[Federal Register Volume 68, Number 33 (Wednesday, February 19, 2003)]
[Notices]
[Pages 8070-8071]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 03-3972]


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DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION

Federal Aviation Administration


Notice of Intent To Rule on Request To Release Airport Property 
at the Ankeny Regional Airport, Ankeny, IA

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 invites public comment on the 
release of land at the Ankeny Regional 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 March 21, 2003.

ADDRESSES: Comments on this application may be mailed or delivered to 
the FAA at the following address: Federal Aviation Administration, 
Central Region, Airports Division, 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. Dave L. Joens, P.E.& P.L.S. at the following 
address: Polk County Aviation Authority, 5885 NE., 14th Street, Des 
Moines, IA 50313.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Nicoletta Oliver, Airports Compliance 
Specialist, FAA, Central Region, 901 Locust, Kansas City, MO 64106-
2325, (816) 329-2642.
    The request to release property may be reviewed in person at this 
same location.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The FAA proposes to rule and invites public 
comment on the request to release

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property at the Ankeny Regional Airport under the provisions of AIR 21.
    On February 6, 2003, the FAA determined that the request to release 
property at the Ankeny Regional Airport submitted by the Polk County 
Aviation Authority, met the procedural requirements of the Federal 
Aviation Administration. The FAA will approve or disapprove the 
request, in whole or in part, no later than May 30, 2003.
    The following is a brief overview of the request.
    The Polk County Airport Authority requests the release of 
approximately 4.91 acres of airport property. The purpose of this 
release is to transfer ownership to the Iowa Department of 
Transportation (IDOT) for an interchange project located south of the 
airport property. The land is currently not being used for aeronautical 
purposes. Any person may inspect the request in person at the FAA 
office listed above under FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT.
    In addition, any person may, upon request, inspect the application, 
notice and other documents germane to the request in person at the Polk 
County Airport Authority, Des Moines, Iowa.

    Issued in Kansas City, Missouri, on February 6, 2003.
George A. Hendon,
Manager, Airports Division, Central Region.
[FR Doc. 03-3972 Filed 2-18-03; 8:45 am]
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