3794 Federal Register / Vol. 73, No. 14 / Tuesday, January 22, 2008 / Notices 

DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION 

Federal Aviation Administration 

Notice of Opportunity for Public 

Comment on Grant Acquired Property 

Release at Fulton County Airport—

Brown Field, Atlanta, GA 

AGENCY: Federal Aviation 

Administration (FAA), DOT. 

ACTION: Notice. 

SUMMARY: Under the provisions of Title 

49, U.S.C. Section 47153(c), notice is 

being given that the FAA is considering 

a request from Fulton County to waive 

the requirement that approximately 

10.59 acres of airport property adjacent 

to Fulton Industrial Blvd. to be used for 

aeronautical purposes. 

DATES: Comments must be received on 

or before February 21, 2008. 

ADDRESSES: Comments on this notice 

may be mailed or delivered in triplicate 

to the FAA at the following address: 

Atlanta Airports District Office, Attn: 

Chuck Garrison, Program Manager, 1701 

Columbia Ave., Suite 2–260, College 

Park, GA 30337. 

In addition, one copy of any 

comments submitted to the FAA must 

be mailed or delivered to Doug Barrett, 

Airport Manager, Fulton County Airport 

at the following address: Fulton County 

Airport—Brown Field, 3952 Aviation 

Circle, Rm. 200 Terminal Building, 

Atlanta, Georgia 30336. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Chuck Garrison, Program Manager, 

Atlanta Airports District Office, 1701 

Columbia Ave., Suite 2–260, College 

Park, GA 30337, (404) 305–7162. The 

application may be reviewed in person 

at this same location. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: the FAA is 

reviewing a request by Fulton County to 

release approximately 10.59 acres of 

airport property adjacent to Fulton 

Industrial Blvd. at the Fulton County 

Airport. The property consists of Fulton 

Industrial Blvd. frontage across 10 

parcels roughly located on the west side 

of the airport. This property is currently 

shown on the approved Airport Layout 

Plan as aeronautical use land; however 

the property is currently not being used 

for aeronautical purposes and the 

proposed use of this property is 

compatible with airport operations. 

Fulton County will ultimately transfer 

the property to the Georgia Department 

of Transportation for right of ways and 

permanent construction easements 

associated with the widening of Fulton 

Industrial Blvd. in exchange for airport 

development. 

Any person may inspect the request 

in person at the FAA office listed above 

under FOR FURTHER INFORMATION

CONTACT. In addition, any person may, 

upon request, inspect the request, notice 

and other documents germane to the 

request in person at the Fulton County 

Airport. 

Issued in Atlanta, Georgia on December 13, 

2007. 

Scott L. Serritt, 

Manager, Atlanta Airports District Office, 

Southern Region. 

[FR Doc. 08–210 Filed 1–18–08; 8:45 am] 

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DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORATION 

Federal Aviation Administration 

FAA Approval of Noise Compatibility 

Program 14 CFR Part 150 Ronald 

Reagan Washington National Airport 

Arlington, VA 

AGENCY: Federal Aviation 

Administration, DOT. 

ACTION: Notice. 

SUMMARY: The Federal Aviation 

Administration (FAA) announces its 

findings on the noise compatibility 

program submitted by Metropolitan 

Washington Airport Authority (MWAA) 

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 August 6, 2007, the 

FAA determined that the noise exposure 

maps submitted by MWAA under Part 

150 were in compliance with applicable 

requirements. On January 10, 2008, the 

FAA approved the Ronald Reagan 

Washington National Airport noise 

compatibility program. Some of the 

recommendations of the program were 

approved. 

DATES: Effective Date: The effective date 

of the FAA’s approval of the Ronald 

Reagan Washington National Airport 

noise compatibility program is January 

10, 2008. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Jennifer Mendelsohn, Eastern Region, 

Washington Airports District Office, 

Federal Aviation Administration, 23723 

Air Freight Lane, Suite 210, Dulles, 

Virginia 20166, Telephone: 703–661–

1362. 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 for Ronald 

Reagan Washington National Airport, 

effective January 10, 2008. 

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: 

(a) The noise compatibility program 

was developed in accordance with the 

provisions and procedures of FAR Part 

150; 

(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 noncompatible 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 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 


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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 Dulles, Virginia. 

MWAA submitted to the FAA on 

August 2, 2007, the noise exposure 

maps, descriptions, and other 

documentation produced during the 

noise compatibility planning study 

conducted from July 2002 through 

August 2007. The Ronald Regan 

Washington National Airport noise 

exposure maps were determined by 

FAA to be in compliance with 

applicable requirements on August 6, 

2007. Notice of this determination was 

published in the Federal Register on 

August 13, 2007 (72 FR 45294). 

The Ronald Regan Washington 

National Airport study contains a 

proposed noise compatibility program 

comprised of actions designed for 

phased implementation by airport 

management and adjacent jurisdictions 

from August 2007 to (or beyond) the 

year 2009. 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 August 6, 2007 and was 

required by a provision of the Act to 

approve or disapprove the program 

within 180 days. Failure to approve or 

disapprove such program within the 

180-day period shall be deemed to be an 

approval of such program. 

The submitted program contained 

fourteen (14) proposed actions for noise 

mitigation on and off the airport. 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 January 

10, 2008. 

Outright approval was granted for 

four Noise Abatement Measures and all 

six Noise Mitigation Measures. Four 

Noise Abatement Measures were 

disapproved for purposes of part 150. 

The approved measures included such 

items as: Revising the language in the 

Airport Facility Directory to reflect the 

current novice abatement procedures at 

the Airport; Requesting a voluntary 

phase-out of hushkitted Stage 3 aircraft; 

Establishing a system to report airline 

compliance with noise abatement 

measures; Enhance the noise complaint 

system; Amend comprehensive plans 

and zoning maps to promote compatible 

land uses; Encourage Airport noise 

overlay zoning; Amend building codes 

to require soundproofing; Disclose noise 

levels prior to contract for sale or lease; 

Expand Airport Noise Information 

Program and Encourage local 

jurisdictions to adopt discretionary 

project review guidelines for 

Subdivision, Rezoning, Special Use, 

Conditional Use and Variance 

Applications. Four Noise Abatement 

Measures were disapproved for 

purposes of part 150. The Noise 

Exposure Maps and Noise Compatibility 

Study show no present or forecasted 

incompatible land uses within the DNL 

65 dB and the Noise Compatibility 

Study does not state that the airport 

sponsor has selected land use guidelines 

different from those in Table 1 of part 

150. Disapproval for purposes of part 

150 does not prohibit the airport 

sponsor from implementing those 

measures. The disapproved measures 

included such items as: Form a working 

group to develop advanced navigation 

procedures for arrivals and departures 

on all runways; Encourage air traffic 

control controllers to direct flights 

arriving on Runway 01 or departing on 

Runway 19 during nighttime hours (10 

p.m. to 7 a.m.) when traffic permits, to 

distribute the locations at which aircraft 

turn onto, or off of, the route along the 

center of the Potomac River over the 

areas between 5 and 10 miles south of 

the Airport; Encourage air traffic control 

controllers to direct flights arriving on 

Runway 01 or departing on Runway 19 

during daytime hours (7 a.m. to 10 p.m.) 

when traffic permits, to distribute the 

locations at which aircraft turn into, or 

off of, the route along the center of the 

Potomac River over the areas between 5 

and 10 miles south of the Airport and 

Update the Airport’s Noise Monitoring 

and Flight Tracking System. 

These determinations are set forth in 

detail in the Record of Approval signed 

by the Division Manager on January 10, 

2008. 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 MWAA. 

The Record of Approval also will be 

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

airports_airtraffic/airports/ 

environmental/airport_noise/. 

Issued in Dulles, Virginia, on January 11, 

2008. 

Terry J. Page, 

Manager, Washington Airports District Office. 

[FR Doc. 08–209 Filed 1–18–08; 8:45 am] 

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DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION 

Federal Aviation Administration 

Notice of Passenger Facility Charge 

(PFC) Approvals and Disapprovals 

AGENCY: Federal Aviation 

administration (FAA) DOT. 

ACTION: Monthly Notice of PFC 

Approvals and Disapprovals. In 

December 2007, there were four 

applications approved. This notice also 

includes information on four other 

applications, approved in November 

2007, inadvertently left off the 

November 2007 notice. Additionally, 15 

approved amendments to previously 

approved applications are listed. 

SUMMARY: The FAA publishes a monthly 

notice, as appropriate, of PFC approvals 

and disapprovals under the provisions 

of the Aviation Safety and Capacity 

Expansion Act of 1990 (Title IX of the 

Omnibus Budget Reconciliation Act of 

1990) (Pub. L. 101–508) and part 158 of 

the Federal Aviation Regulations (14 

CFR part 158). This notice is published 

pursuant to paragraph d of § 158.29. 

PFC Applications Approved 

Public Agency: City of Fort Smith, 

Arkansas. 

Application Number: 07–04–C–00–

FSM. 

Application Type: Impose and use a 

PFC. 

PFC Level: $4.50. 

Total PFC Revenue Approved in This 

Decision: $1,250,000. 

Earliest Charge Effective Date: January 

1, 2009. 

Estimated Charge Expiration Date: 

January 1, 2012. 

Classes of Air Carriers Not Required 

To Collect PFCs: None. 

Brief Description of Projects Approved 

for Collection and Use: 

Boarding bridge installation. 

Flight information display system. 

Security systems improvements. 

PFC administration costs. 

Decision Date: November 20, 2007. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Jimmy Pierre, Arkansas/Oklahoma 

Airports Development Office, (817) 222–

5637. 

Public Agency: City of Atlanta, 

Georgia. 

Application Number: 07–09–C–00–

ATL. 


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