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environmental impacts of recurring 

activities and proposed future actions at 

Wallops Flight Facility (WFF). Under 

the Proposed Action in the 2005 EA, 

NASA would construct new facilities, 

demolish old facilities, and improve 

existing facilities at WFF. In addition, 

NASA would expand operations at WFF 

while continuing existing operations. 

Operations activities considered in the 

2005 EA included rocket launches of 

multiple vehicle types, including the 

Pegasus vehicle, among other flightrelated activities. Under the FAA’s 

Proposed Action as stated in the FONSI, 

the FAA would renew a Launch 

Operator License to Orbital Sciences 

Corporation for the continued operation 

of Pegasus expendable launch vehicles 

at WFF. A launch operator license 

would authorize launches of Pegasus 

vehicles over the 5-year term of the 

license. 

In accordance with the requirements 

of FAA Order 1050.1E, Change 1, 

paragraph 410, the FAA has 

independently evaluated the 

information contained in the 2005 EA 

and has verified the continued validity 

of the analysis contained in the EA. The 

FAA has determined that the 2005 EA 

sufficiently addresses the concerns of 

the FAA and complies with FAA 

requirements for implementing NEPA as 

stated in FAA Order 1050.1E, Change 1. 

The FAA has determined that there is 

no new information or analysis that 

would require preparation of a new or 

supplemental EA or Environmental 

Impact Statement according to the CEQ 

Regulations (40 CFR 1502.9(c)(1)). 

Therefore, the FAA issues the FONSI 

concurring with the analysis of impacts 

and findings in the 2005 EA and 

formally adopts the EA in compliance 

with the requirements 40 CFR 1506.3 to 

support renewing a Launch Operator 

License to Orbital Sciences Corporation 

for the continued operation of Pegasus 

expendable launch vehicles at WFF. 

The 2005 EA is incorporated by 

reference and is summarized as 

necessary in the FONSI. NASA has 

posted the 2005 EA on the internet at 

http://sites.wff.nasa.gov/code250/docs/

Final%20Site-Wide%20EA.pdf. 

The FAA has posted the FONSI on the 

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

office_org/headquarters_offices/ast/. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Mr. 

Daniel Czelusniak, Environmental 

Program Lead, Office of Commercial 

Space Transportation, Federal Aviation 

Administration, 800 Independence 

Avenue SW., Room 325, Washington, 

DC 20591, telephone (202) 267–5924; Email daniel.czelusniak@faa.gov. 

Issued in Washington, DC on March 1, 

2011. 

Michael McElligott, 

Manager, Space Systems Development 

Division. 

[FR Doc. 2011–5104 Filed 3–4–11; 8:45 am] 

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DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION 

Federal Aviation Administration 

Research, Engineering and 

Development Advisory Committee 

Pursuant to section 10(A)(2) of the 

Federal Advisory Committee Act (Pub. 

L. 92–463; 5 U.S.C. App. 2), notice is 

hereby given of a meeting of the FAA 

Research, Engineering and Development 

(R,E&D) Advisory Committee. 

AGENCY: Federal Aviation 

Administration. 

ACTION: Notice of meeting. 

Name: Research, Engineering & 

Development Advisory Committee. 

Time and Date: April 20, 2011—9:30 

a.m. to 4 p.m. 

Place: Federal Aviation 

Administration, 800 Independence 

Avenue, SW—Round Room (10th 

Floor), Washington, DC 20591. 

Purpose: The meeting agenda will 

include receiving from the Committee 

guidance for FAA’s research and 

development investments in the areas of 

air traffic services, airports, aircraft 

safety, human factors and environment 

and energy. Attendance is open to the 

interested public but seating is limited. 

Persons wishing to attend the meeting 

or obtain information should contact 

Gloria Dunderman at (202) 267–8937 or 

gloria.dunderman@faa.gov. Attendees 

will have to present picture ID at the 

security desk and be escorted to the 

Round Room. 

Members of the public may present a 

written statement to the Committee at 

any time. 

Issued in Washington, DC, on February 24, 

2011. 

Paul Fontaine, 

Director (A), Research & Technology 

Development. 

[FR Doc. 2011–4827 Filed 3–4–11; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 4910–13–M 

DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION 

Federal Aviation Administration 

Noise Exposure Map Notice; JacksonEvers International Airport, Jackson, 

MS 

AGENCY: Federal Aviation 

Administration, DOT. 

ACTION: Notice. 

SUMMARY: The Federal Aviation 

Administration (FAA) announces its 

determination that the noise exposure 

maps submitted by the Jackson 

Municipal Airport Authority for 

Jackson-Evers 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 February 18, 2011. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Jonathan Linquist, Federal Aviation 

Administration, Jackson Airports 

District Office, 100 West Cross Street, 

Suite B, Jackson, Mississippi 39208– 

2307, (601) 664–9893. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: This 

notice announces that the FAA finds 

that the noise exposure maps submitted 

for Jackson-Evers International Airport 

are in compliance with applicable 

requirements of Part 150, effective 

February 18, 2011. Under 49 U.S.C. 

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 non-compatible 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 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 


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submitted by the Jackson Municipal 

Airport Authority. The documentation 

that constitutes the ‘‘noise exposure 

maps’’ as defined in section 150.7 of Part 

150 includes: Figure 1–1, Jackson-Evers 

International Airport and Surrounding 

Communities; Figure 3–1, Locations of 

Noise Measurement Sites; Figure 5–1, 

Existing Airport Diagram; Figure 5–2, 

Runways 16L/16R Radar and Modeled 

Flight Tracks for Departures and 

Arrivals; Figure 5–3, Runways 34L/34R 

Radar and Modeled Flight Tracks for 

Departures and Arrivals; Figure 5–4, 

Runways 16L/16R Radar and Modeled 

Flight Tracks for Flight Patterns; Figure 

5–5, Runways 34L/34R Radar and 

Modeled Flight Tracks for Flight 

Patterns; Figure 5–6, Helicopter Radar 

and Modeled Flight Tracks for 

Departures and Arrivals; Figure 6–1, 

Existing Condition (2010) Noise 

Exposure Map; Figure 6–2, Forecast 

Condition (2015) Noise Exposure Map; 

Figure 6–3, Comparison of Existing 

(2010) and Forecast (2015) Noise 

Exposure Maps; Table 1–1, Land Use 

Compatibility with Yearly Day-Night 

Average Sound Levels; Table 1–2, Part 

150 Noise Exposure Maps Checklist; 

Table 3–1, Summary of Noise 

Measurement Sites; Table 3–2, 

Summary of Day-Night Average Sound 

Level Measurements; Table 5–1, Airport 

Runway Data; Table 5–2, Aircraft 

Operations; Table 5–3, Existing 

Conditions (2010) Modeled Average 

Daily Aircraft Operations; Table 5–4, 

Forecast Conditions (2015) Modeled 

Average Daily Aircraft Operations; 

Table 5–5, Modeled Runway Use; Table 

5–6, Jet Aircraft Model Track 

Utilization; Table 5–7, Propeller Aircraft 

Model Track Utilization; Table 5–8, 

Helicopter Model Track Utilization; and 

Table 5–9, Pattern Model Track 

Utilization. The FAA has determined 

that these noise exposure maps and 

accompanying documentation are in 

compliance with applicable 

requirements. This determination is 

effective on February 18, 2011. 

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 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, 

Jackson Airports District Office, 100 

West Cross Street, Suite B, Jackson, MS 

39208–2307. 

Questions may be directed to the 

individual named above under the 

heading FOR FURTHER INFORMATION

CONTACT. 

Issued in Jackson, Mississippi, on February 

18, 2011. 

Rans Black, 

Manager, Jackson Airports District Office. 

[FR Doc. 2011–5099 Filed 3–4–11; 8:45 am] 

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DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION 

Federal Aviation Administration 

Notice of Passenger Facility Charge 

(PFC) Approvals and Disapprovals 

AGENCY: Federal Aviation 

Administration (FAA), DOT. 

ACTION: Monthly Notice of PFC 

Approvals and Disapprovals. In January 

2011, there were nine applications 

approved. Additionally, four approved 

amendments to previously approved 

applications are listed. 

SUMMARY: The FAA publishes a monthly 

notice, as appropriate, of PFC approvals 

and disapprovals under the provisions 

of the Aviation Safety and Capacity 

Expansion Act of 1990 (Title IX of the 

Omnibus Budget Reconciliation Act of 

1990) (Pub. L. 101–508) and Part 158 of 

the Federal Aviation Regulations (14 

CFR Part 158). This notice is published 

pursuant to paragraph d of § 158.29. 

PFC Applications Approved 

Public Agency: University of Illinois— 

Willard, Savoy, Illinois. 

Application Number: 11–04–C–00– 

CMI. 

Application Type: Impose and use a 

PFC. PFC LEVEL: $4.50. 

Total PFC Revenue Approved in This 

Decision: $1,359,105. 

Earliest Charge Effective Date: March 

1, 2011. 

Estimated Charge Expiration Date: 

August 1, 2014. 

Class of Air Carriers not Required To 

Collect PFC’s: Non-scheduled/ondemand operators filing FAA Form 

1800–31. 

Determination: Approved. Based on 

information submitted in the public 

agency’s application, the FAA has 

determined that the approved class 

accounts for less than 1 percent of the 

total annual enplanements at University 

of Illinois—Willard Airport. 

Brief Description of Projects Approved 

for Collection at and Use: 

Panel repair and replacement taxiway D. 

Panel repair and replacement runway 4/ 

22. 

General aviation ramp. 

Mandatory pavement markings. Airport 

signage. 

Runway guard lights. 

Wildlife study. 

PFC application development. 

Runway deicing equipment. 

Security system replacement/upgrade. 

Terminal building improvements 

(Transportation Security 

Administration operations). 

Water quality improvement (fuel tank 

equipment). 

Part 139 emergency communication 

equipment (radios). 

Airfield vault replacement. 

Flight information display system. 

Airport master plan update. 

Reconstruct connector to runway 22 and 

construct taxiway A and B 

improvements (fillets and tapers). 

Security improvements (exit lane 

monitoring). 

Decision Date: January 3, 2011. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Gary 

Wilson, Chicago Airports District Office, 

(847) 291–7631. 

Public Agency: City of LaCrosse, 

Wisconsin. 

Application Number: 11–09–C–00– 

LSE. 

Application Type: Impose and use a 

PFC. 


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