[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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