[Federal Register Volume 66, Number 141 (Monday, July 23, 2001)]
[Notices]
[Page 38335]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 01-18241]


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DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION

Federal Aviation Administration


Notice of Intent To Rule on Request To Release the City From Its 
Obligations to Operate and Maintain Runway 17/35 for Aeronautical Use 
at the Lambert-St. Louis International Airport, St. Louis, MO

AGENCY: Federal Aviation Administration (FAA), DOT.

ACTION: Notice of intent to rule on request.

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SUMMARY: The FAA proposes to rule and invites public comment on the 
request to release the City from its obligations to operate and 
maintain Runway 17/35 for aeronautical use at the Lambert-St. Louis 
International Airport under the provisions of Section 125 of the 
Wendell H. Ford Aviation Investment Reform Act for the 21st Century 
(AIR 21).

DATES: Comments must be received on or before August 22, 2001.

ADDRESSES: Comments on this application may be mailed or delivered in 
triplicate to the FAA at the following address: Federal Aviation 
Administration, Central Region, Airports Division, ACE-600, 901 Locust, 
Kansas City, Missouri 64106-2325. In addition, one copy of any comments 
submitted to the FAA must be mailed or delivered to Mr. Leonard Griggs, 
Airport Director, Lambert-St. Louis International Airport, at the 
following address: City of St. Louis, Missouri, St. Louis International 
Airport, P.O. Box 10212, Lambert Station, St. Louis, Missouri 63145.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Mrs. Nicoletta Oliver, Airports 
Compliance Specialist, Federal Aviation Administration, Central Region, 
Airports Division, ACE-615C, 901 Locust, Kansas City, Missouri 64106-
2325. The request may be reviewed in person at this same location.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The FAA invites public comment on the 
request to release the City from its obligations to operate and 
maintain Runway 17/35 for aeronautical use at the Lambert-St. Louis 
International Airport under the provisions of Section 125 of the 
Wendell H. Ford Aviation Investment Reform Act for the 21st Century 
(AIR 21).
    On June 22, 2001, the FAA determined that the request to release 
the City of its obligations to operate and maintain RW 17/35 for 
aeronautical use at the Lambert-St. Louis International Airport 
submitted by the City was substantially complete within the 
requirements of Section 125 of AIR 21. The FAA will approve or 
disapprove the request no later than September 10, 2001.
    The following is a brief overview of the request.
    The Lambert-St. Louis International Airport requests the FAA 
release the City of its obligations to maintain Runway 17/35 for 
aeronautical use. This release will allow the runway to be closed and 
the Boeing Company to construct a development area that will be used 
for aviation related nonaeronautical purposes. The property remains 
part of the Lambert-St. Louis International Airport and remains subject 
to the obligations of the Federal grant agreements.
    Any person may inspect the request in person at the FAA office 
listed above under for further information contact.

    Issued in Kansas City, Missouri, on June 28, 2001.
George A. Hendon,
Manager, Airports Division, Central Region.
[FR Doc. 01-18241 Filed 7-20-01; 8:45 am]
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