[Federal Register Volume 66, Number 21 (Wednesday, January 31, 2001)]
[Notices]
[Pages 8461-8462]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 01-2648]


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DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION

Federal Aviation Administration


Notice of Intent To Rule on Request To Release the Entire Desert 
Center Airport, Desert Center, California

AGENCY: Federal Aviation Administration (FAA), DOT.

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ACTION: Notice of request to release airport land.

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SUMMARY: The FAA proposes to rule and invites public comment on the 
release of the Desert Center Airport, Desert Center, California from 
all restrictions of the surplus property agreement. The airport is 
comprised of approximately 1,129 acres of land that was acquired for 
airport purposes under a federal surplus property agreement with 
Riverside County. The purpose of the release is to permit the County to 
market the airport for sale due to its maintenance and insurance costs 
with no offsetting revenues.

DATES: Comments must be received on or before March 2, 2001.

ADDRESSES: Comments on this application may be mailed or delivered in 
triplicate to the FAA at the following address: Federal Aviation 
Administration, Airports Division, 15000 Aviation Blvd., Lawndale, CA 
90261. In addition, one copy of any comments submitted to the FAA must 
be mailed or delivered to Mr. Keith D. Downs, Grant Manager, Economic 
Development Agency, Riverside County, 3525 Fourteenth Street, 
Riverside, CA 92501.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Mr. Ellsworth Chan, Manager, Safety 
and Standards Branch, AWP-620, 15000 Aviation Blvd., Lawndale, CA 
90261, Telephone: (310) 725-3620. The request to release airport 
property may be reviewed in person at this same location.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: On April 5, 2000, new authorizing 
legislation became effective. That bill, the Wendell H. Ford Aviation 
Investment and Reform Act for the 21st Century (AIR 21), Public Law 10-
181 (Apr. 5, 2000; 114 Stat. 61), requires that a 30 day public notice 
must be provided before the Secretary may waive any condition imposed 
on an interest in surplus property.
    The following is a brief overview of the request:
    The County of Riverside requested that Desert Center Airport, 
Desert Center, California, approximately 1,129 acres, be released from 
its obligation to use the property for aeronautical purposes. The 
proposal would allow the county of Riverside's Economic Development 
Agency to begin marketing the airport for sale. While it is possible 
that the airport could be sold for use as a private airport, it is more 
likely that the purchaser will utilize the land for agricultural 
purposes. The proceeds generated from the sale would be reinvested in 
the county's airport system.

    Issued in Hawthorne, California, on January 11, 2001.
Herman C. Bliss,
Manager, Airports Division, Western-Pacific Region.
[FR Doc. 01-2648 Filed 1-30-01; 8:45 am]
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