Notice2024-04334
Noise Exposure Maps; Martha's Vineyard Airport
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Published
March 1, 2024
Effective
February 26, 2024
Issuing agencies
Transportation DepartmentFederal Aviation Administration
Abstract
The Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) announces its determination that the noise exposure maps submitted by Martha's Vineyard Airport Commission for Martha's Vineyard Airport under the provisions of the Aviation Safety and Noise Abatement Act are in compliance with applicable requirements.
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[Federal Register Volume 89, Number 42 (Friday, March 1, 2024)]
[Notices]
[Pages 15254-15255]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [<a href="http://www.gpo.gov">www.gpo.gov</a>]
[FR Doc No: 2024-04334]
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DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION
Federal Aviation Administration
Noise Exposure Maps; Martha's Vineyard Airport
ACTION: Notice of acceptance of a noise exposure map.
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SUMMARY: The Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) announces its
determination that the noise exposure maps submitted by Martha's
Vineyard Airport Commission for Martha's Vineyard Airport under the
provisions of the Aviation Safety and Noise Abatement Act are in
compliance with applicable requirements.
DATES: The FAA's determination on the noise exposure maps is effective
February 26, 2024.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Cheryl Quaine, Federal Aviation
Administration, New England Regional Office Environmental Protection
Specialist, Airports Division, Federal Aviation Administration, 1200
District Avenue, Burlington, Massachusetts 01803. Phone number: 781-
238-7613.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: This notice announces that the FAA finds
that the noise exposure maps submitted for Martha's Vineyard Airport
are in compliance with applicable requirements of 14 CFR part 150,
effective (Note 1). Under the Aviation Safety and Noise Abatement Act
(hereinafter referred to as ``the Act'') (49 U.S.C. 47503), 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 Federal Aviation Regulations (FAR) 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 noncompatible uses.
The FAA has completed its review of the noise exposure maps and
accompanying documentation submitted by Martha's Vineyard Airport
Commission. The specific maps under consideration were ``Figure 6-1
Existing Conditions (2023) NEM page 6-3 and Figure 6-2 Forecast
Conditions (2028) NEM page 6-5 in the submission. The FAA has
determined that these noise exposure maps and accompanying
documentation are in compliance with applicable requirements. This
determination is effective on February 26, 2024.
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 FAR 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 FAR 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
at the following locations:
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Martha's Vineyard Airport, 71 Airport Rd., West Tisbury, MA 02575
Federal Aviation Administration, New England Region, Airports Division,
1200 District Avenue, Burlington, Massachusetts 01803
Questions may be directed to the individual named above under the
heading FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT.
Issued in New England Regional Office, Burlington, MA, on
February 26, 2024.
Julie Seltsam-Wilps,
Deputy Director, ANE-600.
[FR Doc. 2024-04334 Filed 2-29-24; 8:45 am]
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