55658 Federal Register / Vol. 70, No. 183 / Thursday, September 22, 2005 / Notices 

Dated: September 10, 2005. 

Condoleezza Rice, 

Secretary of State, Department of State. 

[FR Doc. 05–18967 Filed 9–21–05; 8:45 am] 

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DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION 

Federal Aviation Administration 

Public Notice for Waiver of 

Aeronautical Land-Use Assurance, 

Bolton Field Airport; Columbus, OH 

AGENCY: Federal Aviation 

Administration, DOT. 

ACTION: Notice of intent of waiver with 

respect to land. 

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 

release of 13.6672 acres of airport 

property for an exchange of property 

between the Columbus Regional Airport 

Authority (CRAA) and the City of 

Columbus. The land currently houses a 

solid waste transfer station that will 

remain on the site. The land was 

conveyed to the City of Columbus in 

Deed Volume 2803, page 547 of the 

Recorder’s Office, Franklin County, 

Ohio. The land was acquired by the City 

of Columbus with funding from Federal 

Grant 8–39–0026–01. There are no 

impacts to the airport by allowing the 

airport to dispose of the property. 

Approval does not constitute a 

commitment by the FAA to financially 

assist in the disposal of the subject 

airport property nor a determination of 

eligibility for grant-in-aid funding from 

the FAA. In exchange, the CRAA will 

receive a parcel of land (43.562 acres) 

currently being used as a golf course 

facility adjacent to Port Columbus 

International Airport. This parcel is 

partially located in the existing Runway 

Protection Zone for Runway 10R–28L as 

indicated on the approved Airport 

Layout Plan (ALP) for Port Columbus 

International Airport. 

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 October 24, 2005. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Mary W. Jagiello, Program Manager, 

Federal Aviation Administration, Great 

Lakes Region, Detroit Airports District 

Office, DET ADO–608, 11677 South 

Wayne Road, Suite 107, Romulus, 

Michigan 48174. Telephone Number 

(734–229–2956)/Fax Number (734–229–

2950). Documents reflecting this FAA 

action may be reviewed at this same 

location or at Bolton Field Airport, 

Columbus, Ohio. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Following 

is a legal description of the property 

located in Columbus, Franklin County, 

Ohio, and described as follows: 

Beginning at a 3⁄4′′ iron pipe and cap 

set at the northwesterly corner of the 

said 110.86 acre tract and being in the 

centerline of Georgesville road; Thence 

north 76°35′37′′ East along the 

centerline of said Georgesville Road a 

distance of 102.74 feet to a 3⁄4′′ iron pipe 

and cap set. 

Thence South 1°6′50′′ West passing a 3⁄4′′ iron pin at 101.25 feet on the 

southerly right of way line of said 

Georgesville Road and the northwest 

corner of a 16.715 acre tract conveyed 

to Robert Eicholt, Rita J. Sabatino, John 

R. Hetrick as recorded in OR13962G03, 

Recorder’s Office Franklin County, Ohio 

and continuing along the westerly line 

of the said 16.715 acre tract and easterly 

line of said 110.86 acre tract, a total 

distance of 596.98 feet to a 3⁄4′′ iron pipe 

and cap set; 

Thence South 88°49′46′′ East along 

the southerly line of the said 16.715 acre 

tract and a northerly line of said 110.86 

acre tract a distance of 676.04 feet to a 

3⁄4′′ iron pipe and cap set; 

Thence South 1°10′14′′ West a 

distance of 692.21 feet to a 3⁄4′′ iron pipe 

and cap set; 

Thence North 88°49′46′′ West a 

distance of 775.35 feet to a 3⁄4′′ iron pipe 

and cap set in the westerly line of said 

110.86 acre tract and easterly line of the 

Southwest Airport Industrial Park, 

Section 2 and recorded in Plat Book 45, 

page 73 of the Recorder’s Office, 

Franklin County, Ohio; 

Thence North 01°06′50′′ East along the 

westerly line of the said 110.86 acre 

tract and the easterly line of the said 

Southwest Airport Industrial Park, 

Section 2, passing a 3⁄4′′ iron pipe at a 

distance of 1160.84 feet and being the 

northeast corner of Lot 1 of said 

Southwest Airport Industrial Park, 

Section 2 and the southerly right-of-way 

line of said Georgesville Road, a total 

distance of 1263.19 feet to the place of 

beginning, containing 13.6672 acres of 

land and being subject to all legal 

highways, easements and restrictions of 

record. 

Bearings are based on State Plane 

Coordinates NAD 83. All 3⁄4′′ iron pipes 

and caps set has the logo S5669. 

Dated: Issued in Romulus, Michigan on 

August 5, 2005. 

Winsome A. Lenfert, 

Acting Manager, Detroit Airports District 

Office FFA, Great Lakes Region. 

[FR Doc. 05–18933 Filed 9–21–05; 8:45 am] 

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DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION 

Federal Aviation Administration 

Noise Exposure Map Notice; Receipt of 

Noise Compatibility Program and 

Request for Review, Portland 

International Jetport, Portland, ME 

AGENCY: Federal Aviation 

Administration, DOT. 

ACTION: Notice. 

SUMMARY: The Federal Aviation 

Administration (FAA) announces its 

determination that the noise exposure 

map for Portland International Jetport, 

as submitted by the City of Portland, 

Maine under the provisions of Title I of 

the Aviation Safety and Noise 

Abatement Act of 1979 (Pub. L. 96–193) 

and 14 CFR part 150, is in compliance 

with applicable requirements. The FAA 

also announces that it is reviewing a 

proposed noise compatibility program 

that was submitted for Portland 

International Jetport under part 150 in 

conjunction with the noise exposure 

map, and that this program will be 

approved or disapproved on or before 

March 8, 2006. 

EFFECTIVE DATE: The effective date of the 

FAA’s determination on the noise 

exposure map and of the start of its 

review of the associated noise 

compatibility program is September 9, 

2005. The public comment period ends 

on November 11, 2005. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: John 

C. Silva, Federal Aviation 

Administration, New England Region, 

Airports Division, ANE–600, 12 New 

England Executive Park, Burlington, 

Massachusetts 01803. 

Comments on the proposed noise 

compatibility program should also be 

submitted to the above office. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: This 

notice announces that the FAA finds 

that the noise exposure map submitted 

for Portland International Jetport is in 

compliance with applicable 

requirements of part 150, effective 

September 9, 2005. Further, FAA is 

reviewing a proposed noise 

compatibility program for that airport 

which will be approved or disapproved 

on or before March 8, 2006. This notice 

also announces the availability of this 

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program for public review and 

comment. 

Under section 103 of Title I of the 

Aviation Safety and Noise Abatement 

Act of 1979 (hereinafter referred to as 

‘‘the Act’’), an airport operator may 

submit to the FAA a noise exposure 

map which meets applicable regulations 

and which depicts non compatible land 

uses as of the date of submission of such 

map, a description of projected aircraft 

operations, and the ways in which such 

operations will affect such map. The Act 

requires such map 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 a noise exposure map that is 

found by FAA to be in compliance with 

the requirements of Federal Aviation 

Regulation (FAR) part 150, promulgated 

pursuant to Title I of the Act, may 

submit a noise compatibility program 

for FAA approval which sets forth the 

measures the operator has taken, or 

proposes, for the introduction of 

additional non-compatible uses. 

The city of Portland, Maine submitted 

to the FAA, on August 31, 2005, a noise 

exposure map, descriptions, and other 

documentation that were produced 

during the Airport Noise Compatibility 

Planning (part 150) study at Portland 

International Jetport from December 

2001 to August 2005. It was requested 

that the FAA review this material as the 

noise exposure map, as described in 

section 103(a)(1) of the Act, and that the 

noise mitigation measures, to be 

implemented jointly by the airport and 

surrounding communities, be approved 

as a noise compatibility program under 

section 104(b) of the Act. 

The FAA has completed its review of 

the noise exposure maps and related 

descriptions submitted by City of 

Portland, Maine. The specific maps 

under consideration were: (1) ‘‘Figure 

24. Noise Exposure Map DNL Contours 

for Year 2002 Operations with and 

without Terrain Adjustments’’; (2) 

‘‘Figure 26. Noise Exposure Map DNL 

Contours for 2007 Forecast Operations 

Compared to Contours for 2002 Existing 

Operations’’; and (3) ‘‘Figure 38. Noise 

Compatibility Program DNL Contours 

for 2007 NEM’’; along with the 

supporting documentation in Noise 

Exposure Map and Noise Compatibility 

Program Updates, August 2005. The 

FAA has determined that the maps for 

Portland International Jetport are in 

compliance with applicable 

requirements. This determination is 

effective on September 9, 2005. 

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 the program. If 

questions arise concerning the precise 

relationship of specific properties to 

noise exposure contours depicted on a 

noise exposure map submitted under 

section 103 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 map 

to resolve questions concerning, for 

example, which properties should be 

covered by the provisions of section 107 

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 a noise exposure map. 

Therefore, the responsibility for the 

detailed overlaying of noise exposure 

contours onto the map depiciting 

properties on the surface rests 

exclusively with the airport operator 

that submitted the map, or with those 

public agencies and planning agencies 

with which consultation is required 

under section 103 of the Act. The FAA 

has relied on the certification by the 

airport operator, under § 150.21 of FAR 

part 150, that the statutorily required 

consultation has been accomplished. 

The FAA has formally received the 

noise compatibility program for 

Portland International Jetport, also 

effective on September 9, 2005. 

Preliminary review of the submitted 

material indicates that it conforms to the 

requirements for the submittal of noise 

compatibility programs, but that further 

review will be necessary prior to 

approval or disapproval of the program. 

The formal review period, limited by 

law to a maximum of 180 days, will be 

completed on or before March 8, 2006. 

The FAA’s detailed evaluation will be 

conducted under the provisions of 14 

CFR part 150, § 150.33. The primary 

considerations in the evaluation process 

are whether the proposed measures may 

reduce the level of aviation safety, 

create an undue burden on interstate or 

foreign commerce, or be reasonably 

consistent with obtaining the goal of 

reducing existing non-compatible land 

uses and preventing the introduction of 

additional non-compatible land uses. 

Interested persons are invited to 

comment on the proposed program with 

specific reference to these factors. All 

comments, other than those properly 

addressed to local land use authorities, 

will be considered by the FAA to the 

extent practicable. Copies of the noise 

exposure map, the FAA’s evaluation of 

the map, and the proposed noise 

compatibility program are available for 

examination at the following locations: 

Portland International Jetport, 1001 

Westbrook Street, Portland, Maine 

04102. 

Federal Aviation Administration, New 

England Region, Airports Division, 

ANE–600, 16 New England Executive 

Park, Burlington, Massachusetts 

01803. 

Questions may be directed to the 

individual named above under the 

heading: FOR FURTHER INFORMATION

CONTACT. 

Dated: Issued in Burlington, Massachusetts 

on September 9, 2005. 

LaVerne F. Reid, 

Manager, Airports Division. 

[FR Doc. 05–18930 Filed 9–21–05; 8:45 am] 

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DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION 

Federal Aviation Administration 

Aging Transport Systems Rulemaking 

Advisory Committee Meeting 

AGENCY: Federal Aviation 

Administration (FAA), DOT. 

ACTION: Notice of public meeting. 

SUMMARY: This notice announces a 

public meeting of the FAA’s Aging 

Transport Systems Rulemaking 

Advisory Committee (ATSRAC). 

DATES: The ATSRAC will meet October 

12, 2005 from 7 a.m. to 2 p.m. PDT. 

ADDRESSES: The FAA will conduct the 

meeting by teleconference and by 

Webex. The instructions for both are 

indicated below under the heading 

‘‘Meeting Instructions.’’

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Shirley Stroman, Office of Rulemaking, 

ARM–208, FAA, 800 Independence 

Avenue, SW., Washington, DC 20591; 

telephone (202) 267–7470; fax (202) 

267–5075; or e-mail 

shirley.stroman@faa.gov. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: This 

notice announces a meeting of the Aging 

Transport Systems Rulemaking 

Advisory Committee. The meeting 

topics are listed under the ‘‘Meeting 

Agenda’’ heading of this notice. The 

meeting is open to the public; however, 

participation will be limited to the 

number of persons the meeting 

arrangements can accommodate.