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the Executive Director no later than

January 4, 2000.

Information on Services for Individuals

With Disabilities

For information on facilities or

services for individuals with disabilities

or to request special assistance at the

meetings, contact the Executive Director

as soon as possible.

Dated: December 21, 1999.

Joseph J. Angelo,

Director of Standards, Marine Safety and

Environmental Protection.

[FR Doc. 00–248 Filed 1–5–00; 8:45 am]

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DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION

Federal Aviation Administration

Acceptance of Noise Exposure Maps

for Lanai Airport, Lanai City, HA

AGENCY: Federal Aviation

Administration, DOT.

ACTION: Notice.

SUMMARY: The Federal Aviation

Administration (FAA) announces its

determination that the noise exposure

maps submitted by the State of Hawaii,

Department of Transportation, for Lanai

Airport under the provisions of Title I

of the Aviation Safety and Noise

Abatement Act of 1979 (Public Law 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 23, 1999.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:

David J. Welhouse, Airport Planner,

Federal Aviation Administration,

Honolulu Airports District Office, P.O.

Box 50244, Honolulu, Hawaii 96850–

0001, Telephone 808/541–1243, Street

Address: Federal Building, 300 Ala

Moana Boulevard, Room 7–128,

Honolulu, Hawaii, 96813. Documents

reflecting this FAA action may be

reviewed at this same location.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: This

notice announces that the FAA finds

that the noise exposure maps submitted

for Lanai Airport are in compliance with

applicable requirements of Part 150,

effective December 23, 1999.

Under section 103 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 the State of

Hawaii, Department of transportation.

The specific maps under consideration

are Figure 4–1, ‘‘Base Year (1999) Noise

Exposure Map’’ and Figure 5–1, ‘‘5-Year

(2004) Noise Exposure Map,’’ in the

submission. The FAA has determined

that the maps for the Lanai Airport are

in compliance with applicable

requirements. This determination is

effective on December 23, 1999. 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 150.16 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,

Community and Environmental Needs

Division, APP–600, 800 Independence

Avenue, SW, Washington, D.C. 20591.

Federal Aviation Administration,

Western-Pacific Region, Airports

Division, AWP–600, 15000 Aviation

Boulevard, Room 3012, Hawthorne,

California 90261

Federal Aviation Administration,

Honolulu Airports District Office,

Federal Building, 300 Ala Moana

Boulevard, Room 7–128, Honolulu,

Hawaii 96813

State of Hawaii, Department of

Transportation, Airports Division,

District Office Manager, Kahului

Airport, Kahului, Maui, Hawaii 96732

Questions may be directed to the

individual named above under the

heading FOR FURTHER INFORMATION

CONTACT.

Issued in Hawthorne, California on

December 23, 1999.

Ellsworth L. Chan,

Acting Manager, Airports Division, AWP–600,

Western-Pacific Region.

[FR Doc. 00–246 Filed 1–5–00; 8:45 am]

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DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION

Federal Aviation Administration

[Summary Notice No. PE–99–46]

Petitions for Exemption; Summary of

Petitions Received; Dispositions of

Petitions Issued

AGENCY: Federal Aviation

Administration (FAA), DOT.

ACTION: Notice of petitions for

exemption received and of dispositions

of prior petitions.

SUMMARY: Pursuant to FAA’s rulemaking

provisions governing the application,

processing, and disposition of petitions

for exemption (14 CFR Part 11), this

notice contains a summary of certain

petitions seeking relief from specified

requirements of the Federal Aviation