[Federal Register Volume 79, Number 13 (Tuesday, January 21, 2014)]
[Notices]
[Page 3453]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2014-00942]



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DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION

Federal Aviation Administration


Notice of Noise Exposure Map; Bradley International Airport, 
Windsor Locks, Connecticut

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 for Bradley International 
Airport, Windsor Locks, Connecticut, as submitted by the Connecticut 
Airport Authority under the provisions of Title I of the Aviation 
Safety and Noise Abatement Act of 1979 (Pub. L. 96-193) 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 31, 2013.

ADDRESSES: Copies of the noise exposure maps and of the FAA's 
evaluation of the maps are available for examination at the following 
locations:

Connecticut Airport Authority, Bradley International Airport, Windsor 
Locks, Connecticut 06096.
Federal Aviation Administration, New England Region, Airports Division, 
12 New England Executive Park, Burlington, Massachusetts 01803.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Richard Doucette, Federal Aviation 
Administration, New England Region, Airports Division, 12 New England 
Executive Park, Burlington, Massachusetts 01803.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: This notice announces that the FAA finds 
that the noise exposure maps submitted for Bradley International 
Airport are in compliance with applicable requirements of Part 150, 
effective December 31, 2013.
    Under Section 103 of Title I of the Aviation Safety and Noise 
Abatement Act of 1979 (hereinafter referred to as ``the Act'') (49 
U.S.C. 47503), an airport operator may submit to the FAA noise exposure 
maps that meet applicable regulations and that 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 such noise exposure maps that 
are found by FAA to be in compliance with the requirements of Part 150 
of FAA's regulations (14 CFR Part 150), promulgated pursuant to Title I 
of the Act, may submit a noise compatibility program for FAA approval 
that sets forth the measures the operator has taken, or proposes, for 
the introduction of additional non-compatible uses.
    The FAA has completed its review of the noise exposure map and 
related descriptions submitted by the Connecticut Airport Authority. 
The specific maps under consideration were Exhibit NEM-1, Existing 
(2013) Noise Exposure Map and Exhibit NEM-2, Future (2018) Noise 
Exposure Map in the submission. The FAA has determined that these maps 
for Bradley International Airport are in compliance with applicable 
requirements. This determination is effective on December 31, 2013.
    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 103 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 107 of the Act (49 U.S.C. 47506). 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 a 
noise exposure map. 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 the map or with those public agencies and planning agencies 
with which consultation is required under Section 103 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.

    Authority: 49 U.S.C. 47501-47510; 14 CFR Part 150.

    Issued in Burlington, Massachusetts, January 9, 2014.
Bryon H. Rakoff,
Acting Manager, New England Region Airports Division.
[FR Doc. 2014-00942 Filed 1-17-14; 8:45 am]
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