Approval of Noise Compatibility Program Phoenix Sky Harbor
International Airport, Phoenix, Arizona
[Federal Register: September 27, 2001 (Volume 66, Number 188)]
[Notices]
[Page 49446-49448]
From the Federal Register Online via GPO Access [wais.access.gpo.gov]
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DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION
Federal Aviation Administration
Approval of Noise Compatibility Program Phoenix Sky Harbor
International Airport, Phoenix, Arizona
AGENCY: Federal Aviation Administration, DOT.
ACTION: Notice.
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SUMMARY: The Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) announces its
findings on the Noise Compatibility Program Submitted by the city of
Phoenix, Phoenix, Arizona, under the provisions of Title I of the
Aviation Safety and Noise Abatement Act of 1979 (Pub. L. 96-193) and
Title 14, Code of Federal Regulations, part 150 (FAR part 150). These
findings are made in recognition of the description of Federal and
nonfederal responsibilities in Senate Report No. 96-52 (1980). On
October 10, 2000, the FAA determined that the noise exposure maps
submitted by the city of Phoenix under FAR Part 150 were in compliance
with applicable requirements. On September 7, 2001, the Acting
Associate Administrator for Airports approved the Phoenix Sky Harbor
International Airport Noise Compatibility Program. All thirty-two
program measures have been approved. Nine measures were approved as
voluntary measures and twenty-three measures were approved outright.
EFFECTIVE DATES: The effective date of the FAA's approval of the
Phoenix Sky Harbor International airport Noise Compatibility Program is
September 7, 2001.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Brian Armstrong, Airport Planner,
Airports Division, AWP-611.1, Federal Aviation Administration, Western-
Pacific Region. Mailing address: P.O. Box 92007, Los Angeles,
California 90009-2007. Telephone: (310) 725-3614. Street address: 15000
Aviation Boulevard, Hawthorne, California 90261. Documents reflecting
this FAA action may be reviewed at this location.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: This notice announces that the FAA has given
its overall approval to the Noise
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Compatibility Program for the Phoenix Sky Harbor International Airport,
effective September 7, 2001. Under section 104(a) of the Aviation
Safety and Noise Abatement Act of 1979 (hereinafter referred to as
``the Act''), an airport operator who has previously submitted a Noise
Exposure Map, may submit to the FAA, a Noise Compatibility Program
which sets forth the measures taken or proposed by the airport operator
for the reduction of existing noncompatible land uses and prevention of
additional noncompatible land uses within the area covered by the Noise
Exposure Maps. The Act requires such programs to be developed in
consultation with interested and affected parties including local
communities, government agencies, airport users, and FAA personnel.
Each airport Noise Compatibility Program developed in accordance
with FAR Part 150 is a local program, not a federal program. The FAA
does not substitute its judgment for that of the airport proprietor
with respect to which measures should be recommended for action. The
FAA's approval or disapproval of FAR part 150 program recommendations
is measured according to the standards expressed in FAR part 150 and is
limited to the following determinations:
a. The Noise Compatibility Program was developed in accordance with
the provisions and procedures of FAR part 150;
b. Program measures are reasonably consistent with achieving the
goals of reducing existing noncompatible land uses around the airport
and preventing the introduction of additional noncompatible land uses;
c. Program measures would not create an undue burden on interstate
or foreign commerce, unjustly discriminate against types or classes of
aeronautical uses, violate the terms of airport grant agreements, or
intrude into areas preempted by the Federal Government; and
d. Program measures relating to the use of flight procedures can be
implemented within the period covered by the program without derogating
safety, adversely affecting the efficient use and management of the
navigable airspace and air traffic control systems, or adversely
affecting other powers and responsibilities of the Administrator
prescribed by law.
Specific limitations with respect to FAA's approval of an airport
Noise Compatibility Program are delineated in FAR part 150, Sec. 150.5.
Approval is not a determination concerning the acceptability of land
uses under Federal, State, or local law. Approval does not by itself
constitute a FAA implementing action. A request for Federal action or
approval to implement specific noise compatibility measures may be
required, and a FAA decision on the request may require an
environmental assessment of the proposed action. Approval does not
constitute a commitment by the FAA to financially assist in the
implementation of the program nor a determination that all measures
covered by the program are eligible for grant-in-aid funding from the
FAA. Where Federal funding is sought, requests for project grants must
be submitted to the FAA Airports Division office in Hawthorne,
California.
The city of Phoenix submitted the Noise Exposure Maps,
descriptions, and other documentation produced during the noise
compatibility planning study conducted from November 1998 through
October 2000 to the FAA on October 2, 2001. The Phoenix Sky Harbor
International Airport Noise Exposure maps were determined by FAA to be
in compliance with applicable requirements on october 10, 2000. Notice
of this determination was published in the Federal Register on October
25, 2000.
The Phoenix Sky Harbor International Airport study contains a
proposed Noise Compatibility Program comprised of actions designed for
implementation by airport management and adjacent jurisdictions. It was
requested that the FAA evaluate and approve this material as a Noise
Compatibility Program as described in section 104(b) of the Act. The
FAA began its review of the program on March 12, 2001, and was required
by a provision of the Act to approve or disapprove the program within
180 days (other than the use of new flight procedures for noise
control). Failure to approve or disapprove such program within the 180-
day period shall be deemed to be an approval of such program.
The submitted programs contained thirty-two proposed actions for
noise mitigation on and off the airport. The FAA completed its review
and determined that the procedural and substantive requirements of the
Act and FAR Part 150 have been satisfied. The Acting Associate
Administrator for Airports approved the overall program effective
September 7, 2001.
All thirty-two program measures have been approved. The following
nine measures were approved as voluntary measures: Continue the runway
use program calling for the equalization of departure operations to the
east and west for both daytime and nighttime; Continue promoting use of
AC 91-53A Noise Abatement Departure Procedures by air carrier jets;
Continue promoting use of NBAA Noise Abatement Procedures or equivalent
manufacturer procedures, by general aviation jet aircraft; Continue DP
(departure) procedure for Runway 26L (now 25R) requiring a turn to a
240-degree heading; Continue the 4-DME departure route procedure which
overflies the Salt River by all jets and large propeller aircraft
departing Runway 8L/R (now 8 and 7L); Implement the 4-DME departure
route procedure for all jet and large propeller aircraft departing
Runway 7 (now 7R); Direct propeller aircraft departing Runway 7 (now
7R) to turn to a 120-degree heading upon reaching the end of the
runway; Direct aircraft departing Runway 25 (now 25L) to turn to a 240-
degree heading upon reaching the end of the runway; and, Establish a
side-step approach to Runway 25 (now 25L) for noise abatement.
The following twenty-three measures were approved outright:
Continue requiring compliance with the Airport Engine Test Run-up
Policy; Encourage the use of DGPS, RNAV, and FMS equipment to enhance
noise abatement navigation; Build engine maintenance run-up enclosure;
Support 161st Air Refueling Wing of the Arizona Air National Guard's
efforts to re-engine KC-135 Aircraft; Sound insulate single family
homes within the 1992 65 DNL contour and single family homes outside
the 1992 65 DNL contour but inside the 1999 65 DNL Contour; Sound
Insulate approximately ten schools within the 1999 65 DNL Contour;
Acoustical Treatment of Community Center and place of worship
classrooms/meeting rooms within the 1999 65 DNL Contour; Voluntary
Acquisition and Redevelopment: Acquire dwellings north and west (to 7th
street) of the airport within the 1999 [65 and]
70 DNL Contour;
Exchange dwellings impacted within the 70 DNL noise contour with a
dwelling outside the 65 DNL noise contour; Update General Plans to
reflect the 1999 noise contour planning boundary from Part 150 Study as
basis for noise compatibility planning; Amend General Plan designations
to reflect existing compatible and existing lower density land uses
within the Noise Contour Planning Boundary (NCPB); General Plan
Amendment: Amend Mixed Use designations within the 1999 65 DNL contour
to exclude residential; Enact guidelines specifying noise compatibility
criteria for the review of development projects within the Noise
Contour Planning Boundary (NCPB); Retain compatible land use zoning
within the Noise Contour Planning Boundary (NCPB); Amend
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Zoning Map to reflect General Plan and existing compatibile land uses
within the Noise Contour Planning Boundary (NCPB); Encourage rezoning
several large tracts of land currently developed with low density
residential but zoned for higher density non-compatible land uses
within the 1999 65 DNL noise exposure contour; Enact overlay zoning to
provide noise compatibility land use standards near Airport;
Subdivision Regulation Amendment: Require recording of fair disclosure
agreements and covenants and over flights within the Noise Contour
Planning Boundary (NCPB); Building Code Amendment: Enact construction
standards within the Noise Contour Planning Boundary (NCPB); Continue
noise abatement information program; Monitor implementation of updated
Noise Compatibility Program; Update Noise Exposure Maps and Noise
Compatibility Program; and, Expand flight track monitoring coverage.
These determinations are set forth in-detail in a Record of
Approval endorsed by the Acting Associate Administrator for Airports on
September 7, 2001. The Record of Approval, as well as other evaluation
materials and the documents comprising the submittal are available for
review at the FAA office listed above and at the administrative offices
of the city of Phoenix, Phoenix, Arizona.
Issued in Hawthorne, California on September 18, 2001.
Herman C. Bliss,
Manager, Airports Division, AWP-600, Western-Pacific Region.
[FR Doc. 01-24218 Filed 9-26-01; 8:45 am]
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