
[Federal Register Volume 84, Number 21 (Thursday, January 31, 2019)]
[Notices]
[Pages 880-881]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2019-00566]


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DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION

Federal Aviation Administration


Noise Exposure Map Notice; Hartsfield-Jackson International 
Airport, Atlanta, GA

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 City of 
Atlanta/Department of Aviation for Hartsfield-Jackson International 
Airport 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: The date of the FAA's determination on the noise exposure maps 
is December 19, 2018.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Felicia Reeves, Federal Aviation 
Administration, Southern Region/Atlanta Airports District Office, 1701 
Columbia Ave., Room 220, College Park, GA 30337, (404) 305-6708.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: This notice announces that the FAA finds 
that the Noise Exposure Maps submitted for Hartsfield-Jackson 
International Airport are in compliance with applicable requirements of 
Title 14 Code of Federal Regulations (CFR) Part 150, effective December 
19, 2018. Under 49 U.S.C. 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 
accompanying documentation submitted by the City of Atlanta/Department 
of Aviation. The documentation that constitutes the ``Noise Exposure 
Maps'' as defined in 14 CFR 150.7 includes: Map A--Existing (Year 2017) 
Noise Exposure Map, Map B--Future (Year 2022), Flight Track System-
Generated Flight Tracks, 2017 East/West Flow Corridors and Departure 
Profiles. The FAA has determined that these Noise Exposure Maps and 
accompanying documentation are in compliance with applicable 
requirements. This determination is effective on December 19, 2018.
    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 14 CFR 150.21, that the statutorily required consultation has 
been accomplished.

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    Copies of the full Noise Exposure Maps documentation and of the 
FAA's evaluation of the maps are available for examination by 
appointment at the following locations: Federal Aviation 
Administration, Atlanta Airports District Office, 1701 Columbia Ave., 
Room 220, College Park GA 30337.
    To arrange an appointment to review the documents and any questions 
may be directed to the individual named above under the heading, FOR 
FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT.

    Issued in Atlanta Airports District Office, College Park, GA on 
December 19, 2018.
Jesse Carriger,
ASO-610 Branch Manager, Southern Region Airports Division.
[FR Doc. 2019-00566 Filed 1-30-19; 8:45 am]
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