[Federal Register Volume 67, Number 2 (Thursday, January 3, 2002)]
[Notices]
[Page 382]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 02-56]


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DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION

Federal Aviation Administration


Notice of Intent To Rule on Request To Release Airport Land at 
the Laughlin/Bullhead International Airport, Bullhead City, Arizona 
From Airport Improvement Program Grant Obligations and Assurances

AGENCY: Federal Aviation Administration (FAA), DOT.

ACTION: Notice of Intent to Rule on Request to Release Airport Land 
from certain Airport Improvement Program Grant Obligations and 
Assurances.

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SUMMARY: The FAA proposes to rule and invites public comment on the 
release of approximately 83 acres of land at the Laughlin/Bullhead 
International Airport, Bullhead City, Arizona, from certain Airport 
Improvement Program grant obligations and assurances. The purpose of 
the grant release is to permit the use of approximately 83 acres of 
airport property to be developed for non-aeronautical purposes.

DATES: Comments must be received on or before February 4, 2002.

ADDRESSES: Comments on this application may be mailed or delivered in 
triplicate to the FAA at the following address: Federal Aviation 
Administration, Airports Division, P.O. Box 92007, Los Angeles, CA 
90009. In addition, one copy of any comments submitted to the FAA must 
be mailed or delivered to Mr. Norman Hicks, Executive Director/C.E.O., 
Mohave County, Airport Authority, Inc., 2550 Laughlin View Drive, Suite 
117, Bullhead City, AZ 86429.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Mr. Kevin Flynn, Supervisor, Arizona 
Standards Section, Airports Division, AWP-623, P.O. Box 92007, Los 
Angeles, CA 90009, Telephone: (310) 725-3632. Arrangements may be made 
with Mr. Flynn to review the request to release the subject airport 
property from certain grant obligations in person at the FAA Western-
Pacific Regional office, 15000 Aviation Blvd., Hawthorne, CA 90250.

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 is surplus property.
    The following is a brief overview of the request:
    On February 18, 1987, the State of Arizona, granted patent No. 7213 
to Mohave County, Arizona, for 433.37 acres to be developed as a public 
use airport. Since 1987, the Mohave County Airport Authority, Inc. has 
received Airport Improvement Program (AIP) grants, which contain 
certain grant obligations and assurances that the airport land be 
dedicated for aeronautical purposes. The Mohave County Airport 
Authority, Inc. has requested the release of approximately 83 acres of 
dedicated airport land from certain AIP grant obligations and 
assurances at the Laughlin/Bullhead International Airport located in 
Bullhead City Arizona. The purpose of the release is to permit the use 
of dedicated airport property for non-aeronautical purposes. Net 
proceeds from the leasing and development of the subject land will be 
utilized by the Authority for capital improvements, operation, and 
maintenance at the Laughlin/Bullhead International Airport.

    Issued in Hawthorne, California, on December 19, 2001.
Herman C. Bliss,
Manager, Airports Division, Western-Pacific Region.
[FR Doc. 02-56 Filed 1-2-02; 8:45 am]
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