[Federal Register Volume 82, Number 119 (Thursday, June 22, 2017)]
[Notices]
[Pages 28545-28546]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2017-12995]


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DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION

Federal Aviation Administration


Noise Exposure Map Notice for Teterboro Airport, Teterboro, New 
Jersey

AGENCY: Federal Aviation Administration (FAA), DOT.

ACTION: Notice.

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SUMMARY: The FAA announces its determination that the noise exposure 
maps submitted by the Port Authority of New York and New Jersey for 
Teterboro Airport are in compliance with applicable requirements.

DATES: The effective date of the FAA's determination on the noise 
exposure maps is June 15, 2017.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Eastern Region Airports Division (AEA-
600), Andrew Brooks, Environmental Program Manager, Federal Aviation 
Administration, AEA-600, 1 Aviation Plaza, Jamaica, New York 11434, 
Telephone: (718) 553-3330.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: This notice announces that the FAA finds 
that the noise exposure maps submitted for Teterboro 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 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 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 the 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 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 Port Authority of New York 
and New Jersey. The documentation that constitutes the ``Noise Exposure 
Maps'' (NEM) as defined in Section 150.7 includes a 2016 Base Year NEM, 
Figure 5-1, and a 2021 Future Year NEM, Figure 5-2, located in Chapter 
5 of the NEM Report. The figures contained within Chapter 5 are scaled 
to fit within the report context; however, the official, to scale, 2016 
Base Year NEM and 2021 Future Year NEM are identified as Figures 5-8 
and 5-9 and are both located in an attachment to the official NEM 
Report submittal.
    The Noise Exposure Maps contain current and forecast information 
including the depiction of the airport and its boundaries, the runway 
configurations, land uses such as single family residential; multi-
family residential; mobile home; transient lodging (hotel, motel, 
etc.); school, university, or daycare; place of worship; recreational, 
open space, and cemetary; commercial use; manufacturing and production; 
public use; and vacant or unidentified, 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 2016 Base Year and 2021 
Future Year are shown in Table 5-4 of Chapter 5 of the NEM Report. 
Estimates of the residential population within the 2016 Base Year and 
2021 Future Year noise contours are also shown in Table 5-2 of Chapter 
5 of the NEM Report. Figure 2-5 in Chapter 2 displays the location of 
noise monitoring sites. Flight tracks are found in Figures 4-6 and 4-7 
of Chapter 4 and detailed in Appedix D. The type and frequency of 
aircraft operations (including nighttime) are found in Appendix D.1, 
Tables 7 and 8.
    As discussed in Chapter 6 of the NEM Report, the Port Authority of 
New York and New Jersey provided the general public the opportunity to 
review and comment on the NEMs. This public comment period opened on 
September 15, 2016 and closed on October 17, 2016. A public workshop 
for the Draft NEMs was held on September 22, 2016. All comments 
received during the public comment period and throughout the 
development of the NEMs, as well as responses to these comments, are 
contained in Appendix H of the NEM Report.
    Following the closure of the public review period, final review of 
the Noise Exposure Maps showed that 21 parcels were identified with the 
incorrect land use in the Draft Noise Exposure Maps distributed to the 
public. These parcels have been correctly identified on the

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Final Noise Exposure Map submittal. The change to the identification of 
these parcels did not alter the depiction of the noise contour lines in 
any fashion.
    The FAA has determined that these noise exposure maps and 
accompanying documentation are in compliance with applicable 
requirements. This determination is effective on June 15, 2017.
    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 14 CFR 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 authorities 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, 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, New York Airports District Office, 1 
Aviation Plaza, Jamaica, New York 11434
The Port Authority of New York and New Jersey, Aviation Department, 4 
World Trade Center, 150 Greenwich Street, 18th Floor, New York, New 
York 10007

    Issued in Jamaica, NY on June 15, 2017.
Steven M. Urlass,
Director, Airports Division, Eastern Region.
[FR Doc. 2017-12995 Filed 6-21-17; 8:45 am]
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