[Federal Register Volume 90, Number 84 (Friday, May 2, 2025)]
[Notices]
[Pages 18888-18889]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2025-07651]
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DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION
Federal Aviation Administration
Noise Compatibility Program for Antonio B. Won Pat International
Airport, Tamuning, Guam
AGENCY: Federal Aviation Administration, Department of Transportation.
ACTION: Acceptance of the Antonio B. Won Pat International Airport
noise exposure map.
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SUMMARY: The Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) announces its
determination that the noise exposure map submitted by the Antonio B.
Won Pat International Airport Authority for the Antonio B. Won Pat
International Airport is compliant with applicable statutory and
regulatory requirements.
DATES: The effective date of the FAA's determination on the noise
exposure map is April 28, 2025.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Kevin Nishimura, 300 Ala Moana
Boulevard, Room 7-128, Honolulu, Hawaii 96850, telephone: 808-312-6030.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The FAA determined the noise exposure map
submitted by the Antonio B. Won Pat International Airport Authority for
the Antonio B. Won Pat International Airport, is in compliance with
applicable statutory and regulatory requirements, effective April 28,
2025. Under title 49, United States Code (U.S.C.) section 47503, an
airport operator may submit to the FAA, noise exposure maps depicting
non-compatible uses as of the date such map
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is submitted, a description of estimated aircraft operations during a
forecast period that is at least five years in the future and how those
operations will affect the map. A noise exposure map must be prepared
in accordance with title 14, Code of Federal Regulations (CFR) part
150, the regulations promulgated pursuant to 49 U.S.C. 47502 and
developed in consultation with public agencies and planning authorities
in the area surrounding the airport, state and Federal agencies,
interested and affected parties in the local community, and
aeronautical users of the airport. In addition, an airport operator
that submitted a noise exposure map, which the FAA determined is
compliant with statutory and regulatory requirements, may submit a
noise compatibility program for FAA approval that sets forth 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 completed its review of the noise exposure map and
supporting documentation submitted by the Antonio B. Won Pat
International Airport Authority and determined the noise exposure map
and accompanying documentation are compliant with applicable
requirements. The documentation that constitutes the Noise Exposure Map
includes: ``Figure ES-1. Existing Condition (2024) Noise Exposure Map''
and ``Figure ES-2. Future Conditions (2029) Noise Exposure Map'' which
addresses the current and forecast NEM graphics, and the ``Antonio B.
Won Pat International Airport, 14 CFR part 150, Noise Exposure Map
Update'', dated December 2024, that compiles all other applicable
narrative, graphic, or tabular representations of the data, including,
but limited to, airport description, flight track data, aircraft
operations data, aviation forecast data, on-airport and off-airport
land use information, etc. as required by 14 CFR 150.101 and 49 U.S.C.
sections 47503 and 47506. This determination is effective on April 28,
205. FAA's determination on an airport's noise exposure map is limited
to a finding that the noise exposure map was developed in accordance
with the 49 U.S.C. 47503 and 47506 and procedures contained in 14 CFR
part 150, appendix A. FAA's acceptance of an NEM 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 within noise exposure contours depicted on a
noise exposure map, 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 49 U.S.C. 47506.
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 review and acceptance of a noise exposure map. 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 a noise exposure
map or with those public and planning agencies with which consultation
is required under 49 U.S.C. 47503. The FAA relied on the certification
by the airport operator, under of 14 CFR 150.21 that the required
consultations and opportunity for public review has been accomplished
during the development of the noise exposure maps. Copies of the noise
exposure map and supporting documentation and the FAA's evaluation of
the noise exposure maps are available for examination at the following
locations:
1. Federal Aviation Administration, Honolulu Airports District
Office, 300 Ala Moana Boulevard, Room 7-128, Honolulu, Hawaii 96850.
2. Antonio B. Won Pat International Airport Authority, 355 Chalan
Pasaheru, Tamuning, Guam 96913.
Questions may be directed to the individual listed in the FOR
FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT section of this notice.
Issued in Honolulu, Hawaii, on April 28, 2025.
Mark A. McClardy,
Director, Airports Division, AWP-600, FAA Western-Pacific Region.
[FR Doc. 2025-07651 Filed 5-1-25; 8:45 am]
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