[Federal Register Volume 65, Number 246 (Thursday, December 21, 2000)]
[Notices]
[Pages 80479-80480]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 00-32520]
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DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION
Federal Aviation Administration
Noise Exposure Map Notice, Tampa International Airport, Tampa,
Florida
AGENCY: Federal Aviation Administration, DOT.
ACTION: Notice.
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SUMMARY: The Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) announces its
determination that the existing conditions noise exposure map submitted
by Hillsborough County Aviation Authority for Tampa International
Airport under the provisions of Title I of the Aviation Safety and
Noise Abatement Act of 1979 (Pub. L. 96-193) and 14 CFR Part 150 is in
compliance with applicable requirements.
EFFECTIVE DATE: The effective date of the FAA's determination on the
existing conditions noise exposure map is December 5, 2000.
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, Extension 29.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: This notice announces that the FAA finds
that the existing conditions noise exposure map submitted for Tampa
International Airport is in compliance with applicable requirements of
Part 150, effective December 5, 2000. The 5-year noise exposure map was
not revised.
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 Regulations (FAR) Part 150, promulgated pursuant to Title I of
the Act, may submit a noise compatibility program for FAA approval
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 noise exposure map and
related descriptions submitted by Hillsborough County Aviation
Authority. The specific map under consideration is ``2000 Existing
Conditions Noise Exposure Map with Revised Noise Compatibility
Program'' shown as Figure 6-3R in the submission. The FAA has
determined that this map for Tampa International Airport is in
compliance with applicable requirements. This determination is
effective on December 5, 2000. FAA's determination on an airport
operator's noise exposure map is limited to a finding that the map was
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 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 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 noise exposure map and of the FAA's evaluation of the
map is available for examination at the following locations:
Federal Aviation Administration, Orlando Airports District Office, 9677
Tradeport Drive, Suite 130, Orlando, Florida 32827-5397
Hillsborough County Aviation Authority, Tampa International Airport,
3rd Floor, Blue Side, Landside Terminal Building, Tampa, FL 33607
Questions may be directed to the individual named above under the
heading, FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT.
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Issued in Orlando, Florida, December 5, 2000.
W. Dean Stringer,
Manager, Orlando Airports District Office.
[FR Doc. 00-32520 Filed 12-20-00; 8:45 am]
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