[Federal Register Volume 77, Number 163 (Wednesday, August 22, 2012)]
[Notices]
[Pages 50759-50760]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2012-20659]


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DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION

Federal Aviation Administration


Noise Exposure Map Notice, Orlando Sanford International Airport, 
Sanford, 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 Sanford 
Airport Authority for Orlando Sanford 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 August 16, 2012.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Allan Nagy, Federal Aviation 
Administration, Orlando Airports District Office, 5950 Hazeltine 
National Drive, Citadel International Building, Suite 400, Orlando, FL 
32822, 407-812-6331.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: This notice announces that the FAA finds 
that the Noise Exposure Maps submitted for Orlando Sanford 
International Airport are in compliance with applicable requirements of 
Title 14 Code of Federal Regulations (CFR) Part 150, effective August 
16, 2012. 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 Sanford Airport Authority. The 
documentation that constitutes the ``Noise Exposure Maps'' as defined 
in Section 150.7 of 14 CFR part 150 includes: Table 1: 2009 and 2016 
Annual Operations; Table 2: 2009 Domestic and International Air Carrier 
Fleet Mix; Table 3: 2016 Domestic and International Air Carrier Fleet 
Mix; Table 4: 2009 Air Taxi Operations and Fleet Mix; Table 5: 2016 Air 
Taxi Operations and Fleet Mix; Table 6: 2009 Local and Itinerant 
General Aviation Operations; Table 7: 2016 Local and Itinerant General 
Aviation Operations; Table 8: 2009 General Aviation Operations and 
Fleet Mix; Table 9: 2016 General Aviation Operations and Fleet Mix; 
Table 10: 2009 and 2016 Domestic and International Air Carrier Stage 
Length Percentages; Table 11: 2009 Itinerant Runway Use Percentages; 
Table 12: 2016 Itinerant Runway Use Percentages; Table 13: 2009 and 
2016 Local Runway Use Percentages; Figure 1: East Flow Flight Tracks; 
Figure 2: West Flow Flight Tracks; Figure 3: Local Flight Tracks; 
Figure 4: Existing Land Use; Figure 5: 2011 NEM Contours; Figure 6: 
2016 NEM Contours; Figure 7: Future Land Use; Appendix I: Airport 
Facilities and Airspace; Appendix II: FAA Forecast Approval Letter; 
Appendix III: Airport Sponsors Noise Exposure Map Certification 
(including Table 1); Appendix V: FAA AEE Approval of Non-Standard INM 
Substitute Aircraft. The FAA has determined that these Noise Exposure 
Maps and accompanying documentation are in compliance with applicable

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requirements. This determination is effective on August 16, 2012.
    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, Citadel International 
Building, Suite 400, Orlando, FL 32822.
    Questions may be directed to the individual named above under the 
heading, FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT.

    Issued in Orlando, FL on August 16, 2012.
Bart Vernace,
Manager, Orlando Airports District Office.
[FR Doc. 2012-20659 Filed 8-21-12; 8:45 am]
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