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disapproval of FAR part 150 program

recommendations is measured

according to the standards expressed in

part 150 and Title 49 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

the FAA’s approval of an airport noise

compatibility program are delineated in

FAR part 150, §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 a FAA implementing

action. A request for Federal action or

approval to implement specific noise

compatibility measures may be

required, and a 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. Where Federal funding is sought,

requests for program grants must be

submitted to the FAA Airports Division

Office in Forth Worth, Texas.

The City of Austin submitted to the

FAA on May 25, 2000, the noise

exposure maps, descriptions, and other

documentation produced during the

noise compatibility planning study

conducted from October 1998 through

May 2000. On April 5, 1999, the FAA

determined that the noise exposure

maps submitted by the City of Austin

for Austin-Bergstrom International

Airport under part 150 were in

compliance with applicable

requirements. Notices of these

determinations were published in the

Federal Register on April 20, 1999, and

May 25, 2000, respectively.

The Austin-Bergstrom International

Airport 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

Title 49. The FAA began its review of

the program on May 8, 2000, and was

required by a provision of the Act to

approve or disapprove the program

within 180 days (other than the use of

new 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

three proposed actions for noise

mitigation on and off the airport that

requested FAA approval. The FAA

completed its review and determined

that the procedural and substantive

requirements of Title 49 and FAR part

150 have been satisfied. The overall

program, therefore, was approved by the

Administrator effective November 7,

2000.

Outright approval was granted for the

three proposed action elements in the

noise compatibility program where the

City of Austin requested federal

approval. Approved action elements

included a ‘‘Fly Quiet Program’’

involving a voluntary preferential

runway use policy and flight track

management procedures, land use

mitigation measures involving a land

acquisition program and a sound

insulation program, and program

management measures involving a flight

track and noise monitoring system, and

provisions for updating the noise

exposure map and noise compatibility

program. These determinations are set

forth in detail in a Record of Approval

endorsed by the Administrator on

November 7, 2000. The Record of

Approval, as well as other evaluation

materials and the documents

comprising the submittal are available at

the FAA office listed above and at the

administrative offices of: City of Austin,

Department of Aviation, AustinBergstrom International Airport, 3600

Presidential Boulevard, Austin, Texas

78719.

Issued in Fort Worth, Texas, November 20,

2000.

Naomi L. Saunders,

Manager, Airports Division.

[FR Doc. 00–31088 Filed 12–5–00; 8:45 am]

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DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION

Federal Aviation Administration

RTCA, Inc.; Government/Industry Free

Flight Steering Committee, Revised

Agenda

The December 13 RTCA Free Flight

Steering Committee meeting announced

in the Federal Register, 65 FR 70869

(Tuesday, November 28, 2000), has been

revised.

The revised agenda reads as follows:

The agenda will include: (1) Welcome

and Opening Remarks; (2) Review

Summary of the Previous Meeting; (3)

Report from FAA: (a) Free Flight Phase

1 Operational Assessment Update; (b)

End-to-End Checklist for Safe Flight 21

Applications; (c) FAA Primary En Route

Radar Restructuring Program; (4) Report

and Recommendations from the Free

Flight Select Committee: (d) National

Airspace System Concept of Operations;

(e) Addendum 4: Free Flight Phase 2; (5)

CNS/ATM Focus Team Data Link

Report; (6) National Airspace System

Operational Evolution Plan; (7) Other

Business; (8) Date and Location of Next

Meeting; (9) Closing Remarks.

Persons wishing to present statements

or obtain information should contact the

RTCA, Inc., at (202) 833–9339 (phone),

(202) 833–9434 (facsimile).

Issued in Washington, DC on November 30,

2000.

Janice L. Peters,

Designated Official.

[FR Doc. 00–31092 Filed 12–5–00; 8:45 am]

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DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION

Federal Aviation Administration

Notice of Intent to Rule on Application

to a Passenger Facility Charge (PFC) at

Killeen Municipal Airport, Kileen, TX

and Use the Revenue at Killeen

Municipal Airport and Robert Gray

Army Airfield

AGENCY: Federal Aviation

Administration (FAA), DOT.

ACTION: Notice of intent to rule on

application.

SUMMARY: The FAA proposes to rule and

invites public comment on the

application to impose at Killeen

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Municipal Airport and use the revenue

from a PFC at Killeen Municipal Airport

and Robert Gray Army Airfield 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).

DATES: Comments must be received on

or before January 5, 2001.

ADDRESSES: Comments on this

application may be mailed or delivered

in triplicate copies to the FAA at the

following address: Mr. G. Thomas

Wade, PFC Program Manager, Federal

Aviation Administration, Southwest

Region, Airports Division, Planning and

Programming Branch, ASW–611, Fort

Worth, Texas 76193–0610.

In addition, one copy of any

comments submitted to the FAA must

be mailed or delivered to Mr. Don O.

Christian, Manager of Killeen Municipal

Airport at the following address: Mr.

Don O. Christian, Director of Aviation,

Killeen Municipal Airport, 1525 Airport

Drive, Box A, Killeen, TX 76543–5536.

Air carriers and foreign air carriers

may submit copies of the written

comments previously provided to the

Airport under Section 158.23 of Part

158.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Mr.

G. Thomas Wade, PFC Program

Manager, Federal Aviation

Administration, Southwest Region,

Airports Division, Planning and

Programming Branch, ASW–611, Fort

Worth, Texas 76193–0610.

The application may be reviewed in

person at this same location.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The FAA

proposes to rule and invites public

comment on the application to impose

the revenue from a PFC at Killeen

Municipal Airport and use the revenue

at Killeen Municipal Airport (ILE) and

Robert Gray Army Airfield (GRK) 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).

On November 22, 2000, the FAA

determined that the application to

impose and use the revenue from a PFC

submitted by the Airport was

substantially complete within the

requirements of § 158.25 of part 158.

The FAA will approve or disapprove the

application, in whole or in part, no later

than February 24, 2001.

The following is a brief overview of

the application.

Level of the proposed PFC: $4.50

Proposed charge effective date: May 1,

2001.

Proposed charge expiration date: July

1, 2005.

Total estimated PFC revenue:

$2,570,000.

PFC application number: 01–05–C–

00–ILE.

Brief description of proposed

project(s):

Projects To Impose and Use PFC’s:

1. Construct Partial Parallel Taxiway

to Runway 15–33 (GRK).

2. Terminal Facilities Site Work,

Utilities and Access Road (GRK).

3. Construct Terminal Building and

Apron (GRK).

4. Acquire Additional Land for

Terminal (GRK).

5. Runway Safety Area Improvements

(ILE).

Proposed class or classes of air

carriers to be exempted from collecting

PFC’s: FAR Part 135 on demand air

Taxi/Commercial Operator (ATCO)

reporting on FAA Form 1800–31.

Any person may inspect the

application in person at the FAA office

listed above under FOR FURTHER

INFORMATION CONTACT and at the FAA

regional Airports office located at:

Federal Aviation Administration,

Southwest Region, Airports Division,

Planning and Programming Branch,

ASW–610, 2601 Meacham Blvd., Fort

Worth, Texas 76137–4298.

In addition, any person may, upon

request, inspect the application, notice

and other documents germane to the

application in person at Killeen

Municipal Airport.

Issued in Forth Worth, Texas on November

22, 2000.

Naomi L. Saunders,

Manager, Airports Division.

[FR Doc. 00–31089 Filed 12–5–00; 8:45 am]

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DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION

Federal Aviation Administration

Air Traffic Noise Screen

AGENCY: Federal Aviation

Administration (FAA) DOT.

ACTION: Notice of change in air traffic

noise screen policy.

SUMMARY: This action changes the FAA

Air Traffic Noise Screen (ATNS) policy

to incorporate an administrative change

in the procedures to conduct the ATNS.

This action is issued as a Final Notice

without prior notice because this change

is administrative and/or required by

statute. Also, the current adoption of the

policy change is in the public interest.

DATES: Effective January 5, 2001.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:

William J. Marx, Environmental

Programs Division, Office of Air Traffic

Airspace Management, Federal Aviation

Administration, 800 Independence

Ave., SW., Washington, DC 20591;

Telephone: (202) 267–3705.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:

Background

In 1987 the Federal Aviation

Administration (FAA) implemented the

Expanded East Coast Plan (EECP). At

that time air traffic proposed actions

above 3,000 feet above ground level

(AGL) were considered noncontroversial by nature and were

categorically excluded from further

environmental review under the

National Environmental Policy Act of

1969. When the EECP was categorically

excluded from further environmental

review, populations in New Jersey

reacted strongly. The action became

highly controversial, and Congress

mandated that an Environmental Impact

Statement (EIS) be completed by the

FAA. At that time, there was no

precedence for analyzing noise effects

from aircraft above 3,000 feet AGL.

In 1991 Air Traffic Services began the

Congressionally mandated EIS of air

traffic procedural actions associated

with the EECP. Populations in the study

area were analyzed for noticeable

changes (± 5 decibels on an average

annual basis) in their exposure to

aircraft noise due to the EECP.

The FAA chose to model predicted

change in noise exposure up to 18,000

feet AGL to insure that communities

with predicted 45 decibel (dB) Day

Night Level (DNL) (average aircraft

noise level over a 24 hour period

averaged over the course of a year) noise

footprints were included in the study

area. The resulting Air Traffic Noise

Screen (ATNS) was created to address

airspace changes that may cause

controversy on environmental grounds

at altitudes between 3,000 feet AGL and

18,000 feet AGL. It was a factor to be

considered in determining whether

actions normally categorically excluded

from further environmental review

should be reviewed as part of an

environmental assessment because of

the potential for community annoyance

and reaction.

Since the EECP EIS, Air Traffic

Services has used 18,000 feet AGL as

the altitude ceiling when screening for

potentially controversial noise

exposures that could be expected from

proposed air traffic actions. In 1999 the

FAA’s Office of Air Traffic Airspace

Management initiated a scientific study