[Federal Register Volume 76, Number 44 (Monday, March 7, 2011)]
[Notices]
[Pages 12404-12405]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2011-5099]


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DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION

Federal Aviation Administration


Noise Exposure Map Notice; Jackson-Evers International Airport, 
Jackson, MS

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 the Jackson 
Municipal Airport Authority for Jackson-Evers International Airport 
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: Effective Date: The effective date of the FAA's determination on 
the noise exposure maps is February 18, 2011.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Jonathan Linquist, Federal Aviation 
Administration, Jackson Airports District Office, 100 West Cross 
Street, Suite B, Jackson, Mississippi 39208-2307, (601) 664-9893.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: This notice announces that the FAA finds 
that the noise exposure maps submitted for Jackson-Evers International 
Airport are in compliance with applicable requirements of Part 150, 
effective February 18, 2011. Under 49 U.S.C. 47503 of the Aviation 
Safety and Noise Abatement Act (hereinafter referred to as ``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 Federal Aviation 
Regulations (FAR) Part 150, promulgated pursuant to the Act, may submit 
a noise compatibility program for FAA approval which sets forth the 
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 has completed its review of the noise exposure maps and 
accompanying documentation

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submitted by the Jackson Municipal Airport Authority. The documentation 
that constitutes the ``noise exposure maps'' as defined in section 
150.7 of Part 150 includes: Figure 1-1, Jackson-Evers International 
Airport and Surrounding Communities; Figure 3-1, Locations of Noise 
Measurement Sites; Figure 5-1, Existing Airport Diagram; Figure 5-2, 
Runways 16L/16R Radar and Modeled Flight Tracks for Departures and 
Arrivals; Figure 5-3, Runways 34L/34R Radar and Modeled Flight Tracks 
for Departures and Arrivals; Figure 5-4, Runways 16L/16R Radar and 
Modeled Flight Tracks for Flight Patterns; Figure 5-5, Runways 34L/34R 
Radar and Modeled Flight Tracks for Flight Patterns; Figure 5-6, 
Helicopter Radar and Modeled Flight Tracks for Departures and Arrivals; 
Figure 6-1, Existing Condition (2010) Noise Exposure Map; Figure 6-2, 
Forecast Condition (2015) Noise Exposure Map; Figure 6-3, Comparison of 
Existing (2010) and Forecast (2015) Noise Exposure Maps; Table 1-1, 
Land Use Compatibility with Yearly Day-Night Average Sound Levels; 
Table 1-2, Part 150 Noise Exposure Maps Checklist; Table 3-1, Summary 
of Noise Measurement Sites; Table 3-2, Summary of Day-Night Average 
Sound Level Measurements; Table 5-1, Airport Runway Data; Table 5-2, 
Aircraft Operations; Table 5-3, Existing Conditions (2010) Modeled 
Average Daily Aircraft Operations; Table 5-4, Forecast Conditions 
(2015) Modeled Average Daily Aircraft Operations; Table 5-5, Modeled 
Runway Use; Table 5-6, Jet Aircraft Model Track Utilization; Table 5-7, 
Propeller Aircraft Model Track Utilization; Table 5-8, Helicopter Model 
Track Utilization; and Table 5-9, Pattern Model Track Utilization. The 
FAA has determined that these noise exposure maps and accompanying 
documentation are in compliance with applicable requirements. This 
determination is effective on February 18, 2011.
    FAA's determination on an 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 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 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 contours, or in 
interpreting the noise exposure maps to resolve questions concerning, 
for example, which properties should be covered by the 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 Part 150 or through FAA's review of 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 section 
150.21 of FAR Part 150, that the statutorily required consultation has 
been accomplished.
    Copies of the full noise exposure map documentation and of the 
FAA's evaluation of the maps are available for examination at the 
following locations: Federal Aviation Administration, Jackson Airports 
District Office, 100 West Cross Street, Suite B, Jackson, MS 39208-
2307.
    Questions may be directed to the individual named above under the 
heading FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT.

    Issued in Jackson, Mississippi, on February 18, 2011.
Rans Black,
Manager, Jackson Airports District Office.
[FR Doc. 2011-5099 Filed 3-4-11; 8:45 am]
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