[Federal Register Volume 74, Number 192 (Tuesday, October 6, 2009)]
[Notices]
[Pages 51362-51363]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: E9-23926]


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DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION

Federal Aviation Administration


Notice of Approval of Noise Compatibility Program

AGENCY: Federal Aviation Administration, DOT.

ACTION: Notice.

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SUMMARY: The Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) announces its 
findings on the noise compatibility program (NCP) submitted by the 
Metropolitan Airport Authority of Peoria for General Wayne A. Downing 
Peoria International Airport under the provisions of 49 U.S.C. 47501 et 
seq. (the Aviation Safety and Noise Abatement Act, herein referred to 
as ``the Act'') and 14 CFR part 150. These findings are made in 
recognition of the description of Federal and nonfederal 
responsibilities in Senate Report No. 96-52 (1980). The General Wayne 
A. Downing Peoria International Airport noise exposure maps were 
determined by FAA to be in compliance with applicable requirements on 
June 26, 2009. Notice of this determination was published in the 
Federal Register on July 2, 2009, 74 FR 31791.
    Under section 47504 of the Act, 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 effected 
parties including local communities, government agencies, airport 
users, and FAA personnel.
    Each airport noise compatibility program developed in accordance 
with Federal Aviation Regulations (FAR) Part 150 is a local 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 FAR 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 FAR Part 150;
    b. Program measures are reasonably consistent with achieving the 
goals of reducing existing non-compatible land

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uses around the airport and preventing the introduction of additional 
non-compatible 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 grants 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 of navigable airspace and 
air traffic control systems, or adversely affecting other powers and 
responsibilities of the Administrator prescribed by law.
    The submitted program included eleven proposed actions for noise 
mitigation on and off the airport, as applicable. The FAA completed its 
review and determined that the procedural and substantive requirements 
of the Act and FAR Part 150 have been satisfied.
    On September 16, 2009, the FAA approved the General Wayne A. 
Downing Peoria International Airport noise compatibility program. All 
eleven of the recommendations of the program were approved.
    Specific limitations with respect to FAA's approval of an airport 
noise compatibility program are delineated in FAR 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. Where Federal funding is sought, requests for project grants must 
be submitted to the FAA Chicago Airports District Office.
    These determinations are set forth in detail in a Record of 
Approval signed by Deb Roth on September 16, 2009. 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 General Wayne A. 
Downing Peoria International Airport.

DATES:  Effective Date: The effective date of the FAAs approval of the 
General Wayne A. Downing Peoria International Airport noise 
compatibility program is September 16, 2009.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Ms. Amy Hanson, Environmental 
Protection Specialist, CHI-603, Federal Aviation Administration, 
Chicago Airport District Office, 2300 East Devon Avenue, Des Plaines, 
IL 60018. Telephone number: 847-294-7354. Documents reflecting this FAA 
action may also be reviewed at this same location.

    Issued in Des Plaines, IL September 17, 2009.
Jack Delaney,
Acting Manager, Chicago Airports District Office.
[FR Doc. E9-23926 Filed 10-5-09; 8:45 am]
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