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DEPARTMENT OF STATE 

[Delegation of Authority No. 402] 

Delegation of the Authority To Submit 

Report Pursuant to Section 1247 of 

Public Law 114–92 

By virtue of the authority vested in 

the Secretary of State by subparagraph 

(a)(4) of the State Department Basic 

Authorities Act, as amended (22 U.S.C. 

2651a) and the Presidential 

Memorandum of July 26, 2016, I hereby 

delegate to the Under Secretary for 

Arms Control and International 

Security, to the extent authorized by 

law, the authority to submit the 

recurring report required by Section 

1247 of the National Defense 

Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2016, 

Pub. L. 114–92, concerning the reasons 

that the continued implementation of 

the New START Treaty is in the 

national security interests of the United 

States. 

Notwithstanding this delegation of 

authority, the authorities delegated 

herein may be exercised by the 

Secretary, the Deputy Secretary, or the 

Deputy Secretary for Management and 

Resources. Any reference in this 

delegation of authority to any statute or 

delegation of authority shall be deemed 

to be a reference to such statute or 

delegation of authority as amended from 

time to time. 

This delegation of authority shall be 

published in the Federal Register. 

Dated: August 18, 2016. 

John F. Kerry, 

Secretary of State. 

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DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION 

Federal Aviation Administration 

FAA Approval of Noise Compatibility 

Program; Boise Air Terminal (Gowen 

Field) Boise, Idaho 

AGENCY: Federal Aviation 

Administration, DOT. 

ACTION: Notice. 

SUMMARY: The Federal Aviation 

Administration (FAA) announces its 

findings (Record of Approval) on the 

noise compatibility program submitted 

by the City of Boise, Idaho for the Boise 

Air Terminal (Gowen Field) 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 (Part 150). On May 2, 

2016, the FAA determined that the 

noise exposure maps submitted by the 

City of Boise for the Boise Air Terminal 

under Part 150 were in compliance with 

applicable requirements. On August 24, 

2016 the FAA approved the Boise 

Airport Noise Compatibility Program. 

Seven of the 13 measures recommended 

in the noise compatibility plan were 

approved and six measures were 

disapproved for the purposes of Part 

150. In addition, 22 measures were 

included in the noise compatibility plan 

that requested no FAA action as they 

were approved in a previous record of 

approval, were removed from 

consideration, or disapproved in a 

previous record of approval. These 

measures and FAA’s associated 

determinations are summarized in the 

attachment to the Record of Approval. 

DATES: Effective Date: The effective date 

of the FAA’s approval of the Boise 

Airport Noise Compatibility Program is 

August 24, 2016. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Scott Eaton, Federal Aviation 

Administration, Helena Airports District 

Office, FAA Building, Suite 2, 2725 

Skyway Drive, Helena, MT 59602–1213, 

telephone 406–449–5291. 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 the Boise Air 

Terminal, effective August 24, 2016. 

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 

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 

the Part 150 regulations 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 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 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 

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 

review 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-inaid funding from the FAA. Where 

federal funding is sought, requests for 

project grants must be submitted to the 

FAA Helena Airports District Office in 

Helena, Montana. The City of Boise 

submitted to the FAA on December 21, 

2015, the noise exposure maps, 

descriptions, and other documentation 

produced during the noise compatibility 

planning study for the Boise Air 

Terminal conducted in 2014 and 2015. 

The Boise Air Terminal noise exposure 

maps were determined by FAA to be in 

compliance with applicable 

requirements on May 2, 2016. 

Notice of this determination was 

published in the Federal Register on 

May 10, 2016 (FR Volume 81, No. 90, 

pages 28933–28934) and as corrected on 

May 16, 2016 (FR Volume 81, No. 94, 

pages 30414–30415). 

Comments received during the noise 

compatibility planning public process 

were addressed in the final noise 

compatibility program submitted to 

FAA. In addition, seven sets of 


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comments were received during the 60- 

day public comment period for the 

Boise Airport Noise Compatibility 

Program that ended July 1, 2016. None 

of the comments warranted any changes 

to the NCP. The comment letters and the 

responses to the comments, which were 

reviewed and acceptable to FAA, are 

posted on the airport’s Web site at 

http://www.iflyboise.com/about-boi/ 

noise-compatibility-program/. 

The majority of the comments 

received during the 60-day comment 

period for the noise compatibility 

program regarded military aircraft. It is 

important to note that the Part 150 study 

process has no bearing on whether or 

not, or what type of military jets will be 

stationed at the Boise Air Terminal in 

the future. Since the future of the Idaho 

Air National Guard (IDANG) current A– 

10 mission is uncertain, the Boise Air 

Terminal, in conjunction with IDANG, 

prepared a hypothetical future forecast 

using the F–15E as a potential 

replacement for the A–10. However, the 

Department of the Air Force has not yet 

determined IDANG’s follow-on mission 

after A–10 divestiture and therefore the 

sponsor lacked sufficient data to 

confirm the F–15E as the replacement 

for the A–10. It was noted in the Part 

150 study that there are transient F– 

15E’s that use the Boise Air Terminal 

throughout the year. Acknowledging 

this, the sponsor developed the 2015 

noise exposure maps to include the 

transient F–15E Strike Eagles, among 

many other existing Boise Air Terminal 

aircraft, in the Noise Model. All 

measures proposed in the noise 

compatibility program are based on the 

current year noise exposure maps and 

not on future noise exposure maps as 

they are considered speculative at this 

time as well. The Record of Approval 

also does not specifically tie the 

proposed noise mitigation measures to 

the 2015 noise exposure maps as shown 

in the Part 150 Study. When the fleet 

mix and/or operational levels at the 

Boise Air Terminal change, the sponsor 

will update the noise exposure maps to 

reflect that change in accordance with 

Part 150 regulations. Furthermore, any 

change in aircraft by the Department of 

Defense will require compliance with 

the National Environmental Policy Act 

(NEPA). 

The Boise Air Terminal 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 

section 47504 of the Act. The FAA 

began its review of the program on 

December 13, 2015, 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 1 

noise abatement measure and 12 noise 

mitigation/land use compatibility 

measures recommendations for FAA 

action. The FAA completed its review 

and determined that the procedural and 

substantive requirements of the Act and 

Part 150 have been satisfied. The overall 

program therefore, was approved by the 

FAA on August 24, 2016. 

Approval was granted for 7 of the 13 

measures and 6 measures were 

disapproved for the purposes of Part 

150. In addition, 22 measures were 

included in the noise compatibility plan 

that requested no action by FAA as they 

were approved in a previous record of 

approval, were removed from 

consideration, or disapproved in a 

previous record of approval. These 

measures and FAA’s associated 

determinations are summarized in the 

attachment to the Record of Approval. 

These determinations are set forth in 

detail in a Record of Approval signed by 

the Airports Division Manager, 

Northwest Mountain Region on August 

24, 2016. 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 Boise Air 

Terminal (Gowen Field), 3201 Airport 

Way, Boise, ID 83705. The Record of 

Approval also will be available on-line 

at http://www.faa.gov/airports/ 

environmental/airport_noise/part_150/ 

states/. 

Issued in Renton, Washington on August 

24, 2016. 

Randall S. Fiertz, 

Manager, Airports Division, Northwest 

Mountain Region. 

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DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION 

Federal Aviation Administration 

First Meeting of the Drone Advisory 

Committee (DAC) 

AGENCY: Federal Aviation 

Administration (FAA), U.S. Department 

of Transportation (DOT). 

ACTION: First Meeting of the Drone 

Advisory Committee (DAC). 

SUMMARY: The FAA is issuing this notice 

to advise the public of the First Meeting 

of the Drone Advisory Committee 

(DAC). 

DATES: The meeting will be held 

September 16, 2016, 9:00 a.m. to 4:00 

p.m. EST. 

ADDRESSES: The meeting will be held at: 

The Center for Strategic and 

International Studies, 1616 Rhode 

Island Ave NW., Washington, DC 20036. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Al 

Secen at asecen@rtca.org or (202) 330– 

0647, or the RTCA Secretariat, 1150 

18th Street NW., Suite 910, Washington, 

DC 20036, or by telephone at (202) 833– 

9339, fax at (202) 833–9434, or Web site 

at http://www.rtca.org. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Pursuant 

to section 10(a)(2) of the Federal 

Advisory Committee Act (Pub. L. 92– 

463, 5 U.S.C., App.), notice is hereby 

given for the First Meeting of the Drone 

Advisory Committee (DAC). The agenda 

will include the following: 

September 16, 2016, 9:00 a.m. to 4:00 

p.m. EST 

1. Opening of Meeting 

2. FAA Opening Remarks 

3. Chairman Statement 

4. Member Introductions 

5. Overview of Federal Advisory 

Committee Compliance 

6. DAC Member Expectations 

7. FAA Overview of DAC Objectives 

8. Overview of Current UAS 

Landscape 

9. FAA Reauthorization Activities 

10. RTCA Overview of Results of 

Inputs From DAC Members on 

Issues Priorities 

11. Issue Prioritization Exercise 

12. Discussion of Outcome of 

Prioritization 

13. Messaging Recap 

14. Summary of This Meeting and 

Actions 

15. Suggestions for Next Meeting 

16. Meeting Schedule 

17. DFO Closing Comments 

18. Chairman Closing Comments 

19. Member Networking 

Although the DAC meeting is open to 

the public, the meeting location has 

security protocols that require advanced 

registration. Please email bteel@rtca.org 

with name, company and country of 

citizenship to pre-register. Attendance is 

limited to space availability. With the 

approval of the Chairman, members of 

the public may present oral statements 

at the meeting. Persons wishing to 

present statements or obtain information 

should contact the person listed in the 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT

section. Members of the public may 

present a written statement to the 

committee at any time. 


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