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[Federal Register Volume 89, Number 244 (Thursday, December 19, 2024)]
[Notices]
[Pages 103917-103919]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2024-29705]

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DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION

Federal Aviation Administration

Approval of Noise Compatibility Program Update, Naples Municipal 
Airport (APF), Naples, Florida

AGENCY: Federal Aviation Administration, DOT.

ACTION: Notice.

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SUMMARY: The Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) announces its 
findings on the Noise Compatibility Program (NCP) Update submitted by 
the Naples Airport Authority (NAA) for the Naples Municipal Airport 
(the Airport). On December 9, 2021, the FAA determined that Noise 
Exposure Maps (NEMs) submitted by the NAA were in compliance with 
applicable requirements. The NCP Update was submitted to the FAA for 
review on June 14, 2023. After completing initial reviews, the FAA 
accepted the Noise Compatibility Program and initiated the review 
process on June 18, 2024. On December 9, 2024 the FAA approved the 
Naples Airport NCP Update. The NCP contains one noise abatement 
measure, three land use measures, and six program management measures 
for which the NAA seeks approval. The noise abatement measure proposed 
at the airport is related to revised flight procedures. No action is 
taken at this time on the proposed noise abatement measure as it 
requires further FAA

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review. The FAA approved the nine other measures.

DATES: The effective date of the FAA's approval of the Naples Airport 
NCP Update is December 9, 2024.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Peter Green, Federal Aviation 
Administration, FAA Southern Region, Office of Airports (ASO-610), 1701 
Columbia Avenue, College Park, Georgia 30337, (404) 305-6718.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: This notice announces the FAA's approval of 
the Noise Compatibility Program Update for the Naples Municipal Airport 
(the Airport), effective on December 9, 2024. Per United States Code 
section 49 U.S.C. 47504 and Title 14, Code of Federal Regulations (CFR) 
part 150, an airport sponsor who previously submitted a noise exposure 
map (NEM) may submit to the FAA a noise compatibility program which 
sets forth the measures taken or proposed by the airport sponsor for 
the reduction of existing non-compatible land uses and prevention of 
additional non-compatible land uses within the area covered by the 
NEMs. As required by 49 U.S.C. 47504, such programs must be developed 
in consultation with interested and affected parties including local 
communities, government agencies, airport users, and the FAA. The FAA 
does not substitute its judgment for that of the airport sponsor with 
respect to which measures should be recommended for action. The FAA 
approval or disapproval of an airport sponsor's recommendations in its 
noise compatibility program are made in accordance with the 
requirements and standards pursuant to 49 U.S.C. 47504 and 14 CFR part 
150, which is limited to the following determinations:
    a. The noise compatibility program was developed in accordance with 
the provisions and procedures of 14 CFR 150.23;
    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 non-compatible 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 of the FAA's approval of NCPs are delineated 
in 14 CFR 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 review of the proposed action. Approval does 
not constitute a commitment by the FAA to assist financially in the 
implementation of the noise compatibility program nor a determination 
that all measures covered by the NCP are eligible for grant-in-aid 
funding from the FAA. Where Federal funding is sought, requests must be 
submitted to the FAA Orlando Airports District Office at 8427 SouthPark 
Circle, Suite 524, Orlando, Florida 32819.
    The Naples Airport Authority submitted the noise exposure maps, 
descriptions, and other documentation produced during the noise 
compatibility planning study to the FAA, and the FAA determined that 
the NEMs for the Airport were in compliance with applicable 
requirements under 14 CFR part 150. The NEMs became effective December 
9, 2021 (Noise Exposure Map Notice for Naples Municipal Airport, 
Naples, FL, 86 FR 71316 (December 15, 2021)). The NAA provided the FAA 
with the NCP, based on the accepted NEMs, on June 14, 2023. The NAA 
requested that the FAA review the submitted materials and that the 
noise mitigation measures, to be implemented jointly by the airport and 
surrounding communities, be approved as a NCP. The FAA initiated the 
formal review period, limited by law to a maximum of 180 days, on June 
18, 2024 and published a Notice of Intent to review the NCP in the 
Federal Register on June 24, 2024 (Receipt of Noise Compatibility 
Program Update and Request for Review at Naples Airport (APF), Naples, 
FL, 89 FR 32531 (June 24, 2024)). The Federal Register Notice also 
announced the start of the 60-day public review period for the NCP and 
its documentation. The FAA received and considered comments from three 
interested parties during the public review period.
    The Airport NCP is comprised of actions designed for phased 
implementation by airport management and adjacent jurisdictions within 
the next one to five years. The NAA requested that the FAA evaluate and 
approve this material as a noise compatibility program as described in 
49 U.S.C. 47504. The FAA began its review of the program on June 18, 
2024, and was required by a provision of 49 U.S.C. 47504 to approve or 
disapprove the program within 180 days, other than the use of new or 
modified flight procedures for noise control. The FAA's failure to 
approve or disapprove such program within the 180-day period is deemed 
an approval of such program.
    The submitted program contains ten proposed measures to address 
aviation noise and noncompatible land uses. The FAA completed its 
review and determined that the procedural and substantive requirements 
of 49 U.S.C. 47504 and 14 CFR part 150 were satisfied. A Record of 
Approval for the overall program was issued by the FAA effective 
December 9, 2024.
    The specific program elements and their individual determinations 
are as follows:
    Noise Abatement Measure 1: Implement Procedures to Increase Glide 
Slope to Runway End 5--No Action Required At This Time.
    Land Use Measure 1: Create a Residential Sound Insulation Program--
Approved.
    Land Use Measure 2: Encourage Comprehensive Planning; Consider 
Amendments to Zoning and Building Codes--Approved.
    Land Use Measure 3: Purchase Avigation Easements--Approved.
    Program Management Measure 1: Monitor Implementation of NCP 
Measures--Approved.
    Program Management Measure 2: Design and Implement an Enhanced 
``Fly Quiet'' Program--Approved.
    Program Management Measure 3: Monitor Flight Tracks and Activity 
Trends--Approved.
    Program Management Measure 4: Continue Purchase and Installation of 
NOMS--Approved.
    Program Management Measure 5: Monitor and Determine Need for NEM 
and/or NCP Update--Approved.
    Program Management Measure 6: Continue Community Education and 
Outreach--Approved.
    These determinations are set forth in detail in the Record of 
Approval signed by the FAA Division Director, Airports Division, 
Southern Region on December 9, 2024. 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. The Record of 
Approval is also available on the Naples Airport Part 150 Study website 
at Noise

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and Land Use Compatibility Study Documents--Fly Naples.

    Issued in Orlando, FL, on December 12, 2024.
Juan C. Brown,
Manager, Orlando Airports District Office.
[FR Doc. 2024-29705 Filed 12-18-24; 8:45 am]
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