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Safety will appear again in 30 days. 

December 27, 2006. 

Terry Allen, 

Acting Manager, Production and 

Airworthiness Division, Aircraft Certification 

Service. 

[FR Doc. 06–9995 Filed 1–5–07; 8:45 am] 

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DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION 

Federal Aviation Administration 

Noise Exposure Map Notice; Receipt of 

Noise Compatibility Program and 

Request for Review; Craig Municipal 

Airport; Jacksonville, FL 

AGENCY: Federal Aviation 

Administration, DOT. 

SUMMARY: The Federal Aviation 

Administration (FAA) announces its 

determination that the noise exposure 

maps submitted by the Jacksonville 

Airport Authority for Craig Municipal 

Airport under the provisions of 49 

U.S.C. 47501 et seq. (Aviation Safety 

and Noise Abatement Act) 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 Craig Municipal 

Airport under part 150 in conjunction 

with the noise exposure map, and that 

this program will be approved or 

disapproved on or before June 20, 2007. 

DATES: Effective Date: The effective date 

of the FAA’s determination on the noise 

exposure maps and of the start of its 

review of the associated noise 

compatibility program is December 22, 

2006. The public comment period ends 

February 20, 2007. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Ms. 

Lindy McDowell, Federal Aviation 

Administration, Orlando Airports 

District Office, 5950 Hazeltine National 

Dr., Suite 400, Orlando, Florida 32822, 

(407) 812–6331, Extension 130. 

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 maps submitted 

for Craig Municipal Airport are in 

compliance with applicable 

requirements of part 150, effective 

December 22, 2006. Further, FAA is 

reviewing a proposed noise 

compatibility program for that airport 

which will be approved or disapproved 

on or before June 20, 2007. This notice 

also announces the availability of this 

program for public review and 

comment. 

Under 49 U.S.C., Section 47503 (the 

Aviation Safety and Noise Abatement 

Act, hereinafter referred to as ‘‘the 

Act’’), an airport operator may submit to 

the FAA noise exposure maps which 

meet applicable regulations and which 

depict non-compatible 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. The 

Act 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 FAA to be in compliance with 

the requirements of Federal Aviation 

Regulations (FAR) part 150, 

promulgated pursuant to the Act, may 

submit a noise compatibility program 

for FAA approval which sets forth the 

measures the operator has taken to 

proposes to take to reduce existing noncompatible uses and prevent the 

introduction of additional noncompatible uses. 

The Jacksonville Airport Authority 

submitted to the FAA on February 16, 

2006 noise exposure maps, descriptions 

and other documentation that were 

produced during the Craig Municipal 

Airport FAR part 150 Noise and Land 

Use Compatibility Study conducted 

between August 2004 and November 

2005. It was requested that the FAA 

review this material as the noise 

exposure maps, as described in section 

47503 of the Act, and that the noise 

mitigation measures, to be implemented 

jointly by the airport and surrounding 

communities, be approved as a noise 

compatibility program under section 

47503 of the Act. 

The FAA has completed its review of 

the noise exposure maps and related 

descriptions submitted by the 

Jacksonville Airport Authority. The 

specific documentation determined to 

constitute the noise exposure maps 

includes: Map A, 2006 Noise Exposure 

Map; Map B, 2011 Noise Exposure Map; 

Table 7–1, Historic and Project Aircraft 

Operations; Table 7–2, 2004 Activity 

Profile; Table 7–3, 2009 Activity Profile; 

Table 8–1, 2004 Military Operations and 

Fleet Mix; Table 8–2, 2009 Military 

Operations and Fleet Mix; Table 8–3, 

2004 Itinerant General Aviation 

Operations and Fleet Mix; Table 8–4, 

2004 Local General Aviation Operations 

and Fleet Mix; Table 8–5, 2009 Itinerant 

General Aviation Operations and Fleet 

Mix; Table 8–6, 2009 Local General 

Aviation Operations and Fleet Mix; 

Exhibit 8–1, Aircraft Flight Tracks—

Arrivals; Exhibit 8–2, Aircraft Flight 

Tracks—Departures; Exhibit 11–1, VFR 

Noise Abatement Departure Flight 

Tracks; Exhibit 11–2, VRF Noise 

Abatement Arrival Flight Tracks; Table 

8–7, 2004 and 2009 Propeller Aircraft 

Flight Track Usage; Table 8–8, 2004 and 

2009 Jet Aircraft Flight Track Usage; 

Table 8–9, 2004 and 2009 Local Pattern 

Flight Track Usage; Exhibit 8–3, Draft 

2004 DNL Noise Contours; Exhibit 8–4, 

Draft 2009 DNL Noise Contours; Exhibit 

9–1, Noise Sensitive Areas, Table 9–3, 

Noise Sensitive Sites; Exhibit 9–2, 2004 

DNL Noise Contours with Land Use; 

Exhibit 9–3, 2004 DNL Noise Contours 

with Existing Zoning; Exhibit 9–4, 2009 

DNL Noise Contours with Land Use; 

Exhibit 9–5, 2009 DNL Nose Contours 

with Existing Zoning; and Table 9–4, 

Estimated Population within 2004 and 

2009 DNL Contours. The FAA has 

determined that these maps for Craig 

Municipal Airport are in compliance 

with applicable requirements. This 

determination is effective on December 

22, 2006. FAA’s determination on the 

airport operator’s noise exposure maps 

is limited to a finding that the maps 

were 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. 

If questions arise concerning the 

precise relationship of specific 

properties to noise exposure contours 

depicted on a noise exposure map 

submitted under section 47503 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, 


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which properties should be covered by 

the provisions of section 47506 of the 

Act. 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 noise 

exposure maps. Therefore, the 

responsibility for the detailed overlying 

of noise exposure contours onto the map 

depicting properties on the surface rests 

exclusively with the airport operator 

that submitted those maps, or with 

those public agencies and planning 

agencies with which consultation is 

required under section 47503 of the Act. 

The FAA has relied on the certification 

by the airport operator, under section 

150.21 of FAR part 150, that the 

statutorily required consultation has 

been accomplished. 

The FAA has formally received the 

noise compatibility program for Craig 

Municipal Airport, also effective on 

December 22, 2006. 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 June 20, 2007. 

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 non-compatible land uses and 

preventing the introduction of 

additional non-compatible 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 maps, the FAA’s evaluation of 

the maps, and the proposed noise 

computability program are available for 

examination at the following locations: 

Federal Aviation Administration, 

Orlando Airports District Office, 5950 

Hazeltine National Dr., Suite 400, 

Orlando, Florida 32822. 

Questions may be directed to the 

individual named above under the 

heading, FOR FURTHER INFORMATION

CONTACT. 

Dated: December 22, 2006. 

W. Dean Stringer, 

Manager, Orlando Airports District Office. 

[FR Doc. 06–9997 Filed 1–5–07; 8:45 am] 

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DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION 

Federal Railroad Administration 

Safety Advisory 2006–06 

AGENCY: Federal Railroad 

Administration (FRA), Department of 

Transportation (DOT). 

ACTION: Notice of Safety Advisory; 

center sill cracks on 89-foot flat cars 

used to haul containers of municipal 

solid waste. 

SUMMARY: FRA is issuing Safety 

Advisory 2006–06, in order to provide 

interested parties information related to 

the potential failure (cracking and 

breakage) of the center sills on 89-foot 

flat cars carrying containers in 

municipal solid waste (MSW) service. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Ronald Newman, Staff Director, Motive 

Power and Equipment Division (RRS–

14), FRA Office of Safety Assurance and 

Compliance, 1120 Vermont Avenue, 

NW., Washington, DC 20590, telephone: 

(202) 493–6241 or Michael Masci, Trial 

Attorney, 1120 Vermont Avenue, NW., 

Washington, DC 20590, telephone: (202) 

493–6037. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: FRA was 

recently made aware of a series of failed 

center sills on MSW 89-foot flat cars. 

Among these failures were two cars 

from the USWX 20000 series. Car 

USWX 20242 experienced a center sill 

failure at North Bergen, New Jersey on 

May 18, 2006, and car USWX 20226 

experienced a failure at Harlem River 

Yard in New York on June 8, 2006. The 

failed center sill on car USWX 20242 

resulted in an undesired emergency 

brake application and narrowly avoided 

a derailment. The center sill on car 

USWX 20226 was found to have an 

Association of American Railroad (AAR) 

center sill patch applied in the breakage 

area when inspected after the incident. 

Both cars were manufactured by 

Trinity, Industries (Trinity) in 2000 and 

are used to carry containers of MSW to 

several host landfill sites. These cars are 

operated predominately in the northeast 

quadrant of the United States rail 

network by CSX Transportation, 

Incorporated (CSX) and Norfolk 

Southern Corporation (NS). The cars are 

owned by USA Waste Services, 

Incorporated (USWS) and operate 

between USWS loading sites in New 

Jersey and New York and their landfill 

in Waverly, Virginia. In mid-June, two 

additional cars were brought to FRA’s 

attention. These incidents involved car 

USWX 638446 (cracked center sill) near 

Petersburg, Virginia on June 11, 2006, 

and car JTSX 400175 (cracked side sill) 

near Selkirk, New York on June 12, 

2006. 

As a result of these four reported 

incidents, FRA invited the parties 

involved with these failures to attend an 

open discussion in Washington, DC, on 

June 16, 2006. Representatives from 

AAR, USWS, David J. Joseph Company, 

Trinity, CSX, NS, and FRA Regional 

MP&E Specialists attended this meeting. 

At this meeting, FRA expressed its 

concerns with regard to 89-foot flat cars 

being used in this MSW service. Topics 

addressed at this meeting included: 

Design and loading concerns, 

transportation and inspection of 

equipment, repairs, handling of 

defective cars, and safety action plans. 

Information developed from this 

meeting revealed that a potential 

overloading problem with cars in MSW 

service possibly was causing or 

contributing to sill cracking and 

breakage. 

Subsequent to this meeting, FRA sent 

a letter to USWS on June 29, 2006, 

recommending that USWS implement a 

comprehensive car inspection program 

and to review the loading and unloading 

procedures used by its employees to 

identify and remedy the potential 

causes for this type of damage. FRA also 

recommended that CSX and NS conduct 

joint mechanical inspections and work 

with the AAR in developing appropriate 

engineering standards and loading rules 

to address similarly affected loaded 

waste cars. On July 10, 2006, USWS 

responded to FRA stating that a proactive program was being undertaken by 

USWS for cars owned by them 

performing MSW service. Based on the 

positive industry response to the safety 

concerns raised by FRA, the agency 

continued to monitor the use of flat cars 

in MSW service and is aware of the 

following additional cars that have 

experienced cracked center sills: 

1. ECCX 97072 on June 22, 2006, in 

Waycross, Georgia. 

2. ECCX 97098 on June 22, 2006, in 

Waycross, Georgia. 

3. ECCX 97072 on June 22, 2006, in 

Waycross, Georgia. 

4. ECCX 97111 on June 22, 2006, in 

Waycross, Georgia. 

5. DTTX 64043 on September 14, 

2006, in Elizabeth, New Jersey. 

6. ECXX 20046 on November 26, 

2006, in Marshville, North Carolina. 

7. ECXX 20043 on December 1, 2006, 

in Sabot, Virginia. 


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