[Federal Register Volume 79, Number 132 (Thursday, July 10, 2014)]
[Notices]
[Page 39456]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2014-16167]



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DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION

Federal Aviation Administration


Notice of Intent to Release Airport Property for Non-Aeronautical 
Use; Manchester Regional Airport, Manchester, NH

    Authority:  49 U.S.C. 47107(h).

AGENCY: Federal Aviation Administration (FAA), DOT.

ACTION: Request for comments on proposal to use airport land for non-
aeronautical use.

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SUMMARY: The Federal Aviation Administration is considering a proposal 
to release approximately 1.0 acres of airport property for non-
aeronautical use at the Manchester Regional Airport, Manchester, NH. 
The acre released is currently used as a buffer zone to adjacent 
wetlands and would be exchanged for approximately 4.3 acres of land 
that would be used for the same purpose. The FAA invites public comment 
on this proposal.

DATES: Comments must be received on or before August 11, 2014.

ADDRESSES: You may send comments using any of the following methods:
     Federal eRulemaking Portal: Go to http://www.regulations.gov, and follow the instructions on providing comments.
     Fax: 202-493-2251.
     Mail: U.S. Department of Transportation, Docket 
Operations, M-30, West Building Ground Floor, Room W12-140, 1200 New 
Jersey Avenue SE., Washington, DC 20590.
     Hand Delivery: Deliver to Mail address above between 9 
a.m. and 5 p.m., Monday through Friday, except Federal holidays.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Thomas Vick, Compliance and Land Use 
Specialist, New England Region Airports Division, 12 New England 
Executive Park, Burlington, MA 01803. Telephone: 781-238-7618; Fax 781-
238-7608.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: In accordance with the Wendell H. Ford 
Aviation Investment and Reform Act for the 21st Century (AIR 21), 
Public Law 106-181 (Apr. 5, 2000; 114 Stat. 61), this notice must be 
published in the Federal Register not less than 30 days before the 
Secretary may waive any condition imposed on a federally obligated 
airport by grant agreements. The FAA invites public comment, in 
accordance with section 47107(h) of Title 49 of the United States Code, 
on the request to a land release and exchange at the Manchester-Boston 
Regional Airport for use as wetland mitigation under the provisions of 
AIR 21.
    The Manchester-Boston Regional Airport has requested to release 
approximately 1.0 acres of airport land from federal obligations and to 
exchange that acre with approximately 4.3 acres of land currently owned 
by the Peter J. King Irrevocable Trust of 1988. The 1.0 acres to be 
released was purchased by the Airport as part of the Trolley Crossing 
mitigation site for the Airport's previous extension of Runway 35, and 
is located in the Town of Londonderry, Rockingham County, NH. The 
parcel is part of a larger property parcel currently depicted on the 
Airport Layout Plan of record as Number 64. That larger parcel is 
identified as Town of Londonderry, Rockingham County, Tax Map 14, Lot 
49-1. The 1.0 acres in question is located within the larger parcel, 
and is considered ``buffer'' to the wetland portion of the Trolley 
Crossing mitigation site. The approximately 4.3 acres of land that 
would be exchanged and given to the Airport from the Trust is similar 
in nature and also serves as buffer to the wetland portion of the 
Trolley Crossing mitigation site. That 4.3 acre parcel is also located 
in the Town of Londonderry, NH, within the parcel identified as Tax Map 
14, Lot 49.
    The Airport has requested this exchange to allow Prologis 
Management, LLC, to lease and develop approximately 48 acres of the 
Trust property for a logistics center. The 1.0 acres of airport 
property is necessary for the development of the center. As part of 
this proposal, the Federal and State agencies that participated in the 
environmental study for the Runway 35 extension have reviewed this 
proposal. All interested agencies have concurred that there would be no 
adverse environmental impacts as a result of this land exchange and 
that the proposed release and exchange of 1.0 acres for 4.3 acres of 
similarly situated land would be beneficial for the Runway 35 extension 
mitigation site. The Airport also completed a Real Estate Appraisal 
Report for the parcels. The appraisal was conducted in accordance with 
the Uniform Standards of Professional Appraisal Practice (USPAP). The 
appraisal concludes that the Manchester-Boston Regional Airport will 
receive additional value for the land that it is acquiring in this 
proposed release and exchange.
    Interested persons may inspect the request and supporting documents 
by contacting the FAA at the address listed under FOR FURTHER 
INFORMATION CONTACT. All comments will be considered by the FAA to the 
extent practicable.

    Issued in Burlington, Massachusetts, July 2, 2014.
Bryon H. Rakoff,
Acting Manager, New England Airports Division.
[FR Doc. 2014-16167 Filed 7-9-14; 8:45 am]
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