[Federal Register Volume 80, Number 175 (Thursday, September 10, 2015)]
[Notices]
[Pages 54652-54653]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2015-22825]


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DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION

Federal Aviation Administration


Noise Exposure Map Notice, Memphis International Airport, 
Memphis, TN

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 Memphis-Shelby 
County Airport Authority for Memphis 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: The effective date of the FAA's determination on the noise 
exposure maps is September 1, 2015.

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FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Phillip J. Braden, Federal Aviation 
Administration, Memphis Airports District Office, 2600 Thousand Oaks 
Blvd., Suite 2250, Memphis, Tennessee 38118, 901-322-8181.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: This notice announces that the FAA finds 
that the Noise Exposure Maps submitted for Memphis International 
Airport are in compliance with applicable requirements of Title 14 Code 
of Federal Regulations (CFR) Part 150, effective September 1, 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 noncompatible 
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 noncompatible 
uses and prevent the introduction of additional noncompatible uses.
    The FAA has completed its review of the Noise Exposure Maps and 
accompanying documentation submitted by Memphis-Shelby County Airport 
Authority. The documentation that constitutes the ``Noise Exposure 
Maps'' as defined in Section 150.7 of 14 CFR part 150 includes: '' 
Figure 2.1, Study Area Boundaries And Jurisdictions; Figure 2.2, Land 
Use In Memphis And Shelby County; Figure 2.3, City of Southhaven 
Existing Land Use; Figure 2.4, City of Southhaven Noise Abatement Zone; 
Figure 2.5, City of Southhaven Future Land Use Plan; Figure 2.6, City 
of Southaven Proposed Land Use For Area 2; Figure 2.7, City of Horn 
Lake Proposed Land Use Map; Figure 2.8, Desoto County Existing Land Use 
Map; Figure 2.9, Desoto County Future Land Use Map; Figure 2.10, Noise 
Sensitive Sites; Figure 2.11, Mitigated Properties; Figure 3.1, 
Vicinity Map; Figure 3.2, Airport Diagram; Figure 3.3, Memphis 
Airspace; Figure 3.4, Daytime/Nightime Distribution By Aircraft Type; 
Figure 3.5, Overall Runway Utilization; Figure 3.6, North/East Flow 
Departures; Figure 3.7, North/East Arrivals; Figure 3.8, South/West 
Flow Departures; Figure 3.9, South/West Flow Arrivals; Figure 3.10, 
Military Flight Tracks; Figure 3.11, Helicopter Flight Tracks; Figure 
3.12, Run-Up Locations; Figure 3.13 Protected Areas and Departure 
Tracks; Figure 4.1, Noise Monitoring Locations; Figure 4.2, 2013 
Existing Contour Noise Exposure Map; Figure 4.3, Existing Condition NEM 
With Noise-Sensitive Sites; Figure 4.4, 2013 Existing Condition NEM 
With Mitigated Properties; Figure 4.5, 2013 Existing Condition NEM With 
Noncompatible Land Uses; Figure 5.1, Run-Up Locations; Figure 5.2, 
North/East Flow Flight Tracks; Figure 5.3, South/West Flow Flight 
Tracks; Figure 5.4, 2020 Future Condition Noise Exposure Map; Figure 
5.5, Proposed Fedex Run-Up Location Noise Impacts; Figure 5.6, 2020 
Future Condition NEM With Noise-Sensitive Sites; Figure 5.7, 2020 
Future Condition NEM With Mitigated Properties; Figure 5.8, 2020 Future 
Condition NEM With Noncompatible Land Uses. The FAA has determined that 
these Noise Exposure Maps and accompanying documentation are in 
compliance with applicable requirements. This determination is 
effective on September 1, 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 
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, Memphis Airports 
District Office, 2600 Thousand Oaks Boulevard, Suite 2250, Memphis, 
Tennessee 38118.
    Questions may be directed to the individual named above under the 
heading, FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT.

    Issued in Memphis, Tennessee, on September 1, 2015.
Phillip J. Braden,
Manager, Memphis Airports District Office.
[FR Doc. 2015-22825 Filed 9-9-15; 8:45 am]
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