[Federal Register Volume 73, Number 106 (Monday, June 2, 2008)]
[Notices]
[Pages 31534-31535]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: E8-12027]


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DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION

Federal Aviation Administration


Notice of Intent To Rule on Request To Release Airport Property 
at the Billings Logan International Airport, Billings, MT

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 Billings Logan International Airport under the 
provisions of 49 U.S.C. 47107(h)(2).

DATES: Comments must be received on or before July 2, 2008.

ADDRESSES: Comments on this application may be mailed or delivered to 
the FAA at the following address:

Mr. David S. Stelling, Manager,
Federal Aviation Administration,
Northwest Mountain Region, Airports Division,
Helena Airports District Office,
FAA Building, Suite 2,
2725 Skyway Drive,
Helena, MT 59602-1213.

    In addition, one copy of any comments submitted to the FAA must be 
mailed or delivered to Donald Kim Annin, C.M., Manager of Construction 
Engineering and Facilities Planning, at the following address:

Billings Logan International Airport,
1901 Terminal Circle, Room 216,
Billings, Montana 59015.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:

Mr. John Styba, Project Manager,
Federal Aviation Administration,
Northwest Mountain Region,
Helena Airports District Office,
FAA Building, Suite 2,
2725 Skyway Drive,
Helena, MT 59602-1213.

    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 Billings Logan International Airport 
under the provisions of 49 U.S.C. 47107(h)(2).
    On May 14, 2008, the FAA determined that the request to release 
property at Billings Logan International Airport submitted by the 
airport meets the procedural requirements of the Federal Aviation 
Administration and the release of the property does not and will not 
impact future aviation needs at the airport. The FAA may approve the 
request, in whole or in part, no later than July 2, 2008.
    The following is a brief overview of the request:

    Billings Logan International Airport is proposing the release of 
approximately 8.63 acres of airport property defined as follows:

Parcel 6-3.10 acres. C.O.S. 1805.
Tract 2-2.72 acres. C.O.S. 2334 TR. 2.
Tract 1A-.32 acres. C.O.S. 678 TR 1.
Parcel 2B-.17 acres. Black Otter Sub. C.O.S. 1434.

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Parcel 2A-2.32 acres. Black Otter Sub.

    The land requested by the Montana Department of Transportation 
(MDOT) will be used as Right of Way for the MDOT's Airport Road project 
which will replace the existing two-lane roadway with a four-lane 
roadway from the intersection of State Secondary Highway 318 and Main 
Street in the Billings Heights to the airport entrance intersection at 
27th Street. The project also includes the construction of two new 
intersections: At Alkali Creek and State Secondary Highway 318 and the 
intersection at North 27th and Highway 3. This project will enhance the 
route for large truck traffic for the ``Camino Real,'' a north-south 
trade route connecting Canada, the U.S. and Mexico via 1-25, 1-90, 1-
15, U.S. 87 and MT 3 which runs adjacent to the airport's southern 
property line, subsequently increasing the capacity of the vehicle 
traffic coming to the airport and the safety of those using the 
airport's entrance.
    The transfer of land is necessary to comply with Federal Aviation 
Administration Grant Assurances that do not allow federally acquired 
airport property to be used for non-aviation purposes. The property is 
being exchanged in-kind for monetary consideration equivalent to the 
appraised value of similar property in the area of the airport. All 
costs associated with the exchange will be borne by the Montana 
Department of Transportation (MDOT).
    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 the Billings Logan International Airport.

    Issued in Helena, Montana on May 15, 2008.
Gary M. Gates,
Acting Manager, Helena Airports District Office.
 [FR Doc. E8-12027 Filed 5-30-08; 8:45 am]
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