[Federal Register Volume 87, Number 78 (Friday, April 22, 2022)]
[Notices]
[Pages 24221-24222]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2022-08589]


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DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION

Federal Aviation Administration


Noise Exposure Map Notice; Tampa International Airport (TPA) 
Airport, Tampa, Florida

AGENCY: Federal Aviation Administration, Department of Transportation 
(DOT).

ACTION: Notice.

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SUMMARY: The Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) announces its 
determination that the Noise Exposure Maps (NEMs) submitted by the 
Hillsborough County Aviation Authority for Tampa International Airport 
under the provisions of the Aviation Safety and Noise Abatement Act and 
are in compliance with applicable requirements.

DATES: The effective date of the FAA's compliance determination on the 
NEMs is April 14, 2022.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Amy Reed, Federal Aviation 
Administration, Orlando Airports District Office, 8427 SouthPark 
Circle, Suite 524, Orlando, Florida 32819, (407) 487-7297.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: This notice announces that the FAA finds 
that the NEMs submitted for the Tampa International Airport (TPA) are 
in compliance with applicable requirements of title 14 Code of Federal 
Regulations (CFR) part 150, effective April 14, 2022. Under 49 U.S.C. 
47503 of the Aviation Safety and Noise Abatement Act (``the Act''), an 
airport operator may submit to the FAA NEMs 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 Sponsor who has submitted NEMs 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 (NCP) for FAA approval which sets forth the measures the 
Sponsor 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 NEMs and accompanying 
documentation submitted by Hillsborough County Aviation Authority. The 
documentation that constitutes the ``NEMs'' as defined in 14 CFR 150.7 
includes: Final 2021 Existing Conditions Noise Exposure Map (Figure J-
1); Final 2026 Future Conditions Noise Exposure Map (Figure J-2); 
Fixed-Wing Flight Tracks--North Flow (Figure J-3); Fixed-Wing Flight 
Tracks--South Flow (Figure J-4); Helicopter Flight Tracks--All Flows 
(Figure J-5); and the Final Noise Exposure Map Report and its 
appendices. The FAA has determined that these NEMs and accompanying 
documentation are in compliance with applicable requirements. This 
determination is effective on April 14, 2022.
    FAA's determination on the airport Sponsor's NEMs 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 Sponsor's data, information, or plans, and 
is not a commitment to approve a NCP 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 NEM 
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 NEMs 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 and remain unchanged by FAA's NEM compliance determination 
under 14 CFR part 150. The responsibility for the detailed overlaying 
of noise exposure contours onto the map depicting properties on the 
surface rests exclusively with the airport Sponsor 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 Hillsborough

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County Aviation Authority, under 14 CFR 150.21, that the statutorily 
required consultation has been accomplished.
    Copies of the full NEM documentation are available for examination 
by appointment at the following locations:
    Federal Aviation Administration: Orlando Airports District Office, 
8427 SouthPark Circle, Suite 524, Orlando, Florida 32819.
    Tampa International Airport: 4100 George J Bean Pkwy., Tampa, FL 
33607.
    Direct questions or to arrange an appointment to review the 
documents to the individual named above under the heading FOR FURTHER 
INFORMATION CONTACT.

    Issued in Orlando, Florida, on April 19, 2022.
Bartholomew Vernace,
Manager, Orlando Airports District Office.
[FR Doc. 2022-08589 Filed 4-21-22; 8:45 am]
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