[Federal Register Volume 79, Number 211 (Friday, October 31, 2014)]
[Notices]
[Pages 64874-64875]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2014-25885]


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DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION

Federal Aviation Administration


Airport Property Release Notice; Southbridge Municipal Airport, 
Southbridge, MA

AGENCY: Federal Aviation Administration (FAA), DOT.

ACTION: Request for comments.

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SUMMARY: The Federal Aviation Administration is considering a proposal 
to release approximately 30.29 acres of airport property for 
conservation land at the Southbridge Municipal Airport, Southbridge, 
MA. The acres to be released are currently not used for aeronautical 
purposes and are vacant wetlands. The released acres would be 
considered reimbursement for general funds the Town of Southbridge 
expended to provide the Airport with necessary services within the last 
6 years. 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 December 1, 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. 
Interested persons may inspect the request and supporting documents by 
contacting the FAA at the address listed under ``FOR FURTHER 
INFORMATION CONTACT.''

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, under the provisions of AIR 21, to release land at the 
Southbridge Municipal Airport from the obligation to use that land 
solely for aeronautical purposes and to allow its use for environmental 
mitigation. All comments will be considered by the FAA to the extent 
practicable.
    The Town of Southbridge has requested to release approximately 
30.29 acres of airport land from federal obligations and to consider 
that land as reimbursement for $49,629.23 in general funds the Town of 
Southbridge expended to provide the Airport with services within the 
last 6 years. These acres are part of a larger 264-acre parcel 
currently depicted on the Airport Layout Plan. That larger parcel is 
identified as owned by the Town of Southbridge in the Worcester County 
Registry of Deeds, Book 2928, Page 89. The 30.29 acres are located on 
the west side of Commercial Drive and Barefoot Road and have 1369 feet 
of frontage on Commercial Drive and Barefoot Road, but also encompass a 
large area of wetlands based on MA Department of Environmental 
Protection Wetlands maps.
    The Airport also completed a Real Estate Appraisal Report for the 
parcel. The appraisal was conducted in accordance with the Uniform 
Standards of Professional Appraisal Practice (USPAP). The appraisal 
concludes that the Southbridge Municipal Airport will receive value for 
the land in terms of liquidating its debt to the Town and, in addition, 
value in terms of having the land preserved as conservation land 
without development in perpetuity.


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    Issued in Burlington, Massachusetts, October 23, 2014.
Mary T. Walsh,
Manager, New England Airports Division.
[FR Doc. 2014-25885 Filed 10-30-14; 8:45 am]
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