[Federal Register Volume 76, Number 242 (Friday, December 16, 2011)]
[Notices]
[Pages 78329-78330]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2011-32213]


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DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION

Federal Aviation Administration


Noise Exposure Map Notice; Martin County Airport, Stuart, 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 Martin 
County Board of County Commissioners for Martin County 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 6, 2011.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Allan Nagy, Federal Aviation 
Administration, Orlando Airports District Office, 5950 Hazeltine 
National Drive, Suite 400, Orlando, Florida 32822, (407) 812-6331, 
Extension 130.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: This notice announces that the FAA finds 
that the Noise Exposure Maps submitted for Martin County Airport are in 
compliance with applicable requirements of Title 14 Code of Federal 
Regulations (CFR) part 150, effective December 6, 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 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 Martin County Board of 
County Commissioners. The documentation that constitutes the ``Noise 
Exposure Maps'' as defined in Section 150.7 of 14 CFR part 150 
includes: Table 4-2 Total and Average Annual Day Aircraft Operations, 
Base Year 2010 and Five-Year Forecast 2015; Table 4-3 Day-Night Split 
of Operations; Table 4-4 Total and Average Annual Day Aircraft 
Operations by Aircraft Category Base Year 2010 and Five-Year Forecast 
2015; Table 4-5 Total Runway Utilization Rates, Fixed Wing Aircraft; 
Table 4-6 Night Runway Utilization Rates, Fixed Wing Aircraft; Table 4-
7 Total and Night Utilization Rates, Helicopter Aircraft; Figure 4-4 
Jet Arrival Flight Tracks ; Figure 4-5 Jet Departure Flight Tracks; 
Figure 4-6 Propeller Arrival Flight Tracks; Figure 4-7 Propeller 
Departure Flight Tracks; Figure 4-8 Helicopter Arrival Flight Tracks; 
Figure 4-9 Helicopter Departure Flight Tracks; Figure 4-10 Touch and Go 
Flight Tracks; Figure 5-2 2010 Existing Conditions Contours (2010 NEM); 
Figure 5-3 2015 Five-Year Forecast Conditions Contours (2015 NEM); 
Attachment 3, January 25, 2010 FAA Letter Approving 2010 Airport Master 
Plan Update Forecasts of Aviation Activity; Attachment 4, June 11, 2010 
FAA AEE Approval Letter for the Use of Aircraft Substitutions in INM; 
Attachment 5, Modeled Average Daily Aircraft Operations Existing 
Conditions 2010 and Five-Year Forecast 2015 Conditions; Attachment 6, 
Figures A6-1 through A6-7, Flight Tracks by Aircraft Type with Track 
Assignments; Attachment 7, Flight Track Utilization Rates Existing 
Conditions 2010 and Five-Year Forecast 2015.
    The FAA has determined that these Noise Exposure Maps and 
accompanying documentation are in compliance with applicable 
requirements. This determination is effective on December 6, 2011.

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    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 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 6, 2011.
W. Dean Stringer,
Manager, Orlando Airports District Office.
[FR Doc. 2011-32213 Filed 12-15-11; 8:45 am]
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