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responsibilities under the TVA Act of 

1933. 

Authority: 40 CFR 1501.7. 

Wilbourne (Skip) C. Markham, 

Director, Environmental Permitting and 

Compliance. 

[FR Doc. 2016–04745 Filed 3–2–16; 8:45 am] 

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DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION 

Federal Aviation Administration 

Public Notice for Waiver for 

Aeronautical Land-Use Assurance at 

Fort Worth Spinks Airport, Fort Worth, 

TX 

AGENCY: Federal Aviation 

Administration, DOT. 

ACTION: Notice of intent for Waiver of 

Aeronautical Land-Use. 

SUMMARY: The Federal Aviation 

Administration (FAA) is considering a 

proposal to change a portion of the 

airport from aeronautical use to 

nonaeronautical use and to authorize 

the conversion of the airport property. 

The proposal consists of one parcel of 

land containing a total of approximately 

2.583. 

The property was acquired using City 

and FAA funds through the AIP 

Program from 1983–1987. The land 

comprising this parcel is outside the 

forecasted need for aviation 

development and, thus, is no longer 

needed for indirect or direct 

aeronautical use. The airport wishes to 

develop this land for compatible 

commercial, nonaeronautical use. The 

income from the conversion of this 

parcel will benefit the aviation 

community by reinvestment in the 

airport. 

Approval does not constitute a 

commitment by the FAA to financially 

assist in the conversion of the subject 

airport property nor a determination of 

eligibility for grant-in-aid funding from 

the FAA. The disposition of proceeds 

from the conversion of the airport 

property will be in accordance with 

FAA’s Policy and Procedures 

Concerning the Use of Airport Revenue, 

published in the Federal Register on 

February 16, 1999. In accordance with 

Section 47107(h) of Title 49, United 

States Code, this notice is required to be 

published in the Federal Register 30 

days before modifying the land-use 

assurance that requires the property to 

be used for an aeronautical purpose. 

DATES: Comments must be received on 

or before April 4, 2016. 

ADDRESSES: Send comments on this 

document to Mr. Cameron Bryan, 

Federal Aviation Administration, Acting 

Manager, Texas Airports Development 

Office, 10101 Hillwood Parkway, Fort 

Worth, TX 76177. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Mr. 

Bill Welstead, Aviation Director, City of 

Fort Worth, 4201 N. Main St. Suite 200, 

Fort Worth, TX 76106, telephone (817) 

392–5400, or Mr. Anthony Mekhail, 

Federal Aviation Administration, Texas 

Airports Development Program 

Manager, 10101 Hillwood Parkway, Fort 

Worth, TX 76177, telephone (817) 222– 

5663, FAX (817) 222–5989. Documents 

reflecting this FAA action may be 

reviewed at the above locations. 

Issued in Fort Worth, Texas, on 15 January, 

2016. 

Ignacio Flores, 

Manager, Airports Division, FAA, Southwest 

Region. 

[FR Doc. 2016–04737 Filed 3–2–16; 8:45 am] 

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DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION 

Federal Aviation Administration 

Noise Compatibility Program Notice, 

Lafayette Regional Airport, Lafayette, 

Louisiana 

AGENCY: Federal Aviation 

Administration, DOT. 

ACTION: Notice. 

SUMMARY: The Federal Aviation 

Administration (FAA) announces its 

findings on the noise compatibility 

program submitted by Lafayette Airport 

Commission under the provisions of 49 

U.S.C. (the Aviation Safety and Noise 

Abatement Act, hereinafter 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). On April 4, 

2012, the FAA determined that the 

noise exposure maps submitted by 

Lafayette Airport Commission under 

Part 150 were in compliance with 

applicable requirements. On November 

23, 2015, the FAA approved the 

Lafayette Regional Airport noise 

compatibility program. Both of the 

recommendations of the program were 

approved. 

DATES: The effective date of the FAA’s 

approval of the Lafayette Regional 

Airport noise compatibility program is 

November 23, 2015. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

DOT/FAA Southwest Region, Tim 

Tandy, Environmental Protection 

Specialist, ASW–640D, 10101 Hillwood 

Parkway, Fort Worth, Texas 76177. 

Telephone (817) 222–5644. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: This 

notice announces that the FAA has 

given its overall approval to the noise 

compatibility program for Lafayette 

Regional Airport, effective November 

23, 2015. 

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 

affected 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, 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 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 

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 

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