[Federal Register Volume 90, Number 85 (Monday, May 5, 2025)]
[Notices]
[Pages 19068-19069]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2025-07722]
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DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION
Federal Aviation Administration
Noise Compatibility Program for Oxnard Airport, Ventura County,
California
AGENCY: Federal Aviation Administration, DOT.
ACTION: Acceptance of Oxnard Airport noise exposure map.
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SUMMARY: The Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) announces its
determination that the noise exposure map submitted by County of
Ventura for Oxnard 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 29, 2025.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Gail M. Campos, Environmental
Protection Specialist, Federal Aviation Administration, 777 South
Aviation Boulevard, Suite 150, El Segundo, California 90045. Telephone
424-405-7269.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The FAA determined the noise exposure map
submitted by the County of Ventura for Oxnard Airport, is in compliance
with applicable statutory and regulatory requirements, effective April
29, 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 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 County of Ventura and
determined the noise exposure map and accompanying documentation are
compliant with applicable requirements. The documentation that
constitutes the Noise Exposure Map includes: ``Exhibit 1--2022 Existing
Noise Exposure Map'' and ``Exhibit 2--2027 Future Noise Exposure Map''
which addresses the current and forecast NEM graphics. The ``Oxnard
Airport 14 CFR part 150 Noise Exposure Map Update,'' dated September
2024, complies all other applicable narrative, graphic, and tabular
representations of the data including airport description, flight track
data, aircraft operations data, aviation forecast data, on-airport and
off-airport land use information as required by 14 CFR 150.101 and 49
U.S.C. sections 47503 and 47506. This determination is effective on
April 29, 2025. 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. sections 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. section 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, Los Angeles Airports District
Office, 777 South Aviation Boulevard, Suite 150, El Segundo, California
90045.
2. Oxnard Airport, County of Ventura, 555 Airport Way, Suite B,
Camarillo, California 93010.
Questions may be directed to the individual listed in the FOR
FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT section of this notice.
Issued in El Segundo, California, on April 29, 2025.
Mark A. McClardy,
Director, Airports Division, AWP-600, Western--Pacific Region.
[FR Doc. 2025-07722 Filed 5-2-25; 8:45 am]
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