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 PUBLIC LAW 97-248—SEPT. 3, 1982

96 STAT. 677

(b) OBLIGATIONAL AUTHORITY.—(1) The Secretary is a u t h o r i z e d to

incur obligations to m a k e g r a n t s from funds made available under subsection (a) of this section, and such authority shall exist with respect to funds available for the making of g r a n t s for any fiscal year or part thereof pursuant to subsection (a) immediately after such funds a r e apportioned pursuant to section 507(a) of this title. No such obligation shall be incurred by the Secretary after September 30, 1987, except that nothing in this section shall preclude the obligation by g r a n t a g r e e m e n t of apportioned funds which r e m a i n available pursuant to section 508(a) of this title after such date. (2) No obligation shall be incurred by the Secretary for airport development a t a privately owned public-use airport unless the Secretary receives a p p r o p r i a t e assurances that such airport will continue to function as a public-use airport during the economic life (which in no case shall be less than t e n years) of any facility a t such airport that was developed with Federal financial assistance under this title. (c) N O I S E A B A T E M E N T P R O J E C T S TO B E CONSIDERED AS AIRPORT DEVELOPMENT FOR FISCAL Y E A R 1982.—For purposes of a m o u n t s

apportioned for fiscal year 1982, airport development shall be considered to include any of the following activities, if under t a k e n by the sponsor, owner, or operator of a public-use airport: (1) any acquisition or installation of the following items for improving noise compatibility a t a public-use airport: (A) noise suppressing equipment, physical barriers, or landscaping, for the purpose of diminishing the effect of aircraft noise on any a r e a adjacent to such airport; and (B) land, including land associated with future airport development, or any interest therein, or any easement through or other interest in airspace, necessary to insure that such land is used only for purposes which a r e compatible with the noise levels a t t r i b u t a b l e to the operation of such airport; and (2) any project to carry out a n approved airport noise compatibility program, or part thereof, approved by the Secretary pursuant to section 104(b) of the Aviation Safety and Noise A b a t e m e n t Act of 1979.

49 USC 2104.

SKC..-)6. AIRWAY IMFROVKMENT PR(]RAIV1.

49 USC 220.5.

(a) A I R W A Y FACILITIES AND EQUIPMENT. — For

the

purposes

of

Appropriation

acquiring, establishing, and improving a i r navigation facilities under authorization, section 307(b) of the Federal Aviation Act of 1958 (49 U.S.C. 1348(b)), the r e is authorized to be appropriated from the Trust Fund for fiscal years beginning after September 30, 1981, aggregate a m o u n t s not to exceed $261,000,000 for fiscal year 1982; $986,000,000 for the fiscal years ending before October 1, 1983; $2,379,000,000 for the fiscal years ending before October 1, 1984; $3,786,000,000 for the fiscal years ending before October 1, 1985; $5,163,000,000 for the fiscal years ending before October 1, 1986; and $6,327,000,000 for the fiscal years ending before October 1, 1987. A m o u n t s appropriated under the authorizations in this subsection shall r e m a i n available until expended. (2) The costs of site preparation work associated with acquisition, establishment, or improvement of a i r navigation facilities by the Secretary pursuant to section 307(b) of the Federal Aviation Act of 1958 shall be charged to appropriated funds available to the Secre- 49 USC 1348. t a r y for that purpose pursuant to paragraph (1) of this subsection.

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