65470 Federal Register / Vol. 62, No. 239 / Friday, December 12, 1997 / Notices

DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION

Federal Aviation Administration

Advisory Circular 25.335–1, Design

Dive Speed

AGENCY: Federal Aviation

Administration, DOT.

ACTION: Notice of issuance of advisory

circular.

SUMMARY: This notice announces the

issuance of Advisory Circular (AC)

25.335–1, Design Dive Speed. This AC

sets forth an acceptable means, but not

the only means, of demonstrating

compliance with the provisions of part

25 of the Federal Aviation Regulations

(FAR) related to the minimum speed

margin between design cruise speed and

design dive speed for transport category

airplanes. Like all ACs, it is not

regulatory but is to provide guidance for

applicants in demonstrating compliance

with the objective safety standards set

forth in the rule.

DATE: Advisory Circular 25.335–1 was

issued by the Manager, Transport

Airplane Directorate, Aircraft

Certification Service, ANM–100, on

October 20, 1997.

HOW TO OBTAIN COPIES: A copy may be

obtained by writing to the U.S.

Department of Transportation,

Subsequent Distribution Office, DOT

Warehouse, SVC–121.23, 3341Q 75th

Ave., Landover, MD 20785, telephone

301–322–5377, or faxing your request to

the warehouse at 301–386–5394.

Issued in Renton, Washington, on

November 28, 1997.

Gary L. Killion,

Acting Manager, Transport Airplane

Directorate, Aircraft Certification Service,

ANM–100.

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DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION

Federal Aviation Administration

Noise Exposure Map Notice, Memphis

International Airport, Memphis, TN

AGENCY: Federal Aviation

Administration, DOT.

ACTION: Notice.

SUMMARY: The Federal Aviation

Administration (FAA) announces its

determination that the noise exposure

maps submitted by Memphis-Shelby

County Airport Authority for Memphis

International Airport under the

provisions of Title I of the Aviation

Safety and Noise Abatement Act of 1979

(Pub. L. 96–193) and 14 CFR Part 150

are in compliance with applicable

requirements.

EFFECTIVE DATE: The effective date of the

FAA’s determination on the noise

exposure maps is December 4, 1997.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Jerry

O. Bowers, Airports District Office, 2851

Directors Cove, Suite #3, Memphis, TN

38131–0301, 901–544–3495.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: This

notice announces that the FAA finds

that the noise exposure maps submitted

for Memphis International Airport are in

compliance with applicable

requirements of Part 150, effective

December 4, 1997.

Under section 103 of Title I of the

Aviation Safety and Noise Abatement

Act of 1979 (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 Federal Aviation

Regulations (FAR) Part 150,

promulgated pursuant to Title I of the

Act, may submit a noise compatibility

program for FAA approval which sets

forth the measures the operator has

taken or proposes for the reduction of

existing noncompatible uses and for the

prevention of the introduction of

additional noncompatible uses.

The FAA has completed its review of

the noise exposure maps and related

descriptions submitted by MemphisShelby County Airport Authority. The

specific maps under consideration are

Memphis International Airport Existing

(1997) Noise Exposure Map and Future

(2002) Noise Exposure Maps

submission. The FAA has determined

that these maps for Memphis

International Airport are in compliance

with applicable requirements. This

determination is effective on December

4, 1997. 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 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 103 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 107 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 which submitted those

maps, or with those public agencies and

planning agencies with which

consultation is required under, section

103 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 noise exposure maps

and of the FAA’s evaluation of the maps

are available for examination at the

following locations:

Federal Aviation Administration, 800

Independence Avenue, SW., Room

617, Washington, D.C. 20591.

Federal Aviation Administration,

Airports District Office, 3851

Directors Cove, Suite #3, Memphis,

TN 38131–0301.

Mr. Larry D. Cox, President, MemphisShelby County Airport Authority,

Memphis International Airport, P.O.

Box 30168, Memphis, Tennessee

38130–0168.

Questions may be directed to the

individual named above under the

heading, FOR FURTHER INFORMATION

CONTACT.

Issued in Memphis Airports District Office,

December 4, 1997.

LaVerne F. Reid,

Manager.

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