[Federal Register Volume 76, Number 73 (Friday, April 15, 2011)]
[Notices]
[Pages 21419-21420]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2011-9224]


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DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION

Federal Aviation Administration


Noise Exposure Map; Louisville Interntional Airport, Louisville, 
KY

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 Louisville 
Regional Airport Authority for Louisville 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 April 7, 2011.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Phillip J. Braden, Federal Aviation 
Administration, Memphis Airports District Office, 2862 Business Park 
Drive, Building G, Memphis, Tennessee 38118, 901-322-8181.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: This notice announces that the FAA finds 
that the Noise Exposure Maps submitted for Louisville International 
Airport are in compliance with applicable requirements of Title 14 Code 
of Federal Regulations (CFR) part 150, effective April 7, 2011. 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 noncompatible 
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 noncompatible 
uses and prevent the introduction of additional noncompatible uses.
    The FAA has completed its review of the Noise Exposure Maps and 
accompanying documentation submitted by Louisville Regional Airport 
Authority. The documentation that constitutes the ``Noise Exposure 
Maps'' as defined in Section 150.7 of 14 CFR part 150 includes: Figure 
11, ``Existing Condition 2011 Noise Exposure Map''; Figure 12, 
``Forecast Condition 2012 Noise Exposure Map''; Figure 4, ``Existing 
2011 North Flow Arrival and Departure Tracks''; Figure 5, ``Existing 
2011 South Flow Arrival and Departure Tracks''; Figure 6, ``Forecast 
2016 North Flow Arrival and Departure RNAV Tracks''; Figure 7, 
``Forecast 2016 South Flow Arrival and Departure RNAV Tracks''; Figure 
8, ``Military Arrival and Departure Tracks''; Figure 13, ``Comparison 
of Existing 2011 and Forecast 2016 Noise Exposure Maps''; Table 4, 
``2011 Operations Summary''; Table 5, ``Modeled Average Daily Aircraft 
Operations for 2011''; Table 6, ``2016 Operations Summary''; Table 7, 
``Modeled Average Daily Aircraft Operations for 2016''; Table 9, 
``Overall Runway Use Percentages for 2011''; Table 10, ``Modeled 
Average Daily Runway Use for 2011''; Table 14, ``Overall Runway Use 
Percentages for 2016''; Table 15, ``Modeled Average Daily Runway Use 
for 2016''; Table 21, ``Military Helicopter Flight Tracks and Use''; 
Table 25, ``Estimated Residential Population within 2011 and 2016 DNL 
Contours''. The FAA has determined that these Noise Exposure Maps and 
accompanying documentation are in compliance with applicable 
requirements. This determination is effective on April 7, 2011.
    FAA's determination on the airport operator's Noise Exposure Maps 
is limited to a finding that the maps were developed in accordance with 
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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 locations:

Federal Aviation Administration, Memphis Airports District Office, 2862 
Business Park Drive, Building G, Memphis, Tennessee 38118.

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

    Issued in Memphis, Tennessee on April 7, 2011.
Phillip J. Braden,
Manager, Memphis Airports District Office.
[FR Doc. 2011-9224 Filed 4-14-11; 8:45 am]
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