[Federal Register Volume 68, Number 27 (Monday, February 10, 2003)]
[Notices]
[Pages 6789-6790]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 03-3271]


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DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION

Federal Aviation Administration


Notice of intent to rule on Request To Release Airport Property 
at the City-County Airport, Madras, OR

AGENCY: Federal Aviation Administration (FAA), DOT.

ACTION: Notice of Request to Release Airport Property.

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SUMMARY: The FAA proposes to rule and invite public comment on the 
release of land at City-County Airport under the provisions of Section 
125 of the Wendell H. Ford Aviation Investment Reform Act for the 21st 
Century (AIR 21), now 49 U.S.C. 47107(h)(2).

DATES: Comments must be received on or before March 12, 2003.

ADDRESSES: Comments on this application may be mailed or delivered to 
the FAA at the following address: Mr. J. Wade Bryant, Manager, Federal 
Aviation Administration, Northwest Mountain Region, Airports Division, 
Seattle Airports District Office, 1601

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Lind Avenue, SW., Suite 250, Renton, Washington 98055-4056.
    In addition, one copy of any comments submitted to the FAA must be 
mailed or delivered to Mr. Mike Ahern, County Commission Chair or The 
Honorable Rick Allen, Mayor of City of Madras, at the following 
address: Mr. Mike Ahern, Jefferson County Commission Chair, Jefferson 
County Board of Commissioners, 66 SE D Street, Suite A, Madras, OR 
97741, The Honorable Rick Allen, Mayor, City of Madras, 71 SE D Street, 
Madras, OR 97741.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Mr. William L. Watson, OR/ID Section 
Supervisor, Federal Aviation Administration, Northwest Mountain Region, 
Seattle Airports District Office, 1601 Lind Avenue, SW., Suite 250, 
Renton, Washington 98055-4056.
    The request to release property may be reviewed, by appointment, in 
person at this same location.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The FAA invites public comment on the 
request to release property at the City-County International Airport 
under the provisions of the AIR 21 (49 U.S.C. 47107(h)(2)).
    On January 22, 2003, the FAA determined that the request to release 
property at City-County Airport submitted by the airport meets the 
procedural requirements of the Federal Aviation Administration. The FAA 
may approve the request, in whole or in part, no later than March 12, 
2003.
    The following is a brief overview of the request:
    City-County Airport is proposing the release of approximately 20 
acres of airport property so the property can be sold to the county for 
use as a jail site (site currently houses county jail on land leased 
from the airport). The revenue made from this sale will be used toward 
Airport Capital Improvement.
    Any person may inspect, by appointment, the request in person at 
the FAA office listed above under FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT.
    In addition, any person may, upon appointment and request, inspect 
the application, notice and other documents germane to the application 
in person at City-County Airport.

    Issued in Renton, Washington on January 22, 2003.
J. Wade Bryant,
Manager, Seattle Airports District Office.
[FR Doc. 03-3271 Filed 2-7-03; 8:45 am]
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