Notice2024-29705
Approval of Noise Compatibility Program Update, Naples Municipal Airport (APF), Naples, Florida
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Published
December 19, 2024
Effective
December 9, 2024
Issuing agencies
Transportation DepartmentFederal Aviation Administration
Abstract
The Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) announces its findings on the Noise Compatibility Program (NCP) Update submitted by the Naples Airport Authority (NAA) for the Naples Municipal Airport (the Airport). On December 9, 2021, the FAA determined that Noise Exposure Maps (NEMs) submitted by the NAA were in compliance with applicable requirements. The NCP Update was submitted to the FAA for review on June 14, 2023. After completing initial reviews, the FAA accepted the Noise Compatibility Program and initiated the review process on June 18, 2024. On December 9, 2024 the FAA approved the Naples Airport NCP Update. The NCP contains one noise abatement measure, three land use measures, and six program management measures for which the NAA seeks approval. The noise abatement measure proposed at the airport is related to revised flight procedures. No action is taken at this time on the proposed noise abatement measure as it requires further FAA review. The FAA approved the nine other measures.
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[Federal Register Volume 89, Number 244 (Thursday, December 19, 2024)]
[Notices]
[Pages 103917-103919]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [<a href="http://www.gpo.gov">www.gpo.gov</a>]
[FR Doc No: 2024-29705]
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DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION
Federal Aviation Administration
Approval of Noise Compatibility Program Update, Naples Municipal
Airport (APF), Naples, Florida
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 (NCP) Update submitted by
the Naples Airport Authority (NAA) for the Naples Municipal Airport
(the Airport). On December 9, 2021, the FAA determined that Noise
Exposure Maps (NEMs) submitted by the NAA were in compliance with
applicable requirements. The NCP Update was submitted to the FAA for
review on June 14, 2023. After completing initial reviews, the FAA
accepted the Noise Compatibility Program and initiated the review
process on June 18, 2024. On December 9, 2024 the FAA approved the
Naples Airport NCP Update. The NCP contains one noise abatement
measure, three land use measures, and six program management measures
for which the NAA seeks approval. The noise abatement measure proposed
at the airport is related to revised flight procedures. No action is
taken at this time on the proposed noise abatement measure as it
requires further FAA
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review. The FAA approved the nine other measures.
DATES: The effective date of the FAA's approval of the Naples Airport
NCP Update is December 9, 2024.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Peter Green, Federal Aviation
Administration, FAA Southern Region, Office of Airports (ASO-610), 1701
Columbia Avenue, College Park, Georgia 30337, (404) 305-6718.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: This notice announces the FAA's approval of
the Noise Compatibility Program Update for the Naples Municipal Airport
(the Airport), effective on December 9, 2024. Per United States Code
section 49 U.S.C. 47504 and Title 14, Code of Federal Regulations (CFR)
part 150, an airport sponsor who previously submitted a noise exposure
map (NEM) may submit to the FAA a noise compatibility program which
sets forth the measures taken or proposed by the airport sponsor for
the reduction of existing non-compatible land uses and prevention of
additional non-compatible land uses within the area covered by the
NEMs. As required by 49 U.S.C. 47504, such programs must be developed
in consultation with interested and affected parties including local
communities, government agencies, airport users, and the FAA. The FAA
does not substitute its judgment for that of the airport sponsor with
respect to which measures should be recommended for action. The FAA
approval or disapproval of an airport sponsor's recommendations in its
noise compatibility program are made in accordance with the
requirements and standards pursuant to 49 U.S.C. 47504 and 14 CFR part
150, which is limited to the following determinations:
a. The noise compatibility program was developed in accordance with
the provisions and procedures of 14 CFR 150.23;
b. Program measures are reasonably consistent with achieving the
goals of reducing existing non-compatible land uses around the airport
and preventing the introduction of additional non-compatible 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 of the FAA's approval of NCPs are delineated
in 14 CFR 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 an FAA implementing action. A request for
Federal action or approval to implement specific noise compatibility
measures may be required, and an FAA decision on the request may
require an environmental review of the proposed action. Approval does
not constitute a commitment by the FAA to assist financially in the
implementation of the noise compatibility program nor a determination
that all measures covered by the NCP are eligible for grant-in-aid
funding from the FAA. Where Federal funding is sought, requests must be
submitted to the FAA Orlando Airports District Office at 8427 SouthPark
Circle, Suite 524, Orlando, Florida 32819.
The Naples Airport Authority submitted the noise exposure maps,
descriptions, and other documentation produced during the noise
compatibility planning study to the FAA, and the FAA determined that
the NEMs for the Airport were in compliance with applicable
requirements under 14 CFR part 150. The NEMs became effective December
9, 2021 (Noise Exposure Map Notice for Naples Municipal Airport,
Naples, FL, 86 FR 71316 (December 15, 2021)). The NAA provided the FAA
with the NCP, based on the accepted NEMs, on June 14, 2023. The NAA
requested that the FAA review the submitted materials and that the
noise mitigation measures, to be implemented jointly by the airport and
surrounding communities, be approved as a NCP. The FAA initiated the
formal review period, limited by law to a maximum of 180 days, on June
18, 2024 and published a Notice of Intent to review the NCP in the
Federal Register on June 24, 2024 (Receipt of Noise Compatibility
Program Update and Request for Review at Naples Airport (APF), Naples,
FL, 89 FR 32531 (June 24, 2024)). The Federal Register Notice also
announced the start of the 60-day public review period for the NCP and
its documentation. The FAA received and considered comments from three
interested parties during the public review period.
The Airport NCP is comprised of actions designed for phased
implementation by airport management and adjacent jurisdictions within
the next one to five years. The NAA requested that the FAA evaluate and
approve this material as a noise compatibility program as described in
49 U.S.C. 47504. The FAA began its review of the program on June 18,
2024, and was required by a provision of 49 U.S.C. 47504 to approve or
disapprove the program within 180 days, other than the use of new or
modified flight procedures for noise control. The FAA's failure to
approve or disapprove such program within the 180-day period is deemed
an approval of such program.
The submitted program contains ten proposed measures to address
aviation noise and noncompatible land uses. The FAA completed its
review and determined that the procedural and substantive requirements
of 49 U.S.C. 47504 and 14 CFR part 150 were satisfied. A Record of
Approval for the overall program was issued by the FAA effective
December 9, 2024.
The specific program elements and their individual determinations
are as follows:
Noise Abatement Measure 1: Implement Procedures to Increase Glide
Slope to Runway End 5--No Action Required At This Time.
Land Use Measure 1: Create a Residential Sound Insulation Program--
Approved.
Land Use Measure 2: Encourage Comprehensive Planning; Consider
Amendments to Zoning and Building Codes--Approved.
Land Use Measure 3: Purchase Avigation Easements--Approved.
Program Management Measure 1: Monitor Implementation of NCP
Measures--Approved.
Program Management Measure 2: Design and Implement an Enhanced
``Fly Quiet'' Program--Approved.
Program Management Measure 3: Monitor Flight Tracks and Activity
Trends--Approved.
Program Management Measure 4: Continue Purchase and Installation of
NOMS--Approved.
Program Management Measure 5: Monitor and Determine Need for NEM
and/or NCP Update--Approved.
Program Management Measure 6: Continue Community Education and
Outreach--Approved.
These determinations are set forth in detail in the Record of
Approval signed by the FAA Division Director, Airports Division,
Southern Region on December 9, 2024. 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. The Record of
Approval is also available on the Naples Airport Part 150 Study website
at Noise
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and Land Use Compatibility Study Documents--Fly Naples.
Issued in Orlando, FL, on December 12, 2024.
Juan C. Brown,
Manager, Orlando Airports District Office.
[FR Doc. 2024-29705 Filed 12-18-24; 8:45 am]
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