[Federal Register Volume 81, Number 90 (Tuesday, May 10, 2016)]
[Notices]
[Pages 28934-28935]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2016-10979]


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DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION

Federal Aviation Administration


Noise Exposure Map Notice for Harrisburg International Airport, 
Middletown, Pennsylvania

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 Susquehanna 
Regional Airport Authority for Harrisburg 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 May 3, 2016.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Harrisburg Airports District Office 
(HAR ADO), Susan L. McDonald, Environmental Protection Specialist, 
Federal Aviation Administration, HAR ADO, 3905 Hartzdale Drive, Suite 
508, Camp Hill, PA 17011, Telephone: (717) 730-2830.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: This notice announces that the FAA finds 
that the noise exposure maps submitted for the Harrisburg International 
Airport are in compliance with applicable requirements of 14 CFR part 
150, effective January 13, 2004. 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

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operations during a forecast period that is at least five (5) years in 
the future, 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 Federal Aviation Regulations (FAR) 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 Susquehanna Regional 
Airport Authority. The documentation that constitutes the ``Noise 
Exposure Maps'' (NEM) as defined in Section 150.7 of Part 150 includes: 
2015 Base Year NEM Figure (3-1) and 2020 Future Year NEM Figure (4-1). 
The Noise Exposure Maps contain current and forecast information, 
including the depiction of the airport and its boundaries, the runway 
configurations, and land uses such as residential, open space, 
commercial/office, community facilities, libraries, churches, open 
space, infrastructure, vacant and warehouse and those areas within the 
Day Night Average Sound Level (DNL) 65, 70 and 75 noise contours. 
Estimates for the area within these contours for the 2015 Base Year are 
shown in Table 3-1 and Table 4-1; and in Chapters 3 and 4 of the NEM. 
Estimates of the future residential population within the 2020 Future 
Year noise contours are shown in Table 4-1 and in Chapter 4 of the NEM. 
Appendix E, Figure E-1, displays the location of noise monitoring 
sites. Flight tracks for the existing and the five-year forecast Noise 
Exposure Maps are found in Chapter 2 and Appendix F. The type and 
frequency of aircraft operations (including nighttime operations) are 
found in Appendix F, Tables F-1 through and F-3. The FAA has determined 
that these noise exposure maps and accompanying documentation are in 
compliance with applicable requirements. This determination is 
effective on May 3, 2016.
    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 FAR 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 FAR 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, Eastern Region, Airports Division, 
AEA-600, 1 Aviation Plaza, Jamaica, New York 11434.
Federal Aviation Administration, Harrisburg Airports District Office, 
3905 Hartzdale Drive, Suite 508, Camp Hill, PA 17011.
Susquehanna Area Regional Aiport Authority, One Terminal Drive, Suite 
300, Middletown, PA 17057.


FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Harrisburg Airports District Office 
(HAR ADO), Susan L. McDonald, Environmental Protection Specialist, 
Federal Aviation Administration, HAR ADO, 3905 Hartzdale Drive, Suite 
508, Camp Hill, PA 17011, Telephone: (717) 730-2830.

    Issued in Camp Hill, PA on May 3, 2016.
Lori K. Pagnanelli,
Manager, Harrisburg Airports District Office, Eastern Region.
[FR Doc. 2016-10979 Filed 5-9-16; 8:45 am]
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