[Federal Register Volume 80, Number 156 (Thursday, August 13, 2015)]
[Notices]
[Pages 48619-48620]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2015-19954]


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DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION

Federal Aviation Administration


Noise Exposure Map Notice, Fort Lauderdale Executive Airport, 
Fort Lauderdale, 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 City of 
Fort Lauderdale for the Fort Lauderdale Executive 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 7, 2015.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Allan Nagy, Federal Aviation 
Administration, Orlando Airports District Office, 5950 Hazeltine 
National Drive, Suite 400, Orlando, FL, 32822, (407) 813-6331.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: This notice announces that the FAA finds 
that the Noise Exposure Maps submitted for Fort Lauderdale Executive 
Airport are in compliance with applicable requirements of Title 14 Code 
of Federal Regulations (CFR) Part 150, effective August 7, 2015. Under 
49 U.S.C. 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 City of Fort Lauderdale. 
The documentation that constitutes the ``Noise Exposure Maps'' as 
defined in 14 CFR Sec.  150.7 includes: Section 4; Section 5; Figure 
3.1-- Permanent Noise Monitor Locations; Figure 4.1-- 2015 Existing 
Conditions Noise Exposure Map; Figure 4.2-- 2020 Five--Year Forecast 
Conditions Noise Exposure Map; Figure 4.3-- Comparison of DNL Contours 
for 2015 Existing Conditions and 2002 Existing Conditions from the 2002 
Part 150 Study; Figure 4.4-- Airport Layout for Fort Lauderdale 
Executive Airport; Figure 4.5-- Comparison of Jet Arrival Model Tracks 
to Radar Sample; Figure 4.6-- Comparison of Jet Departure Model Tracks 
to Radar Sample; Figure 4.7-- Comparison of Propeller Arrival Model 
Tracks to Radar Sample; Figure 4.8-- Comparison of Propeller Departure 
Model Tracks to Radar Sample; Figure 4.9-- Comparison of Pattern Model 
Tracks to Radar Sample; Figure 4.10-- Comparison of Helicopter Model 
Tracks to Radar Sample; Table 1.1-- Part 150 Noise Exposure Map 
Checklist; Table 2.1-- Part 150 Noise/Land Use Compatibility 
Guidelines; Table 4.1-- 2015 and 2020 NEM Operation by Aircraft 
Category; Table 4.2-- 2015 Existing Conditions Average Annual Day 
Operations; Table 4.3-- Forecast 2020 Average Annual Day Operations; 
Table 4.4-- Estimated Existing and Future Run--up Operations; Table 
4.5-- Runway Dimensions; Table 4.6-- Runway Use; Table 4.7-- Arrival 
Track Utilization; Table 4.8-- Departure Track Utilization; Table 4.9-- 
Pattern Track Utilization; Table 4.10-- Arrival Helicopter Track 
Utilization, and Table 4.11-- Departure Helicopter Track Utilization. 
The FAA has determined that these Noise Exposure Maps and accompanying 
documentation are in compliance with applicable requirements. This 
determination is effective on August 7, 2015.
    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 14 CFR Sec.  150.21, 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 by 
appointment at the following locations:
Federal Aviation Administration, Orlando Airports District Office, 5950 
Hazeltine National Drive, Suite 400, Orlando, FL, 32822.
    To arrange an appointment to review the documents and any questions 
may be directed to the individual named above under the heading, FOR 
FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT.

    Issued in Orlando, FL on August 7, 2015.
Bart Vernace,
 Manager, Orlando Airports District Office.
[FR Doc. 2015-19954 Filed 8-12-2015; 8:45 am]
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