[Federal Register Volume 60, Number 51 (Thursday, March 16, 1995)]
[Notices]
[Pages 14315-14316]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 95-6515]



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DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION

Federal Aviation Administration


Noise Exposure Map Notice, Fort Lauderdale Executive Airport; 
Fort Lauderdale, FL

AGENCY: Federal Aviation Administration, DOT.

ACTION: Notice.

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SUMMARY: The Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) announces its 
determination that the revised noise exposure maps submitted by the 
City of Fort Lauderdale for the Fort Lauderdale Executive Airport under 
the provisions of Title I of the Aviation Safety and Noise Abatement 
Act of 1979 (Public Law 96-193) and 14 CFR Part 150 are in compliance 
with applicable requirements.

EFFECTIVE DATE: The effective date of FAA's determination on the 
revised noise exposure maps is March 7, 1995.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
Mr. Tommy J. Pickering, P.E., Federal Aviation Administration, Orlando 
Airports District Office, 9677 Tradeport Drive, Suite 130, Orlando, 
Florida 32827-5397, (407) 648-6583.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: This notice announces that the FAA finds 
that the revised noise exposure maps submitted for the Fort Lauderdale 
Executive Airport are in compliance with applicable requirements of 
Part 150, effective March 7, 1995.
    Under section 103 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 noncompatible 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 [[Page 14316]] Regulations (FAR) Part 150, promulgated 
pursuant to Title I of the Act, may submit a noise compatibility 
program for FAA approved which sets forth the measures the operator has 
taken or proposes for the reduction of existing noncompatible uses and 
for the prevention of the introduction of additional noncompatible 
uses.
    The FAA has completed its review of the revised noise exposure maps 
and related descriptions submitted by the City of Fort Lauderdale. The 
specific maps under consideration are ``Existing Conditions (1994) 
Noise Exposure Map'' and ``Five-Year Forecast (1999) Noise Exposure 
Map'' in the submission. The FAA has determined that these maps for the 
Fort Lauderdale Executive Airport are in compliance with applicable 
requirements. This determination is effective on March 7, 1995. 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 
find 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 
rests exclusively with the airport operator which submitted those 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, under Section 
150.21 of FAR Part 150, that the statutorily required consultation has 
been accomplished.
    Copies of the revised noise exposure maps and of the FAA's 
evaluation of the maps are available for examination at the following 
locations:

Federal Aviation Administration, Orlando Airports District Office, 9677 
Tradeport Drive, Suite 130, Orlando, Florida 32827-5397
Airport Manager's Office, Fort Lauderdale Executive Airport, 1401 West 
Commercial Blvd., Suite 200, Fort Lauderdale, Florida 33309

Questions may be directed to the individual named above under the 
heading, FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT.

    Issued in Orlando, Florida, March 7, 1995.
Charles E. Blair,
Manager, Orlando Airports District Office.
[FR Doc. 95-6515 Filed 3-15-95; 8:45 am]
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