[Federal Register Volume 85, Number 151 (Wednesday, August 5, 2020)]
[Notices]
[Pages 47464-47465]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2020-17014]


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DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION

Federal Aviation Administration


Receipt of Noise Compatibility Program and Request for Review

AGENCY: Federal Aviation Administration (FAA), 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 
San Carlos Airport under the provisions of the Aviation Safety and 
Noise Abatement Act, hereinafter referred to as ``the Act,'' by the 
County of San Mateo. This program was submitted subsequent to a 
determination by FAA that associated noise exposure maps for San Carlos 
Airport were in compliance with applicable requirements, effective 
April 23, 2019. The proposed 2019 noise compatibility program will be 
approved or disapproved on or before January 26, 2021.

DATES: The effective date of the start of FAA's review of the noise 
compatibility program 2019 is July 30, 2020. The public comment period 
ends September 28, 2020.

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 2019 should be 
emailed to 9-awp-sfo-ado-communications@faa.gov or mailed to the above 
office.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: This notice announces that the FAA is 
reviewing a proposed 2019 noise compatibility program for San Carlos 
Airport, which will be approved or disapproved on or before January 26, 
2021. This notice also announces the

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availability of the San Carlos Airport noise compatibility program 2019 
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, 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 2019 for San Carlos Airport, effective on July 30, 2020. 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 2019 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 
January 26, 2021.
    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 2019 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 2019 are available for examination at the 
following locations:

http://sancarlosnoise.airportstudy.com/noise-study-documents/
San Mateo County Airports
San Carlos Airport, 620 Airport Drive, Suite 10, San Carlos, CA 94070-
2714

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

    Issued in El Segundo, California on July 30, 2020.
Mark A. McClardy,
Director, Office of Airports, Western-Pacific Region, AWP-600.
[FR Doc. 2020-17014 Filed 8-4-20; 8:45 am]
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