[Federal Register Volume 75, Number 44 (Monday, March 8, 2010)]
[Notices]
[Pages 10552-10553]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2010-4849]


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DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION

Federal Aviation Administration


Noise Exposure Map Notice for Chandler Municipal Airport, 
Chandler, AZ

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 City of 
Chandler, for Chandler 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.

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DATES: Effective Date: The effective date of the FAA's determination on 
the noise exposure maps is February 19, 2010.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Roxana Hernandez, Federal Aviation 
Administration, Los Angeles Airports District Office, 15000 Aviation 
Boulevard, Lawndale, CA 90261, (310) 725-3614.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: This notice announces that the FAA finds 
that the noise exposure maps submitted for Chandler Municipal Airport 
are in compliance with applicable requirements of 14 Code of Federal 
Regulations (CFR) Part 150 (hereinafter referred to as ``Part 150''), 
effective February 19, 2010. Under 49 U.S.C. 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 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 City of Chandler. The 
documentation that constitutes the ``Noise Exposure Maps'' as defined 
in section 150.7 of Part 150 includes the 2009 and 2014 Noise Exposure 
Maps. The 2014 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, 
infrastructure, vacant and warehouse and those areas within the Yearly 
Day-Night Average Sound Level (DNL) 65, 70 and 75 noise contours. 
Estimates for the number of people within these contours for the year 
2009 are shown in Table 6.5. Estimates of the future residential 
population within the 2014 noise contours are shown in Table 6.6. 
Flight tracks for the existing and the five-year Noise Exposure Maps 
are found in Figures 5.1-5.4. The type and frequency of aircraft 
operations including nighttime operations are found in Tables 5.1-5.4. 
The FAA has determined that these noise exposure maps and accompanying 
documentation are in compliance with applicable requirements. This 
determination is effective on February 19, 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 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 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, Lawndale, CA 90261;
Federal Aviation Administration, Los Angeles Airports District Office, 
Room 3000, 15000 Aviation Boulevard, Lawndale, CA 90261;
Greg Chenoweth, Airport Manager, Chandler Municipal Airport, 2380 South 
Stinson Way, Chandler, AZ 85249.
Questions may be directed to the individual named above under the 
heading, FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT.

    Issued in Hawthorne, California on February 19, 2010.
Debbie Roth,
Acting Manager, Airports Division, AWP-600, Western-Pacific Region.
[FR Doc. 2010-4849 Filed 3-5-10; 8:45 am]
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