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which, though unclassified, contains 

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firm concerned. 

Sincerely, 

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Assistant Secretary, Legislative Affairs. 

Dated: November 30, 2011. 

Robert S. Kovac, 

Managing Director, Directorate of Defense 

Trade Controls, Department of State. 

[FR Doc. 2011–32534 Filed 12–19–11; 8:45 am] 

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DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION 

Federal Aviation Administration 

Approval of Noise Compatibility 

Program for Kona International Airport 

at Keahole, Keahole, North Kona, HI 

AGENCY: Federal Aviation 

Administration, DOT. 

ACTION: Notice. 

SUMMARY: The Federal Aviation 

Administration (FAA) announces its 

findings on the noise compatibility 

program submitted by the Hawaii State 

Department of Transportation, Airports 

Division (DOT–A) under the provisions 

of 49 U.S.C. 47501 et seq. (formerly the 

Aviation Safety and Noise Abatement 

Act, hereinafter referred to as ‘‘the Act’’) 

and 14 Code of Federal Regulations 

(CFR) Part 150 (hereinafter referred to as 

‘‘Part 150’’). On January 12, 2010, the 

FAA determined that the noise exposure 

maps submitted by the DOT–A under 

Part 150 were in compliance with 

applicable requirements. On April 20, 

2011 the FAA approved the Kona 

International Airport at Keahole noise 

compatibility program. All of the 

recommendations of the program were 

approved. No program elements relating 

to new or revised flight procedures for 

noise abatement were proposed. 

DATES: Effective Date: The effective date 

of the FAA’s approval of the Noise 

Compatibility Program for Kona 

International Airport at Keahole is April 

20, 2011. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Gordon Wong, Environmental 

Protection Specialist, FAA WesternPacific Region, Honolulu Airports 

District Office, 300 Ala Moana 

Boulevard, Room 7–128, Honolulu, 

Hawaii, telephone number (808) 541– 

1232. 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 Kona 

International Airport at Keahole, 

effective April 20, 2011. Under section 

104(a) of the Aviation Safety and Noise 

Abatement Act of 1979, as amended 

(herein after referred to as the ‘‘Act’’) 

[recodified as 49 U.S.C. 47504], 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 

Federal Aviation Regulations (FAR) part 

150 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 FAR 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 FAR 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 

FAR 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 

eligible for grant-in-aid funding from the 

FAA under the Airport and Airway 

Improvement Act of 1982, as amended. 

Where federal funding is sought, 

requests for project grants must be 

submitted to the FAA Airports District 

Office in Honolulu, Hawaii. 

The DOT–A submitted to the FAA on 

April 27, 2009, the Noise Exposure 

Maps for evaluation. The FAA 

determined that the Noise Exposure 

Maps for Kona International Airport at 

Keahole were in compliance with 

applicable requirements on January 12, 

2010. Notice of this determination was 

published in the Federal Register on 

January 25, 2010 (Volume 75/No. 15/ 

pages 3959–3960). 

The Kona International Airport at 

Keahole 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 

49 U.S.C. 47504 (formerly Section 

104(b) of the Act). The FAA began its 

review of the program on October 27, 

2010, 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 Noise Compatibility Program 

recommended one Noise Abatement 

Element, eight Land Use Management 

Elements and three Program 

Management Elements. The FAA 

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that the procedural and substantive 

requirements of the Act and FAR Part 

150 have been satisfied. The overall 

program was approved, by the Manager 

of the Airports Division, Western-Pacific 

Region, effective April 20, 2011. 

Approval was granted for one Noise 

Abatement Element, eight Land Use 

Management Elements and three 

Program Management Elements. The 

approved measures included: a pilot 

education program; maintaining an 

established communication process 

between DOT–A, Hawaii County, and 

Hawaii State Land Use Commission for 

the review of proposed development 

near the airport; DOT–A to encourage 

Hawaii County to revise the 

Environmental Quality Section of 

Hawaii County General Plan to include 

additional policies related to airport 

land use compatibility; establish an 

Airport Influence Area for Kona 

International Airport to define the area 

that land use compatibility policies 

would apply; DOT–A to encourage 

Hawaii County to adopt an airport 

compatibility checklist for discretionary 

review of projects within its vicinity; 

maintain compatible zoning 

designations within the 2013 60 DNL 

noise contour; require the dedication of 

noise and avigation easements through 

the subdivision approval process; adopt 

fair disclosure regulations to notify 

property owners of the noise generated 

by aircraft operations; adopt an airport 

noise overlay zone; monitor 

implementation of the part 150 Noise 

Compatibility Program; updated the 

Noise Exposure Maps and Noise 

Compatibility Programs as necessary; 

and acquire and implement a noise 

monitoring system. 

The FAA determinations are set forth 

in detail in the Record of Approval 

signed by the Manager of the Airports 

Division, Western-Pacific Region, on 

April 20, 2011. 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 offices of the Kona 

International Airport at Keahole. The 

Record of Approval also will be 

available on-line at: http://www.faa.gov/ 

airports/environmental/airport_noise/ 

part_150/states/ 

Issued in Hawthorne, California on 

December 12, 2011. 

Mark A. McClardy, 

Manager, Airports Division, Western-Pacific 

Region, AWP–600. 

[FR Doc. 2011–32500 Filed 12–19–11; 8:45 am] 

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DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION 

Federal Aviation Administration 

Notice of Request To Release Airport 

Property 

AGENCY: Federal Aviation 

Administration (FAA), DOT. 

ACTION: Notice of Intent To Rule on 

Request to Release Airport Property at 

the Liberal Mid-America Regional 

Airport & Airport Industrial Park 

Liberal, KS. 

SUMMARY: The FAA proposes to rule and 

invites public comment on the release of 

land at the Liberal Mid-America 

Regional Airport & Airport Industrial 

Park, Liberal, Kansas, under the 

provisions of 49 U.S.C. 47107(h)(2). 

DATES: Comments must be received on 

or before January 19, 2012. 

ADDRESSES: Comments on this 

application may be mailed or delivered 

to the FAA at the following address: 

Lynn D. Martin, Airports Compliance 

Specialist, Federal Aviation 

Administration, Airports Division, 

ACE–610C, 901 Locust Room 364, 

Kansas City, MO 64106. 

In addition, one copy of any 

comments submitted to the FAA must 

be mailed or delivered to: Debra S. 

Giskie, Airport Manager, Liberal MidAmerica Regional Airport & Airport 

Industrial Park, City of Liberal, P.O. Box 

2199, Liberal, KS 67901, (620) 626– 

2207. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Lynn D. Martin, Airports Compliance 

Specialist, Federal Aviation 

Administration, Airports Division, 

ACE–610C, 901 Locust Room 364, 

Kansas City, MO 64106, (816) 329–2644, 

lynn.martin@faa.gov. 

The request to release property may 

be reviewed, by appointment, in person 

at this same location. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The FAA 

invites public comment on the request 

to release approximately 0.33 acres of 

airport property at the Liberal MidAmerica Regional Airport & Airport 

Industrial Park (LBL) under the 

provisions of 49 U.S.C. 47107(h)(2). On 

June 24, 2011, the Airport Manager at 

the Liberal Mid-America Regional 

Airport requested from the FAA that 

approximately 0.33 acres of property be 

released for sale to Allan and Charlene 

Classen for use as a repair/maintenance 

operation. On October 31, 2011, the 

FAA determined that the request to 

release property at the Liberal MidAmerica Regional Airport and Airport 

Industrial Park (LBL) submitted by the 

Sponsor meets the procedural 

requirements of the Federal Aviation 

Administration and the release of the 

property does not and will not impact 

future aviation needs at the airport. The 

FAA may approve the request, in whole 

or in part, no sooner than thirty days 

after the publication of this Notice. 

The following is a brief overview of 

the request: 

Liberal Mid-America Regional Airport 

and Airport Industrial Park (LBL) is 

proposing the release of one parcel, of 

0.33 acres, more or less. The release of 

land is necessary to comply with 

Federal Aviation Administration Grant 

Assurances that do not allow federally 

acquired airport property to be used for 

non-aviation purposes. The sale of the 

subject property will result in the land 

at the Liberal Mid-America Regional 

Airport and Airport Industrial Park 

(LBL) being changed from aeronautical 

to nonaeronautical use and release the 

lands from the conditions of the Airport 

Improvement Program Grant Agreement 

Grant Assurances. In accordance with 

49 U.S.C. 47107(c)(2)(B)(i) and (iii), the 

airport will receive fair market value for 

the property, which will be 

subsequently reinvested in another 

eligible airport improvement project for 

general aviation facilities at the Liberal 

Mid-America Regional Airport and 

Airport Industrial Park. 

Any person may inspect, by 

appointment, the request in person at 

the FAA office listed above under FOR

FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT. In 

addition, any person may, upon 

appointment and request, inspect the 

application, notice and other documents 

determined by the FAA to be related to 

the application in person at the Liberal 

Mid-America Regional Airport and 

Airport Industrial Park. 

Issued in Kansas City, MO, on November 

30, 2011. 

Jim A. Johnson, 

Manager, Airports Division. 

[FR Doc. 2011–32499 Filed 12–19–11; 8:45 am] 

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DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION 

Federal Highway Administration 

Second Tier Environmental Impact 

Statement: Jackson County, MO 

AGENCY: Federal Highway 

Administration (FHWA), DOT. 

ACTION: Notice of intent. 

SUMMARY: The FHWA is issuing this 

notice to advise the public that a Second 

Tier Environmental Impact Statement 

(EIS) will be prepared for proposed 

improvements to I–70 from west of the 


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