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[CITE: 49USC47503]

 
                        TITLE 49--TRANSPORTATION
 
                     SUBTITLE VII--AVIATION PROGRAMS
 
                  PART B--AIRPORT DEVELOPMENT AND NOISE
 
                           CHAPTER 475--NOISE
 
                      SUBCHAPTER I--NOISE ABATEMENT
 
Sec. 47503. Noise exposure maps

    (a) Submission and Preparation.--An airport operator may submit to 
the Secretary of Transportation a noise exposure map showing the 
noncompatible uses in each area of the map on the date the map is 
submitted, a description of estimated aircraft operations during 1985, 
and how those operations will affect the map. The map shall--
        (1) be prepared in consultation with public agencies and 
    planning authorities in the area surrounding the airport; and
        (2) comply with regulations prescribed under section 47502 of 
    this title.

    (b) Revised Maps.--If a change in the operation of an airport will 
establish a substantial new noncompatible use in an area surrounding the 
airport, the airport operator shall submit a revised noise exposure map 
to the Secretary showing the new noncompatible use.

(Pub. L. 103-272, Sec. 1(e), July 5, 1994, 108 Stat. 1284.)

                                          Historical and Revision Notes
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           Revised  Section                    Source (U.S. Code)              
 Source (Statutes at Large)
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47503(a)..............................  49 App.:2103(a)(1).              Feb. 1
8, 1980, Pub. L. 96-193, Sec.
                                                                          103(a
), 94 Stat. 50.
47503(b)..............................  49 App.:2103(a)(2).
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    In subsection (a), before clause (1), the words ``After the 
effective date of the regulations promulgated in accordance with section 
2102 of this Appendix'' are omitted as executed. The words ``of an 
airport'' and ``at such airport'' are omitted as surplus. The word 
``how'' is substituted for ``the ways, if any, in which'' to eliminate 
unnecessary words. In clause (1), the words ``planning authorities'' are 
substituted for ``planning agencies'' for consistency.
    In subsection (b), the words ``to the Secretary'' are added for 
clarity. The words ``after the submission to the Secretary of a noise 
exposure map under paragraph (1)'' are omitted as surplus.

                  Section Referred to in Other Sections

    This section is referred to in sections 47504, 47505, 47506, 47507 
of this title.
