[Federal Register Volume 75, Number 137 (Monday, July 19, 2010)]
[Notices]
[Pages 41926-41927]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2010-17512]


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DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION

Federal Aviation Administration


Noise Exposure Map Notice New Smyrna Beach Municipal Airport, New 
Smyrna Beach, 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 the City of New 
Smyrna Beach for New Smyrna Beach 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.

DATES: Effective Date: The effective date of the FAA's determination on 
the noise exposure maps is July 8, 2010.

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

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: This notice announces that the FAA finds 
that the Noise Exposure Maps submitted for New Smyrna Beach Municipal 
Airport are in compliance with applicable requirements of Title 14 Code 
of Federal Regulations (CFR) Part 150, effective July 8, 2010. 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 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 New Smyrna Beach. 
The documentation that constitutes the ``Noise Exposure Maps'' as 
defined in Section 150.7 of 14 CFR Part 150 includes: Figure 6.1, 2009 
Noise Contours; Figure 6.2, 2014 Noise Contours; Figure 5-1, Runway 02 
Flight Tracks; Figure 5-2, Runway 07 Flight Tracks; Figure 5-3, Runway 
11 Flight Tracks; Figure 5-4, Runway 20 Flight Tracks; Figure 5-5, 
Runway 25 Flight Tracks; Figure 5-6, Runway 29 Flight Tracks; Figure 
5.7, Helicopter Flight Tracks, Figure 5.8 Local Flight Tracks; Table 
5.1, 2008 Annual Operations; Table 5.2, 2008 Annual-Average Day Fleet 
Mix (Itinerant Operations); Table 5.3, 2008 Annual Average Day Fleet 
Mix (Local Operations); Table 5.4 2013 Annual Operations; Table 5.5, 
2013 Annual-Average Day Fleet Mix (Itinerant Operations); Table 5.6, 
2013 Annual Average Day Fleet Mix (Local Operations); Figure 5.10, 
Percentage Runway Utilization; and Table 5.11,

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Percentage Helicopter Runway/Helipad Utilization. The FAA has 
determined that these Noise Exposure Maps and accompanying 
documentation are in compliance with applicable requirements. This 
determination is effective on July 8, 2010.
    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 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 location: Federal Aviation Administration, Orlando Airports 
District Office, 5950 Hazeltine National Drive, Suite 400, Orlando, FL 
32822, 407-812-6331.
    Questions may be directed to the individual named above under the 
heading, FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT.

    Issued in Orlando, Florida, on July 8, 2010.
W. Dean Stringer,
Manager, Orlando Airports District Office.
[FR Doc. 2010-17512 Filed 7-16-10; 8:45 am]
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