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responsibilities under the TVA Act of 

1933. 

Authority: 40 CFR 1501.7. 

Wilbourne (Skip) C. Markham, 

Director, Environmental Permitting and 

Compliance. 

[FR Doc. 2016–04745 Filed 3–2–16; 8:45 am] 

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DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION 

Federal Aviation Administration 

Public Notice for Waiver for 

Aeronautical Land-Use Assurance at 

Fort Worth Spinks Airport, Fort Worth, 

TX 

AGENCY: Federal Aviation 

Administration, DOT. 

ACTION: Notice of intent for Waiver of 

Aeronautical Land-Use. 

SUMMARY: The Federal Aviation 

Administration (FAA) is considering a 

proposal to change a portion of the 

airport from aeronautical use to 

nonaeronautical use and to authorize 

the conversion of the airport property. 

The proposal consists of one parcel of 

land containing a total of approximately 

2.583. 

The property was acquired using City 

and FAA funds through the AIP 

Program from 1983–1987. The land 

comprising this parcel is outside the 

forecasted need for aviation 

development and, thus, is no longer 

needed for indirect or direct 

aeronautical use. The airport wishes to 

develop this land for compatible 

commercial, nonaeronautical use. The 

income from the conversion of this 

parcel will benefit the aviation 

community by reinvestment in the 

airport. 

Approval does not constitute a 

commitment by the FAA to financially 

assist in the conversion of the subject 

airport property nor a determination of 

eligibility for grant-in-aid funding from 

the FAA. The disposition of proceeds 

from the conversion of the airport 

property will be in accordance with 

FAA’s Policy and Procedures 

Concerning the Use of Airport Revenue, 

published in the Federal Register on 

February 16, 1999. In accordance with 

Section 47107(h) of Title 49, United 

States Code, this notice is required to be 

published in the Federal Register 30 

days before modifying the land-use 

assurance that requires the property to 

be used for an aeronautical purpose. 

DATES: Comments must be received on 

or before April 4, 2016. 

ADDRESSES: Send comments on this 

document to Mr. Cameron Bryan, 

Federal Aviation Administration, Acting 

Manager, Texas Airports Development 

Office, 10101 Hillwood Parkway, Fort 

Worth, TX 76177. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Mr. 

Bill Welstead, Aviation Director, City of 

Fort Worth, 4201 N. Main St. Suite 200, 

Fort Worth, TX 76106, telephone (817) 

392–5400, or Mr. Anthony Mekhail, 

Federal Aviation Administration, Texas 

Airports Development Program 

Manager, 10101 Hillwood Parkway, Fort 

Worth, TX 76177, telephone (817) 222– 

5663, FAX (817) 222–5989. Documents 

reflecting this FAA action may be 

reviewed at the above locations. 

Issued in Fort Worth, Texas, on 15 January, 

2016. 

Ignacio Flores, 

Manager, Airports Division, FAA, Southwest 

Region. 

[FR Doc. 2016–04737 Filed 3–2–16; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE P 

DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION 

Federal Aviation Administration 

Noise Compatibility Program Notice, 

Lafayette Regional Airport, Lafayette, 

Louisiana 

AGENCY: Federal Aviation 

Administration, DOT. 

ACTION: Notice. 

SUMMARY: The Federal Aviation 

Administration (FAA) announces its 

findings on the noise compatibility 

program submitted by Lafayette Airport 

Commission under the provisions of 49 

U.S.C. (the Aviation Safety and Noise 

Abatement Act, hereinafter referred to 

as ‘‘the Act’’) and 14 CFR part 150. 

These findings are made in recognition 

of the description of Federal and 

nonfederal responsibilities in Senate 

Report No. 96–52 (1980). On April 4, 

2012, the FAA determined that the 

noise exposure maps submitted by 

Lafayette Airport Commission under 

Part 150 were in compliance with 

applicable requirements. On November 

23, 2015, the FAA approved the 

Lafayette Regional Airport noise 

compatibility program. Both of the 

recommendations of the program were 

approved. 

DATES: The effective date of the FAA’s 

approval of the Lafayette Regional 

Airport noise compatibility program is 

November 23, 2015. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

DOT/FAA Southwest Region, Tim 

Tandy, Environmental Protection 

Specialist, ASW–640D, 10101 Hillwood 

Parkway, Fort Worth, Texas 76177. 

Telephone (817) 222–5644. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: This 

notice announces that the FAA has 

given its overall approval to the noise 

compatibility program for Lafayette 

Regional Airport, effective November 

23, 2015. 

Under section 47504 of the Act, 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 

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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. Where federal funding is sought, 

requests for project grants must be 

submitted to the FAA Regional Office in 

Fort Worth, Texas. 

The Lafayette Airport Commission 

submitted to the FAA on November 29, 

2011 the noise exposure maps, 

descriptions, and other documentation 

produced during the noise compatibility 

planning study conducted from August 

14, 2013 through August 6, 2014. The 

Lafayette Regional Airport noise 

exposure maps were determined by 

FAA to be in compliance with 

applicable requirements on April 4, 

2012. Notice of this determination was 

published in the Federal Register on 

April 13, 2012. 

The Lafayette Regional Airport study 

contains a proposed noise compatibility 

program comprised of actions designed 

for phased implementation by airport 

management and adjacent jurisdictions 

from August 6, 2014 to the year 2017. 

It was requested that the FAA evaluate 

and approve this material as a noise 

compatibility program as described in 

section 47504 of the Act. The FAA 

began its review of the program on May 

25, 2015 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 submitted program contained two 

proposed actions for noise mitigation off 

the airport. The FAA completed its 

review and determined that the 

procedural and substantive 

requirements of the Act and FAR Part 

150 have been satisfied. The overall 

program, therefore, was approved by the 

FAA effective November 23, 2015. 

Outright approval was granted for 

both of the specific program elements. A 

preventive land use mitigation measure 

would offer owners of vacant residential 

parcels located within the existing DNL 

65 contour the opportunity to 

participate in the Avigation Easement 

Acquisition Program. A remedial 

measure would offer owners of 

residential properties located within the 

DNL 65 contour the opportunity to 

participate in the Avigation Easement 

Acquisition Program. 

These determinations are set forth in 

detail in a Record of Approval signed by 

the FAA Southwest Region Airports 

Division Manager on November 23, 

2015. 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 Lafayette 

Airport Commission. The Record of 

Approval also will be available on-line 

at http://www.faa.gov/arp/

environmental/14cfr150/index14.cfm. 

Issued in Fort Worth, Texas, February 4, 

2016. 

Ignacio Flores, 

Manager, Airports Division. 

[FR Doc. 2016–04763 Filed 3–2–16; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 4910–13–P 

DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION 

Federal Aviation Administration 

Notice of Intent To Rule on Request To 

Release Airport Property at the 

Gainesville Municipal Airport in 

Gainesville, Texas 

AGENCY: Federal Aviation 

Administration (FAA), DOT. 

ACTION: Notice of request to release 

airport property. 

SUMMARY: The FAA proposes to rule and 

invite public comment on the release of 

land at the Gainesville Municipal 

Airport under the provisions of Section 

125 of the Wendell H. Ford Aviation 

Investment Reform Act for the 21st 

Century (AIR 21). 

DATES: Comments must be received on 

or before April 4, 2016. 

ADDRESSES: Comments on this 

application may be mailed or delivered 

to the FAA at the following address: Mr. 

Cameron Bryan, Acting Manager, 

Federal Aviation Administration, 

Southwest Region, Airports Division, 

Texas Airports Development Office, 

ASW–650, 10101 Hillwood Parkway, 

Fort Worth, Texas 76177. 

In addition, one copy of any 

comments submitted to the FAA must 

be mailed or delivered to Mr. Barry 

Sullivan, City Manager, at the following 

address: 2300 Airport Drive, 

Gainesville, Texas 76240. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Mr. 

Anthony Mekhail, Program Manager, 

Federal Aviation Administration, Texas 

Airports Development Office, ASW– 

650, 10101 Hillwood Parkway, Fort 

Worth, TX 76177, Telephone: (817) 

222–5663, email: Anthony.Mekhail@

faa.gov. 

The request to release property may 

be reviewed in person at this same 

location. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The FAA 

invites public comment on the request 

to release property at the Gainesville 

Municipal Airport under the provisions 

of the AIR 21. 

The following is a brief overview of 

the request: City of Gainesville requests 

the release of 20 acres of nonaeronautical airport property. The 

property is located on the southeast side 

of the airport, bordered by US HWY 82 

to the south. The property to be released 

will be sold and revenues shall be used 

to enhance development, operations and 

maintenance of the airport. Any person 

may inspect the request in person at the 

FAA office listed above under FOR

FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT. 

In addition, any person may, upon 

request, inspect the application, notice 

and other documents relevant to the 

application in person at the Gainesville 

Municipal Airport, telephone number 

(940) 668–4500. 

Issued in Fort Worth, Texas on February 2, 

2016. 

Ignacio Flores 

Manager, Airports Division. 

[FR Doc. 2016–04764 Filed 3–2–16; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 4910–13–P 

DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION 

Federal Railroad Administration 

[Docket Number FRA–2010–0180] 

Petition for Waiver of Compliance 

In accordance with part 211 of Title 

49 Code of Federal Regulations (CFR), 

this document provides the public 

notice that by a document dated 

February 9, 2016, the Denton County 

Transportation Authority (DCTA) has 

petitioned the Federal Railroad 

Administration (FRA) for an extension 

of its existing waiver of compliance 

from certain provisions of the Federal 

railroad safety regulations. Specifically, 

DCTA is requesting an extension of its 

existing relief from the following parts 

and specific regulations of 49 CFR part 

238, Passenger Equipment Safety 

Standards (Sections 238.115, 238.121, 

238.223, 238.305, 238.309, and 

Appendix D); Part 229, Railroad 

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