[Federal Register Volume 87, Number 134 (Thursday, July 14, 2022)]
[Notices]
[Pages 42262-42263]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2022-15007]


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DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION

Federal Aviation Administration


Noise Exposure Maps for Jack Northup/Hawthorne Municipal Airport, 
Hawthorne, Los Angeles County, California

AGENCY: Federal Aviation Administration, DOT.

ACTION: Notice of acceptance of Noise Exposure Maps.

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SUMMARY: The Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) announces its 
determination that the noise exposure maps submitted by the City of 
Hawthorne for Jack Northup/Hawthorne Municipal Airport are in 
compliance with applicable requirements.

DATES: The effective date of the FAA's determination on the noise 
exposure maps is July 8, 2022.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: David B. Kessler, AICP, Regional 
Environmental Protection Specialist, 777 South Aviation Boulevard, El 
Segundo, California 90045. Telephone 424-405-7315.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: This notice announces that the FAA finds 
that the noise exposure maps submitted for Jack Northup/Hawthorne 
Municipal Airport are in compliance with applicable requirements, 
effective July 8, 2022. Under 49 U.S.C. 47503 of the Aviation Safety 
and Noise Abatement Act (hereinafter referred to as ``the Act''), and 
Title 14, Code of Federal Regulations (CFR) part 150, 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 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 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 Hawthorne. The 
documentation that constitutes the ``Noise Exposure Maps'' as defined 
in section 150.7 of part 150 includes: the radar flight tracks (Chapter 
2; Exhibit 2C); the existing and future consolidated arrival, 
departure, local and helicopter flight tracks (Chapter 2; Exhibits 2D, 
2E, 2F); the 2020 Noise Exposure Map (Introduction, Exhibit 1) and 2025 
Noise Exposure Map (Introduction, Exhibit 2), both depicting the runway 
location, airport boundaries, and location of noise sensitive public 
buildings over a land use map of a sufficient scale and quality to 
discern streets and other identifiable geographic features; the 
location of the noise monitoring sites (Chapter 2; Table 2H, Exhibit 
2J); and the estimates of the number of people residing within the CNEL 
65, 70, and 75 dB contours in 2020 and 2025 (Chapter 3; Table 3B, Table 
3D). The FAA has determined that these noise exposure maps and 
accompanying documentation are in compliance with applicable 
requirements. This determination is effective on July 8, 2022.
    FAA's determination on an 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 part 150. Such determination 
does not constitute approval of the applicant'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 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 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 part 150, that the 
statutorily required consultation has been accomplished.
    Copies of the full noise exposure map documentation and of the 
FAA's evaluation of the maps are available for examination online at 
https://hawthornenoise.airportstudy.net/ as well as the following 
locations:

Federal Aviation Administration, Los Angeles Airports District Office, 
777 South Aviation Boulevard, Suite 150, El Segundo, California 90045
Hawthorne City Hall, 2nd Floor Engineering Department, 4455 West 126th 
Street, Hawthorne, California 90250
Hawthorne Airport Administration Office, 12101 Crenshaw Blvd. Suite 
#300, Hawthorne, California 90250


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

    Issued in El Segundo, California, on July 8, 2022.
William C. Garrison,
Acting Director, Airports Division, Western-Pacific Region.
[FR Doc. 2022-15007 Filed 7-13-22; 8:45 am]
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