
[Federal Register Volume 78, Number 27 (Friday, February 8, 2013)]
[Notices]
[Pages 9449-9450]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Printing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2013-02894]


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DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION

Federal Aviation Administration


Noise Exposure Map Notice, Southwest Florida International 
Airport, Fort Myers, FL

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 Lee County 
Port Authority for the Southwest Florida International 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.

DATES: This notice is effective February 8, 2013, and is applicable 
beginning January 30, 2013.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Allan Nagy, Federal Aviation 
Administration, Orlando Airports District Office, 5950 Hazeltine 
National Drive Citadel International Building, Suite 400, Orlando, FL 
32822, 407-812-6331.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: This notice announces that the FAA finds 
that the Noise Exposure Maps submitted for Southwest Florida 
International Airport are in compliance with applicable requirements of 
Title 14 Code of Federal Regulations (CFR) Part 150, effective November 
15, 2012. Under 49 U.S.C. section 47503 of the Aviation Safety and 
Noise Abatement Act (the Act), an airport operator may submit to the 
FAA Noise Exposure Maps which meet applicable regulations and which 
depict non-compatible 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 14 CFR 
Part 150, promulgated pursuant to the Act, may submit a Noise 
Compatibility Program for FAA approval which sets forth the measures 
the airport operator has taken or proposes to take to reduce existing 
non-compatible uses and prevent the introduction of additional non-
compatible uses.
    The FAA has completed its review of the Noise Exposure Maps and

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accompanying documentation submitted by the Lee County Port Authority. 
The documentation that constitutes the ``Noise Exposure Maps'' as 
defined in Section 150.7 of 14 CFR Part 150 includes: Table 4.1, RSW 
Noise Measurement Locations; Table 7.1, 2011 Annual Operations; Table 
7.2, 2011 Annual-Average Day Fleet Mix (Itinerant Operations); Table 
7.3, 2011 Annual-Average Day Fleet Mix (Local Operations); Table 7.4, 
2017 Annual Operations; Table 7.5, 2017 Annual-Average Day Fleet Mix 
(Itinerant Operations); Table 7.6, 2017 Annual-Average Day Fleet Mix 
(Local Operations); Table 7.7, 2011 and 2017 Air Carrier Aircraft Stage 
Length Percentages; Table 7.8, 2011 Runway Use Percentages; Table 7.9, 
2011 and 2017 Departure Flight Track Use Percentages; Table 7.10, 2011 
and 2017 Arrival Flight Track Use Percentages; Table 7.11, 2011 and 
2017 Local (Touch and Go) Flight Track Use Percentages; Table 8.1, 2012 
DNL Contour Surface Areas; Table 8.2, 2017 DNL Contour Surface Areas; 
Table 8.3, 14 CFR Part 150 Land Use Compatibility Guidelines; Table 
8.4, Lee County Airport Noise Zones; Figure 1.2, Airport Location Map; 
Figure 1.3, Existing Land Uses; Figure 2.1, Airport Diagram; Figure 2-
2, U.S. National Airspace System; Figure 2.3, Southwest Florida 
International Airspace; Figure 2-7, RSW Published Arrivals and 
Departures; Figure 5.1, RSW RNAV Departures Established Since the 2006 
14 CFR Part 150 Study; Figure 5-2, RSW RNAV Arrivals Established Since 
the 2006 14 CFR Part 150 Study; Figure 5-3, Monthly Operations; Figure 
7.1, Modeled Flight Tracks--Northeast Flow; Figure 7.2, Modeled Flight 
Tracks--Southwest Flow; Figure 7.3, Modeled Flight Tracks--Touch and 
Go; Figure 8.1, 2012 DNL Noise Contours; Figure 8.2, 2017 DNL Noise 
Contours; Figure 8.3, Future Land Use; Figure 8.4, Airport Noise Zones; 
Appendix C, RSW Published IFR Procedures; Appendix L, Map ``A'' 2012 
NEM and Map ``B'', 2017; NEM Chapter 9, Page 9-1, Airport Sponsor's 
Noise Exposure Map Certification; November 1, 2012 Airport Sponsor NEM 
Submittal Letter.
    The FAA has determined that these Noise Exposure Maps and 
accompanying documentation are in compliance with applicable 
requirements. This determination is effective on January 30, 2013.
    FAA's determination on the 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 14 CFR Part 150. Such 
determination does not constitute approval of the airport operator'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 exposure 
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 14 CFR 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 that 
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 14 CFR Part 150, that the statutorily required 
consultation has been accomplished.
    Copies of the full Noise Exposure Maps documentation and of the 
FAA's evaluation of the maps are available for examination at the 
following locations: Federal Aviation Administration, Orlando Airports 
District Office, 5950 Hazeltine National Drive, Citadel International 
Building, Suite 400, Orlando, FL 32822.
    Questions may be directed to the individual named above under the 
heading, FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT.

    Issued in Orlando, FL, on January 30, 2013.
Bart Vernace,
Manager, Orlando Airports District Office, Federal Aviation 
Administration.
[FR Doc. 2013-02894 Filed 2-7-13; 8:45 am]
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