Federal Register / Vol. 79, No. 73 / Wednesday, April 16, 2014 / Notices 21505 

DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION 

Federal Aviation Administration 

First Meeting: RTCA Special 

Committee 231, Special Committee 231 

TAWS–GPWS 

AGENCY: Federal Aviation 

Administration (FAA), U.S. Department 

of Transportation (DOT). 

ACTION: Meeting Notice of RTCA Special 

Committee 231, TAWS–GPWS. 

SUMMARY: The FAA is issuing this notice 

to advise the public of the first meeting 

of the RTCA Special Committee 231, 

TAWS- GPWS. 

DATES: The meeting will be held May 

28–29, 2014 from 9:00 a.m.–5:00 p.m. 

ADDRESSES: The meeting will be held at 

RTCA Headquarters, RTCA, Inc., 1150 

18th Street NW., Suite 910, Washington, 

DC 20036. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: The 

RTCA Secretariat, 1150 18th Street NW., 

Suite 910, Washington, DC 20036, or by 

telephone at (202) 330–0652/(202) 833– 

9339, fax at (202) 833–9434, or Web site 

at http://www.rtca.org. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Pursuant 

to section 10(a) (2) of the Federal 

Advisory Committee Act (Pub. L. 92– 

463, 5 U.S.C., App.), notice is hereby 

given for a meeting of Special 

Committee 213. The agenda will include 

the following: 

May 28 

• Welcome 

• Administrative Remarks 

• Agenda Review 

• Introductions 

• RTCA Process Overview 

• FAA Presentation on the desire for a 

MOPS update 

• SC–231 Scope and Terms of Reference 

review 

• SC–231 Structure and Organization of 

Work 

• Proposed Schedule 

• RTCA workspace presentation 

• Other Business 

• Date and Place of Next Meeting 

• Adjourn, Review of terms of reference 

• Status of DO–342A and DO–315C 

Drafts 

• Industry updates 

• WG–1 DO–315C draft review 

May 29 

• Continuation of Plenary or Working 

Group Session 

Attendance is open to the interested 

public but limited to space availability. 

With the approval of the chairman, 

members of the public may present oral 

statements at the meeting. 

Persons wishing to present statements 

or obtain information should contact the 

person listed in the FOR FURTHER

INFORMATION CONTACT section. Members 

of the public may present a written 

statement to the committee at any time. 

Issued in Washington, DC, on April 9, 

2014. 

Paige Williams, 

Management Analyst, NextGen, Business 

Operations Group, Federal Aviation 

Administration. 

[FR Doc. 2014–08614 Filed 4–15–14; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 4910–13–P 

DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION 

Federal Aviation Administration 

Noise Exposure Map Notice, Laredo 

International Airport, Laredo, Texas 

AGENCY: Federal Aviation 

Administration, DOT. 

ACTION: Notice. 

SUMMARY: The Federal Aviation 

Administration (FAA) announces its 

determination that the noise exposure 

maps submitted by the City of Laredo 

for Laredo 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 April 9, 2014. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

DOT/FAA Southwest Region, Dean 

McMath, Regional Environmental Team 

Leader, ASW–610, 2601 Meacham 

Boulevard, Fort Worth, Texas 76137. 

Telephone (817) 222–5617. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: This 

notice announces that the FAA finds 

that the noise exposure maps submitted 

for Laredo International Airport are in 

compliance with applicable 

requirements of Part 150, effective April 

9, 2014. 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 revised noise exposure maps and 

accompanying documentation 

submitted by the City of Laredo. The 

documentation that constitutes the 

‘‘noise exposure maps’’ as defined in 

section 150.7 of Part 150 includes: 

Figure 4.4 Existing (2013) Noise 

Exposure Map (page 55) and Figure 5.2 

Future (2019) Noise Exposure Map 

(page 69). The FAA has determined that 

these noise exposure maps and 

accompanying documentation are in 

compliance with applicable 

requirements. This determination is 

effective on April 9, 2014. 

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 


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