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electric utility serves. For purposes of 

this paragraph, the term 

‘‘interconnection service’’ means service 

to an electric consumer under which an 

on-site generating facility on the 

consumer’s premises shall be connected 

to the local distribution facilities. 

Interconnection services shall be offered 

based upon the standards developed by 

the Institute of Electrical and 

Electronics Engineers: IEEE Standard 

1547 for Interconnecting Distributed 

Resources with Electric Power Systems, 

as they may be amended from time to 

time. In addition, agreements and 

procedures shall be established whereby 

the services offered shall promote 

current best practices of interconnection 

for distributed generation, including but 

not limited to practices stipulated in 

model codes adopted by associations of 

state regulatory agencies. All such 

agreements and procedures shall be just 

and reasonable, and not unduly 

discriminatory or preferential. 

II. Observations 

Under the intent of the 

Interconnection Standard 

interconnection services are to be 

offered by utilities based upon certain 

industry standards and procedures 

established whereby the services offered 

shall promote current best practices of 

interconnection for distributed 

generation. TVA has developed 

procedures and provides 

interconnection service for generators 

with output of greater than 20 MW. TVA 

staff has developed procedures and 

plans to provide, upon request, 

interconnection service for generators of 

20 MW or less. Since generators of 20 

MW or less are more likely to connect 

to a distributor’s system than TVA’s 

transmission system, each distributor 

will need to implement comparable 

procedures and interconnection service 

addressing distributor-specific 

requirements. TVA will work with 

distributors in developing and 

implementing such comparable 

procedures. Accordingly, it is 

appropriate at this time to implement 

the Interconnection Standard with 

modifications. 

III. Determination by the TVA Board 

The standard under consideration is 

revised and adopted as follows: 

TVA shall make available, upon 

request, interconnection service for 

generators with output of 20 MW or less 

to any electric consumer that it serves. 

For purposes of this paragraph, the term 

‘‘interconnection service’’ means service 

to an electric consumer under which an 

on-site generating facility on the 

consumer’s premises shall be connected 

to the local distribution facilities. 

TVA shall make such interconnection 

service available based upon codes and 

standards to be specified in small 

generator interconnection procedures, 

which procedures shall include the 

standards developed by the Institute of 

Electric and Electronics Engineers: IEEE 

Standard 1547 for Interconnecting 

Distributed Resources with Electric 

Power Systems, as they may be 

amended from time to time. 

Power distributors served by TVA 

shall also make available, upon request, 

such small generator interconnection 

services to any electric consumers that 

the power distributor serves. In 

providing such service, the power 

distributor may at its option adopt 

procedures comparable to the TVA 

procedures discussed above, or other, 

comparable procedures which address 

distributor-specific safety, reliability, 

operating, and cost-recovery 

requirements. 

In addition, agreements and 

procedures shall be established whereby 

such interconnection services offered by 

TVA and the distributors of TVA power 

shall promote current best practices of 

interconnection for distributed 

generation. All such agreements and 

procedures shall be just and reasonable, 

and not unduly discriminatory or 

preferential. 

Dated: August 2, 2007. 

Maureen H. Dunn, 

Executive Vice President & General Counsel. 

[FR Doc. E7–15563 Filed 8–8–07; 8:45 am] 

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DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION 

Federal Aviation Administration 

Noise Exposure Map Notice 

AGENCY: Federal Aviation 

Administration, DOT. 

ACTION: Notice. 

SUMMARY: The Federal Aviation 

Administration (FAA) announces its 

determination that the noise exposure 

maps submitted by the City of Des 

Moines for the Des Moines 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. 

DATES: Effective Date: The effective date 

of the FAA’s determination on the noise 

exposure maps is August 1, 2007. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Todd Madison, Federal Aviation 

Administration, ACE–611F, Room 335, 

901 Locust, Kansas City, MO 64106–

2325, 816–329–2640. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: This 

notice announces that the FAA finds 

that the noise exposure maps submitted 

for Des Moines International Airport are 

in compliance with applicable 

requirements of Part 150, effective 

August 1, 2007. Under 49 U.S.C., 

section 47503 of 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 noncompatible 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 14 CFR 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 FAA has completed its review of 

the noise exposure maps and 

accompanying documentation 

submitted by the City of Des Moines. 

The documentation, ‘‘Des Moines 

International Airport 14 CFR Part 150 

Noise Compatibility Study Noise 

Exposure Maps Update’’ and the 

companion document, ‘‘Supporting 

Information On Project Coordination 

and Local Consultation,’’ that 

constitutes the ‘‘noise exposure maps’’

as defined in section 150.7 of Part 150 

includes: 2006 Noise Exposure Map, 

Exhibit 1; 2011 Noise Exposure Map, 

Exhibit 2. The documentation also 

contains exhibits, tables, and narrative 

representations of the data as required 

by section A150.101 of Part 150, and 

sections 47503 and 47506 of the Act. 

The FAA has determined that these 

noise exposure maps and accompanying 

documentation are in compliance with 

applicable requirements. This 

determination is effective on August 1, 

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 

14 CFR Part 150. Such determination 

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does not constitute approval of the 

applicant’s data, information or plans, 

or constitute 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, 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 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. 

Copies of the full noise exposure map 

documentation and of the FAA’s 

evaluation of the maps are available for 

examination at the following locations: 

Federal Aviation Administration, 

Central Region Airports Division, Room 

335, 901 Locust, Kansas City, MO 

64106–2325; Craig S. Smith, Aviation 

Director, Des Moines International 

Airport, Department of Aviation, Room 

201, 5800 Fleur Drive, Des Moines, IA 

50321–2854. Questions may be directed 

to the individual named above under 

the heading, FOR FURTHER INFORMATION

CONTACT. 

Issued in Kansas City, Missouri, August 1, 

2007 

George A. Hendon, 

Manager, Central Region Airports Division. 

[FR Doc. 07–3883 Filed 8–8–07; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 4910–13–M 

DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION 

Noise Exposure Map Notice: Receipt of 

Noise Compatibility Program 

Amendment and Request for Review 

AGENCY: Federal Aviation 

Administration, DOT. 

ACTION: Notice. 

SUMMARY: The Federal Aviation 

Administration (FAA) announces its 

determination that the noise exposure 

maps (NEMs) submitted by City of 

Springfield for the Springfield-Beckley 

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 notice compatibility program 

amendment that was submitted for 

Springfield-Beckley Municipal Airport 

under 14 CFR Part 150 in conjunction 

with the NEMs, and that this program 

will be approved or disapproved on or 

before December 21, 2007. 

DATES: Effective Date: The effective date 

of the FAA’s determination on the 

NEMs and of the start of its review of 

the associated noise compatibility 

program amendment is June 25, 2007. 

The pubic comment period ends August 

23, 2007. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Mr. 

Brad N. Davidson, Federal Aviation 

Administration, Detroit Airports District 

Office, 11677 South Wayne Road, Suite 

107, Romulus, Michigan, phone number 

(734) 229–2900. Comments on the 

proposed notice compatibility program 

amendment should also be submitted to 

the above office. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: This 

notice announces that the FAA finds 

that the NEMs submitted for 

Springfield-Beckley Municipal Airport 

are in compliance with applicable 

requirements of 14 CFR Part 150, 

effective June 25, 2007. Further, FAA is 

reviewing a proposed notice 

compatibility program update for that 

airport which will approved or 

disapproved on or before December 21, 

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 

NEMs which meet applicable 

requirements and which depict noncompatible 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 NEMs that are found by FAA 

to be in compliance with the 

requirements of FAR, 14 CFR Part 150, 

promulgated pursuant to the Act, may 

submit a noise compatibility program 

for FAA approval which sets forth for 

the measures the operator has taken or 

proposes to take to reduce existing noncompatible uses and prevent the 

introduction of additional noncompatible uses. 

The City of Springfield submitted to 

the FAA on January 3, 2007 NEMs, 

descriptions and other documentation 

that were produced during the 

Springfield-Beckley Municipal Airport 

FAR, 14 CFR Part 150 NEMS Update 

and Noise Compatibility Program 

Amendment, November 2006. It was 

requested that the FAA review this 

material as the NEMs, as described in 

§ 47503 of the Act, and that the noise 

mitigation measures, to be implemented 

jointly by the airport and surrounding 

communications, be approved as a noise 

compatibility program under § 47504 of 

the Act. 

The FAA has completed its review of 

the NEMs and related descriptions 

submitted by the City of Springfield. 

The specific documentation determined 

to constitute the NEMs includes: 

Existing (2006) NEM and Future (2011) 

NEM as presented in the NEM Update 

report dated November 2006. The FAR, 

14 CFR Part 150 Noise Compatibility 

Program Amendment contains the 

required information for § 47503 and 

section A150.101 including the 

following specific references: Current 

and forecast operations in Section 5.1; 

fleet mix and nighttime operations in 

Section 5.1; flight patterns in Exhibits 

4.3–1, 4.3–2, 4.3–3, 4.3–4, and 4.3–5; 

and land use in Section 3.2 and Exhibit 

3.2–1. The FAA has determined that 

these maps for Springfield-Beckley 

Municipal Airport are in compliance 

with applicable requirements. This 

determination is effective on June 25, 

2007. FAA’s determination on an airport 

operator’s NEMs is limited to a finding 

that the maps were developed in 

accordance with the procedures 

contained in appendix A of FAR, 14 

CFR 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 or to fund 

the implementation of that program. 

If questions arise concerning the 

precise relationship of specific 

properties to noise exposure contours 

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