[Federal Register Volume 90, Number 185 (Friday, September 26, 2025)]
[Notices]
[Pages 46456-46457]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2025-18699]
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DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION
Federal Aviation Administration
Noise Exposure Map Notice: Hartsfield-Jackson Atlanta
International Airport (ATL)
AGENCY: Federal Aviation Administration, DOT.
ACTION: Notice.
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SUMMARY: The Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) announces its
determination that the Noise Exposure Maps submitted by Hartsfield-
Jackson Atlanta International Airport (ATL) 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.
DATES: The effective date of the FAA's determination on the Noise
Exposure Maps is September 18, 2025.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Jennifer P. Adams, Atlanta Airports
District Office, 1701 Columbia Avenue, College Park, Georgia 30337;
phone, (404) 305-6760; email, [email protected].
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: This notice announces that the FAA finds
that the Noise Exposure Maps submitted for the Hartsfield-Jackson
Atlanta International Airport (ATL) are in compliance with applicable
requirements of title 14 Code of Federal Regulations (CFR) part 150,
effective September 18, 2025. 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 the City of Atlanta Department
of Aviation. The documentation that constitutes the ``Noise Exposure
Maps'' as defined in 14 CFR 150.7 includes: 2024 Existing Condition
Noise Exposure Map, 2029 Future Condition Noise Exposure 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 September 18, 2025.
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
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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, Atlanta Airports District Office, 1701 Columbia Avenue,
College Park, Georgia 30337. The Noise Exposure Maps and report are
also available for viewing and download at the airport's website
(https://www.atl.com/community/planningnoiseenvironmental/).
To arrange an appointment to review the Noise Exposure Maps and
report, or for questions, contact the individual named above under the
heading, FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT.
Issued in Atlanta Airports District Office, College Park,
Georgia, on September 18, 2025.
Joseph Parks Preston,
Manager, FAA Atlanta Airports District Office.
[FR Doc. 2025-18699 Filed 9-25-25; 8:45 am]
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