Notice2025-10587
Noise Compatibility Program for King County International Airport-Boeing Field, King County, Washington
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Published
June 11, 2025
Effective
June 6, 2025
Issuing agencies
Transportation DepartmentFederal Aviation Administration
Abstract
The Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) announces its determination that the noise exposure map submitted by King County for King County International Airport--Boeing Field is compliant with applicable statutory and regulatory requirements.
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[Federal Register Volume 90, Number 111 (Wednesday, June 11, 2025)]
[Notices]
[Pages 24696-24697]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [<a href="http://www.gpo.gov">www.gpo.gov</a>]
[FR Doc No: 2025-10587]
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DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION
Federal Aviation Administration
Noise Compatibility Program for King County International
Airport--Boeing Field, King County, Washington
AGENCY: Federal Aviation Administration, DOT.
ACTION: Acceptance of King County International Airport--Boeing Field
noise exposure map.
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SUMMARY: The Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) announces its
determination that the noise exposure map submitted by King County for
King County International Airport--Boeing Field is compliant with
applicable statutory and regulatory requirements.
DATES: The effective date of the FAA's determination on the noise
exposure map is June 6, 2025.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Sky M. Laron, 2200 S 216th Street, Des
Moines, WA 98198, (206) 231-4136.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The FAA determined the noise exposure map
submitted by King County for King County International Airport--Boeing
Field, is in compliance with applicable statutory and regulatory
requirements, effective June 6, 2025. Under title 49, United States
Code (U.S.C.) section 47503, an airport operator may submit to the FAA
noise exposure maps depicting non-compatible uses as of the date such
map is submitted, a description of estimated aircraft
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operations during a forecast period that is at least five years in the
future and how those operations will affect the map. A noise exposure
map must be prepared in accordance with title 14, Code of Federal
Regulations (CFR) part 150, the regulations promulgated pursuant to 49
U.S.C. 47502, and developed in consultation with public agencies and
planning authorities in the area surrounding the airport, state and
Federal agencies, interested and affected parties in the local
community, and aeronautical users of the airport. In addition, an
airport operator that submitted a noise exposure map, which the FAA
determined is compliant with statutory and regulatory requirements, may
submit a noise compatibility program for FAA approval that sets forth
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 completed its review of the noise exposure map and
supporting documentation submitted by King County and determined the
noise exposure map and accompanying documentation are compliant with
applicable requirements. The documentation that constitutes the Noise
Exposure Map includes: current and forecast NEM graphics (2023 Existing
Condition Noise Exposure Map and 2030 Future Condition Noise Exposure
Map), plus all other narrative, graphic, or tabular representations of
the data required by 14 CFR 150.101 and 49 U.S.C. 47503 and 47506. This
determination is effective on June 6, 2025. FAA's determination on an
airport's noise exposure map is limited to a finding that the noise
exposure map was developed in accordance with the 49 U.S.C. 47503 and
47506 and procedures contained in 14 CFR part 150, appendix A. FAA's
acceptance of an NEM 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 within noise exposure contours depicted on a noise exposure
map, 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 49 U.S.C. 47506. 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 14 CFR part 150 or through FAA review and
acceptance of a noise exposure map. 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 a noise exposure map or with those public and
planning agencies with which consultation is required under 49 U.S.C.
47503. The FAA relied on the certification by the airport operator,
under 14 CFR 150.21, that the required consultations and opportunity
for public review has been accomplished during the development of the
noise exposure maps. Copies of the noise exposure map and supporting
documentation and the FAA's evaluation of the noise exposure maps are
available for examination at the following locations:
Federal Aviation Administration, Northwest Mountain Region Airports
Division, 2200 S 216th Street, Des Moines, WA 98198.
King County International Airport--Boeing Field, 7277 Perimeter Rd.
S, Seattle, WA 98108.
Questions may be directed to the individual listed in the For
Further Information Contact section of this notice.
Issued in Des Moines, Washington on June 6, 2025.
William C. Garrison,
Director, Airports Division, Northwest Mountain Region.
[FR Doc. 2025-10587 Filed 6-10-25; 8:45 am]
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