[Federal Register Volume 79, Number 111 (Tuesday, June 10, 2014)]
[Notices]
[Pages 33254-33255]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2014-13496]


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DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION

Federal Aviation Administration


Noise Exposure Map; Notice for Merrill Field Airport, Anchorage, 
AK

AGENCY: Federal Aviation Administration (FAA), DOT.

ACTION: Notice of availability.

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SUMMARY: The Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) announces its 
determination that the noise exposure maps submitted by Municipality of 
Anchorage, for Merrill Field 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: The effective date of the FAA's determination on the noise 
exposure maps is June 3, 2014.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Michael Edelmann, Federal Aviation 
Administration, 222 W7th Ave. Suite 14, Anchorage, AK 99513, 907 271-
5026, [email protected]

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: This notice announces that the FAA finds 
that the noise exposure maps submitted for Merrill Field Airport are in 
compliance with applicable requirements of 14 Code of Federal 
Regulations (CFR) part 150 (hereinafter referred to as ``Part 150''), 
effective June 3, 2014. Under 49 U.S.C. section 47503 of the Aviation 
Safety and Noise Abatement Act (hereinafter referred to as ``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 Part 150, 
promulgated pursuant to the Act, may submit a noise compatibility 
program for FAA approval which sets forth the measures the 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 Municipality of Anchorage. 
The documentation that constitutes the ``Noise Exposure Maps'' as 
defined in section 150.7 of Part 150 includes: Existing Conditions NEM 
(2013), Forecast Conditions NEM (2018), narrative report titled Noise 
Exposure Map Update, Merrill Field Airport, including appendices. The 
FAA has determined that these noise exposure maps and accompanying 
documentation are in compliance with applicable requirements. This 
determination is effective on June 3, 2014.
    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 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 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 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 Part 150, that the 
statutorily required consultation has been accomplished.
    Copies of the full noise exposure map documentation and of the 
FAA's evaluation of the maps are available for examination at the 
following locations:

Federal Aviation Administration, Alaskan Region,
Airports Division, AAL-600,
222 W7th Ave, Suite 14,
Anchorage, AK 99513,
Available for review 8 a.m. to 4 p.m. local time.

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Municipality of Anchorage, Merrill Field Airport,
800 Merrill Field Drive,
Anchorage, AK 99501,
Available for review normal business hours.

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

    Issued in Anchorage, AK, June 3, 2014.
Byron K. Huffman,
Alaskan Region Airports Division Manager, Anchorage, AK.
[FR Doc. 2014-13496 Filed 6-9-14; 8:45 am]
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