33868 Federal Register / Vol. 65, No. 102 / Thursday, May 25, 2000 / Notices

DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION

Federal Aviation Administration

RTCA Special Committee 159;

Minimum Operational Performance

Standards for Airborne Navigation

Equipment Using Global Positioning

System (GPS)

Pursuant to section 10(a)(2) of the

Federal Advisory Committee Act (Pub.

Law 92–463, 5 U.S.C., Appendix 2),

notice is hereby given for a Special

Committee 159 meeting to be held June

12–16, 2000, starting at 9:00 a.m. each

day. The meeting will be held at RTCA,

1140 Connecticut Avenue, NW.,

Washington, DC 20036.

The agenda will be as follows:

Specific Working Group Sessions:

June 12: Working Group 1, Third Civil

Frequency. June 13: Working Group 6,

GPS/Interference; Working Group 2C,

GPS/Inertial. June 14: 9 a.m.–12 p.m.,

Working Group 4, Precision Landing

Guidance (GPS/LAAS); Working Group

6, Interference; 1:30 p.m.–4:30 p.m., SC–

159 Ad Hoc, Recommendation Support.

June 15: Working Group 2, GPS/WAAS;

Working Group 4, Precision Landing

Guidance (LAAS).

June 16: Plenary Session: (1)

Chairman’s Introductory Remarks; (2)

Approve Summary of Previous Meeting;

(3) Review Working Group (WG)

Progress and Identify Issues for

Resolution: (a) GPS/3rd Civil Frequency

(WG–1); (b) GPS/WAAS (WG–2); (c)

GPS/GLONASS (WG–2A); (d) GPS/

Inertial (WG–2C); (e) GPS/Precision

Landing Guidance (WG–4); (f) GPS/

Airport Surface Surveillance (WG–5); (g)

GPS Interference (WG–6); (h) SC–159

Ad Hoc; (4) Review of EUROCAE

Activities; (5) Review/Approve Final

Draft, NAVSTAR GPS L5 Civil Signal

Specification; (6) Review/Approve Final

Draft, SC–159 Response to the Johns

Hopkins University Applied Physics

Laboratory Recommendation Regarding

Receiver Autonomous Integrity

Monitoring; (7) Assignment/Review of

Future Work; (8) Other Business; (9)

Date and Location of Next Meeting; (10)

Closing.

Attendance is open to the interested

public but limited to space availability.

With the approval of the chairman,

members of the public may present oral

statements at the meeting.

Persons wishing to present statements

or obtain information should contact the

RTCA Secretariat, at (202) 833–9339

(phone), (202) 833–9434 (fax). Members

of the public may present a written

statement to the committee at any time.

Issued in Washington, DC, on May 18,

2000.

Janice L. Peters,

Designated Official.

[FR Doc. 00–13182 Filed 5–24–00; 8:45 am]

BILLING CODE 4910–13–M

DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION

Federal Aviation Administration

Noise Exposure Map Notice Receipt of

Noise Compatibility Program and

Request for Review Austin-Bergstrom

International Airport Austin, Texas

AGENCY: Federal Aviation

Administration, DOT.

ACTION: Notice.

SUMMARY: The Federal Aviation

Administration (FAA) announces its

determination that the noise exposure

maps submitted by City of Austin for

Austin-Bergstrom International Airport

under the provisions of Title 49 USC,

Chapter 475 (hereinafter referred to as

‘‘Title 49’’ and 14 CFR Part 150 are in

compliance with applicable

requirements. The FAA also announces

that it is reviewing a proposed noise

compatibility program that was

submitted for Austin-Bergstrom

International Airport under Part 150 in

conjunction with the noise exposure

maps and that this program will be

approved or disapproved on or before

November 8, 2000.

EFFECTIVE DATE: The effective date of the

FAA’s determination on the noise

exposure maps and the start of its

review of the associated noise

compatibility program are May 9, 2000.

The public comment period ends July 8,

2000.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Nan

L. Terry, Department of Transportation,

Federal Aviation Administration, Fort

Worth, Texas, 76193–0652, (817) 222–

5607. Comments on the proposed noise

compatibility program should also be

submitted to the above office.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: This

notice announces that the FAA finds

that the noise exposure map submitted

for Austin-Bergstrom International

Airport is in compliance with

applicable requirements of Part 150,

effective May 8, 2000. Further, FAA is

reviewing a proposed noise

compatibility program for that airport

which will be approved or disapproved

on or before November 8, 2000. This

notice also announces the availability of

this program for public review and

comment.

Under Title 49, 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. Title

49 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 the FAA to be in compliance

with the requirements of Federal

Aviation Regulations (FAR) Part 150,

promulgated pursuant to Title 49, may

submit a noise compatibility program

for FAA approval which sets forth the

measures the operator has taken or

proposes for the reduction of existing

noncompatible uses and for the

prevention of the introduction of

additional noncompatible uses.

On April 20, 1999, FAA published its

approval of noise exposure maps for the

Austin-Bergstrom International Airport

in the Federal Register. On April 10,

2000, the City of Austin submitted a

new 2004 noise exposure map. The FAA

has completed its review of the 2004 the

noise exposure maps and related

descriptions submitted by City of

Austin. The specific map under

consideration is 2004 Future Condition

Noise Exposure Map, Figure 10–1 in the

submission.

In addition to the 2004 future

condition noise exposure map, the City

of Austin submitted to the FAA on April

10, 2000, descriptions and other

documentation which were produced

during Austin-Bergstrom International

Airport, Austin, Texas, Part 150 Noise

Compatibility Study. It was requested

that the FAA review this material as the

noise exposure map, as described in

Title 49, and that the noise mitigation

measures, to be implemented jointed by

the airport and surrounding

communities, be approved as a noise

compatibility program under Title 49.

The FAA has determined that this

map for Austin-Bergstrom International

Airport is in compliance with

applicable requirements. This

determination is effective on May 8,

2000. FAA’s determination on an airport

operator’s noise exposure map(s) is

limited to a finding that the map(s) was

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.

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If questions arise concerning the

precise relationship of specific

properties to noise exposure contours

depicted on a noise exposure map

submitted under section 103 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 Title 49. 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 detailed

overlaying of noise exposure contours

onto the map depicting properties on

the surface rests exclusively with the

airport operator which submitted those

maps, or with those public agencies and

planning agencies with which

consultation is required under Title 49.

The FAA has relied on the certification

by the airport operator, under § 150.21

of FAR Part 150, that the statutorily

required consultation has been

accomplished.

The FAA has formally received noise

compatibility program for AustinBergstrom International Airport, also

effective on May 8, 2000. Preliminary

review of the submitted material

indicates that it conforms to the

requirements for the submittal of noise

compatibility programs, but that further

review will be necessary prior to

approval or disapproval of the program.

The formal review period, limited by

law to a maximum of 180 days, will be

completed on or before November 8,

2000.

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 measures may reduce the level

of aviation safety, create an undue

burden on interstate or foreign

commerce, or be 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 with

specific reference to these factors. All

comments, 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 map, the FAA’s evaluation of

the map, and the proposed noise

compatibility program are available for

examination at the following locations:

Federal Aviation Administration,

Airports Division, 2601 Meacham

Boulevard, Fort Worth, Texas 76137

Austin-Bergstrom International Airport,

City of Austin, Aviation Department,

3600 Presidential Blvd., Austin, Texas

78719

Questions may be directed to the

individual named above under the

heading, FOR FURTHER INFORMATION

CONTACT.

Issued in Fort Worth, Texas, May 9, 2000.

Joseph G. Washington,

Acting Manager, Airports Division.

[FR Doc. 00–13181 Filed 5–24–00; 8:45 am]

BILLING CODE 4910–13–M

DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION

Federal Aviation Administration

Notice of Intent to Rule on Application

To Impose and Use the Revenue From

a Passenger Facility Charge (PFC) at

Fayetteville Regional Airport,

Fayetteville, North Carolina

AGENCY: Federal Aviation

Administration (FAA), DOT.

ACTION: Notice of intent to rule on

application.

SUMMARY: The FAA proposes to rule and

invites public comment on the

application to impose and use the

revenue from a PFC at Fayetteville

Regional Airport under the provisions of

the Aviation Safety and Capacity

Expansion Act of 1990 (Title IX of the

Omnibus Budget Reconciliation Act of

1990) (Public Law 101–508) and Part

158 of the Federal Aviation Regulations

(14 CFR Part 158).

DATES: Comments must be received on

or before June 26, 2000.

ADDRESSES: Comments on this

application may be mailed or delivered

in triplicate to the FAA at the following

address: Atlanta Airports District Office,

1701 Columbia Avenue, Suite 2–260,

College Park, GA 30337–2747.

In addition, one copy of any

comments submitted to the FAA must

be mailed or delivered to Mr. Bradley S.

Whited, Airport Director, of the City of

Fayetteville at the following address:

Mr. Bradley S. Whited, Airport Director,

Fayetteville Regional Airport, P.O. Box

64218, Fayetteville, NC 28306.

Air carriers and foreign air carriers

may submit copies of written comments

previously provided to the City of

Fayetteville under section 158.23 of Part

158.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Lee

Kyker, Manager of Airport Programs,

Atlanta Airports District Office, 1701

Columbia Avenue, Suite 2–260, College

Park, GA 30337–2747, (404) 305–7161.

The application may be reviewed in

person at this same location.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The FAA

proposes to rule and invites public

comment on the application to impose

and use the revenue from a PFC at

Fayetteville Regional Airport under the

provisions of the Aviation Safety and

Capacity Expansion Act of 1990 (Title

IX of the Omnibus Budget

Reconciliation Act of 1990) Pub. L. 101–

508) and Part 158 of the Federal

Aviation Regulations (14 CFR Part 158).

On May 12, 2000, the FAA

determined that the application to

impose and use the revenue from a PFC

submitted by the City of Fayetteville

was substantially complete within the

requirements of section 158.25 of Part

158. The FAA will approve or

disapprove the application, in whole or

in part, no later than September 8, 2000.

The following is a brief overview of

the application.

PFC Application No.: 00–01–C–00–

FAY.

Level of the proposed PFC: $3.00.

Proposed charge effective date:

September 1, 2000.

Proposed charge expiration date:

October 1, 2002.

Total estimated net PFC revenue:

$942,620.

Brief description of proposed

project(s):

• Airport Entrance Road

• Jetway System Modifications

• Security System Upgrade

• Preplan runway safety areas

• Rehabilitate north general aviation

ramp

• Security system upgrade, Phase II

• Design & construct RSA, Rwy 4

• Acquire land

• Renovate terminal, Ph II

• Construct RSA, Rwy 4, Ph 2

• Land Purchase

• Renovate terminal

• Construct RSA

• Acquire land

• Rehabilitate Runway 10–28

• Acquire land in fee

• Construct fire training facility &

rehabilitate ARFF vehicle Update

Airport Master Plan

• Install taxiway guidance signs &

REILS

• Construct new general aviation area

(design only)

• Acquire sweeper

• Install terminal loading bridges

• Acquire ARFF vehicle

• Construct non-license vehicle road

(design only)

• Taxiway K (design only)