[Federal Register Volume 90, Number 225 (Tuesday, November 25, 2025)]
[Notices]
[Pages 53418-53419]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2025-20904]
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DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION
Federal Aviation Administration
Noise Compatibility Program for Hollywood Burbank Airport,
Burbank, Los Angeles County, California
AGENCY: Federal Aviation Administration, DOT.
ACTION: Acceptance of Hollywood Burbank airport noise exposure maps.
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SUMMARY: The Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) announces its
determination that the noise exposure maps submitted by Burbank-
Glendale-Pasadena Airport Authority (BGPAA) for Hollywood Burbank
Airport is compliant with applicable statutory and regulatory
requirements.
DATES: The effective date of the FAA's determination on the noise
exposure maps is November 20, 2025.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Justin S. Kim, Environmental
Protection Specialist, Federal Aviation Administration, 777 South
Aviation Boulevard, Suite 150, El Segundo, California 90245. Telephone
424-405-7283.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The FAA determined the noise exposure maps
submitted by the BGPAA for Hollywood Burbank Airport, is in compliance
with applicable statutory and regulatory requirements, effective
November 20, 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. Noise exposure maps 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 noise exposure maps,
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 maps and
supporting documentation submitted by BGPAA and determined the noise
exposure maps and accompanying documentation are compliant with
applicable requirements. The documentation that constitutes the Noise
Exposure Maps include: ``Figure 5-1--Existing Conditions (2025) Noise
Exposure Map'' and ``Figure 5-2--Future Conditions (2030) Noise
Exposure Map'' which addresses the current and forecast NEM graphics.
The ``Hollywood Burbank Airport Part 150 Noise Exposure Map Update,''
dated August 2025, complies with 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 A150.101 and 49 U.S.C. 47503. This determination is
effective on November 20, 2025. FAA's determination on an airport's
noise exposure maps is limited to a finding that the noise exposure
maps were developed in accordance with the 49 U.S.C section 47503 and
procedures contained in 14 CFR A150.101. 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 the noise exposure maps, 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 the
noise exposure maps. Therefore, the responsibility for the detailed
overlaying of noise exposure contours onto the maps depicting
properties on the surface rests exclusively with the airport operator
that submitted the noise exposure maps or with those public agencies
and planning authorities with which consultation is required under 49
U.S.C section 47503. The FAA relied on the certification by the airport
operator that
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the consultations and opportunity for public review required under 14
CFR 150.21 has been accomplished during the development of the noise
exposure maps. Copies of the noise exposure maps 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
90245.
2. Hollywood Burbank Airport, 2627 North Hollywood Way, Burbank,
California 91505
Questions may be directed to the individual listed in the FOR
FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT section of this notice.
Issued in El Segundo, California on November 20, 2025.
Brian Q. Armstrong,
Acting Director, Airports Division, AWP-600 Western-Pacific Region.
[FR Doc. 2025-20904 Filed 11-24-25; 8:45 am]
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