
[Federal Register: October 19, 2010 (Volume 75, Number 201)]
[Notices]               
[Page 64393-64394]
From the Federal Register Online via GPO Access [wais.access.gpo.gov]
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DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION

Federal Aviation Administration

 
Approval of Noise Compatibility Program for Chicago Executive 
Airport, Prospect Heights and Wheeling, IL

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 the 
Chicago Executive Airport Board of Directors for Chicago Executive 
Airport under the provisions of 49 U.S.C. 47501 et seq. (the Aviation 
Safety and Noise Abatement Act, herein referred to as ``the Act'') and 
14 CFR part 150. On March 1, 2010, the FAA determined that the noise 
exposure maps submitted by Chicago Executive Airport Board of Directors 
for Chicago Executive Airport were in compliance with applicable 
requirements. On September 30, 2010, the FAA approved the Chicago 
Executive Airport noise compatibility program. Twenty-one of the 
twenty-seven recommendations of the program were approved.

DATES: Effective Date: The effective date of the FAA's approval of the 
Chicago Executive Airport noise compatibility program is September 30, 
2010.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Ms. Amy Hanson, Environmental 
Protection Specialist, CHI-603, Federal Aviation Administration, 
Chicago Airport District Office, 2300 East Devon Avenue, Des Plaines, 
IL 60018. Telephone number: 847-294-7354. Documents reflecting this FAA 
action may also be reviewed at this same location.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: This notice announces that the FAA has given 
its approval to the Noise Compatibility Program for Chicago Executive 
Airport, effective October 1, 2010.
    The Chicago Executive Airport Board of Directors for Chicago 
Executive Airport submitted to the FAA the noise exposure maps, 
descriptions, and other documentation produced during the noise 
compatibility study. The Chicago Executive Airport noise exposure maps 
were determined by the FAA to be in compliance with applicable 
requirements on March 1, 2010. Notice of this determination was 
published in the Federal Register on March 12, 2010, Volume 75, Number 
48, pages 11990 and 11991.
    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. 
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 of 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 grants 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 of navigable airspace and 
air traffic control systems, or adversely affecting other powers and 
responsibilities of the Administrator prescribed by law.
    The submitted program included twenty-seven proposed actions for 
noise mitigation on and off the airport, as applicable. The FAA 
completed is review and determined that the procedural and substantive 
requirements of the Act and FAR Part 150 have been satisfied.
    On October 1, 2010, the FAA approved the Chicago Executive Airport 
noise compatibility program. Twenty-one of the twenty-seven 
recommendations of the program were approved.

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    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 Chicago Airports District Office.
    These determinations are set forth in detail in a Record of 
Approval signed by Susan Schalk on October 1, 2010. 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 Chicago Executive 
Airport. The Record of Approval also will be available online at: 
http://www.faa.gov/airports/environmental/airport_noise/part_150/
states/.

    Issued in Des Plaines, IL, October 6, 2010.
James G. Keefer,
Manager, Chicago Airports District Office.
[FR Doc. 2010-26324 Filed 10-18-10; 8:45 am]
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