
[Federal Register: June 19, 2008 (Volume 73, Number 119)]
[Notices]               
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From the Federal Register Online via GPO Access [wais.access.gpo.gov]
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DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION

Federal Aviation Administration

 
Receipt of Noise Compatibility Program and Request for Review; 
McCarran International Airport, Las Vegas, NV

AGENCY: Federal Aviation Administration, DOT.

ACTION: Notice.

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SUMMARY: The Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) announces that it is 
reviewing a proposed noise compatibility program that was submitted for 
McCarran International Airport (LAS) 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 Clark County, 
Nevada. This program was submitted subsequent to a determination by FAA 
that associated noise exposure maps submitted under 14 CFR Part 150 for 
LAS were in compliance with applicable requirements, effective July 10, 
2007 (72 FR 40357). The proposed noise compatibility program will be 
approved or disapproved on or before December 6, 2008.

EFFECTIVE DATE: The effective date of the start of FAA's review of the 
noise compatibility program is June 9, 2008. The public comment period 
ends August 8, 2008.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: David B. Kessler, AICP, Regional 
Environmental Protection Specialist, Federal Aviation Administration, 
Western Pacific Region, P.O. Box 92007, Los Angeles, CA 90009-2007, 
Telephone 310/725-3615. Comments on the proposed noise compatibility 
program should also be submitted to the above office.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: This notice announces that the FAA is 
reviewing a proposed noise compatibility program for LAS, which will be 
approved or disapproved on or before December 6, 2008. This notice also 
announces the availability of this program for public review and 
comment.
    An airport operator who has submitted noise exposure maps that are 
found by FAA to be in compliance with

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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 non-compatible uses and prevent 
the introduction of additional non-compatible uses.
    The FAA has formally received the noise compatibility program for 
LAS, effective on June 9, 2008. The airport operator has requested that 
the FAA review this material 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 47504 of the 
Act. Preliminary review of the submitted material indicates that it 
conforms to FAR Part 150 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 
December 6, 2008.
    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 non-
compatible land uses and preventing the introduction of additional non-
compatible land uses.
    Interested persons are invited to comment on the proposed program 
with specific reference to 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 and the proposed noise compatibility 
program are available for examination at the following locations:

Federal Aviation Administration, National Headquarters, Planning and 
Environmental Division, APP-400, 800 Independence Avenue, SW., Room 
615E, Washington, DC 20591;
Federal Aviation Administration, Western-Pacific Region Office, 
Airports Division, Room 3012, 15000 Aviation Boulevard, Hawthorne, 
California 90261;
Federal Aviation Administration, Western Pacific Region, San Francisco 
Airports District Office, 831 Mitten Road, Suite 210, Burlingame, 
California 94010;
Randall H. Walker, Director of Aviation, Clark County Department of 
Aviation, P.O. Box 11005, Las Vegas, Nevada 89111-1005.

    Questions may be directed to the individual named above under the 
heading, FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT.

    Issued in Hawthorne, California on June 9, 2008.
Winsome A. Lenfert,
Acting Manager, Airports Division, AWP-600, Western-Pacific Region.
[FR Doc. E8-13542 Filed 6-18-08; 8:45 am]

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