[Federal Register Volume 64, Number 112 (Friday, June 11, 1999)]
[Notices]
[Pages 31675-31676]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 99-14853]
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DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION
Federal Aviation Administration
[Docket No. 29088]
Airport Privatization Pilot Program; Public Meeting
AGENCY: Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) DOT.
ACTION: Notice of extension of comment period for final application of
Stewart International Airport, Newburgh, New York; Notice of Public
Meeting.
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SUMMARY: On April 8, 1999, the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA)
published a notice in the Federal Register (64 FR 17208) seeking
information and comments from interested parties on the final
application by the State of New York for participation of Stewart
International Airport (SWF) in the Airport Privatization, Pilot
Program. The deadline for submitting comments was June 7, 1999. The
comment period has now been extended until June 28, 1999 to allow the
public more time to examine and comment on the final application. A
public meeting will be held on June 12, 1999.
DATES: Comments must be received by June 28, 1999. The public meeting
will be held on Saturday, June 12, 1999 from 11am to 3pm.
ADDRESSES: The public meeting will be held in the auditorium of the
Little Britain Elementary School, 1160 Little Britain Road, New
Windsor, New York, (914) 496-2301. The SWF final application is
available for public review in the Federal Aviation Administration
Office of Chief Counsel, 800 Independence Avenue, SW--Room 915G.,
Washington, DC 20591. The New York State Department of Transportation
(NYSDOT), the airport sponsor, has also made as copy of the application
available at the following locations:
Town Clerk's Office, Town of New Windsor, Town Hall 555 Union
Avenue, New Windsor, NY 12553.
Town Clerk's Office, Town of Newburgh, Town Hall, 20-26 Union
Avenue, Newburgh, NY 12550.
Newburgh Free Library, 124 Grand Street, City of Newburgh, Newburgh,
NY 12550.
Orange County Planning Department, 124 Main Street, Goshen, NY
10924.
Airport Director's Office, Airport Administration Building, 1035
First Street, Stewart International Airport, New Windsor, NY 12553.
Comments on the SWF final application must be delivered or mailed,
in quadruplicate, to the Federal Aviation Administration Office of
Chief Counsel (AGC-200), 800 Independence Avenue, SW., Washington, DC
20591, Attention: Docket No. 29088. All comments must be marked
``Docket No. 29088''. Commenters wishing the FAA to acknowledge receipt
of their comments must include a preaddressed, stamped postcard on
which the following statement is made: ``Comments to Docket No.
29088.'' The
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postcard will be date stamped and returned to the commenter. Comments
on this Notice may be delivered to or examined in the aforementioned
FAA Office of Chief Counsel (Room 915G) on weekdays, except Federal
holidays, between 8:30 am and 5:00 pm.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
Kevin C. Willis, Compliance Officer, (202-267-8741), Airport Compliance
Division (AAS-400), Office of Airport Safety and Standards, Federal
Aviation Administration, 800 Independence Ave. SW, Washington, DC
20591.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Section 149 of the Federal Aviation
Administration Reauthorization Act of 1996, Public Law 104-264 (October
9, 1996), added a new section 47134 to Title 49 of the U.S. Code,
Section 47134 authorizes the Secretary of Transportation and, through
delegation, the FAA Administrator to exempt a sponsor of a public use
airport that has received Federal assistance from certain Federal
requirements in connection with the privatization of the airport by
sale or lease to a private party. Specifically, the Administrator may
exempt the sponsor from all or part of the requirements to use airport
revenues for airport-related purposes, to pay back a portion of Federal
grants upon the sale of an airport, and to return airport property
deeded by the Federal Government upon transfer of the airport. Such
exemption will require approval of 65 percent of the air carriers
serving the airport and having 65 percent of the landed weight. The
Administrator is also authorized to exempt a private purchaser or
lessee from the requirement to use all airport revenues for airport-
related purposes, to the extent necessary to permit the purchaser or
lessee to earn compensation from the operations of the airport. No air
carrier approval is necessary for the latter exemption.
On January 10, 1999, NYSDOT filed a final application for SWF. The
FAA determined that the application is substantially complete. As part
of its review of the SWF final application on April 8, 1999, the FAA
requested comments and information submitted by interested parties
during the 60-day comment period ending June 7, 1999. This notice
extends the comment period until June 28, 1999.
The public meeting scheduled for June 12, 1999, will consist of two
parts. The first part of the meeting will accept public comments on the
SWF final application for inclusion in Docket No. 29088. The second
part of the meeting will be an informal session for the FAA to answer
general questions on the Airport Privatization Pilot Program and how
FAA requirements will apply to private airport operators generally.
Because the SWF final application is presently before the agency for a
decision, the FAA will not be able to discuss the application or the
pending agency decision. Issued in Washington, DC on June 7, 1999.
David L. Bennett,
Director, Office of Airport Safety and Standards.
[FR Doc. 99-14853 Filed 6-10-99; 8:45 am]
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