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SUBCHAPTER I—AIRPORTS 

PART 150—AIRPORT NOISE 
COMPATIBILITY PLANNING 

Subpart A—General Provisions 

Sec. 
150.1

Scope and purpose. 

150.3

Applicability. 

150.5

Limitations of this part. 

150.7

Definitions. 

150.9

Designation of noise systems. 

150.11

Identification of land uses. 

150.13

Incorporations by reference. 

Subpart B—Development of Noise Expo-

sure Maps and Noise Compatibility 
Programs 

150.21

Noise exposure maps and related de-

scriptions. 

150.23

Noise compatibility programs. 

Subpart C—Evaluations and Determina-

tions of Effects of Noise Compatibility 
Programs 

150.31

Preliminary review: Acknowledg-

ments. 

150.33

Evaluation of programs. 

150.35

Determinations; publications; 

effectivity. 

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: 49 U.S.C. 106(g), 40113, 44715, 

47101, 47501–47504. 

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: Docket No. 18691, 49 FR 49269, Dec. 

18, 1984, unless otherwise noted. 

Subpart A—General Provisions 

§ 150.1 Scope and purpose. 

This part prescribes the procedures, 

standards, and methodology governing 
the development, submission, and re-
view of airport noise exposure maps 
and airport noise compatibility pro-
grams, including the process for evalu-
ating and approving or disapproving 
those programs. It prescribes single 
systems for—(a) measuring noise at 
airports and surrounding areas that 
generally provides a highly reliable re-
lationship between projected noise ex-
posure and surveyed reaction of people 
to noise; and (b) determining exposure 
of individuals to noise that results 

from the operations of an airport. This 
part also identifies those land uses 
which are normally compatible with 
various levels of exposure to noise by 
individuals. It provides technical as-
sistance to airport operators, in con-
junction with other local, State, and 
Federal authorities, to prepare and 
execute appropriate noise compat-
ibility planning and implementation 
programs. 

§ 150.3 Applicability. 

This part applies to the airport noise 

compatibility planning activities of 
the operators of ‘‘public use airports,’’ 
including heliports, as that term is 
used in section 47501(2) as amended (49 
U.S.C. 47501 

et seq.

) and as defined in 

section 47102(17) of 49 U.S.C. 

[Doc. No. FAA–2004–19158, 69 FR 57625, Sept. 
24, 2004] 

§ 150.5 Limitations of this part. 

(a) Pursuant to 49 U.S.C. 47501 

et seq., 

this part provides for airport noise 
compatibility planning and land use 
programs necessary to the purposes of 
those provisions. No submittal of a 
map, or approval or disapproval, in 
whole or part, of any map or program 
submitted under this part is a deter-
mination concerning the acceptability 
or unacceptability of that land use 
under Federal, State, or local law. 

(b) Approval of a noise compatibility 

program under this part is neither 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. 

(c) Approval of a noise compatibility 

program under this part does not by 
itself constitute an FAA implementing 
action. A request for Federal action or 
approval to implement specific noise 
compatibility measures may be re-
quired, and an FAA decision on the re-
quest may require an environmental 
assessment of the proposed action, pur-
suant to the National Environmental 
Policy Act (42 U.S.C. 4332 

et seq.

) and 

guidelines.