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and the Memphis Brooks Museum of 

Art, Memphis, Tennessee, beginning on 

or about October 7, 2007 until on or 

about January 6, 2008, and at possible 

additional venues yet to be determined, 

is in the national interest. Public Notice 

of these Determinations is ordered to be 

published in the Federal Register. 

For Further Information Contact: For 

further information, including a list of 

the exhibit objects, contact Wolodymyr 

Sulzynsky, Attorney-Adviser, Office of 

the Legal Adviser, U.S. Department of 

State (telephone: (202) 453–8050). The 

address is U.S. Department of State, SA–

44, 301 4th Street, SW. Room 700, 

Washington, DC 20547–0001. 

Dated: December 12, 2006. 

C. Miller Crouch, 

Principal Deputy Assistant Secretary for 

Educational and Cultural Affairs, Department 

of State. 

[FR Doc. E6–21728 Filed 12–19–06; 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 for Portland 

International Airport, Portland, OR 

AGENCY: Federal Aviation 

Administration (FAA), DOT. 

ACTION: Notice. 

SUMMARY: The Federal Aviation 

Administration (FAA) announces its 

determination that the noise-exposure 

maps (NEM) submitted by the Director 

of Aviation for Portland International 

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 Portland 

International Airport under Part 150, in 

conjunction with the noise-exposure 

map, and that this program will be 

approved or disapproved on or before 

June 15, 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 noisecompatibility program is December 13, 

2006. The public comment period ends 

February 15, 2006. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Cayla Morgan, Federal Aviation 

Administration, Seattle Airports 

Division, 1601 Lind Ave. SW., Renton, 

WA, 98057–3356, telephone 425–227–

2653. Comments on the proposed noisecompatibility 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 Portland International Airport are in 

compliance with applicable 

requirements of Part 150, effective 

December 13, 2006. Further, the FAA is 

reviewing a proposed noisecompatibility program for that airport 

which will be approved or disapproved 

on or before June 15, 2007. This notice 

also announces the availability of this 

program for public review and 

comment. 

Under 49 U.S.C., 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 the FAA to be in compliance 

with the requirements of Federal 

Aviation Regulations (FAR), Part 150, 

promulgated pursuant to the Act, may 

submit to the FAA for approval a noisecompatibility program that sets forth the 

measures the operator has taken or 

proposes to take to reduce existing noncompatible uses and prevent the 

introduction of additional noncompatible uses. 

The Director of Aviation for the 

Portland International Airport 

submitted to the FAA on October 5, 

2006, noise-exposure maps, descriptions 

and other documentation that were 

produced during the Portland 

International Airport FAR Part 150 

Study dated October 2006. 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 47504 of the Act. 

The FAA has completed its review of 

the noise-exposure maps and related 

descriptions submitted by the director 

of the Portland International Airport. 

The specific documentation determined 

to constitute the noise-exposure maps 

includes the following from the 

Portland International Airport Part 150 

Noise-Compatibility Study Update: 

• Section B. Forecasts of Aviation 

Activity; 

• Pages D28 through D49, and D68 

through D72 describe the input data 

used to develop the existing and future 

contours; 

• Section E—Land Use Analysis; 

• Table D7 at Page D32, Detailed 

Breakdown of Aircraft Operations; 

• Table D14 at Page D69, Operations 

by Aircraft Category for 2008 Forecast; 

• Table D15 at Page D71, Aircraft 

Fleet Mix Assumptions for Future 

(2008) Conditions; 

• Page H1—Noise-exposure Map 

Supplemental Information; 

• Figure H1 at page H14, Future 

(2011) Existing Noise-exposure Map; 

• Figure H2 at page H15 Existing 

(2005) Noise-exposure Map; 

• Section I—Public and Airport User 

Consultation Summary; 

• Appendix A—Public Hearing 

Comments and Responses 

• Appendix B—Comments Outside 

the Public Hearing Comment Period; 

The FAA has determined that these 

maps for Portland International Airport 

are in compliance with applicable 

requirements. This determination is 

effective on December 13, 2006. The 

FAA’s determination on an 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 noisecompatibility 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, 

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 the FAA’s review of 

noise-exposure maps. Therefore, the 

responsibility for the detailed 

overlaying of noise-exposure contours 


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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 

Portland International Airport, also 

effective on December 13, 2006. 

Preliminary review of the submitted 

material indicates that it conforms to the 

requirements for the submittal of noisecompatibility 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 15, 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. The 

FAA will consider, to the extent 

practicable, all comments, other than 

those properly addressed to local landuse authorities. Copies of the noiseexposure maps, the FAA’s evaluation of 

the maps, and the proposed noisecompatibility program are available for 

examination at the following locations: 

Federal Aviation Administration, 

Airports Division, 1601 Lind Avenue, 

SW., Suite 315, Renton, WA 98057–

3356. 

Federal Aviation Administration, 

Seattle airports District Office, 1601 

Lind Avenue, SW., Suite 250, Seattle, 

WA 98057–3356. 

Portland International Airport, 7000 NE 

Airport Way, Portland, OR 97208. 

* * * * * 

Issued in Renton, Washington, on 

December 13, 2006. 

J. Wade Bryant, 

Acting Manager, Airports Division, Northwest 

Mountain Region. 

[FR Doc. 06–9784 Filed 12–19–06; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 4910–13–M 

DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION 

Federal Aviation Administration 

[Docket No. FAA–2006–26519] 

Notice of a Proposed Change in 

Monitor Status of Air Navigational Aids 

AGENCY: Federal Aviation 

Administration (FAA), DOT. 

ACTION: Request for public comment. 

SUMMARY: The Federal Aviation 

Administration is requesting public 

comment on a proposal to change the 

monitor status of select air navigational 

aids (NAVAIDS) at airports in the 

United States. The FAA is proposing 

that certain Instrument Landing Systems 

(ILS), Localizer Type Directional Aids 

(LDA), Microwave Landing Systems 

(MLS), and Non-Directional Beacons 

(NDB) become unmonitored. 

The ILS NAVAIDS at the following 

airports are proposed to become 

unmonitored during the times that the 

control tower is closed. The associated 

ILS approaches for these airports are 

either not authorized for alternate 

airport filing purposes when the control 

tower is closed or the airport activity is 

low when the control tower is closed: 

(1) Florence, South Carolina (FLO), 

ILS, Runway 9. (2) Joplin, Missouri 

(JLN), ILS, Runways 13 and 18. (3) 

Macon, Georgia (MCN), ILS, Runway 5. 

(4) Manhattan, Kansas (MHK), ILS, 

Runway 3. (5) Mobile, Alabama (MOB), 

ILS, Runways 14 and 32. (6) Missoula, 

Montana (MSO), ILS, Runway 11. (7) 

North Myrtle Beach, South Carolina 

(CRE), ILS, Runway 23. (8) Savannah, 

Georgia (SAV), ILS, Runways 9 and 36. 

(9) Tallahassee, Florida (TLH), ILS, 

Runway 36. (Tallahassee ILS, Runway 

27 will not be affected because of its ILS 

Category II status.) (10) Walla Walla, 

Washington (ALW), ILS, Runway 20. 

The following ILS NAVAIDS are 

proposed to become unmonitored due to 

low annual activity at the associated 

airport: 

1) Bemidji, Minnesota (BJI) ILS, 

Runway 31. (2) Huron, South Dakota 

(HON), ILS, Runway 12. (3) Hoquiam, 

Washington (HQM), ILS, Runway 24. (4) 

International Falls, Minnesota (INL), 

ILS, Runway 31. (5) Liberal, Kansas 

(LBL), ILS, Runway 35. (6) Muscle 

Shoals, Alabama (MSL), ILS, Runway 

29. (7) Norfolk, Nebraska (OFK), ILS, 

Runway 1. 

The following NAVAIDS associated 

with non-precision approaches are 

proposed to become unmonitored: 

(1) Charles City, Iowa (CCY), ILS 

Localizer, Runway 12. (2) Conrad, 

Montana (SO1), Conrad (CRD) NDB. (3) 

Elkins, West Virginia (EKN), LDA/DME. 

(4) Elko, Nevada (EKO), LDA/DME, 

Runway 23. (5) Miles City, Montana 

(MLS), Horton (HTN) NDB. (6) 

Mountain Home Municipal, Idaho 

(U76), Sturgeon (STI) NDB. (7) Ontario, 

Oregon (ONO), Ontario (ONO) NDB. (8) 

Pullman/Moscow ID, Washington 

(PUW), MLS. (9) Rawlins, Wyoming 

(RWL), Sinclair (SIR) NDB. (10) 

Wenatchee, Washington (EAT), MLS. 

DATES: Comments must be received by 

January 19, 2007. 

ADDRESSES: Written comments may be 

submitted [identified by Docket Number 

FAA–2006–26519] using any of the 

following methods: 

DOT Docket Web site: Go to http:// 

dms.dot.gov and follow the instructions 

for sending your comments 

electronically. 

• Mail: Docket Management Facility; 

U.S. Department of Transportation, 400 

Seventh Street, SW., Nassif Building, 

Room PL–401, Washington, DC 20590. 

• Fax: 1–200–493–2251. 

• Hand Delivery: Room PL–401 on 

the plaza level of the Nassif Building, 

400 Seventh Street, SW., Washington, 

DC, between 9 a.m. and 5 p.m., Monday 

through Friday, except Federal holidays. 

Privacy: All comments received will 

be posted, without change, to http:// 

dms.dot.gov, including any personal 

information you provide (such as 

signatures on behalf of an association, 

business, labor union, or any other 

group). You may review DOT’s 

complete Privacy Act Statement in the 

Federal Register published on April 11, 

2000 (65 FR 19477–78) or by visiting 

http://dms.dot.gov. 

Docket: To read the comments 

received, go to http://dms.dot.gov at any 

time or to Room PL–401 on the plaza 

level of the Nassif Building, 400 

Seventh Street, SW., Washington, DC, 

between 9 a.m. and 5 p.m., Monday 

through Friday, except Federal holidays. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Dave Joyce, Technical Operations 

Services, AFSS Transition Lead; Mail 

Drop: AJW–24, Room 706, 800 

Independence Avenue, SW., 

Washington, DC 20591, telephone (202) 

493–4780; Fax (202) 267–5303; e-mail 

Dave.Joyce@faa.gov. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 

Comments Invited 

The FAA invites interested persons or 

organizations to submit written 

comments or views concerning this 

proposal. Please reference the Docket 

Number at the beginning of your 

comments. Comments should be 

specific and should explain the reason 

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