[Federal Register Volume 76, Number 231 (Thursday, December 1, 2011)]
[Notices]
[Pages 74843-74844]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2011-30885]


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DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION

Federal Aviation Administration


Release of Airport Property, Martin County Airport, Stuart, FL

AGENCY: Federal Aviation Administration (FAA), DOT.

ACTION: Notice and request for public comment.

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SUMMARY: The FAA hereby proposes to rule and invites public comment on 
its intent to release certain obligated properties, namely 
approximately 200 acres at the Martin County Airport, Stuart, FL, from 
the conditions, reservations, and restrictions as contained in a 
Surplus Property Agreement between the FAA and the Martin County, dated 
July 1, 1947, and in accordance with the provisions of Title 49 U.S.C. 
47153(c). In anticipation and consideration of its request for a 
release, Martin County contracted for the installation of Engineered 
Materials Arresting Systems (EMAS) on Runway 12-30 at the Martin County 
Airport. The County also advised that its release request is designed 
to clarify the airport property and to correct ambiguities in title 
records since portions of the property contemplated by its release 
requested have been transferred over a number of years to a number of 
private and public parties.
    The release of the airport premises thus allows for the FAA and 
Martin County to establish a reliable and accurate boundary of 
obligated airport property. The property to be released includes 
parcels occupied by portions of the Martin County Golf Course, the 
YMCA, residential developments, a drainage area, and vacant lands. 
These parcels are currently designated as non-aeronautical use. The 
County accommodated the installation EMAS on Runway 12-30, enhancing 
safety for aeronautical users without impacting useable runway length 
in consideration of its request that a portion of the airport property 
be released of its federal obligations. The release of the nearly 200 
acres also allows the FAA and the airport sponsor to establish and 
agree upon the boundary of airport property obligated through the 
Surplus Property Act of 1944. Additionally, the release will not 
prevent accomplishing the purpose for which the property was

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made subject to the terms, conditions, reservations, or restrictions, 
and will advance the interests of the United States in civil aviation.
    The FAA has preliminarily determined that the request to release 
property at the Martin County Airport submitted by the County met the 
procedural requirements of the Federal Aviation Regulations, 14 CFR 
part 155.
    Documents reflecting the Sponsor's request are available, by 
appointment only, for inspection at the Martin County Airport and the 
FAA Airports District Office.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
    Title 49 U.S.C. 47153(c) requires that before the FAA may waive any 
term imposed requiring that an interest in land be used for an 
aeronautical purpose, the FAA must provide notice to the public not 
less than 39 days before waiving the term. Companion provisions are 
contained in Section 125 of The Wendell H. Ford Aviation Investment and 
Reform Act for the 21st Century (AIR-21) which requires the FAA to 
provide an opportunity for public notice and comment prior to the 
``waiver'' or ``modification'' of a sponsor's Federal obligation to use 
certain airport land for non-aeronautical purposes.

DATES: Comments are due on or before AGC January 3, 2012.

ADDRESSES: Documents are available for review at the Martin County 
Airport, and the FAA Airports District Office, 5950 Hazeltine National 
Drive, Suite 400, Orlando, FL 32822. Written comments on the Sponsor's 
request must be delivered or mailed to: Rebecca R. Henry, Program 
Manager, Orlando Airports District Office, 5950 Hazeltine National 
Drive, Suite 400, Orlando, FL 32822-5024.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Rebecca R. Henry, Program Manager, 
Orlando Airports District Office, 5950 Hazeltine National Drive, Suite 
400, Orlando, FL 32822-5024.

Bart Vernace,
Acting Manager, Orlando Airports District Office, Southern Region.
[FR Doc. 2011-30885 Filed 11-30-11; 8:45 am]
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