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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]

**BILLING CODE 4910–13–P**

**DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION**

**Federal Aviation Administration**

**Notice of Opportunity for Public Comment on Federal Obligated** **Property Release at Cartersville Bartow 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 obligatedproperty, 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]

**BILLING CODE 4910–13–P 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.