; 
Figure 4.3, East Flow Flight Tracks; Figure 4.4, West Flow Flight 
Tracks; Figure 4.5, Touch and Go and Helicopter Flight Tracks; Figure 
4.6, Run-up Locations; Figure 4.7, 2008 Existing Condition Noise 
Exposure Map; Table 5.2-1, 2013 Air Carrier & Air Taxi Operations; 
Table 5.2-2, 2013 Average Daily Engine Run-up Operations; Table 5.2-3, 
2013 General Aviation Operations; Table 5.2-4, 2013 Military Aircraft 
Operations; Table 5.2-5, Summary of 2013 Flight Operations; Table 5.3-
1, 2013 Future Condition Noise Exposure Estimates; Figure 5.1, 2013 
Future Condition Noise Exposure Map; and, Figure 5.2, Future Condition 
Noise Exposure Map with Flight Tracks. The FAA has determined that 
these Noise Exposure Maps and accompanying documentation are in 
compliance with applicable requirements. This determination is 
effective on August 27, 2008.
    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 airport operator'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 exposure 
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 FAR 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 Maps documentation and of the 
FAA's evaluation of the maps are available for examination at the 
following locations: Federal Aviation Administration, Orlando Airports 
District Office, 5950 Hazeltine National Drive, Suite 400, Orlando, 
Florida 32822.
    Questions may be directed to the individual named above under the 
heading, FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT.

    Issued in Orlando, Florida on August 27, 2008.
William E. Farris,
Acting Manager, Orlando Airports District Office.
[FR Doc. E8-21185 Filed 9-12-08; 8:45 am]
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