[Federal Register Volume 74, Number 83 (Friday, May 1, 2009)]
[Notices]
[Pages 20357-20358]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: E9-9954]


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DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION

Federal Aviation Administration


Noise Exposure Map Notice, Gainesville Regional Airport, 
Gainesville, FL

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 Gainesville 
Alachua County Regional Airport Authority for Gainesville Regional 
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 20, 2009.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Ms. Lindy McDowell, Federal Aviation 
Administration, Orlando Airports District Office, 5950 Hazeltine 
National Drive, Suite 400, Orlando, Florida 32822, 407-812-6331 X130.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: This notice announces that the FAA finds 
that the Noise Exposure Maps submitted for Gainesville Regional Airport 
are in compliance with applicable requirements of Title 14 Code of 
Federal Regulations (CFR) Part 150, effective April 20, 2009. Under 49 
U.S.C. section 47503 of the Aviation Safety and Noise Abatement Act 
(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 14 CFR part 150, 
promulgated pursuant to the Act, may submit a Noise Compatibility 
Program for FAA approval which sets forth the measures the airport 
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 Gainesville Alachua County 
Regional Airport Authority. The documentation that constitutes the 
``Noise Exposure Maps'' as defined in Sec.  150.7 of 14 CFR part 150 
includes: Figure 7-1(A), Existing (2007) Noise Contour Map; Figure 7-
2(A), Future (2012) Noise Contour Map; Table 5-1, 2007 Operations; 
Table 5-2, 2007 Itinerant Operations and Fleet Mix; Table 5-3, 2007 
Local Operations and Fleet Mix, Table 5-4, 2012 Operations; Table 5-5, 
2012 Itinerant Operations and Fleet Mix; Table 5-6, 2012 Local 
Operations and Fleet Mix; Figure 5-1, East Flow Corridors 2007, 2012 & 
2027; Figure 5-2, West Flow Corridors 2007, 2012 & 2027; Figure 5-3, 
Helicopter Corridors 2007, 2012 & 2027; Composite Corridors 2007, 2012 
& 2027; Table 5-9, Itinerant Departure Track Use Percentages; Table 5-
11, Local Track Use Percentages; Table 5-12, Rotorcraft Arrival Track 
Use Percentages; Table 5-13, Rotorcraft Arrival Track Use Percentages; 
Table 6-1; 2007 Noise Contour Surface Areas; Table 6-2, 2012 Noise 
Contour Surface Areas; Figure 6-1, 2007 Noise Contour Map; Figure 6-2, 
2012 Noise Contour Map; Table 7-3, 2007 Noise Exposure Contour 
Population Summary; and Table 7-4, 2012 Noise Exposure Contour 
Population Summary. The FAA has determined that these Noise Exposure 
Maps and accompanying documentation are in compliance with applicable 
requirements. This determination is effective on April 20, 2009.
    FAA's determination on the 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 14 CFR part 150. Such 
determination does not constitute approval of the airport operator'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 exposure 
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 14 CFR 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 Sec.  150.21 
of 14 CFR part 150, that the statutorily required consultation has been 
accomplished.
    Copies of the full Noise Exposure Maps documentation and of the 
FAA's evaluation of the maps are available for examination at the 
following locations: Federal Aviation Administration, Orlando Airports 
District Office, 5950 Hazeltine National Drive, Suite 400, Orlando, 
Florida 32822.
    Questions may be directed to the individual named above under the 
heading, FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT.

    Issued in Orlando, Florida, on April 20, 2009.
Julian C. Brown,
Acting Manager, Orlando Airports District Office.
[FR Doc. E9-9954 Filed 4-30-09; 8:45 am]
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