[Federal Register Volume 74, Number 121 (Thursday, June 25, 2009)]
[Notices]
[Pages 30355-30356]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: E9-14988]


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DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION

Federal Aviation Administration


Approval of Noise Compatibility Program 14 CFR Part 150; General 
Mitchell International Airport, Milwaukee, WI

AGENCY: Federal Aviation Administration, DOT.

ACTION: Notice.

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SUMMARY: The Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) announces its 
findings on the noise compatibility program (NCP) submitted by General 
Mitchell International Airport 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). The General 
Mitchell International Airport noise exposure maps were determined by 
FAA to be in compliance with applicable requirements on December 24, 
2008. Notice of this determination was published in the Federal 
Register on January 15, 2009, Federal Register volume 74, number 10, 
page 2645.
    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 non-compatible 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.
    The submitted program contained sixteen proposed actions for noise 
mitigation on and off the airport, as applicable. The FAA completed its 
review and determined that the procedural and substantive requirements 
of the Act and FAR Part 150 have been satisfied.
    On June 4, 2009, the FAA approved the General Mitchell 
International Airport noise compatibility program. Ten of the sixteen 
recommendations of the program were approved. Six recommendations were 
disapproved at this time.
    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 Minneapolis Airports District Office.
    These determinations are set forth in detail in a Record of 
Approval signed by Deb Roth on June 4, 2009. 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

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General Mitchell International Airport. The Record of Approval also 
will be available on-line at http://www.faa.gov/airports_airtraffic/airports/environmental/airport_noise/part_150/states/.

DATES: Effective Date: The effective date of the FAA's approval of the 
General Mitchell International Airport noise compatibility program is 
June 4, 2009.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Mr. Glen Orcutt, Federal Aviation 
Administration, Minneapolis Airport District Office, 6020 28th Ave., 
South, Minneapolis, MN 55450, phone number (612) 713-4354. Documents 
reflecting this FAA action may be reviewed at this same location.

    Dated: June 9, 2009.

    Issued in Minneapolis, Minnesota.
Jesse Carriger,
Manager, Minneapolis Airports District Office, FAA Great Lakes Region.
[FR Doc. E9-14988 Filed 6-24-09; 8:45 am]
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