[Federal Register Volume 66, Number 21 (Wednesday, January 31, 2001)]
[Notices]
[Page 8461]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 01-2649]


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DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION

Federal Aviation Administration


Notice of Intent to Rule on Request to Release Airport Land at 
the Chiriaco Summit Airport, Chiriaco Summit, California

AGENCY: Federal Aviation Administration (FAA), DOT.

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 approximately 1.72 acres of land at Chiriaco Summit Airport, 
Chiriaco Summit, California, from all restrictions of the surplus 
property agreement. The purpose of the release is to permit the sale of 
the property for construction of an electrical substation to serve the 
airport and surrounding community.

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 the release of approximately 1.72 
acres of dedicated airport land at Chiriaco Summit Airport, Chiriaco 
Summit, California, from surplus property agreement obligations. The 
purpose of the release is to permit the sale of the property to the 
Imperial Irrigation District (IID) for non-aviation uses. The IID 
proposes to use the property for development of an electrical 
substation to serve the Chiriaco Summit Airport and the surrounding 
community. The net proceeds will be utilized for airport improvements.

    Issued in Hawthorne, California, on January 11, 2001.
Herman C. Bliss,
Manager, Airports Division, Western-Pacific Region.
[FR Doc. 01-2649 Filed 1-30-01; 8:45 am]
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