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4. Draft and submit the 

recommendation report based on the 

review and analysis of the assigned 

tasks. 

5. Present the recommendation report 

at the TAE Subcommittee meeting. 

Participation in the Working Group 

The existing FTHGW is comprised of 

technical experts having an interest in 

the assigned task. A working group 

member need not be a representative or 

a member of the full committee. In 

accordance with the June 18, 2010, 

memorandum entitled ‘‘Lobbyists on 

Agency Boards and Commissions,’’ 

members are not federally registered 

lobbyists, who are subject to the 

registration and reporting requirements 

of the Lobbying Disclosure Act of 1995 

(LDA) as amended, 2 U.S.C. 1603, 1604, 

and 1605, at the time of appointment or 

reappointment to an advisory 

committee, and has not served in such 

a role for three consecutive quarters 

prior to appointment. (For further 

information see the Office of 

Management and Budget final guidance 

on appointment of lobbyists to federal 

boards and commissions (76 FR 61756, 

October 5, 2011). 

All existing FTHWG members who 

wish to participate in this task must 

actively participate by attending all 

meetings, and providing written 

comments when requested to do so. 

Each member must devote the resources 

necessary to support the working group 

in meeting any assigned deadlines. Each 

member must keep their management 

chain, and those they may represent, 

advised of working group activities and 

decisions to ensure the proposed 

technical solutions do not conflict with 

their sponsoring organization’s position 

when the subject is presented to ARAC 

for approval. Once the FTHWG has 

begun deliberations, members will not 

be added or substituted without the 

approval of the FAA and the Working 

Group Chair. 

The Secretary of Transportation 

determined the formation and use of 

ARAC is necessary and in the public 

interest in connection with the 

performance of duties imposed on the 

FAA by law. 

ARAC meetings are open to the 

public. However, meetings of the 

FTHWG are not open to the public, 

except to the extent individuals with an 

interest and expertise are selected to 

participate. The FAA will make no 

public announcement of FTHWG 

meetings. 

Issued in Washington, DC, on April 8, 

2014. 

Lirio Liu, 

Designated Federal Officer, Aviation 

Rulemaking Advisory Committee. 

[FR Doc. 2014–08139 Filed 4–10–14; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 4910–13–P 

DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION 

Federal Aviation Administration 

Approval of Noise Compatibility 

Program; Southwest Florida 

International Airport, Fort Myers, FL 

AGENCY: Federal Aviation 

Administration, DOT. 

ACTION: Notice. 

SUMMARY: The Federal Aviation 

Administration (FAA) announces its 

findings on the Noise Compatibility 

Program submitted by the Lee County 

Port Authority 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. 

These findings are made in recognition 

of the description of Federal and 

nonfederal responsibilities in Senate 

Report No. 96–52 (1980). On January 30, 

2013, the FAA determined that the 

noise exposure maps submitted by the 

Lee County Port Authority under Part 

150 were in compliance with applicable 

requirements. On April 4, 2014, the 

FAA approved the Southwest Florida 

International Airport Noise 

Compatibility Program. Some of the 

recommendations of the Program were 

approved by FAA. 

DATES: Effective Date: The effective date 

of the FAA’s approval of the Southwest 

Florida International Airport Noise 

Compatibility Program is April 4, 2014. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Allan Nagy, Federal Aviation 

Administration, Orlando Airports 

District Office, 5950 Hazeltine National 

Drive, Suite 400, Orlando, FL 32822, 

phone number: (407) 812–6331. 

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 Southwest 

Florida International Airport, effective 

April 4, 2014. 

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 

Title 14 Code of Federal Regulations 

(CFR) Part 150 is a local program, not 

a Federal Program. The FAA does not 

substitute its judgment for that of the 

airport operator with respect to which 

measure should be recommended for 

action. The FAA’s approval or 

disapproval of 14 CFR Part 150 Program 

recommendations is measured 

according to the standards expressed in 

14 CFR 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 14 CFR 

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 

14 CFR 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 


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eligible for grant-in-aid funding from the 

FAA. Where Federal funding is sought, 

requests for project grants must be 

submitted to the FAA Airports District 

Office in Orlando, FL. 

Lee County Port Authority submitted 

to the FAA on January 30, 2013, the 

Noise Exposure Maps, descriptions, and 

other documentation produced during 

the noise compatibility planning study 

conducted from May 10, 2012, through 

March 3, 2014. The Southwest Florida 

International Airport Noise Exposure 

Maps were determined by FAA to be in 

compliance with applicable 

requirements on January 30, 2013. 

Notice of this determination was 

published in the Federal Register on 

February 8, 2013. 

The Southwest Florida International 

Airport study contains a proposed Noise 

Compatibility Program comprised of 

actions designed for phased 

implementation by airport management 

and adjacent jurisdictions from April 

19, 2014 to the year 2018. It was 

requested that 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 

October 21, 2013, and was required by 

a provisions 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 

sixteen (16) proposed actions for noise 

mitigation on and/or off the airport. The 

FAA completed its review and 

determined that the procedural and 

substantive requirements of the Act and 

14 CFR Part 150 have been satisfied. 

The overall Program, therefore, was 

approved by the FAA effective April 4, 

2014. 

Outright approval was granted for five 

of the specific Program elements. Eleven 

of the Proposed measures in the NCP 

were disapproved for purposes of 14 

CFR Part 150 because the analysis in the 

NCP does not demonstrate the 

measures’ noise benefits on the DNL 65 

dBA noise contour and they did not 

result in achieving the goals of reducing 

existing noncompatible land uses 

around the airport and preventing the 

introduction of additional 

noncompatible land uses in the area 

around the airport. However, these 

measures can be implemented by the 

Airport Sponsor on a voluntary basis. 

These determinations are set forth in 

detail in a Record of Approval signed by 

the FAA on April 4, 2014. 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 administrative office of the 

Lee County Port Authority. The Record 

of Approval also will be available online at: http://www.faa.gov/airports_

airtraffic/airports/environmental/

airport_noise/part_150/states/. 

Issued in Orlando, FL, on April 7, 2014. 

Bart Vernace, 

P.E., Manager, Orlando Airports District 

Office. 

[FR Doc. 2014–08203 Filed 4–10–14; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 4910–13–P 

DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION 

Federal Aviation Administration 

Notice of a Non-Aeronautical Land-Use 

Change Effecting the Quitclaim Deed 

and Federal Grant Assurance 

Obligations at A.B. Won Pat Guam 

International Airport, Tamuning, Guam 

AGENCY: Federal Aviation 

Administration, DOT. 

ACTION: Notice of a Non-Aeronautical 

Land-Use Change. 

SUMMARY: The Federal Aviation 

Administration (FAA) proposes to rule 

and invites public comment on the 

application for a non-aeronautical landuse change of approximately 23.06 acres 

of airport property at A.B. Won Pat 

Guam International Airport, Tamuning, 

Guam from the aeronautical use 

provisions of the Quitclaim Deed and 

Grant Agreement Assurances since the 

land is not needed for the purpose for 

which it was conveyed. The property 

will be used to grant an easement to the 

Government of Guam for the 

construction of a roadway in exchange 

for which the Airport Authority will be 

fairly compensated. The project will 

improve traffic flow and better utilize 

the airport property to enhance 

transportation at and around the airport. 

The use of the land for a roadway 

represents a compatible land use that 

will not interfere with the airport or its 

operation, thereby protecting the 

interests of civil aviation. 

DATES: Comments must be received on 

or before May 12, 2014. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Comments on the request may be mailed 

or delivered to the FAA at the following 

address. Mr. Gordon Wong, Lead 

Program Manager, Federal Register 

Comment, Federal Aviation 

Administration, Honolulu Airports 

District Office, P.O. Box 50244, 

Honolulu, HI 96850–0001. In addition, 

one copy of the comment submitted to 

the FAA must be mailed or delivered to 

Mr. Charles H. Ada II, Executive 

Director, Federal Register Comment, A. 

B. Won Pat Guam International Airport 

Authority, P.O. Box 8770, Tamuning, 

Guam 96931. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: In 

accordance with the Wendell H. Ford 

Aviation Investment and Reform Act for 

the 21st Century (AIR 21), Public Law 

10–181 (Apr. 5, 2000; 114 Stat. 61), this 

notice must be published in the Federal 

Register 30 days before the DOT 

Secretary may waive any condition 

imposed on a federally obligated airport 

by surplus property conveyance deeds 

or grant agreements. 

The following is a brief overview of 

the request: 

The Guam International Airport 

Authority (GIAA) requested a 

modification of the conditions in the 

Quitclaim Deed and Grant Agreement 

Assurances to permit non-aeronautical 

use of approximately 23.06 acres of land 

at A.B. Won Pat Guam International 

Airport, Tamuning, Guam to grant a 

roadway easement. The property subject 

to the easement is located northeast of 

the airfield and extends to the west side 

of the airport. The Government of Guam 

will be granted an easement to permit 

construction of the Tiyan Parkway along 

airport land that is not presently fully 

developed using local government and 

federal highway financing. The first 

phase of the project will provide an 

arterial roadway connection between 

Routes 8 and 10A that will improve 

airport access, create more efficient 

surface transportation to and from the 

airport, and ease traffic congestion 

around the airport. In addition, it will 

also permit Central Avenue to be 

permanently closed to eliminate the 

street’s encroachment into the airport 

Runway Protection Zone. The second 

phase of the project will extend the 

Parkway eastward and occupy both onairport and off-airport land. Phase 2 will 

proceed after funding and off-airport 

land is acquired for the additional right 

of way. The extended easement will not 

be granted until Phase 2 is actually 

begun. The Airport Authority will 

receive fair compensation for the 

easement, which will be devoted to 

airport purposes. Use of the land for the 

Tiyan Parkway is a compatible land use 

that will not interfere with or impede 

the operations and development of the 

airport. Based on the benefits of fair 

compensation and improved traffic 

circulation, the interests of civil aviation 

will be properly served. 


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