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rental income will significantly increase 

the airport’s available operational 

budget. Approval does not constitute a 

commitment by the FAA to financially 

assist in the lease of the subject airport 

property nor a determination of 

eligibility for grant-in-aid funding from 

the FAA. The disposition of proceeds 

from the lease 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 August 13, 2007. 

ADDRESSES: Written comments on the 

Sponsor’s request must be delivered or 

mailed to: Sandra A. Lyman, Airports 

Engineer, 2300 East Devon, Des Plaines, 

Illinois 60018. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Sandra A. Lyman, Airports Engineer, 

2300 East Devon, Des Plaines, Illinois 

60018. Telephone Number (847) 294–

7525, FAX Number (847) 294–7046. 

Documents reflecting this FAA action 

may be reviewed at this same location 

or at Evansville Regional Airport, 

Evansville, Indiana. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Following 

is a legal description of the property 

located in Evansville, Vanderburgh 

County, Indiana, and described as 

follows: 

Part of Section 34, Township 6 South, 

Range 10 West, Vanderburgh County, 

Indiana, described as follows: 

Commencing at the southeast corner 

of said Section 34; thence North 01 

degree 11 minutes 26 seconds East 

2139.92 feet along the East line of said 

Section; thence parallel with the South 

line of the Southeast Quarter of said 

Section, North 88 degrees 39 minutes 44 

seconds West 1548.55 feet to the Point 

of Beginning; thence South 05 degrees 

08 minutes 47 seconds West 373.72 feet; 

thence southerly 363.64 feet along an 

arc to the right and having a radius of 

1415.11 feet and subtended by a long 

chord having a bearing of South 12 

degrees 43 minutes 01 seconds West 

and a length of 362.64 feet; thence 

southwesterly 1209.36 feet along an arc 

to the right having a radius of 1258.00 

feet and subtended by a long chord 

having a bearing of South 44 degrees 20 

minutes 55 seconds West and a length 

of 1163.32 feet; thence South 83 degrees 

59 minutes 51 seconds West 164.75 feet; 

thence westerly 195.17 feet along an arc 

to the right having a radius of 735.92 

feet and subtended by a long chord 

having a bearing of South 85 degrees 34 

minutes 56 seconds West and a length 

of 194.60 feet; thence North 89 degrees 

35 minutes 37 seconds West 26.71 feet; 

thence South 89 degrees 37 minutes 03 

seconds West 331.65 feet; thence South 

86 degrees 11 minutes 09 seconds West 

61.41 feet; thence South 90 degrees 00 

minutes 00 seconds West 263.76 feet; 

thence South 88 degrees 21 minutes 05 

seconds West 226.14 feet; thence 

easterly and northeasterly 39.71 feet 

along a non-tangent arc to the left 

having a radius of 32.00 feet and 

subtended by a long chord having a 

bearing of North 49 degrees 46 minutes 

49 seconds East and a length of 37.21 

feet; thence North 11 degrees 33 

minutes 06 seconds East 228.77 feet; 

thence North 17 degrees 22 minutes 34 

seconds East 100.72 feet; thence North 

10 degrees 32 minutes 00 seconds East 

108.51 feet; thence northerly and 

northeasterly 285.63 feet along an arc to 

the right having a radius of 524.54 feet 

and subtended by a long chord having 

a bearing of North 26 degrees 29 

minutes 04 seconds East and a length of 

282.11 feet; thence North 38 degrees 21 

minutes 06 seconds East 9.70 feet; 

thence South 85 degrees 44 minutes 50 

seconds West 695.25 feet; thence North 

01 degrees 30 minutes 26 seconds East 

103.96 feet; thence North 38 degrees 21 

minutes 19 seconds East 1741.56 feet; 

thence South 51 degrees 38 minutes 54 

seconds East 357.14 feet; thence North 

38 degrees 21 minutes 06 seconds East 

1064.81 feet; thence South 51 degrees 38 

minutes 54 seconds East 154.09 feet; 

thence South 04 degrees 13 minutes 04 

seconds East 388.74 feet; thence North 

86 degrees 33 minutes 33 seconds East 

173.86 feet; thence South 04 degrees 19 

minutes 52 seconds East 16.94 feet; 

thence southerly 174.71 feet along an 

arc to the left having a radius of 349.60 

feet and subtended by a long chord 

having a bearing of South 18 degrees 38 

minutes 53 seconds East and a length of 

172.90 feet; thence South 31 degrees 27 

minutes 19 seconds East 344.16 feet; 

thence southeasterly and southerly 

201.70 feet along an arc to the right 

having a radius of 330.00 feet and 

subtended by a long chord having a 

bearing of South 13 degrees 56 minutes 

42 seconds East and a length of 198.58 

feet to the point of beginning, and 

containing 97.10 acres, more or less. 

Issued in Des Plaines, Illinois on June 29, 

2007. 

Jack Delaney, 

Acting Manager, Chicago Airports District 

Office, FAA, Great Lakes Region. 

[FR Doc. 07–3405 Filed 7–12–07; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 4910–13–M 

DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION 

Noise Compatibility Program Notice; 

Laredo International Airport; Laredo, 

TX 

AGENCY: Federal Aviation 

Administration, DOT. 

ACTION: Notice. 

SUMMARY: The Federal Aviation 

Administration (FAA) announces its 

findings on the noise compatibility 

program submitted by the City of Laredo 

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 September 22, 2005, 

the FAA determined that the noise 

exposure maps submitted by the City of 

Laredo under Part 150 were in 

compliance with applicable 

requirements. On June 22, 2007, the 

FAA approved the Laredo International 

Airport noise compatibility program. 

Most of the recommendations of the 

program were approved. No program 

elements relating to new or revised 

flight procedures for noise abatement 

were proposed by the airport operator. 

DATES: Effective Date: The effective date 

of the FAA’s approval of the Laredo 

International Airport noise 

compatibility program is June 22, 2007. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: (Mr. 

Paul E. Blackford, Department of 

Transportation, Federal Aviation 

Administration, Fort Worth, Texas 

76193–0650, (817) 222–5607.) 

Documents reflecting this FAA action 

may be reviewed at this same location. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: This 

notice announces that the FAA has 

given its overall approval to the noise 

compatibility program for Laredo 

International Airport, effective June 22, 

2007. 

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 


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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 

compatibility program are delineated in 

FAR Part 150, section 150.5. Approval 

is not a determination concerning the 

acceptability of land uses under Federal, 

state, or local law. Approval does not by 

itself constitute an FAA implementing 

action. A request for Federal action or 

approval to implement specific noise 

compatibility measures may be 

required, and an FAA decision on the 

request may require an environmental 

assessment of the proposed action. 

Approval does not constitute a 

commitment by the FAA to financially 

assist in the implementation of the 

program nor a determination that all 

measures covered by the program are 

eligible for grant-in-aid funding from the 

FAA. Where federal funding is sought, 

requests for project grants must be 

submitted to the FAA regional office in 

For Worth, Texas. 

The City of Laredo submitted to the 

FAA on February 28, 2007, the noise 

exposure maps, descriptions, and other 

documentation produced during the 

noise compatibility planning study 

conducted from October 27, 2004, 

through December 18, 2006. The Laredo 

International Airport noise exposure 

maps were determined by FAA to be in 

compliance with applicable 

requirements on September 22, 2005. 

Notice of this determination was 

published in the Federal Register on 

September 30, 2005. 

The Laredo International Airport 

study contains a proposed noise 

compatibility program comprised of 

actions designed for phased 

implementation by airport management 

and adjacent jurisdictions from January 

4, 2007 beyond the year 2010. It was 

requested that the FAA evaluate and 

approve this material as a noise 

compatibility program as described in 

section 47504 of the Act. The FAA 

began its review of the program on 

February 28, 2007, and was required by 

a provision of the Act to approve or 

disapprove the program within 180 days 

(other than the use of new or modified 

flight procedures for noise control). 

Failure to approve or disapprove such 

program within the 180-day period shall 

be deemed to be an approval of such 

program. 

The submitted program contained 

seven proposed actions for noise 

mitigation off the airport. The FAA 

completed its review and determined 

that the procedural and substantive 

requirements of the Act and FAR Part 

150 have been satisfied. The overall 

program, therefore, was approved by the 

FAA effective June 22, 2007. 

Outright approval was granted for five 

of the specific program elements. One 

element was disapproved and one 

element was approved in part. The 

disapproved Element proposed to offer 

fee simple acquisition, or the purchase 

of an avigation easement from owners of 

vacant land in the squared off 65 DNL 

contour. 

Vacant land is considered a 

compatible land use and the City of 

Laredo has adequate controls in place to 

prevent noncompatible land use 

development. The disapprove in part 

element proposed to replace the noise 

contours in city Ordinance No. 94–0–

012 with worst-case scenario contours 

developed by the City. Replacement of 

the contours included in the City 

Ordinance with the contours shown in 

the 2010 Future Condition Noise 

Exposure Map With Program 

Implementation was approved. 

Replacement of Ordinance Contours 

with the worst-case scenario contours 

was disapproved for purposes of Part 

150. Three elements proposed fee 

simple acquisition, sound insulation, or 

purchase of an avigation easement in 

separate geographical areas around the 

airport. The three measures were 

approved. One of the remaining two 

elements proposed coordination with 

the Texas Real Estate Commission to 

gain approval of a modification to the 

Seller’s Disclosure form. The revision 

would require depiction of the property 

location within the boundaries of the 

Noise Exposure Map. The remaining 

element proposed an update to the 

Noise Exposure Maps and Noise 

Compatibility Program should noise 

levels significantly increase or decrease. 

Both elements were approved. 

These determinations are set forth-in 

detail in a Record of Approval signed by 

the Southwest Region, Airports Division 

Manager on June 22, 2007. The Record 

of Approval, as well as other evaluation 

materials and the documents 

comprising the submittal, are available 

for review at the FAA office listed above 

and at the administrative offices of the 

Laredo International Airport. The 

Record of Approval also will be 

available on-line at http://www.faa.gov/ 

arp/environmental/14cfr150/ 

index14.cfm. 

Issued in Fort Worth, Texas, July 3, 2007. 

Kelvin L. Solco, 

Manager, Airports Division. 

[FR Doc. 07–3407 Filed 7–12–07; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 4910–13–M 

DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION 

Federal Aviation Administration 

Noise Compatibility Program Notice; 

Shreveport Regional Airport, 

Shreveport, LA 

AGENCY: Federal Aviation 

Administration, DOT. 

ACTION: Notice. 

SUMMARY: The Federal Aviation 

Administration (FAA) announces its 

findings on the noise compatibility 

program submitted by the Shreveport 

Regional Airport Authority 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 January 12, 2007 the 


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