44216 Federal Register / Vol. 72, No. 151 / Tuesday, August 7, 2007 / Notices 

meet operational needs, such as reduced 

airport capacity, the FAA would 

conduct a weighted lottery to withdraw 

Operating Authorizations to meet a 

reduced hourly or half-hourly limit for 

scheduled operations. Withdrawal 

would not be made from any air carrier 

if the result would reduce their holdings 

below 20 Operating Authorizations on 

any weekday. The FAA would provide 

at least 45 days’ notice unless otherwise 

required by operational needs. Any 

Operating Authorization that is 

withdrawn or temporarily suspended 

would, if reallocated, be reallocated to 

the air carrier from which it was taken, 

provided that the air carrier continues to 

operate scheduled service at LaGuardia. 

IV. Request for Comments 

The FAA invites all interested 

persons to submit written comments on 

the proposals described in this Order by 

filing their written views in Docket 

FAA–2006–25755 on or before 

September 6, 2007. 

Issued in Washington, DC on August 2, 

2007. 

Kerry B. Long, 

Chief Counsel. 

[FR Doc. 07–3855 Filed 8–2–07; 4:30 pm] 

BILLING CODE 4910–13–P 

DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION 

Federal Aviation Administration 

Noise Exposure Map Notice; Receipt of 

Noise Compatibility Program and 

Request for Review; Baton Rouge 

Metropolitan Airport; Baton Rouge, LA 

AGENCY: Federal Aviation 

Administration, DOT. 

ACTION: Notice. 

SUMMARY: The Federal Aviation 

Administration (FAA) announces its 

determination that the noise exposure 

maps submitted by the Greater Baton 

Rouge Airport District for Baton Rouge 

Metropolitan 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 Baton Rouge Metropolitan 

Airport under Part 150 in conjunction 

with the noise exposure map, and that 

this program will be approved or 

disapproved on or before January 25, 

2008. 

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 July 30, 2007. 

The public comment period ends 

September 27, 2007. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Mr. 

Lance Key, Federal Aviation 

Administration. ASW–615, 2601 

Meacham Blvd, Fort Worth, TX 76137–

4298; telephone number 817–222–5681. 

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 Baton Rouge Metropolitan Airport 

are in compliance with applicable 

requirements of Part 150, effective July 

30, 2007. Further, FAA is reviewing a 

proposed noise compatibility program 

for that airport which will be approved 

or disapproved on or before January 25, 

2008. 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 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 or 

proposes to take to reduce existing noncompatible uses and prevent the 

introduction of additional noncompatible uses. 

The Greater Baton Rouge Airport 

District submitted to the FAA on May 

14, 2007, noise exposure maps, 

descriptions and other documentation 

that were produced during the Baton 

Rouge Metropolitan Airport’s Part 150 

Study, May 2005–May 2007. 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 Greater 

Baton Rouge Airport District. The 

specific documentation determined to 

constitute the noise exposure maps 

includes the following from the May 

2007 14 CFR Part 150 Noise Study: 

Figure A, 2006 Noise Exposure Map 

(Existing); Figure B, 2011 Noise 

Exposure Map (Future); Figure 1–3, 

Existing and Planned Airport Facilities; 

Table 1–2, Actual and Forecast Aircraft 

Operations; Figure 1–4, Generalized 

Existing Land Use Map; Figure 1–5, 

Generalized Existing Zoning Map; Table 

2–2, Average Daily Aircraft Operations 

by Type, Time of Day, and Stage Length 

(2006); Table 2–3, Average Daily 

Aircraft Operations by Type, Time of 

Day, and Stage Length (2011); Table 2–

4, Runway Utilization by Aircraft Type; 

Figure 2–1, Generalized Flight Tracks; 

Table 2–5, Flight Track Utilization by 

Aircraft Category (2006 and 2011); Table 

2–6, Noise Exposure Impacts (1991, 

2006, 2011); Figure 3–1, Single Arrival/ 

Departure Noise Contours, Figure 3–2, 

Potential Noise Abatement Departure 

Turns, Appendix E, Coordination, 

Consultation and Public Involvement 

and Appendix F, Public Hearing. The 

FAA has determined that these maps for 

Baton Rouge Metropolitan Airport are in 

compliance with applicable 

requirements. This determination is 

effective on July 30, 2007. 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 constitute 

a commitment to approve a noise 

compatibility program 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 


jlentini on PROD1PC65 with NOTICES
Federal Register / Vol. 72, No. 151 / Tuesday, August 7, 2007 / Notices 44217 

150 or through FAA’s review of noise 

exposure maps. Therefore, the 

responsibility for the detailed 

overlaying 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 formerly received the 

noise compatibility program for Baton 

Rouge Metropolitan Airport, also 

effective on July 30, 2007. 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 January 25, 

2008. 

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 

compatibility program are available for 

examination at the following locations: 

Federal Aviation Administration, 

Planning and Programming Branch, 

Room 697, 2601 Meacham Boulevard, 

Forth Worth, TX 76137–4298 and Mr. 

Anthony Marino, 9430 Jackie Cochran 

Dr., Suite 300, Baton Rouge, LA 70807. 

Questions may be directed to the 

individual named above under the 

heading, FOR FURTHER INFORMATION

CONTACT. 

Kelvin L. Solco, 

Manager, Airports Division. 

[FR Doc. 07–3846 Filed 8–6–07; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 4910–13–M 

DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION 

Federal Highway Administration 

Notice of Limitation on Claims For the 

Big Bear Bridge Replacement Project, 

San Bernardino National Forest, 

California 

AGENCY: U.S. Department of 

Transportation, Federal Highway 

Administration (FHWA). 

SUMMARY: This notice announces the 

actions taken by the FHWA and other 

Federal agencies that are final within 

the meaning of 23 U.S.C. 139(l)(1). 

These actions relate to a proposed 

bridge replacement project in the San 

Bernardino National Forest, California. 

The federal actions grant approvals and 

authorize funding for the project. 

DATES: By this notice, the FHWA is 

advising the public of final agency 

actions subject to 23 U.S.C.(l)(1). A 

claim seeking judicial review of the 

Federal agency actions on the bridge 

replacement project will be barred 

unless a claim is filed on February 4, 

2008. If the Federal law that authorizes 

judicial review of a claim provides a 

time period less than 180 days for filing 

such claim, then that shorter time 

period still applies. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

David Cohen, Environmental Protection 

Specialist, Federal Highway 

Administration, 650 Capitol Mall, Suite 

4–100, Sacramento, CA 95814, 

weekdays between 9 a.m. and 5 p.m. 

(Pacific Time), telephone (916) 498–

5868, e-mail: David.Cohen@dot.gov; Tay 

Dam, Project Development Engineer, 

Federal Highway Administration, 888 S. 

Figueroa, Suite 1850, Los Angeles, CA 

90017, telephone (213) 202–3954, 

e-mail: Tay.Dam@dot.gov; Mr. Boniface 

Udotor, Senior Environmental Planner, 

Caltrans District 8, 464 West 4th Street, 

San Bernardino, CA 92401, telephone 

(909) 388–1387, e-mail: 

Boniface_Udotor@dot.ca.gov. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Notice is 

hereby given that the FHWA and other 

Federal agencies have taken final agency 

actions subject to 23 U.S.C. 139(l)(1) by 

issuing approvals for the following 

bridge replacement project in the State 

of California: The Big Bear Lake Bridge 

on State Route 18 in the San Bernardino 

National Forest. This project will 

provide a structurally sound and 

operationally efficient transportation 

facility which will blend into and add 

value to its environmental setting. The 

project will also realign the approach 

roadways to the bridge and signalize the 

intersection between State Route 18 and 

State Route 38. The existing bridge will 

be removed from the top of the dam to 

facilitate the Big Bear Municipal Water 

District’s planned spillway and outlet 

works improvements. 

The actions by the Federal agencies 

and the laws under which such actions 

were taken are described in the Final 

Environmental Impact Statement for the 

project, approved on March 30, 2007, 

and in other documents in the 

administrative record. The FEIS, the 

Record of Decision, and other project 

records are available by contacting the 

FHWA or Caltrans at the addresses 

provided above. The environmental 

document is also published on-line at 

http://www.dot.ca.gov/dist8/pdf/ 

bigbear-FEIS-R.pdf. 

This notice applies to all final 

decisions of Federal agencies as of the 

issuance date of this notice, and all laws 

under which such actions were taken, 

including but not limited to: 

1. General: The National 

Environmental Policy Act (NEPA) [42 

U.S.C. 4321–4351]; Federal-Aid 

Highway Act [23 U.S.C. 109] 

2. Air: Clean Air Act [42 U.S.C. 7401–

7671(q)] 

3. Land: The Section 4(f) of the U.S. 

Department of Transportation Act of 

1966 [49 U.S.C. 303; Landscaping and 

Scenic Enhancement (Wildflowers) [23 

U.S.C. 319] 

4. Wildlife: The Endangered Species 

Act [16 U.S.C. 1531–1544 and Section 

1536], Fish and Wildlife Coordination 

Act [16 U.S.C. 661–667(d)]; Migratory 

Bird Treaty Act [16 U.S.C. 703–712] 

5. Historic and Cultural Resources: 

Section 106 of the National Historic 

Preservation Act of 1966, as amended 

[16 U.S.C. 470(f) et seq.]; Archeological 

Resources Protection Act of 1977 [16 

U.S.C. 470(aa)–11]; Archeological and 

Historic Preservation Act [16 U.S.C. 

469–469(c)]; Native American Grave 

Protection and Repatriation Act 

(NAGPRA) [25 U.S.C. 3001–3013] 

6. Social and Economic Impacts: Civil 

Rights Act of 1964 [42 U.S.C. 2000(d)–

2000(d)(1)]; American Indian Religious 

Freedom Act [42 U.S.C. 1996]; Farmland 

Protection Policy Act (FPPA) [7 U.S.C. 

4201–4209] 

7. Wetlands and Water Resources: 

Clean Water Act [33 U.S.C. 1251–1377]; 

Rivers and Harbors Act of 1899 [33 

U.S.C. 401–406]; Flood Disaster 

Protection Act [42 U.S.C. 4001–4128] 

8. Hazardous Materials: 

Comprehensive Environmental 

Response, Compensation, and Liability 

Act (CERCLA) [42 U.S.C. 9601–9675]; 

Resource Conservation and Recovery 

Act (RCRA) [42 U.S.C. 6901–6992(k)] 

9. Executive Orders: E.O. 11990 

Protection of Wetlands, E.O. 11988 

Floodplain Management; E.O. 12898 


jlentini on PROD1PC65 with NOTICES