[Federal Register Volume 79, Number 136 (Wednesday, July 16, 2014)]
[Notices]
[Pages 41625-41626]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2014-16728]


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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. In accordance with section 
47107(h) of Title 49 of the United States Code, the FAA invites public 
comment on this proposal.

DATES: Comments must be received on or before August 15, 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 W 12-140, 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 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

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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 9, 2014.
Mary T. Walsh,
Manager, New England Airports Division.
[FR Doc. 2014-16728 Filed 7-15-14; 8:45 am]
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