[Federal Register Volume 62, Number 80 (Friday, April 25, 1997)]
[Notices]
[Pages 20238-20239]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 97-10729]
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DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION
Federal Aviation Administration
Noise Exposure Map Notice; Receipt of Noise Compatibility Program
and Request for Review, Sarasota-Bradenton International Airport,
Sarasota, FL
AGENCY: Federal Aviation Administration, DOT.
ACTION: Notice.
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SUMMARY: The Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) announces its
determination that the updated future noise exposure map submitted by
the Sarasota Manatee Airport Authority for Sarasota-Bradenton
International Airport under the provisions of Title 1 of the Aviation
Safety and Noise Abatement Act of 1979 (Pub. L. 96-193) and 14 CFR part
150 is in compliance with applicable requirements The FAA also
announces that it is reviewing a proposed noise compatibility program
update that was submitted for Sarasota-Bradenton International airport
under part 150 in conjunction with the noise exposure maps, and that
this program update will be approved or disapproved on or before
October 12, 1997. This program was submitted subsequent to a
determination by FAA that the associated existing noise exposure map
submitted under 14 CFR part 150 for the Sarasota-Bradenton
International Airport was in compliance with applicable requirements
effective May 7, 1996.
EFFECTIVE DATE: The effective date of the FAA's determination on the
updated future noise exposure map and of the start of its review of the
associated noise compatibility program update is April 15, 1997. The
public comment period ends June 14, 1997.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
Mr. Tommy J. Pickering, P.E., Federal Aviation Administration, Orlando
Airports District Office, 5950 Hazeltine National Drive, Suite 400,
Orlando, Florida 32822-5024, (407) 812-6331, Extension 29. Comments on
the proposed noise compatibility program update should also be
submitted to the above office.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: This notice announces that the FAA finds
that the undated future noise exposure map submitted for Sarasota-
Bradenton International Airport is in compliance with applicable
requirements of part 150, effective April 15, 1997. Further, FAA is
reviewing a proposed noise compatibility program update for that
airport which will be approved or disapproved on or before October 12,
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1997. This notice also announces the availability of this program
update for public review and comment.
Under section 103 of Title I of the Aviation Safety and Noise
Abatement Act of 1979 (hereinafter referred to as ``the Act''), an
airport operator may submit to the FAA noise exposure maps which meet
applicable regulations and which depict noncompatible 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 to 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 Federal
Aviation Regulations (FAR) Part 150, promulgated pursuant to Title I of
the Act, may submit a noise compatibility program for FAA approval
which sets forth the measures the operator has taken or proposes for
the reduction of existing noncompatible uses and for the prevention of
the introduction of additional noncompatible uses.
The Sarasota Manatee Airport Authority submitted to the FAA on
April 9, 1997, an updated future noise exposure map, descriptions and
other documentation which were produced during the Sarasota-Bradenton
International Airport FAR Part 150 Study Update conducted between may
1, 1993 and April 7, 1997. It was requested that the FAA review this
material as the future noise exposure map, as described in section
103(a)(1) of the Act, and that the noise mitigation measures, to be
implemented jointly by the airport and surrounding communities, be
approved as a noise compatibility program under section 104(b) of the
Act.
The FAA has completed its review of the updated future noise
exposure map and related descriptions submitted by the Sarasota-Manatee
Airport Authority. The specific map under consideration is ``FUTURE
(2000) NOISE EXPOSURE MAP with Recommended Noise Abatement Measure
Implemented'' in the submission. The FAA has determined that this map
for Sarasota-Bradenton International Airport is in compliance with
applicable requirements. This determination is effective on April 15,
1997. FAA's determination on an airport operator's noise exposure map
is limited to a finding that the map was developed in accordance with
the procedures contained in appendix A of FAR part 150. Such
determination 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 to noise exposure contours depicted on a noise exposure map
submitted under Section 103 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 contours, or in
interpreting the noise exposure map to resolve questions concerning,
for example, which properties should be covered by the provisions of
Section 107 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 part 150 or through FAA's review 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 which submitted those map,
or with those public agencies and planning agencies with which
consultation is required under section 103 of the Act. The FAA has
relied on the certification by the airport operator, under Sec. 150.21
of FAR Part 150, that the statutorily required consultation has been
accomplished.
The FAA has formally received the noise compatibility program
update for Sarasota-Bradenton International Airport, also effective on
April 15, 1997. Preliminary review of the submitted material indicates
that it conforms to the requirements for the submittal of noise
compatibility programs, but that further review will be necessary prior
to approval or disapproval of the program update. The formal review
period, limited by law to a maximum of 180 days, will be completed on
or before October 12, 1997.
The FAA's detailed evaluation will be conducted under the
provisions of 14 CFR Part 150, Section 150.33. The primary
considerations in the evaluation process are whether the proposed
measures may reduce the level of aviation safety, create an undue
burden on interstate or foreign commerce, or be reasonably consistent
with obtaining the goal of reducing existing noncompatible land uses
and preventing the introduction of additional noncompatible land uses.
Interested persons are invited to comment on the proposed program
update with specific reference to these factors. All comments, other
than those properly addressed to local land use authorities, will be
considered by the FAA to the extent practicable. Copies of the updated
future noise exposure map, the FAA's evaluation of the map, and the
proposed noise compatibility program update are available for
examination at the following locations:
Federal Aviation Administration, Orlando Airports District Office, 5950
Hazeltine National Drive, Suite 400, Orlando, Florida 32822-5024
Sarasota Manatee Airport Authority, Sarasota-Bradenton International
Airport, 6000 Airport Circle, Sarasota, FL 34243
Questions may be directed to the individual named above under the
heading, FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT.
Issued in Orlando, Florida April 15, 1997.
John W. Reynolds, Jr.,
Assistant Manager, Orlando Airport District Office.
[FR Doc. 97-10729 Filed 4-24-97; 8:45 am]
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