[Federal Register Volume 65, Number 118 (Monday, June 19, 2000)]
[Notices]
[Pages 38024-38025]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 00-15414]


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DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION

Federal Aviation Administration


Receipt of Noise Compatibility Program Modification and Request 
for Review Sarasota-Bradenton International Airport, Sarasota, FL

AGENCY: Federal Aviation Administration, DOT.

ACTION:  Notice.

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SUMMARY: The Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) announces that it is 
reviewing a proposed Noise Compatibility Program (NCP) Modification 
that was submitted for Sarasota-Bradenton International Airport under 
the provisions of Title I of the Aviation Safety and Noise Abatement 
Act of 1979 (Public Law 96-193) (hereafter referred to as ``the Act'') 
and 14 CFR Part 150 by the Sarasota Manatee Airport Authority (SMAA), 
Sarasota, Florida. This program modification proposes to review the NCP 
approved on October 9, 1997, to reflect new constructive dates for 
eligibility for three abatement measures offered to homeowners of 
eligible properties within the program boundaries. These new dates are 
the only changes to the approved NCP. This program modification was 
submitted subsequent to a determination by FAA that the associated 
existing noise exposure maps submitted under 14 CFR Part 150 for the 
Sarasota-Bradenton International Airport were in compliance with 
applicable requirements effective May 7, 1996, for the current 
conditions noise exposure map and June 5, 2000, for the future 
conditions (5-year) noise exposure map. The proposed noise 
compatibility program modification will be approved or disapproved on 
or before December 2, 2000.

EFFECTIVE DATE: The effective date of the start of FAA's review of the 
proposed noise compatibility program modification is June 5, 2000. The 
public comment period ends August 4, 2000.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Mr. Tommy J. Pickering, Federal 
Aviation Administration, Orlando Airports District Office, 5950 
Hazeltine National Drive, Suite 400, Orlando, Florida 32822-5024, (407) 
812-6331, Extension 29. Comments on the proposed noise compatibility 
program modification should also be submitted to the above office.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: This notice announces that the FAA is 
reviewing a proposed noise compatibility program modification submitted 
for Sarasota-Bradenton International Airport which will be approved or 
disapproved on or before December 2, 2000. This notice also announces 
the availability of this program modification 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 Title I of 
the Act, 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.
    The FAA has formally received the noise compatibility program 
modification for Sarasota-Bradenton International Airport, effective on 
June 5, 2000. It was requested that the FAA review this material and 
that the modified noise mitigation measures, to be implemented jointly 
by the airport and surrounding communities, be approved as a 
modification to an approved noise compatibility program under section 
104(b) of the Act. 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 modification. The 
formal review period, limited by law to a maximum of 180 days, will be 
completed on or before December 2, 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 
modification 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 maps and the proposed noise compatibility program modification 
are available for examination at the following locations:

Federal Aviation Administration, Orlando Airports District Office, 5950 
Hazeltine National Drive, Suite 400, Orlando, Florida 32822-5024.
Sarasota Manatee Airport Authority, Sarasota-Bradenton International 
Airport, 6000 Airport Circle, Sarasota, FL 34243.

    Questions may be directed to the individual named above under the 
heading, FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:


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    Issued in Orlando, Florida June 5, 2000.
John W. Reynolds Jr.,
Assistant Manager, Orlando Airport District Office.
[FR Doc. 00-15414 Filed 6-16-00; 8:45 am]
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