---
kind: "section"
citation: "14 C.F.R. § 152.117"
title: "14"
number: "152.117"
heading: "Public hearings."
url: "https://uscodex.org/cfr/14/152.117"
---

# §152.117. Public hearings.

- (a) Before submitting a preapplication for Federal assistance for an airport development project involving the location of an airport, an airport runway, or a runway extension, the sponsor must give notice of opportunity for a public hearing, in accordance with [paragraph (b)](#b) of this section, for the purpose of—
  - (1) Considering the economic, social, and environmental effects of the location of the airport, the airport runway, or the runway extension; and
  - (2) Determining the consistency of the location with the goals and objectives of any urban planning that has been carried out by the community.
- (b) **The notice of opportunity for public hearing must—**
  - (1) Include a concise statement of the proposed development;
  - (2) Be published in a newspaper of general circulation in the communities in or near which the project may be located;
  - (3) Provide a minimum of 30 days from the date of the notice for submission of requests for a hearing by persons having an interest in the economic, social, or environmental effects of the project; and
  - (4) State that a copy is available of the sponsor's environmental assessment, if one is required by appendix 6 of FAA Order 1050.1C, “Policies and Procedures for Considering Environmental Impacts” (45 FR 2244; Jan. 10, 1980), and FAA Order 5050.4, “Airport Environmental Handbook” (45 FR 56624; Aug. 25, 1980), and will remain available, at the sponsor's place of business for examination by the public for a minimum of 30 days, beginning with the date of the notice, before any hearing held under the notice.
- (c) A public hearing must be provided if requested. If a public hearing is to be held, the sponsor must publish a notice of that fact, in the same newspaper in which the notice of opportunity for a hearing was published.
- (d) **The notice required by paragraph (c) of this section must—**
  - (1) Be published not less than 15 days before the date set for the hearing;
  - (2) Specify the date, time, and place of the hearings;
  - (3) Contain a concise description of the proposed project; and
  - (4) Indicate where and at what time more detailed information may be obtained.
- (e) If a public hearing is held, the sponsor must—
  - (1) Provide the Administrator a summary of the issues raised, the alternatives considered, the conclusion reached, and the reasons for that conclusion; and
  - (2) If requested by the Administrator before the hearing, prepare a verbatim transcript of the hearing for submission to the Administrator.
- (f) If a hearing is not held the sponsor must submit with its preapplication a certification that notice of opportunity for a hearing has been provided in accordance with this section and that no request for a public hearing has been received.

## Notes

### Amendments

[Docket 19430, 45 FR 34784, May 22, 1980, as amended by Amdt. 152-11, 45 FR 56622, Aug. 25, 1980]

### Source

Source: Docket 19430, 45 FR 34786, May 22, 1980, unless otherwise noted.

### Authority

Authority: 49 U.S.C. 106(g), 47106, 47127.

### Source

Source: Docket 19430, 45 FR 34784, May 22, 1980, unless otherwise noted.

### Amendments

[Docket 19430, 45 FR 34784, May 22, 1980, as amended by Amdt. 152-11, 45 FR 56622, Aug. 25, 1980]