[Federal Register Volume 80, Number 59 (Friday, March 27, 2015)]
[Notices]
[Pages 16494-16495]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2015-07085]


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DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION

Federal Aviation Administration


Noise Exposure Map: Alexandria International Airport, Alexandria, 
Louisiana

AGENCY: Federal Aviation Administration, DOT.

ACTION: Notice.

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SUMMARY: The Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) announces its 
determination that the noise exposure maps submitted by the England 
Economic and Industrial Development District for Alexandria 
International Airport under the provisions of 49 U.S.C. 47503 et. seq 
(Aviation Safety and Noise Abatement Act) and 14 CFR part 150 are in 
compliance with applicable requirements.

DATES: Effective: The effective date of the FAA's determination on the 
noise exposure maps is March 20, 2015.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: DOT/FAA Southwest Region, Tim Tandy, 
Environmental Protection Specialist, Louisiana/New Mexico Airports 
District Office, ASW-640D, 2601 Meacham Boulevard, Fort Worth, Texas 
76137. Telephone (817) 222-5644.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: This notice announces that the FAA finds 
that the noise exposure maps submitted for Alexandria International 
Airport are in compliance with applicable requirements of Part 150, 
effective March 20, 2015. 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 non-compatible uses and 
prevent the introduction of additional non-compatible uses.
    The FAA has completed its review of the noise exposure maps and 
accompanying documentation submitted by the England Economic and 
Industrial Development District. The documentation that constitutes the 
``noise exposure maps'' as defined in section 150.7 of Part 150 
includes: Figure 3.3, 2013 Existing Conditions North Flow Flight 
Tracks; Figure 3.4, 2013 Existing Conditions South Flow Flight Tracks; 
Figure 4.1, 2013 Existing Condition Noise Exposure Map; Figure 5.1, 
2019 Future Condition North Flow Flight Tracks; Figure 5.2, 2019 Future 
Condition South Flow Flight Tracks; Figure 6.1, 2019 Future Condition 
Noise Exposure Map; Figure J.1., Existing & Future North Flow Flight 
Tracks; Figure J.2, Existing & Future South Flow Flight Tracks; Figure 
J.3, 2013 Existing Condition Noise Exposure Map; 2019 Future Condition 
Noise Exposure Map; Table 3.1, Historical Annual Operations from ATADS; 
Table 3.2, Historical Annual Operations from TFMSC; Table 3.3, Total 
Operations from NOP; Table 3.4, Total Number of Operations for 2013; 
Table 3.5, Calculated Scaling Factor by Operational Category; Table 
3.6, 2013 Runway and Helipad Utilization Rate; Table 4.1, 2013 Existing 
Condition Noise Exposure Estimates; Table 5.1, Total Number of 
Operations for 2019; Table 5.2, 2019 Runway and Helipad Utilization 
Rate; Table 6.1, 2019 Future Condition Noise Exposure Estimates. The 
FAA has determined that these noise exposure maps and accompanying 
documentation are in compliance with applicable

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requirements. This determination is effective on March 20, 2015.
    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 statutorily required consultation has 
been accomplished.
    Copies of the full noise exposure map documentation and of the 
FAA's evaluation of the maps are available for examination at the 
following locations: Federal Aviation Administration, 2601 Meacham 
Boulevard, Fort Worth, Texas; Alexandria International Airport, Scott 
Gammel, Manager, 1611 Arnold Drive, Alexandria, LA 71303. Questions may 
be directed to the individual named above under the heading FOR FURTHER 
INFORMATION CONTACT.

    Issued in Fort Worth, Texas, March 20, 2015.
Ignacio Flores,
Manager, Airports Division.
[FR Doc. 2015-07085 Filed 3-26-15; 8:45 am]
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