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notice also announced that DOT 

intended to hold public hearings on its 

proposal. 

Public Hearing 

In addition to the opportunity to 

provide written comments, DOT is 

providing an opportunity for State and 

local government representatives and 

the public to comment on our proposal 

concerning Indiana time zone boundary 

changes at four public hearings in 

Jasper, Logansport, South Bend, and 

Terre Haute. These hearings will be 

chaired by a representative of DOT. 

The DOT representative will describe 

the process that DOT uses to set time 

zone boundaries. There will be an 

opportunity for clarifying questions on 

her remarks. This will be followed by 

presentations by county government 

representatives who have requested an 

opportunity to speak. If the government 

representative is speaking on behalf of 

a county that petitioned for a change to 

the county time zone boundary, he or 

she has been asked to explain how the 

change would be for the convenience of 

commerce. After these presentations, 

other State and local government 

representatives will have an opportunity 

to comment, followed by the public. 

The DOT representative will attempt to 

provide an opportunity to speak for all 

those wishing to do so. To accommodate 

all interested speakers, the DOT 

representative may have to establish 

some time limits or other approaches for 

comment. For example, the DOT 

representative may provide an 

opportunity for citizens with like views 

to meet and collaborate on providing a 

joint statement. 

The hearings will be informal and 

will be tape-recorded for inclusion in 

the docket. 

‘‘For the Convenience of Commerce’’

The principal standard for deciding 

whether to change a time zone is ‘‘for 

the convenience of commerce.’’ This 

term is defined very broadly to include 

consideration of all the impacts upon a 

community of a change in its time zone. 

We have requested that counties seeking 

a change address, at a minimum, each 

of the following questions in as much 

detail as possible. 

1. From where do businesses in the 

community get their supplies, and to 

where do they ship their goods or 

products? 

2. From where does the community 

receive television and radio broadcasts? 

3. Where are the newspapers 

published that serve the community? 

4. From where does the community 

get its bus and passenger rail services; 

if there is no scheduled bus or passenger 

rail service in the community to where 

must residents go to obtain these 

services? 

5. Where is the nearest airport; if it is 

a local service airport, to what major 

airport does it carry passengers? 

6. What percentage of residents of the 

community work outside the 

community; where do these residents 

work? 

7. What are the major elements of the 

community’s economy; is the 

community’s economy improving or 

declining; what Federal, State, or local 

plans, if any, are there for economic 

development in the community? 

8. If residents leave the community 

for schooling, recreation, health care, or 

religious worship, what standard of time 

is observed in the places where they go 

for these purposes? 

To aid us in our consideration of 

whether a time zone change would be 

‘‘for the convenience of commerce,’’ we 

ask that all those who speak at the 

public hearing comment on the impact 

on commerce of a change in the time 

zone and whether and how a new time 

zone would improve the convenience of 

commerce. The comments should 

address the impact on such things as 

economic, cultural, social, and civic 

activities and how a time zone change 

would affect businesses, 

communication, transportation, and 

education. The comments should be as 

detailed as possible, providing the basis 

of the information including factual data 

or surveys. 

We will consider any other 

information that the county or local 

officials or the public believe to be 

relevant to the proceeding. 

Jeffrey A. Rosen, 

General Counsel. 

[FR Doc. 05–22518 Filed 11–8–05; 11:45am] 

BILLING CODE 4910–62–P 

DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION 

Federal Aviation Administration 

Approval of Noise Compatibility 

Program Update for Lehigh Valley 

International Airport, Allentown, PA 

AGENCY: Federal Aviation 

Administration (FAA), DOT. 

ACTION: Notice. 

SUMMARY: The Federal Aviation 

Administration (FAA) announces its 

findings on the noise compatibility 

program submitted by the LehighNorthampton Airport Authority under 

the provisions of 49 U.S.C. (the Aviation 

Safety and Noise Abatement Act, 

hereinafter referred to as ‘‘the Act’’) and 

14 CFR Part 150. These findings are 

made in recognition of the description 

of Federal and nonfederal 

responsibilities in Senate Report No. 

96–52 (1980). On May 14, 2004 the FAA 

determined that the noise exposure 

maps submitted by the LehighNorthampton Airport Authority under 

Part 150 were in compliance with 

applicable requirements. On October 7, 

2005, the FAA approved the Lehigh 

Valley International Airport’s updated 

noise compatibility program. Most of 

the recommendations of the program 

update were approved. One program 

element relating to revised flight 

procedures for noise abatement was 

proposed by the airport operator and 

was approved in part, as a voluntary 

measure, and disapproved in part. Only 

one noise abatement element was 

disapproved for purposes of Part 150 

pending submission of additional 

information needed to make an 

informed analysis. The LehighNorthampton Airport Authority has also 

requested under FAR Part 150, section 

150.35(f), that FAA determine that the 

revised five-year forecast condition 

NEM submitted with the noise 

compatibility program and showing 

noise contours as a result of the 

implementation of the noise 

compatibility program is in compliance 

with applicable requirements of FAR 

Part 150. The FAA announces its 

determination that the revised five-year 

forecast condition NEW for the Lehigh 

Valley International Airport for the year 

2008 submitted with the noise 

compatibility program is in compliance 

with applicable requirements of FAR 

Part 150 effective October 31, 2005. The 

documentation that constitutes the 

revised five-year forecast condition 

NEM as defined in §§ 150.7 and 

150.101(e) of Part 150 includes but is 

not limited to: Sections 2.2 and 2.3, 

Figure 3, and Table 3 in the NCP 

Update, and Figure 11 and Figures 36 

through 45 in the NEM volume. The 

FAA has determined that this revised 

five-year forecast condition NEM and 

accompanying documentation are in 

compliance with applicable 

requirements. 

DATES: The effective date of the FAA’s 

approval of the Lehigh Valley 

International Airport’s noise 

compatibility program update is October 

7, 2005. The effective date of the FAA’s 

determination on the revised five-year 

forecast condition NEM is October 31, 

2005. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Edward S. Gabsewics, CEP, 

Environmental Protection Specialist, 

Federal Aviation Administration, 

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Harrisburg Airports District Office, 3905 

Hartzdale Drive, Suite 508, Camp Hill, 

PA 17011, Telephone 717–730–2832. 

Documents reflecting this FAA action 

may be reviewed at this same location. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: This 

notice announces that the FAA has 

given its overall approval to the noise 

compatibility program update for the 

Lehigh Valley International Airport, 

effective October 7, 2005, and that the 

revised five-year forecast condition 

NEM for 2008 for this same airport is 

determined to be in compliance with 

applicable requirement of FAR Part 150. 

A. Under section 47504 of the Act, an 

airport operator who has previously 

submitted a noise exposure map may 

submit to the FAA a noise compatibility 

program which sets forth the measures 

taken or proposed by the airport 

operator for the reduction of existing 

non-compatible land uses and 

prevention of additional non-compatible 

land uses within the area covered by the 

noise exposure maps. The Act requires 

such programs to be developed in 

consultation with interested and 

affected parties including local 

communities, government agencies, 

airport users, and FAA personnel. 

Each airport noise compatibility 

program developed in accordance with 

Federal Aviation Regulations (FAR) Part 

150 is a local program, not a Federal 

program. The FAA does not substitute 

its judgment for that of the airport 

proprietor with respect to which 

measures should be recommended for 

action. The FAA’s approval or 

disapproval of FAR Part 150 program 

recommendations is measured 

according to the standards expressed in 

Part 150 and the Act and is limited to 

the following determinations: 

1. The noise compatibility program 

was developed in accordance with the 

provisions and procedures of FAR Part 

150; 

2. 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 noncompatible land uses; 

3. 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 

4. 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 with respect to 

FAA’s approval of an airport noise 

compatibility program are delineated in 

FAR Part 150, section 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 

assessment of the proposed action. 

Approval does not constitute a 

commitment by the FAA to financially 

assist in the implementation of the 

program nor a determination that all 

measures covered by the program are 

eligible for grant-in-aid funding from the 

FAA. Where Federal funding is sought, 

requests for project grants must be 

submitted to the FAA Airports District 

Office in Camp Hill, Pennsylvania. 

In December 2003, the LehighNorthampton Airport Authority 

submitted its updated noise exposure 

maps to the FAA along with 

descriptions and other documentation 

produced during the noise compatibility 

planning study initiated in 2002. The 

Lehigh Valley International Airport’s 

updated noise exposure maps were 

determined by FAA to be in compliance 

with applicable requirements on May 

14, 2004. Notice of this determination 

was published in the Federal Register 

on May 28, 2004. 

The Lehigh Valley International 

Airport study contains a proposed noise 

compatibility program update 

comprised of actions designed for 

phased implementation by airport 

management and adjacent jurisdictions 

from 2005 to 2008. It was requested that 

the FAA evaluate and approve this 

material as a noise compatibility 

program as described in section 47504 

of the Act. The FAA began its review of 

the program on April 12, 2005 and was 

required by a provision of the Act to 

approve or disapprove the program 

within 180 days (other than the use of 

new or modified flight procedures for 

noise control). Failure to approve or 

disapprove such program within the 

180-day period shall be deemed to be an 

approval of such program. 

The submitted noise compatibility 

program update contained twenty 

proposed actions for noise mitigation 

(six noise abatement elements, five 

lands use elements, and nine 

implementation program elements). The 

FAA completed its review and 

determined that the procedural and 

substantive requirements of the Act and 

FAR Part 150 have been satisfied. The 

overall program, therefore, was 

approved by the FAA effective October 

7, 2005. 

Approval was granted in whole or in 

part for nineteen of the twenty proposed 

action elements in the noise 

compatibility program update. Three 

elements were approved as voluntary 

measures and one was approved in part 

as a voluntary measure and disapproved 

in part. Only one element was 

disapproved for Part 150 purposes. 

Noise abatement element 2 

(recommending an amendment to the 

existing FAA-approved voluntary NCP 

measure which calls for the ATCT to 

assign Runway 31 departures a turn to 

a 360 degree heading as soon as 

practical) was disapproved in part based 

on concerns voiced by the ATCT. Noise 

abatement element 5 was disapproved 

for purposes of Part 150 pending 

submission of additional information to 

make an informed analysis about its 

noise benefits. 

These determinations are set forth in 

detail in a Record of Approval signed by 

the Associate Administrator for Airports 

on October 7, 2005. 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 

and at the administrative offices of the 

Lehigh-Northampton Airport Authority. 

The Record of Approval also will be 

available on-line at http://www.faa.gov/ 

arp/environmental/14cfr150/ 

index14.cfm. 

B. The FAA also has completed its 

review of the revised five-year forecast 

condition NEM and related descriptions 

submitted by Lehigh-Northampton 

Airport Authority. The specific map 

under consideration is included in the 

NCP Update submission as Figure 3. 

This map is supported by Sections 2.2 

and 2.3, Figure 3, and Table 3 in the 

NCP Update, and Figure 11 and Figures 

36 through 45 in the NEM volume. The 

FAA has determined that this revised 

five-year forecast condition NEM map 

for the Lehigh Valley International 

Airport is in compliance with 

applicable requirements. This 

determination is effective on October 

31, 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. 

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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 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 section 150.21 of FAR Part 150, 

that the statutorily required consultation 

has been accomplished. 

Copies of the revised five-year 

forecast condition NEM and of the 

FAA’s evaluation of the revised NEM, 

and copies of the record of approval and 

other evaluation materials and 

documents which comprised the 

submittal to the FAA are available for 

examination at the following locations: 

Federal Aviation Administration 

Harrisburg Airports District Office, 3905 

Hartzdale Drive, Suite 508, Camp Hill, 

PA 17011 and Lehigh-Northampton 

Airport Authority, 3311 Airport Road, 

Allentown, PA 18109. 

Questions on either of these FAA 

determinations may be directed to the 

individual named above under the 

heading FOR FURTHER INFORMATION

CONTACT. 

Dated: Issued in Camp Hill, Pennsylvania, 

October 31, 2005. 

Wayne T. Heibeck, 

Manager, Harrisburg Airports District Office. 

[FR Doc. 05–22492 Filed 11–10–05; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 4910–13–M 

DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION 

Federal Aviation Administration 

Noise Exposure Map Notice; Receipt of 

Noise Compatibility Program and 

Request for Review; Collin County 

Regional Airport, McKinney, TX 

AGENCY: Federal Aviation 

Administration, DOT. 

ACTION: Notice. 

SUMMARY: The Federal Aviation 

Administration (FAA) announces its 

determination that the noise exposure 

maps submitted by the city of 

McKinney, Texas for Collin County 

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. The FAA also 

announces that it is reviewing a 

proposed noise compatibility program 

that was submitted for Collin County 

Regional Airport under Part 150 in 

conjunction with the noise exposure 

map, and that this program will be 

approved or disapproved on or before 

April 30, 2006. 

DATES: The effective date of the FAA’s 

determination on the noise exposure 

maps and start of its review of the 

associated noise compatibility program 

is November 1, 2005. The public 

comment period ends December 31, 

2005. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Paul 

Blackford, Texas Airports Development 

Office, Federal Aviation Administration, 

2601 Meachum Blvd., Fort Worth, Texas 

76137–4298, (817) 222–5607. 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 maps submitted 

for Collin County Regional Airport are 

in compliance with applicable 

requirements of Part 150, effective 

November 1, 2005. Further, FAA is 

reviewing a proposed noise 

compatibility program for that airport 

which will be approved or disapproved 

on or before April 30, 2006. This notice 

also announces the availability of this 

program for public review and 

comment. 

Under 49 U.S.C. 47503 (the Aviation 

Safety and Noise Abatement Act, 

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 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 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 noncompatible uses and prevent the 

introduction of additional noncompatible uses. 

City of McKinney, Texas submitted to 

the FAA on October 3, 2005, noise 

exposure maps, descriptions and other 

documentation that were produced 

during the Collin County Regional 

Airport, 14 CFR Part 150 Study, April, 

2003 to October, 2005. It was requested 

that the FAA review this material as the 

noise exposure maps, as described in 

section 47503 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 47504 of the Act. 

The FAA has completed its review of 

the noise exposure maps and related 

descriptions submitted by the city of 

McKinney, Texas. The specific 

documentation determined to constitute 

the noise exposure maps includes: Map 

A–2005 Noise Exposure Map, Map B–

2011 Noise Exposure Map, Map C–2005 

and 2011 North Flow Centerline of 

Flight Corridors, Map D–2005 and 2011 

South Flow Centerline of Flight 

Corridors, Section 5–Airport 

Operational Data, and Section 6—Noise 

Exposure. The FAA has determined that 

these maps for Collin County Regional 

Airport are in compliance with 

applicable requirements. This 

determination is effective on November 

1, 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 constitute 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