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Figure 4.1, East Flow Radar Tracks; 

Figure 4.2, West Flow Radar Tracks; 

Figure 4.3, East Flow Flight Tracks; 

Figure 4.4, West Flow Flight Tracks; 

Figure 4.5, Touch and Go and 

Helicopter Flight Tracks; Figure 4.6, 

Run-up Locations; Figure 4.7, 2008 

Existing Condition Noise Exposure Map; 

Table 5.2–1, 2013 Air Carrier & Air Taxi 

Operations; Table 5.2–2, 2013 Average 

Daily Engine Run-up Operations; Table 

5.2–3, 2013 General Aviation 

Operations; Table 5.2–4, 2013 Military 

Aircraft Operations; Table 5.2–5, 

Summary of 2013 Flight Operations; 

Table 5.3–1, 2013 Future Condition 

Noise Exposure Estimates; Figure 5.1, 

2013 Future Condition Noise Exposure 

Map; and, Figure 5.2, Future Condition 

Noise Exposure Map with Flight Tracks. 

The FAA has determined that these 

Noise Exposure Maps and 

accompanying documentation are in 

compliance with applicable 

requirements. This determination is 

effective on August 27, 2008. 

FAA’s determination on the 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 airport 

operator’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 exposure 

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 FAR 

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 full Noise Exposure 

Maps documentation and of the FAA’s 

evaluation of the maps are available for 

examination at the following locations: 

Federal Aviation Administration, 

Orlando Airports District Office, 5950 

Hazeltine National Drive, Suite 400, 

Orlando, Florida 32822. 

Questions may be directed to the 

individual named above under the 

heading, FOR FURTHER INFORMATION

CONTACT. 

Issued in Orlando, Florida on August 27, 

2008. 

William E. Farris, 

Acting Manager, Orlando Airports District 

Office. 

[FR Doc. E8–21185 Filed 9–12–08; 8:45 am] 

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DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION 

Federal Aviation Administration 

Receipt of Noise Compatibility 

Program and Request for Review; 

Mobile Regional Airport, Mobile, AL 

AGENCY: Federal Aviation 

Administration, DOT. 

ACTION: Notice. 

SUMMARY: The Federal Aviation 

Administration (FAA) announces that it 

is reviewing a proposed amendment to 

the Noise Compatibility Program that 

was submitted for Mobile Regional 

Airport under the provisions of 49 

U.S.C. 47504 et seq. (the Aviation Safety 

and Noise Abatement Act hereinafter 

referred to as ‘‘the Act’’) and 14 CFR 

Part 150 by the Mobile Airport 

Authority. This program was submitted 

subsequent to a determination by FAA 

that the associated Noise Exposure 

Maps submitted under 14 CFR Part 150 

for Mobile Regional Airport were in 

compliance with applicable 

requirements effective May 1, 2006, and 

was published in the Federal Register 

on May 18, 2006. The proposed 

amendment to the Noise Compatibility 

Program will be approved or 

disapproved on or before February 21, 

2009. 

DATES: Effective Date: The effective date 

of the start of FAA’s review of the 

amendment to the noise compatibility 

program is August 29, 2008. The public 

comment period ends October 29, 2008. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

William Schuller, Federal Aviation 

Administration, Jackson Airports 

District Office, 100 West Cross Street, 

Jackson, Mississippi 39208, 601 664– 

9883. Comments on the proposed 

amendment to the noise compatibility 

program should also be submitted to the 

above office. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: This 

notice announces that the FAA is 

reviewing a proposed amendment to the 

Noise Compatibility Program for Mobile 

Regional Airport which will be 

approved or disapproved on or before 

February 21, 2009. This notice also 

announces the availability of this 

amendment for public review and 

comment. 

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 reduce existing noncompatible uses and prevent the 

introduction of additional noncompatible uses. 

The FAA previously approved the 

Noise Compatability Program for Mobile 

Regional Airport. The FAA has formally 

received the amendment to the Noise 

Compatibility Program for Mobile 

Regional Airport, effective on August 

29, 2008. The airport operator has 

requested that the FAA review this 

material and that the amended noise 

mitigation measures, to be implemented 

jointly by the airport and surrounding 

communities, be approved as part of the 

Noise Compatibility Program under 

section 47504 of the Act. Preliminary 

review of the submitted material 

indicates that the amendment 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 February 21, 

2009. 

The FAA’s detailed evaluation will be 

conducted under the provisions of 14 

CFR part 150, section 150.33. The 

primary considerations in the 

evaluation process are whether the 

proposed measures may reduce the level 

of aviation safety or create an undue 

burden on interstate or foreign 

commerce, and whether they are 

reasonably consistent with obtaining the 

goal of reducing existing noncompatible land uses and preventing the 

introduction of additional noncompatible land uses. 

Interested persons are invited to 

comment on the proposed program 

amendment with specific reference to 

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these factors. All comments relating to 

these factors, 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, the FM’s evaluation of 

the maps, and the proposed amendment 

to the Noise Compatibility Program are 

available for examination at the 

following locations: Federal Aviation 

Administration, Jackson Airports 

District Office, 100 West Cross Street, 

Suite B, Jackson, Mississippi 39208. 

Questions may be directed to the 

individual named above under the 

heading, FOR FURTHER INFORMATION

CONTACT. 

Issued in Jackson, Mississippi on August 

29, 2008. 

Rans Black, 

Manager, Jackson Airports District Office. 

[FR Doc. E8–21187 Filed 9–12–08; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 4910–13–M 

DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION 

Federal Transit Administration 

Announcement of Project Selections 

for FY 2008 Clean Fuels Grant Program 

Discretionary Funds 

AGENCY: Federal Transit Administration, 

DOT. 

ACTION: Notice. 

SUMMARY: The U.S. Department of 

Transportation (DOT) Federal Transit 

Administration (FTA) announces the 

discretionary selection of projects that 

will be funded using the unallocated 

Fiscal Year (FY) 2008 Clean Fuels Grant 

program funds. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: The 

appropriate FTA Regional 

Administrator for grant-specific issues 

(see Appendix A); or Kimberly Sledge, 

Office of Program Management, 202– 

366–2053, for general information about 

the Clean Fuels Grant program. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 

Clean Fuels Grant Program 

A total of $28,753,000 million was 

available for discretionary allocation 

under the Clean Fuels Grant program in 

FY 2008. FTA published a notice of 

funding availability (NOFA) on May 22, 

2008, inviting proposals for funding 

under the program. The proposals that 

were submitted addressed a number of 

FTA priorities under the program, such 

as: Replacement of vehicles that had 

met their useful life, fleet expansion to 

improve service, and construction of 

clean fuels related facilities to support 

alternative fuel vehicles. FTA received 

proposals totaling over $350 million in 

response to the NOFA. 

In its evaluation of proposals, FTA 

considered the criteria specified in the 

NOFA as well as the productivity and 

efficiency of transit systems which 

applied for funding. FTA recognizes 

that there is an on-going need for critical 

investment in clean fuel vehicles and 

the facilities to support new 

technologies. FTA is awarding facility 

projects a considerable portion of the 

amount requested because grantees 

often do not receive enough funds to 

complete a facility project in one award. 

Projects selected for funding are shown 

in Table 1, which accompanies this 

announcement. The funding announced 

in this notice will be available for 

obligation until September 30, 2010. 

James S. Simpson, 

Administrator. 

Appendix A—FTA Regional Offices 

Region I—Massachusetts, Rhode Island, 

Connecticut, New Hampshire, Vermont and 

Maine 

Richard H. Doyle, FTA Regional 

Administrator, Volpe National 

Transportation Systems Center, Kendall 

Square, 55 Broadway, Suite 920, Cambridge, 

MA 02142–1093, (617) 494–2055. 

Region II—New York and New Jersey 

Brigid Hynes-Cherin, FTA Regional 

Administrator, One Bowling Green, Room 

429, New York, NY 10004–1415, (212) 668– 

2170. 


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