[Federal Register Volume 74, Number 248 (Tuesday, December 29, 2009)]
[Notices]
[Pages 68913-68914]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: E9-30795]


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DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION

Federal Aviation Administration


Noise Exposure Map Notice; Kissimmee Gateway Airport, Kissimmee, 
Florida

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 City of 
Kissimmee for Kissimmee Gateway 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 December 11, 2009.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Lindy McDowell, Federal Aviation 
Administration, Orlando Airports District Office, 5950 Hazeltine 
National Drive, Orlando, Florida 3288, 407-812-6331.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: This notice announces that the FAA finds 
that the Noise Exposure Maps submitted for Kissimmee Gateway Airport 
are in compliance with applicable requirements of Title 14 Code of 
Federal Regulations (CFR) Part 150, effective November 16, 2009. Under 
49 U.S.C. 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 14 CFR 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 the City of Kissimmee. The 
documentation that constitutes the ``Noise Exposure Maps'' as defined 
in Section 150.7 of 14 CFR part 150 includes: Map A--2009 Noise 
Exposure Map; Map B--2014 Noise Exposure Map; Table 5.1, 2009 Annual 
Operations; Table 5.2, 2009 Annual--Average Day Fleet Mix (Itinerant 
Operations); Table 5.3, 2009 Annual Average Day Fleet Mix (Local 
Operations); Table 5.4, 2014 Annual Operations; Table 5.5, 2014 
Annual--Average Day Fleet Mix (Itinerant Operations); Table 5.5, 2014 
Annual Average Day Fleet Mix (Local Operations); Table 5.10, Percentage 
Runway Utilization; Table 5.11, Percentage Helicopter Runway/Helipad 
Utilization; Tables 5.12--5.14, Flight Track Percentages; Figure 5.1, 
Runway 15 Flight Tracks; Figure 5.2, Runway 24 Flight Tracks; Figure 
5.3, Runway 33 Flight Tracks; Figure 5.4, Runway 06 Flight Tracks; 
Figure 5.5, Local Flight Tracks; Figure 5.6, Helicopter Flight Tracks; 
Figure 6.1, 2009 DNL Contour; Figure 6.2, 2014 DNL Contour; Figure 6.5, 
2009 Land Use Noise Contours; Figure 6.6, 2014 Land Use Noise Contours; 
Figure 6.8A, Residential Land Uses within the 65 DNL Contour; Table 
6.1, 2009 DNL Contour Population Summary; Table 6.2, 2014 DNL Contour 
Population Summary; Map A--North Flow Flight Tracks; Map A--South Flow 
Flight Tracks; Map A--Helicopter and Local Flight Tracks; Map B--North 
Flow Flight Tracks; Map B--South Flow Flight Tracks; and Map B--
Helicopter and Local 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 
December 11, 2009.
    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 14 CFR 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

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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 14 CFR 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 14 CFR 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 December 11, 2009.
W. Dean Stringer,
Manager, Orlando Airports District Office.
[FR Doc. E9-30795 Filed 12-28-09; 8:45 am]
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