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DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION 

Federal Aviation Administration 

Approval of Noise Compatibility 

Program for Laughlin/Bullhead 

International Airport, Bullhead City, 

Arizona 

AGENCY: Federal Aviation 

Administration, DOT. 

ACTION: Notice. 

SUMMARY: The Federal Aviation 

Administration (FAA) announces its 

findings on the noise compatibility 

program submitted by the Mohave 

County Airport Authority (MCAA) 

under the provisions of 49 U.S.C. 47501 

et seq. (formerly the Aviation Safety and 

Noise Abatement Act, hereinafter 

referred to as ‘‘the Act’’) and Title 14, 

Code of Federal Regulations (CFR) Part 

150 (hereinafter referred to as ‘‘Part 

150’’). On November 21, 2013, the FAA 

determined that the noise exposure 

maps submitted by the MCAA under 

Part 150 were in compliance with 

applicable requirements. On January 11, 

2016, the FAA approved the Laughlin/ 

Bullhead International Airport Noise 

Compatibility Program. All of the 

recommendations of the program were 

approved. No program elements relating 

to new or revised flight procedures for 

noise abatement were proposed. 

DATES: Effective Date: This notice is 

effective January 26, 2016 and 

applicable January 11, 2016. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Jared Raymond, Airport Planner, FAA 

Phoenix Airports District Office, 3800 

North Central Avenue, Suite 1025, 

Phoenix, Arizona 85012, telephone 

number (602) 792–1072. Documents 

reflecting this FAA action may be 

reviewed at this same location. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: This 

notice announces that the FAA has 

given its overall approval to the Noise 

Compatibility Program for Laughlin/

Bullhead International Airport, effective 

January 11, 2016. Under Section 104(a) 

of the Aviation Safety and Noise 

Abatement Act of 1979, as amended 

(herein after referred to as the ‘‘Act’’) 

[recodified as 49 U.S.C. 47504], an 

airport operator who has previously 

submitted a Noise Exposure Map may 

submit to the FAA a Noise 

Compatibility Program which sets forth 

the measures taken or proposed by the 

airport operator for the reduction of 

existing non-compatible land uses and 

prevention of additional non-compatible 

land uses within the area covered by the 

Noise Exposure Maps. The Act requires 

such programs to be developed in 

consultation with interested and 

affected parties including local 

communities, government agencies, 

airport users, and FAA personnel. 

Each airport noise compatibility 

program developed in accordance with 

Part 150 is a local program, not a 

Federal program. The FAA does not 

substitute its judgment for that of the 

airport proprietor with respect to which 

measures should be recommended for 

action. The FAA’s approval or 

disapproval of Part 150 program 

recommendations is measured 

according to the standards expressed in 

Part 150 and the Act, and is limited to 

the following determinations: 

a. The Noise Compatibility Program 

was developed in accordance with the 

provisions and procedures of Part 150; 

b. Program measures are reasonably 

consistent with achieving the goals of 

reducing existing non-compatible land 

uses around the airport and preventing 

the introduction of additional noncompatible land uses; 

c. Program measures would not create 

an undue burden on interstate or foreign 

commerce, unjustly discriminate against 

types or classes of aeronautical uses, 

violate the terms of airport grant 

agreements, or intrude into areas 

preempted by the Federal Government; 

and 

d. Program measures relating to the 

use of flight procedures can be 

implemented within the period covered 

by the program without derogating 

safety, adversely affecting the efficient 

use and management of the navigable 

airspace and air traffic control systems, 

or adversely affecting other powers and 

responsibilities of the Administrator 

prescribed by law. 

Specific limitations with respect to 

FAA’s approval of an airport noise 

compatibility program are delineated in 

Part 150, Section 150.5. Approval is not 

a determination concerning the 

acceptability of land uses under Federal, 

state, or local law. Approval does not by 

itself constitute an FAA implementing 

action. A request for Federal action or 

approval to implement specific noise 

compatibility measures may be 

required, and an FAA decision on the 

request may require an environmental 

assessment of the proposed action. 

Approval does not constitute a 

commitment by the FAA to financially 

assist in the implementation of the 

program nor a determination that all 

measures covered by the program are 

eligible for grant-in-aid funding from the 

FAA under the Airport and Airway 

Improvement Act of 1982, as amended. 

Where federal funding is sought, 

requests for project grants must be 

submitted to the FAA Airports District 

Office in Phoenix, Arizona. 

The MCAA submitted to the FAA on 

July 29, 2013, the Noise Exposure Maps 

for evaluation. The FAA determined 

that the Noise Exposure Maps for 

Laughlin/Bullhead International Airport 

were in compliance with applicable 

requirements on November 21, 2013. 

Notice of this determination was 

published in the Federal Register on 

November 29, 2013 (Volume 78/No. 

230/pages 71706–71707). 

The Laughlin/Bullhead International 

Airport study contains a proposed noise 

compatibility program comprised of 

actions designed for phased 

implementation by airport management 

and adjacent jurisdictions. It was 

requested that the FAA evaluate and 

approve this material as a Noise 

Compatibility Program as described in 

49 U.S.C. 47504 (formerly Section 

104(b) of the Act). The FAA began its 

review of the program on July 23, 2015, 

and was required by a provision of the 

Act to approve or disapprove the 

program within 180 days (other than the 

use of new or modified flight 

procedures for noise control). Failure to 

approve or disapprove such program 

within the 180-day period shall be 

deemed to be an approval of such 

program. 

The Noise Compatibility Program 

recommended one (1) Noise Abatement 

Element, seven (7) Land Use Planning 

Measures and three (3) Program 

Management Elements. The FAA 

completed its review and determined 

that the procedural and substantive 

requirements of the Act and Part 150 

have been satisfied. The overall program 

was approved, with the partial 

disapproval of two (2) Land Use 

Management Measures by the Manager 

of the Airports Division, Western-Pacific 

Region, effective January 11, 2016. 

Approval was granted for one Noise 

Abatement Measure, partial approval 

was granted for two of the seven Land 

Use Management Elements, and 

approval granted for all three Program 

Management Elements. The approved 

Noise Abatement Measure includes: 

Develop a Pilot and Public Education 

Program. The Land Use Management 

Measures include the following: 

Designate the Public Disclosure Map 

Boundary on the General Plan; Revise 

the General Plan designations for 

compatible land uses to help preserve 

those compatible land uses (industrial, 

commercial, open space) within the 

noise contours; Rezone for compatible 

use all areas within the noise contours; 

The City of Bullhead City should adopt 

an airport compatibility checklist for 

discretionary review of projects within 

the vicinity of the airport; Mohave 

County Airport Authority and the City 

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of Bullhead City should provide access 

to the Airport’s Disclosure Map on their 

respective Web sites; Establish 

communication between the Airport 

and the City of Bullhead City Public 

Works Department. FAA approved in 

part and disapproved in part the 

following Land Use Management 

Measures: Designate the Public 

Disclosure Map Boundary on the 

General Plan; and Amend Airport Noise 

and Height Overlay Zone. 

The approved Program Management 

Elements include the following: Update 

Noise Exposure Maps and Noise 

Compatibility Program; Monitor 

implementation of the Part 150 Noise 

Compatibility Program; and Maintain 

system for receiving and responding to 

noise complaints. 

The FAA determinations are set forth 

in detail in the Record of Approval 

signed by the Manager of the Airports 

Division, Western-Pacific Region, on 

January 11, 2016. The Record of 

Approval, as well as other evaluation 

materials and the documents 

comprising the submittal, are available 

for review at the FAA office listed above 

and at the administrative offices of the 

Laughlin/Bullhead International 

Airport. The Record of Approval also 

will be available on-line at: http://www.

faa.gov/airports/environmental/airport_

noise/part_150/states/. 

Issued in Hawthorne, California, on 

January 15, 2016. 

Mia Paredes Ratcliff, 

Acting Manager, Airports Division, WesternPacific Region, AWP–600. 

[FR Doc. 2016–01416 Filed 1–25–16; 8:45 am] 

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DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION 

Federal Aviation Administration 

Notice of Opportunity for Public 

Comment on Federal Obligated 

Property Release at CartersvilleBartow Airport, Cartersville, Georgia 

AGENCY: Federal Aviation 

Administration (FAA), DOT. 

ACTION: Notice. 

SUMMARY: Under the provisions of Title 

49, U.S.C. Section 47153(c), notice is 

being given that the Federal Aviation 

Administration (FAA) is considering a 

request from the Cartersville-Bartow 

Airport Authority to waive the 

requirement for three (3) parcels (0.138 

acres in Fee Simple and 1.469 & 0.479 

acres in Easement) of federally obligated 

property, located at the CartersvilleBartow Airport be used for aeronautical 

purposes. Currently, ownership of the 

property provides for protection of FAR 

Part 77 surfaces and compatible land 

use which would continue to be 

protected with deed restrictions 

required in the transfer of land 

ownership. 

DATES: Comments must be received on 

or before February 25, 2016. 

ADDRESSES: Documents are available for 

review by prior appointment at the 

following location: FAA/Atlanta 

Airports District Office, Attn: Rob Rau, 

1701 Columbia Ave., Suite 220, College 

Park, Georgia 30337–2747, Telephone: 

(404) 305–6748. 

Comments on this notice may be 

mailed or delivered in triplicate to the 

FAA at the following address: FAA/

Atlanta Airports District Office, Attn: 

Rob Rau, 1701 Columbia Ave., Suite 

220, College Park, Georgia 30337–2747. 

In addition, one copy of any 

comments submitted to the FAA must 

be mailed or delivered to Mr. E. Keith 

Lovell, Attorney, Cartersville-Bartow 

Airport Authority at the following 

address: Archer & Lovell, P.C., On 

Behalf of: Cartersville-Bartow Airport 

Authority, P.O. Box 323, Cartersville, 

Georgia 30120. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Rob 

Rau, Atlanta Airports District Office, 

1701 Columbia Ave., Suite 220, College 

Park, Georgia 30337–2747, (404)305– 

6748. The application may be reviewed 

in person at this same location. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The FAA 

is reviewing a request by the 

Cartersville-Bartow Airport Authority to 

release three (3) parcels (0.138 acres in 

Fee Simple and 1.469 & 0.479 acres in 

Easement) of federally obligated 

property at the Cartersville-Bartow 

Airport. This property was originally 

acquired from the Chemical Products 

Corporation with an Airport 

Improvement Program (AIP #3–13– 

0029–02) grant in 1985. 

Any person may inspect the request 

in person at the FAA office listed above 

under FOR FURTHER INFORMATION

CONTACT. 

In addition, any person may, upon 

request, inspect the request, notice and 

other documents germane to the request 

in person at the Cartersville-Bartow 

Airport. 

Issued in Atlanta, Georgia, on January 20, 

2016. 

Larry F. Clark, 

Manager, Atlanta Airports District Office 

Southern Region. 

[FR Doc. 2016–01510 Filed 1–25–16; 8:45 am] 

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DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION 

[Docket No. FRA 2016–0002–N–2] 

Federal Railroad Administration 

Proposed Agency Information 

Collection Activities; Comment 

Request 

AGENCY: Federal Railroad 

Administration, DOT. 

ACTION: Notice. 

SUMMARY: In accordance with the 

Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995 (PRA) 

and its implementing regulations, FRA 

is seeking an extension of the following 

currently approved information 

collection. On December 28, 2015, FRA 

published a Notice in the Federal 

Register stating that FRA was 

submitting an Information Collection 

Request (ICR) to the Office of 

Management and Budget (OMB) for new 

Form FRA F 6180.164, Positive Train 

Control Implementation Plan (PTCIP) 

Template, under the PRA Emergency 

Processing procedures. See 80 FR 

80876. On January 6, 2016, OMB 

granted FRA’s request for Emergency 

Processing approval for a period of 180 

days. FRA now seeks a Regular 

clearance (extension of the current 

approval from 180 days to three years) 

to continue this effort to assist railroads 

in submitting revised PTCIPs to FRA as 

Congress mandated under amendments 

to 49 U.S.C. 20157. Before submitting 

the ICR requirements for OMB 

clearance, FRA is soliciting public 

comment on specific aspects of the ICR, 

as identified below. 

DATES: Comments must be received no 

later than March 28, 2016. 

ADDRESSES: Submit written comments 

on any or all of the following proposed 

activities by mail to either: Mr. Robert 

Brogan, Information Collection 

Clearance Officer, Office of Safety, 

Planning and Evaluation Division, RRS– 

21, Federal Railroad Administration, 

1200 New Jersey Ave. SE., Mail Stop 17, 

Washington, DC 20590, or Ms. Kimberly 

Toone, Information Collection Clearance 

Officer, Office of Information 

Technology, RAD–20, Federal Railroad 

Administration, 1200 New Jersey Ave. 

SE., Mail Stop 35, Washington, DC 

20590. Commenters requesting FRA to 

acknowledge receipt of their respective 

comments must include a self-addressed 

stamped postcard stating, ‘‘Comments 

on OMB control number 2130–0553.’’ 

Alternatively, comments may be 

transmitted via facsimile to (202) 493– 

6216 or (202) 493–6497, or via email to 

Mr. Brogan at Robert.Brogan@dot.gov, or 

to Ms. Toone at Kim.Toone@dot.gov. 

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