[Federal Register: December 24, 2003 (Volume 68, Number 247)]
[Notices]
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DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION
Federal Aviation Administration
Noise Exposure Map Notice for Bolton Field Airport, Columbus, OH
AGENCY: Federal Aviation Administration, DOT.
ACTION: Notice.
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SUMMARY: The Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) announces its
determination that the noise exposure maps submitted by the Columbus
Port Authority for Bolton Field Airport under the provisions of 49
U.S.C. 47501 et. seq. (Aviation Safety and Noise Abatement Act) and 14
CFR part 150 are in compliance with applicable requirements.
EFFECTIVE DATE: The effective date of the FAA's determination on the
noise exposure maps is December 5, 2003.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Ernest P. Gubry, Federal Aviation
Administration, Great Lakes Region, Detroit Airports District Office,
DET ADO-605, 11677 South Wayne Road, Suite 107, Romulus, Michigan
48174, (734) 229-2905.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: This notice announces that the FAA finds
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that the noise exposure maps submitted for Bolton Field Airport are in
compliance with applicable requirements of Part 150, effective December
5, 2003.
Under 49 U.S.C. section 47503 of the Aviation Safety and Noise
Abatement Act (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 the 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 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 maps and
accompanying documentation submitted by the Columbus Airport Authority.
The documentation that constitutes the ``noise exposure maps'' as
defined in section 150.7 of part 150 includes: Exhibit 3 ``Exhibit
(2001) Noise Exposure Map'' and Exhibit 6 ``Future (2006) Noise
Exposure Map'' in the submission. The FAA has determined that these
noise exposure maps and accompanying documentation for Bolton Field
Airport are in compliance with applicable requirements. This
determination is effective on December 5, 2003. The 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 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 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 part 150 or through the 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 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 noise exposure maps and of the FAA's evaluation of
the maps are available for examination at the following locations:
Federal Aviation Administration, Detroit Airports District Office,
11677 South Wayne Road, Suite 107, Romulus, Michigan 48174; Bolton
Field Airport, Airport Terminal Building, 2000 Norton Road, Columbus,
Ohio 43228.
Questions may be directed to the individual named above under the
heading, FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT.
Issued in Romulus, Michigan, December 5, 2003.
Winsome Lenfert,
Acting Manager, Detroit Airports District Office, FAA Great Lakes
Region.
[FR Doc. 03-31751 Filed 12-23-03; 8:45 am]
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