[Federal Register Volume 83, Number 208 (Friday, October 26, 2018)]
[Notices]
[Pages 54166-54167]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2018-23404]


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DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION

Federal Aviation Administration


Receipt of Noise Compatibility Program and Request for Review for 
San Francisco International Airport, San Francisco, California

AGENCY: Federal Aviation Administration, Department of Transportation.

ACTION: Notice.

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SUMMARY: The Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) announces that it is 
reviewing a proposed noise compatibility program 2018 update that was 
submitted for San Francisco International Airport by the City and 
County of San Francisco, Airport Commission, under the provisions of 
the Aviation Safety and Noise Abatement Act, hereinafter referred to as 
``the Act'' and the Code of Federal Regulations (CFR). This program 
update was submitted subsequent to a determination by FAA that 
associated noise exposure maps submitted for San Francisco 
International Airport were in compliance with applicable requirements, 
effective January 29, 2016. The existing noise compatibility program 
for San Francisco International Airport was approved by the FAA on 
September 7, 1983. The proposed 2018 update to the noise compatibility 
program will be approved or disapproved on or before April 16, 2019.

DATES: FAA's review of the noise compatibility program update began on 
October 18, 2018. The public comment period ends December 26, 2018.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Camille Garibaldi, Environmental 
Protection Specialist, SFO-613, Federal Aviation Administration, San 
Francisco Airports District Office, 1000 Marina Boulevard, Suite 220, 
Brisbane, California 94005-1835; or by telephone at (650) 827-7613. 
Comments on the proposed noise compatibility program 2018 update should 
also be submitted to the above office.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: This notice announces that the FAA is 
reviewing a proposed 2018 update of the noise compatibility program for 
San Francisco International Airport, which will be approved or 
disapproved on or

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before April 16, 2019. This notice also announces the availability of 
the noise compatibility program 2018 update for public review and 
comment. 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 (49 U.S.C. 47501 et Seq.), 
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 2018 update for San Francisco International 
Airport, effective on October 18, 2018. 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 for the proposed 2018 update indicates that it conforms to 14 
CFR 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 April 16, 
2019.
    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 noise 
compatibility program 2018 update, 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 noise compatibility program 2018 update are available for 
examination at the following locations:

Federal Aviation Administration, Western Pacific Region, Office of 
Airports, 777 S Aviation Boulevard, Suite 150, El Segundo, California 
90245.

Federal Aviation Administration, San Francisco Airports District 
Office, 1000 Marina Blvd., Suite 220, Brisbane, California 94005-1835.

San Francisco International Airport, Bureau of Planning and 
Environmental Affairs, 710 North McDonnell Road, 3rd Floor, San 
Francisco, CA 94128.

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

    Issued in El Segundo, California, on October 18, 2018.
Arlene B. Draper,
Acting Director, Office of Airports, Western-Pacific Region, AWP-600.
[FR Doc. 2018-23404 Filed 10-25-18; 8:45 am]
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