[Federal Register Volume 88, Number 67 (Friday, April 7, 2023)]
[Notices]
[Pages 20935-20936]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2023-07320]
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DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION
Federal Aviation Administration
Noise Exposure Map Notice; Key West International Airport, Key
West, Florida
AGENCY: Federal Aviation Administration, DOT.
ACTION: Notice.
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SUMMARY: The Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) announces its
determination that the Noise Exposure
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Maps submitted by Monroe County for the Key West International Airport
under the provisions of the Aviation Safety and Noise Abatement Act are
in compliance with applicable requirements.
DATES: The effective date of the FAA's determination on the Noise
Exposure Maps is April 4, 2023.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Peter Green, Federal Aviation
Administration, Orlando Airports District Office, 8427 SouthPark
Circle, Suite 524, Orlando, Florida 32819, (407) 487-7296.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: This notice announces that the FAA finds
that the Noise Exposure Maps submitted for the Key West International
Airport are in compliance with applicable requirements of title 14 Code
of Federal Regulations (CFR) part 150, effective April 4, 2023. 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 Monroe County. The
documentation that constitutes the ``Noise Exposure Maps'' as defined
in 14 CFR 150.7 includes: 2022 Existing Condition Noise Exposure Map,
2028 Future Condition Noise Exposure Map, East Flow Flight Tracks map,
West Flow Flight Tracks map, and the Final Noise Exposure Maps and
Supporting Documentation Report. The FAA has determined that these
Noise Exposure Maps and accompanying documentation are in compliance
with applicable requirements. This determination is effective on April
4, 2023.
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
the 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 150.21, that the statutorily required consultation has
been accomplished.
Copies of the full Noise Exposure Maps and report are available for
examination by appointment at the following location: Federal Aviation
Administration, Orlando Airports District Office, 8427 SouthPark
Circle, 5th Floor, Orlando, Florida 32819. The Noise Exposure Maps and
report are also available for viewing and download at the airport's
website (https://eyw.com/noise-concerns).
To arrange an appointment to review the Noise Exposure Maps and
report, contact Peter Green, Federal Aviation Administration, Southern
Region/Orlando Airports District Office, 8427 SouthPark Circle, Suite
524, Orlando, FL 32819, (407) 487-7296. Questions may be directed to
the individual named above under the heading, FOR FURTHER INFORMATION
CONTACT.
Issued in Orlando Airports District Office, Orlando, FL, on
April 4, 2021.
Bartholomew Vernace,
Manager, FAA/Orlando Airports District Office.
[FR Doc. 2023-07320 Filed 4-6-23; 8:45 am]
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