U.S. Department of Transportation Federal Aviation Administration May2,2013 Mr. Thomas E. Nissalke, Ph.D. Director of Environmental and Technical Services City of Atlanta/Department

of Aviation P.O. Box 20509 Atlanta, GA 30320-2509 Dear Mr. NissaLke: Hartsfield-Jackson Atlanta International Airport FAA Acceptance ofNoise Exposure Maps AtlantaAirports DistrictOffice 1701 Columi:B Avenue Campus Bli;ling, Suite 2-260 College Park, GA30337 This letter is to notify youthat the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) has evaluated
and accepted the Noise Exposure Maps and supporting documentation dated December 13, 2012 for the Hartsfield-Jackson Atlanta International Airport.
In accordance

with 49 U.S.C. Section 47503 (formerly the Aviation Safety and Noise Abatement Act of 1979), as amended, wehave detennined that:

1. The 2012 noise contoursand supporting documentation meetthe requirements
for the current Noise Exposure Map asof the date of submission

assetforth in Title 14, Code of Federal Regulations (CFR), Part 150, Airport Noise Compatibility Planning, Section 150.21, and are accordingly accepted under this Part. 2. The projected aircraft operations, the 2017 noise contoursand supporting documentation are accepted asthe description of the future conditions

assetforth in Part 150, and are accordingly accepted under this Part. 3. The documentation provides sufficient evidence consultation was accomplished

m accordance with section 150.2l(b). FAA's acceptance of the Noise Exposure Maps is limited tothe detennination that the mapswere developed
in accordance with the procedures contained
in Appendix
A of Part 150. Such acceptance does notconstitute approval of your data, infonnation,
or plans. The FAA will publish

anotice in the Federal Register announcing the acceptance of the Noise Exposure Maps for Hartsfield-Jackson Atlanta International Airport. The FAA's acceptance of these Noise Exposure Maps under Part 150 in no way approvesorendorses

aNo ise Compatibility Program, potential related federal funding of projects identified
in such
a program,or anyrelated operating restrictions

atthe subject airport. Should any questions arise concerning the precise relationship
of specific properties

tonoise exposurecontours depicted onthe Noise Exposure Maps, youshould notethat the FAA will notbe involved in any wayin the detennination
of relative locations of specific properties with regard to the depicted noise contours,orin interpreting the mapstoresolve questions concerning, for example, which properties should be covered by the provision of 49 U.S.C. 47506. These functions are2 inseparable from the ultimate land usecontrol and planning responsibilities

of local government. These local responsibilities
arenot changed in any wayunder Part 150 or through FAA's acceptance of yourNoise Exposure Maps Update

.Therefore, the responsibility for the detailed overlaying of noise contours ontothe maps depicting properties onthe surface rests exclusively with youthe airport operator,orthose public agencies and planning agencies with which consultation

is required under 49 U.S.C 47503. The FAA relies onthe certification
by youunder 150.21 of FAR Part 150, that the statutorily required consultation has been accomplished

.(14 C.F .R. 150.5) Your notice of this determination, and the availability
of the Noise Exposure Maps, which when published
atleast three (3) times in a newspaperof general circulation
in the county where the affected properties are located, will satisfy the requirements
of 49 U .S.C. 47506 of the Act. Your attention

is called tothe requirements
of Section l50.2l(d) of Part 150, involving the prompt preparation and submission
of revisions
tothese maps,if an:yactual or proposed change in the operation of the subject airport might create any substantial, new noncompatible land usein any areas depicted onthe maps,orif there would be a significant reduction
in noise over existing incompatible land usesthat is not reflected in either mapnowonfile with the FAA. Thank youfor yourcontinued interest in noise compatibility planning. Scott L. Seritt Manager cc: APP-400 AS0-610 AS0-7