Noise Exposure Map Notice; Receipt of Noise Compatibility Program and Request for Review Central Florida Regional Airport Sanford, FL

DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION

Federal Aviation Administration

Noise Exposure Map Notice; Receipt of Noise Compatibility Program

and Request for Review Central Florida Regional Airport Sanford, FL

AGENCY: Federal Aviation Administration, DOT.

ACTION: Notice.

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SUMMARY: The Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) announces its

determination that the revised future noise exposure map submitted by

the Sanford Airport Authority, Sanford, Florida for The Central Florida

Regional 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. The FAA also announces that

it is reviewing a proposed noise compatibility program that was

submitted for The Central Florida Regional Airport under part 150 in

conjunction with the noise exposure maps, and that this program will be

approved or disapproved on or before October 16, 1994. This program was

submitted subsequent to a determination by FAA that the associated

existing noise exposure map submitted under 14 CFR part 150 for The

Central Florida Regional Airport was in compliance with applicable

requirements effective September 16, 1993.

EFFECTIVE DATE: The effective date of the FAA's determination on the

revised future noise exposure map and of the start of its review of the

associated noise compatibility program is April 19, 1994. The public

comment period ends June 18, 1994.

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. Comments on the proposed noise

compatibility program should also be submitted to the above office.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The notice announces that the FAA finds that

the revised future noise exposure map submitted for The Central Florida

Regional Airport is in compliance with applicable requirements of part

150, effective April 19, 1994. Further, FAA is reviewing a proposed

noise compatibility program for that airport which will be approved or

disapproved on or before October 16, 1994. This notice also announces

the availability of this program for public review and comment.

Under section 103 of Title I 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 to 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 Sanford Airport Authority, Sanford, Florida, submitted to the

FAA on March 8, 1994, a revised future noise exposure map, descriptions

and other documentation which were produced during the Central Florida

Regional Airport FAR part 150 Study conducted between September, 1992

and February, 1994. It was requested that the FAA review this material

as the future noise exposure map, as described in section 103(a)(1) of

the Act, and that the noise mitigation measures, to be implemented

jointly by the airport and surrounding communities, be approved as a

noise compatibility program under section 104(b) of the Act.

The FAA has completed its review of the revised future noise

exposure map and related descriptions submitted by the Sanford Airport

Authority, Sanford, Florida. The specific map under consideration is

``Future (1998) DNL Noise Contours With Recommended Controls'' in the

submission. The FAA has determined that this map for The Central

Florida Regional Airport is in compliance with applicable requirements.

This determination is effective on April 19, 1994. FAA's determination

on an airport operator's noise exposure maps is limited to a funding

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 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 Sec. 150.21

of FAR part 150 that the statutorily required consultation has been

accomplished.

The FAA has formally received the noise compatibility program for

The Central Florida Regional Airport, also effective on April 19, 1994.

Preliminary review of the submitted material indicated that it 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 October 16, 1994.

The FAA's detailed evaluation will be conducted under the

provisions of 14 CFR part 150, Sec. 150.33. The primary considerations

in the evaluation process are whether the proposed measures may reduce

the level of aviation safety, create an undue burden on interstate or

foreign commerce, or be reasonable 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 program with

specific reference to these factors. All Comments, 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 FAA's evaluation of the maps, and the proposed noise compatibility

program are available for examination at the following locations:

Federal Aviation Administration, Orlando Airports District Office,

9677 Tradeport Drive, suite 130 Orlando, Florida 32827-5397.

Sanford Airport Authority, Central Florida Regional Airport, 2735

Mellonville Avenue, Sanford, FL 32772-0818.

Questions may be directed to the individual named above under the

heading, FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT.

Issued in Orlando, Florida, April 19, 1994.

W. Dean Stringer,

Assistant Manager, Orlando Airports District Office.

[FR Doc. 94-11408 Filed 5-10-94; 8:45 am]

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