55446 Federal Register / Vol. 70, No. 182 / Wednesday, September 21, 2005 / Notices 

• Overview of the Greensboro Triad 

Foreign Trade Zone Operations 

• Overview of Greensboro Chamber of 

Commerce, Small Business 

Development Program, activities and 

Fiscal Year 2006 Trade Agenda 

• U.S. Commercial Service Programs 

and Services to Assist Small and 

Medium-Sized Business 

• Briefing on Updated Functions of 

‘‘Notify U.S.’’ Service 

• Textile Industry Update and 

Opportunities for North Carolina 

Manufacturers 

Christina R. Sevilla, 

Acting Assistant U.S. Trade Representative 

for Intergovernmental Affairs and Public 

Liaison. 

[FR Doc. 05–18822 Filed 9–20–05; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 3190–W5–P 

DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION 

Federal Aviation Administration 

Noise Exposure Map Notice; Receipt of 

Noise Compatibility Program and 

Request for Review for Buffalo Niagara 

International Airport 

AGENCY: Federal Aviation 

Administration, DOT. 

ACTION: Notice. 

SUMMARY: The Federal Aviation 

Administration (FAA) announces its 

determination that the noise exposure 

maps submitted by Niagara Frontier 

Transportation Authority for Buffalo 

Niagara International Airport under 

provisions of Title I of the Aviation 

Safety and Noise Abatement Act of 1979 

(Pub. L. 96–193) and 14 CFR part 150 

are in compliance with applicable 

requirements. The FAA also announces 

that it is reviewing a proposed noise 

compatibility program that was 

submitted for Buffalo Niagara 

International Airport under part 150 in 

conjunction with the noise exposure 

maps, and that this program will be 

approved or disapproved on or before 

March 6, 2006. 

DATES: The effective date of the FAA’s 

determination on the noise exposure 

maps and of the start of its review of the 

associated noise compatibility program 

is September 7, 2005. The public 

comment period ends November 6, 

2005. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Maria Stanco, New York Airports 

District Office, 600 Old Country Road, 

Suite 440, Garden City, New York 

11530. Comments on the proposed noise 

compatibility programs should also be 

submitted to the above office. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: This 

notice announces that the FAA finds 

that the noise exposure maps submitted 

for the Buffalo Niagara International 

Airport are in compliance with 

applicable requirements of part 150, 

effective September 7, 2005. Further, 

FAA is reviewing a proposed noise 

compatibility program for that airport 

which will be approved or disapproved 

on or before March 6, 2006. This notice 

also announces the availability of this 

program for public review and 

comment. 

Under section 103 of the 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 noise exposure maps 

which meet applicable regulations and 

which depict non-compatible land uses 

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. 

As an airport operator who has 

submitted noise exposure maps that are 

found by the FAA to be in compliance 

with the requirements of Federal 

Aviation Regulations (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 reduction of 

existing non-compatible uses and for the 

prevention of the introduction of 

additional non-compatible uses. 

The Niagara Frontier Transportation 

Authority submitted to the FAA in a 

letter dated, March 7, 2005, noise 

exposure maps, descriptions and other 

documentation. It was requested that 

the FAA review this material as the 

noise exposure maps, 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 10(b) of the Act. 

The FAA has completed its review of 

the noise exposure maps (NEMs) and 

related description submitted by the 

Niagara Frontier Transportation 

Authority. The specific maps under 

consideration are the 2003 Noise 

Exposure Map (Chapter 4—Sheet 1) and 

the 2008 Noise Exposure Map (Chapter 

5—Sheet 1). Additional required 

information on Flight Tracks is found 

on supplemental graphics (Chapter 4—

Sheet 3, Chapter 5—Sheet 3). Narrative 

description of: the methodology used to 

develop the NEMs; noncompatible land 

uses; numbers of residents within the 65 

contours; fleet mix and runway use is 

found in Chapters 3, 4 and 5. The FAA 

has determined that these maps and 

accompanying narrative for Buffalo 

Niagara International Airport are in 

compliance with the applicable 

requirements. This determination is 

effective on September 7, 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 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 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 maps 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 noise 

exposure maps. Therefore, the 

responsibility for the detailed 

overlaying of noise exposure contours 

onto the map depicting properties on 

the surface rest exclusively with the 

airport operator, which submitted these 

maps, 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, 

which under section 150.21 of FAR part 

150, that the statutorily required 

consultation has been accomplished. 

The FAA has formally received the 

noise compatibility program for Buffalo 

Niagara International Airport, effective 

on September 7, 2005. Preliminary 

review of the submitted material 

indicated 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 6, 2006. 

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The FAA’s detailed evaluation will be 

conducted under the provision of 14 

CFR part 150, section 150.33. The 

primary consideration 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 noncompatible land used and preventing 

the introduction of additional noncompatible 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 maps and the proposed noise 

compatibility program are available for 

examination at the following locations: 

Federal Aviation Administration, New 

York Airports District Office, 600 Old 

Country Road, Suite 440, Garden City, 

NY 11530. 

Niagara Frontier Transportation 

Authority, 181 Ellicott St., Buffalo, 

NY 14203; and on-line at 

www.nfta.com/airport. 

Questions may be directed to the 

individual named above under the 

heading, FOR FURTHER INFORMATION

CONTACT. 

Issued in Garden City, New York, 

September 7, 2005. 

Otto Suriani, 

Acting Manager, New York Airports District. 

[FR Doc. 05–18814 Filed 9–20–05; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 4910–13–M 

DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION 

Federal Aviation Administration 

Notice of Availability of a Final 

Environmental Assessment (Final EA) 

and Finding of No Significant Impact/ 

Record of Decision (FONSI/ROD) for 

the Proposed New Air Traffic Control 

Tower at the St. Louis Downtown 

Airport in Cahokia, IL 

AGENCY: Federal Aviation 

Administration (FAA), DOT. 

ACTION: Notice of availability of a Final 

Environmental Assessment and Finding 

of No Significant Impact/Record of 

Decision (FONSI/ROD) for the Proposed 

New Air Traffic Control Tower at the St. 

Louis Downtown Airport in Cahokia, 

Illinois. 

SUMMARY: The Federal Aviation 

Administration (FAA) is issuing this 

notice to advise the public that the FAA 

has prepared and approved on 

September 8, 2005, a Finding of No 

Significant Impact/Record of Decision 

(FONSI/ROD) based on the Final 

Environmental Assessment (Final EA) 

for the following proposed action at the 

St. Louis Downtown Airport: the 

construction of a new Air Traffic 

Control Tower, associated support 

building, parking lot, and access road. 

The FAA prepared the Final EA in 

accordance with the National 

Environmental Policy Act of 1969 and 

the FAA’s regulations and guidelines for 

environmental documents. The Final 

EA was reviewed and evaluated by the 

FAA and was accepted on September 6, 

2005 as a Federal document by the 

FAA’s Responsible Federal Official. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Ms. 

Virginia Marcks, Environmental 

Engineer, ANI–430, Federal Aviation 

Administration, 2300 East Devon 

Avenue, Des Plaines, Illinois 60018. 

Telephone number: (847) 294–7494. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 

Background 

The existing Air Traffic Control 

Tower (ATCT) at the St. Louis 

Downtown Airport was built in 1973 

and soon after was expanded by the 

addition of a mobile office trailer to 

house administrative personnel. The 

current tower stands approximately 52 

feet in height with a controller’s eye 

height of approximately 41 feet. 

Continual visibility problems, due to 

existing trees in an adjacent residential 

development, impede the controller’s 

line of sight for airfield movement areas 

and runway approaches. The visibility 

problem, due to trees obscuring 

significant portions of two runway ends, 

4 and 30L, are ongoing and worsening. 

The proposed new ATCT, with a total 

elevation of 553.8′ MSL (141′ 10′′ AGL) 

and a controller eye height of 528.3′ 

MSL (116′ 4′′ AGL) would significantly 

improve visual capabilities. 

Air traffic controller equipment in the 

existing tower has not been significantly 

upgraded since the tower was 

constructed in 1973, although there has 

been nearly a 50 percent increase in 

airport operations over the past 30 

years. Annual aircraft operations 

recorded during operating hours of the 

ATCT (7 a.m. to 9 p.m.), in the early 

1970s, when the existing tower was 

constructed, totaled approximately 

115,000. In 2001, the total number of 

operations recorded between the 7 a.m. 

to 9 p.m. timeframe was nearly 170,000. 

The proposed new ATCT would allow 

for modernized equipment, enhancing 

the level of safety for the current 

number of aircraft operations at the St. 

Louis Downtown Airport. 

The Final EA has been prepared in 

accordance with the National 

Environmental Policy Act of 1969, as 

amended, FAA Order 1050.1E, 

‘‘Environmental Impacts: Policies and 

Procedures’’ and FAA Order 5050.4A, 

‘‘Airport Environmental Handbook’’. 

The proposed development action is 

consistent with the National Airspace 

System Plan prepared by the U.S. 

Department of Transportation, Federal 

Aviation Administration (FAA). 

A Final Environmental Assessment 

and the Finding of No Significant 

Impact/Record of Decision is available 

for public viewing during normal 

business hours at the Federal Aviation 

Administration, Great Lakes Region, 

ANI–430, 2300 East Devon Avenue, Des 

Plaines, IL 60018 (by appointment due 

to security, 847–294–7494). 

The Final EA and FONSI/ROD will be 

available through October 19, 2005. 

Issued in Des Plaines, Illinois September 8, 

2005. 

Art V. Schultz, 

Acting Manager, Chicago NAS 

Implementation Center, ANI–401, Great Lakes 

Region. 

[FR Doc. 05–18813 Filed 9–20–05; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 4910–13–M 

DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION 

Federal Aviation Administration 

[Summary Notice No. PE–2005–58] 

Petitions for Exemption; Summary of 

Petitions Received 

AGENCY: Federal Aviation 

Administration (FAA), DOT. 

ACTION: Notice of petitions for 

exemption received. 

SUMMARY: Pursuant to FAA’s rulemaking 

provisions governing the application, 

processing, and disposition of petitions 

for exemption part 11 of Title 14, Code 

of Federal Regulations (14 CFR), this 

notice contains a summary of certain 

petitions seeking relief from specified 

requirements of 14 CFR. The purpose of 

this notice is to improve the public’s 

awareness of, and participation in, this 

aspect of FAA’s regulatory activities. 

Neither publication of this notice nor 

the inclusion or omission of information 

in the summary is intended to affect the 

legal status of any petition or its final 

disposition. 

DATES: Comments on petitions received 

must identify the petition docket 

number involved and must be received 

on or before October 11, 2005. 

ADDRESSES: You may submit comments 

[identified by DOT DMS Docket Number