[Federal Register Volume 75, Number 15 (Monday, January 25, 2010)]
[Notices]
[Pages 3959-3960]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2010-1326]


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DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION

Federal Aviation Administration


Noise Exposure Map Notice for Kona International Airport at 
Keahole, Keahole, North Kona, 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 the State of 
Hawaii for Kona International Airport at Keahole 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 January 12, 2010.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Peter Ciesla, Federal Aviation 
Administration, Western Pacific Region, Airports Division, P.O. Box 
92007, Los Angeles, California 90009-2007, Telephone: (310) 725-3612.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: This notice announces that the FAA finds 
that the noise exposure maps submitted for Kona International Airport 
at Keahole are in compliance with applicable requirements of Part 150,

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effective January 12, 2010. 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 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 the State of Hawaii. The 
documentation that constitutes the ``noise exposure maps'' as defined 
in section 150.7 of Part 150 includes: Exhibit 1, Existing Conditions 
(2008) Noise Exposure Map and Exhibit, Future Condition (2013) Noise 
Exposure 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, noise 
sensitive institutions, a school, non noise-sensitive land uses, and 
growth risk areas, and also those areas within the noise contours. 
Estimates for the number of people within these contours, for the year 
2008 is shown in Table 4C. Estimates of the future number of people 
within the 2013 noise contours is shown in Table 4F. 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 3A and 
3B for the existing conditions (2008) and the future conditions (2013). 
The FAA has determined that these noise exposure maps and accompanying 
documentation are in compliance with applicable requirements. This 
determination is effective on January 12, 2010.
    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, Western-Pacific Region, Airports 
Division, Room 3012, 15000 Aviation Boulevard, Hawthorne, California 
90261;
Federal Aviation Administration, Honolulu Airports District Office, 300 
Ala Moana Boulevard, 7-128, Honolulu, Hawaii 96850;
State of Hawaii, Department of Transportation, Airports Division, 400 
Rodgers Boulevard, Suite 700, Honolulu, Hawaii 96819-1880;
Kona International Airport at Keahole, 73-200 Kupipi Street, Kailua-
Kona, Hawaii 96740-2645.

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

    Issued in Hawthorne, California on January 12, 2010.
Mia Paredes Ratcliff,
Acting Manager, Airports Division, AWP-600, Western-Pacific Region.
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