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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, 

Airports Division, Suite 315, 1601 Lind 

Avenue, SW., Renton, Washington; 

Federal Aviation Administration, 

Seattle Airports District Office, 1601 

Lind Ave. SW., Suite 250, Renton, 

Washington; 

Snohomish County Airport, Office of 

the Airport Director, 3220 100th Street, 

SW., Everett, WA. 

Questions may be directed to the 

individual named above under the 

heading FOR FURTHER INFORMATION

CONTACT.

Issued in Renton, Washington, January 8, 

2004. 

Lowell H. Johnson, 

Manager, Airports Division, Northwest 

Mountain Region.

[FR Doc. 04–2202 Filed 2–2–04; 8:45 am] 

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DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION

Federal Aviation Administration 

Noise Exposure Map Notice for ReidHillview Airport, San Jose, CA

AGENCY: Federal Aviation 

Administration, DOT.

ACTION: Notice.

SUMMARY: The Federal Aviation 

Administration (FAA) announces its 

determination that the noise exposure 

maps submitted by County of Santa 

Clara, California for Reid-Hillview 

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.

EFFECTIVE DATE: The effective date of the 

FAA’s determination on the noise 

exposure maps is January 13, 2004.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:

Elisha Novak, Federal Aviation 

Administration, San Francisco Airports 

District Office, 831 Mitten Road, 

Burlingame, California 94010–1303, 

Telephone: 650/876–2928.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: This 

notice announces that the FAA finds 

that the noise exposure maps submitted 

for Reid-Hillview Airport are in 

compliance with applicable 

requirements of Part 150, effective 

January 13, 2004. Under 49 U.S.C. 

section 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 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 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 noncompatible uses and prevent the 

introduction of additional noncompatible uses. 

The FAA has completed its review of 

the noise exposure maps and 

accompanying documentation 

submitted by County of Santa Clara, 

California. The documentation that 

constitutes the ‘‘Noise Exposure Maps’’

as defined in section 150.7 of part 150 

includes: Figure 6.1 ‘‘Existing 

Conditions (2002) Noise Exposure 

Map,’’ and Figure 6.2 ‘‘Five-Year 

Forecast (2007) Noise Exposure Map.’’

The Noise Exposure Maps contain 

current and forecast information 

including the depiction of the airport 

and its boundaries, the runway 

configurations, land uses such as 

residential, open space, commercial/

office, community facilities, libraries, 

churches, open space, infrastructure, 

vacant and warehouse and those areas 

within the Community Noise Equivalent 

Level (CNEL) 60, 65, 70 and 75 noise 

contours. Estimates for the number of 

people within these contours for the 

year 2002 are shown in Table 7.3. 

Estimates of the future residential 

population within the 2007 noise 

contours are shown in Table 7.6. Figure 

3.1 displays the location of noise 

monitoring sites. Flight tracks for the 

existing and the five-year forecast Noise 

Exposure Maps are found in Figures 5.2, 

5.3, 5.4 and 5.5. The type and frequency 

of aircraft operations (including 

nighttime operations) are found in 

Tables 5.1 and 5.2. The FAA has 

determined that these noise exposure 

maps and accompanying documentation 

are in compliance with applicable 

requirements. This determination is 

effective on January 13, 2004.

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 

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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, 

Community and Environmental Needs 

Division, APP-600, 800 Independence 

Avenue, SW., Washington, DC 20591; 

Federal Aviation Administration, 

Western-Pacific Region, Airports 

Division, Room 3012, 15000 Aviation 

Boulevard, Hawthorne, California 

90261; 

Federal Aviation Administration, San 

Francisco Airports District Office, 831 

Mitten Road, Burlingame, California 

94010–1303; 

W. Carl Honaker, Acting Director of 

County Airports, County of Santa Clara, 

Roads & Airports Department, Airport 

Division, 2500 Cunningham Avenue, 

San Jose, California 94148. 

Questions may be directed to the 

individual named above under the 

heading FOR FURTHER INFORMATION

CONTACT.

Issued in Hawthorne, California, on 

January 13, 2004. 

Ellsworth L. Chan, 

Acting Manager, Airports Division, AWP–600, 

Western-Pacific Region.

[FR Doc. 04–2205 Filed 2–2–04; 8:45 am] 

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DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION

Federal Aviation Commission 

Receipt of an Amendment to Noise 

Compatibility Program and Request for 

Review

AGENCY: Federal Aviation 

Administration, DOT.

ACTION: Notice.

SUMMARY: The Federal Aviation 

Administration (FAA) announces that it 

is reviewing a proposed amendment to 

the noise compatibility program that has 

been submitted on January 12, 2004 for 

Toledo Express Airport under the 

provisions of 49 U.S.C. 47501 et seq.

(the Aviation Safety and Noise 

Abatement Act, hereinafter referred to 

as ‘‘the Act’’) and 14 CFR part 150 by 

Toledo-Lucas County Port Authority. 

This amendment to the program was 

submitted subsequent to the approval by 

FAA of the noise compatibility program 

on July 22, 2003 and a determination 

that the associated noise exposure maps 

submitted under 14 CFR part 150 for 

Toledo Express Airport were in 

compliance with applicable 

requirements, effective January 24, 

2003, published in the Federal Register

February 14, 2003. The proposed noise 

compatibility program amendment will 

be approved or disapproved on or before 

July 11, 2004.

EFFECTIVE DATE: The effective date of the 

start of FAA’s review of the noise 

compatibility program amendment is 

January 14, 2004. The public comment 

period ends March 13, 2004.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:

Katherine S. Jones, Community Planner, 

DET ADO 606, Detroit Airports District 

Office, 11677 South Wayne Road, Ste. 

107, Romulus, MI 48174. Comments on 

the proposed noise compatibility 

program amendment should also be 

submitted to the above office.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: This 

notice announces that the FAA is 

reviewing a proposed noise 

compatibility program amendment for 

Toledo Express Airport, which will be 

approved or disapproved on or before 

July 11, 2004. This notice also 

announces the availability of this 

program amendment for public review 

and comment. 

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 reduce existing noncompatible uses and prevent the 

introduction of additional noncompatible uses. 

The FAA has formally received the 

noise compatibility program 

amendment for Toledo Express Airport, 

effective on January 12, 2004. The 

airport operator has requested that the 

FAA review this material and that the 

noise mitigation measure, to be 

implemented jointly by the airport and 

surrounding communities, be approved 

as a noise compatibility program under 

section 47504 of the Act. Preliminary 

review of the submitted material 

indicates that it conforms to FAR Part 

150 requirements for the submittal of 

noise compatibility program 

amendment, but that further review will 

be necessary prior to approval or 

disapproval of the program amendment. 

The formal review period, limited by 

law to a maximum of 180 days, will be 

completed on or before July 11, 2004. 

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 amended measures may 

reduce the level of aviation safety or 

create an undue burden on interstate or 

foreign commerce, and whether they are 

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 

amendment with specific reference to 

these factors. All comments relating to 

these factors, other than those properly 

addressed to local land use authorities, 

will be considered by the FAA to the 

extent practicable. Copies of the noise 

exposure maps, the existing approved 

noise compatibility program and the 

proposed noise compatibility program 

amendment are available for 

examination at the following locations: 

Federal Aviation Administration, 

Detroit Airports District Office, 11677 

South Wayne Road, Ste. 107, Romulus, 

Michigan 48174. 

Toledo-Lucas County Port Authority, 

Toledo Express Airport, 11013 Airport 

Highway, Box 11, Swanton, Ohio 43558. 

Questions may be directed to the 

individual named above under the 

heading FOR FURTHER INFORMATION

CONTACT.

Issued in Romulus, Michigan, January 14, 

2004. 

Irene R. Porter, 

Manager, Detroit Airports District Office.

[FR Doc. 04–2199 Filed 2–2–04; 8:45 am] 

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DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION

Federal Aviation Administration 

Proposed Notification Regarding 

Function and Reliability Testing for 

Turbofan-Powered Airplanes of 6,000 

Pounds or Less Maximum Certificated 

Weight

AGENCY: Federal Aviation 

Administration (FAA), DOT.

ACTION: Notice of intent and request for 

comments. 

SUMMARY: All new certification projects 

for turbofan-powered airplanes of 6,000 

pounds or less maximum certificated 

weight will be reviewed for possible 

issuance of special conditions to require 

function and reliability testing. The 

special condition, if required, would 

effectively require compliance with the 

requirements of 14 CFR part 21, section 

21.35, paragraphs (b)(2) and (f), and 

would be issued under the procedural 

rules found in 14 CFR part 11. Such a 

special condition will not be applied to