[Federal Register Volume 70, Number 24 (Monday, February 7, 2005)]
[Notices]
[Pages 6497-6498]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 05-2231]


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DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION

Federal Aviation Administration


Noise Exposure Map Notice for Scottsdale Airport, Scottsdale, CA

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 City of 
Scottsdale for Scottsdale 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 requlirements.

Effective Date: The effective date of the FAA's determination of the 
noise exposure maps is January 21, 2005.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Michelle Simmons, Federal Aviation 
Administration, Western Pacific Region Headquarters, P.O. Box 92007, 
Los Angeles, California 9009, Telephone 310/725-3614.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: This notice announces that the FAA finds 
that the noise exposure maps submitted for Scottsdale Airport are in 
compliance with applicable requirements of part 150, effective January 
21, 2005. Under 49 U.S.C. section 47503 of the Aviation Safety and 
Notice Abatement Act (hereinafter referred to as ``the Act''), an 
airport operator may submit to the FAA noise exposure maps which meet 
applicable regualtions 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 exposre 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 City of Scottsdale, Arizona. 
The documentation that constitutes the ``Noise Exposure Maps'' as 
defined in section 150.7 of part 150 includes: Exhibit 1 ``Existing 
Conditions (2004) Noise Exposure Map,'' and Exhibit 2 ``Five-Year 
Forecast (2009) Noise Exposure Map.'' The Noise Exposure Maps contain 
current and forecast information including the depiction of the airport 
and its boundaries, the runway configurations, land uses such as 
residential, open space, commercial/office, community facilities, 
libraries, churches, open space, infrastructure, vacant and warehouse 
and those areas within the Yearly Day-Night Average Sound Level (DNL) 
65, 70a nd 75 noise contours. Estimates for the number of people within 
these contours for the year 2004 are shown in Table 4A. Estimates of 
the future residential population within the 2009 noise controus are 
shown in Table 4A. Estimates of the future residential population 
within the 2009 noise controus are shown in Table 4D. Exhibit 3L 
displays the location of noise monitoring sites. Flight tracks for the 
existing and the five-year forecast Noise Exposure Maps are found in 
Exhibits 3D, 3E, 3F and 3G. The type and frequency of aircraft 
operations (including nighttime operations) are found in Tables 3A and 
3B. The FAA has determined that these noise exposure maps and 
accompanying documentation are in compliance with applicable 
requirements. This determination is effective on January 21, 2005.
    FAA's determination on an airport operator's noise exposure maps is 
limited to a finding that the maps were

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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 detailing 
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, Community and Environmental Needs 
Division, APP-600, 800 Independence Avenue, SW., Washington, DC 20591.
    Federal Aviation Administration, Western-Pacific Region, Airports 
Division, Room 3012, 15000 Aviation Boulevard, Hawthorne, California 
90261.
    Scott Gray, Aviation Director, City of Scottsdale, Aviation 
Department, 15000 N. Airport Drive Suite 200, Scottsdale, Arizona 
85260.
    Questions may be directed to the individual named above under the 
heading FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT.

    Issued in Hawthorne, California, on January 21, 2005.
Mark A. McClardy,
Manager, Airports Division, AWP-600, Western-Pacific Region.
[FR Doc. 05-2231 Filed 2-4-05; 8:45 am]
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