65418 Federal Register / Vol. 78, No. 211 / Thursday, October 31, 2013 / Notices 

ADDRESSES: Comments on this 

application may be mailed or delivered 

to the FAA at the following address: 

Lynn D. Martin, Airports Compliance 

Specialist, Federal Aviation 

Administration, Airports Division, 

ACE–610C, 901 Locust Room 364, 

Kansas City, MO 64106. 

In addition, one copy of any 

comments submitted to the FAA must 

be mailed or delivered to: Michael Tye, 

City Attorney, 1419 Central Avenue, 

P.O. Box 636, Kearney, NE 68848–0636, 

(308) 237–3155. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Lynn D. Martin, Airports Compliance 

Specialist, Federal Aviation 

Administration, Airports Division, 

ACE–610C, 901 Locust Room 364, 

Kansas City, MO 64106, (816) 329–2644, 

lynn.martin@faa.gov. 

The request to release property may 

be reviewed, by appointment, in person 

at this same location. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The FAA 

invites public comment on the request 

to release approximately 67.72± acres of 

airport property at the Kearney Regional 

Airport (EAR) under the provisions of 

49 U.S.C. 47107(h)(2). On July 1, 2013, 

the City Attorney at the Kearney 

Regional Airport requested from the 

FAA that approximately 67.72± acres of 

property be released for sale to the City 

of Kearney for them to transfer to the 

Veteran’s Administration for 

construction of the Central Nebraska 

Veteran’s Home. On September 29, 

2013, the FAA determined that the 

request to release property at the 

Kearney Regional Airport (EAR) 

submitted by the Sponsor meets the 

procedural requirements of the Federal 

Aviation Administration and the release 

of the property does not and will not 

impact future aviation needs at the 

airport. The FAA may approve the 

request, in whole or in part, no sooner 

than thirty days after the publication of 

this notice. 

The following is a brief overview of 

the request: 

The Kearney Regional Airport (EAR) 

is proposing the release of airport 

property totaling 67.72 acres, more or 

less. This land is to be used for 

construction of a new Central Nebraska 

Veteran’s Home. The release of land is 

necessary to comply with Federal 

Aviation Administration Grant 

Assurances that do not allow federally 

acquired airport property to be used for 

non-aviation purposes. The sale of the 

subject property will result in the land 

at the Kearney Regional Airport (EAR) 

being changed from aeronautical to nonaeronautical use and release the lands 

from the conditions of the Airport 

Improvement Program Grant Agreement 

Grant Assurances. In accordance with 

49 U.S.C. 47107(c)(2)(B)(i) and (iii), the 

airport will receive fair market value for 

the property, which will be 

subsequently reinvested in another 

eligible airport improvement project for 

general aviation facilities at the Kearney 

Regional Airport. 

Any person may inspect, by 

appointment, the request in person at 

the FAA office listed above under FOR

FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT. In 

addition, any person may, upon 

appointment and request, inspect the 

application, notice and other documents 

determined by the FAA to be related to 

the application in person at the Kearney 

Regional Airport. 

Issued in Kansas City, MO, on October 2, 

2013. 

Jim A. Johnson, 

Manager, Airports Division. 

[FR Doc. 2013–25852 Filed 10–30–13; 8:45 am] 

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DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION 

Federal Aviation Administration 

Order 1050.1F Environmental Impacts: 

Policies and Procedures 

AGENCY: Federal Aviation 

Administration (FAA), DOT. 

ACTION: Notice requesting comment on 

proposed Order 1050.1F Environmental 

Impacts: Policies and Procedures; ReOpening of Comment Period. 

SUMMARY: This action re-opens the 

comment period for the notice of draft 

Order 1050.1F, Environmental Impacts: 

Policies and Procedures that was 

published on August 14, 2013. Airports 

Council International—North America 

(ACI–NA), which represents local, 

regional and state governing bodies that 

own and operate commercial airports 

across the United States, requested that 

the FAA extend the comment period for 

14 days. 

DATES: The notice of the comment 

period for the Order was published on 

August 14, 2013 (78 FR 49596), closed 

September 30, 2013, and is re-opened 

until November 8, 2013. 

ADDRESSES: You may send comments 

identified by Docket No. FAA–2013– 

0685 using any of the following 

methods: 

Federal eRulemaking Docket: Go to 

http://www.regulations.gov. Follow the 

online instructions for sending your 

comments electronically. 

Facsimile: Fax comments to the 

docket operations personnel at 202– 

493–2251. 

Mail: Send comments to the U.S. 

Department of Transportation, Docket 

Operations, M–30, West Building 

Ground Floor, Room W12–140, 1200 

New Jersey Avenue SE., Washington, 

DC 20590–0001. 

Hand Deliver: Deliver comments to 

the Docket Operations Room on the 

ground floor of the West Building at 

U.S. Department of Transportation, 

Docket Operations, M–30, West 

Building Ground Floor, Room W12–140, 

1200 New Jersey Avenue SE., 

Washington, DC, between 9:00 a.m. and 

5:00 p.m., Monday through Friday, 

except Federal holidays. 

Privacy: We will post all comments 

we receive, without change, to http://

www.regulations.gov, including any 

personal information the commenter 

provides. Using the search function of 

the docket Web site, anyone can find 

and read the electronic form of all 

comments received into any FAA 

docket, including the name of the 

individual sending the comment (or 

signing the comment for an association, 

business, labor union, etc.). DOT’s 

complete Privacy Act Statement can be 

found in the Federal Register published 

on April 11, 2000 (65 FR 19477), as well 

as at http://DocketsInfo.dot.gov. 

Docket: You may examine the docket, 

including comments received, on the 

Internet at http://www.regulations.gov 

or in person at the U.S. Department of 

Transportation Docket Operations office 

between 9:00 a.m. and 5:00 p.m., 

Monday through Friday, except Federal 

holidays, at U.S. Department of 

Transportation, Docket Operations, 

M–30, West Building Ground Floor, 

Room W12–140, 1200 New Jersey 

Avenue SE., Washington, DC. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Donald Scata, Office of Environment 

and Energy (AEE–400), Federal Aviation 

Administration, 800 Independence 

Avenue SW., Washington, DC 20591; 

telephone (202) 267–9890; email 

donald.scata@faa.gov. 

Background: On August 14, 2013, the 

FAA issued a Notice requesting 

comment on proposed Order 1050.1F, 

Environmental Impacts: Policies and 

Procedures. In that notice, the FAA 

sought comment on proposed revisions 

to Order 1050.1E, which contains 

policies and procedures for 

implementing the National 

Environmental Policy Act (78 FR 

49596). The draft revised order, renumbered as Order 1050.1F, is available 

at http://www.faa.gov/about/office_org/

headquarters_offices/apl/environ_

policy_guidance/policy/. The notice 

stated that comments to that document 

were to be received on or before 

September 30, 2013. 

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Federal Register / Vol. 78, No. 211 / Thursday, October 31, 2013 / Notices 65419 

By letter dated September 16, 2013, 

Airports Council International—North 

America (ACI–NA), which represents 

local, regional and state governing 

bodies that own and operate commercial 

airports across the United States, 

requested that the FAA extend the 

comment period for 14 days. ACI–NA 

noted that the comment period occurs 

during an extremely busy time for 

airports, and stated that the requested 

extension is necessary for the 

organization to consider issues raised by 

the proposed revisions to Order 

1050.1E. 

In response to ACI–NA’s request, the 

FAA is re-opening the comment period 

until November 8, 2013. Absent unusual 

circumstances, the FAA does not 

anticipate any further extension of the 

comment period for this rulemaking. 

Re-Opening of Comment Period: The 

FAA has reviewed ACI–NA’s request for 

an extension of the comment period for 

this notice. ACI–NA has shown a 

substantive interest in the proposed 

policy and good cause for re-opening of 

the comment period. The FAA has 

determined that re-opening of the 

comment period is consistent with the 

public interest, and that good cause 

exists for taking this action. 

Accordingly, the comment period for 

this notice is extended to November 8, 

2013. All comments received between 

August 14, 2013 and November 8, 2013 

will be considered. 

Issued in Washington, DC, on October 25, 

2013. 

Lourdes Q. Maurice, 

Executive Director, Office of Environment and 

Energy. 

[FR Doc. 2013–25820 Filed 10–30–13; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 4910–13–P 

DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION 

Federal Aviation Administration 

Approval of Noise Compatibility 

Program for Tucson International 

Airport, Tucson, Arizona 

AGENCY: Federal Aviation 

Administration, DOT. 

ACTION: Notice. 

SUMMARY: The Federal Aviation 

Administration (FAA) announces its 

findings on the noise compatibility 

program submitted by the Tucson 

Airport Authority (TAA) under the 

provisions of 49 U.S.C. 47501 et seq. 

(formerly the Aviation Safety and Noise 

Abatement Act, hereinafter referred to 

as ‘‘the Act’’) and 14 Code of Federal 

Regulations (CFR) Part 150 (hereinafter 

referred to as ‘‘Part 150’’). On March 20, 

2013, the FAA determined that the 

noise exposure maps submitted by the 

TAA under Part 150 were in compliance 

with applicable requirements. On 

September 9, 2013, the FAA approved 

the Tucson 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. 

DATED: Effective Date: This notice is 

effective October 31, 2013 and 

applicable September 9, 2013. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Jared Raymond, Airport Planner, FAA 

Phoenix Airports Field Office, 2800 

North 44th Street, Phoenix, Arizona 

85008, telephone number (602) 379– 

3022. 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 Tucson 

International Airport, effective 

September 9, 2013. Under section 104(a) 

of the Aviation Safety and Noise 

Abatement Act of 1979, as amended 

(herein after referred to as the ‘‘Act’’) 

[recodified as 49 U.S.C. 47504], 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 

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 under the Airport and Airway 

Improvement Act of 1982, as amended. 

Where federal funding is sought, 

requests for project grants must be 

submitted to the FAA Airports Field 

Office in Phoenix, Arizona. 

The TAA submitted to the FAA on 

November 26, 2013, the Noise Exposure 

Maps for evaluation. The FAA 

determined that the Noise Exposure 

Maps for Tucson International Airport 

were in compliance with applicable 

requirements on March 20, 2013. Notice 

of this determination was published in 

the Federal Register on March 29, 2013 

(Volume 78/No. 61/pages 19355–19356). 

The Tucson International Airport 

study contains a proposed noise 

compatibility program comprised of 

actions designed for phased 

implementation by airport management 

and adjacent jurisdictions. It was 

requested that the FAA evaluate and 

approve this material as a Noise 

Compatibility Program as described in 

49 U.S.C. 47504 (formerly Section 

104(b) of the Act). The FAA began its 

review of the program on March 20, 

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