[Federal Register Volume 80, Number 149 (Tuesday, August 4, 2015)]
[Notices]
[Pages 46379-46380]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2015-19141]


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DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION

Federal Aviation Administration


Notice of Intent To Rule on Release of Airport Property at Upper 
Cumberland Regional Airport, Sparta, Tennessee

AGENCY: Federal Aviation Administration (FAA), DOT.

ACTION: Request for Public Comment.

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SUMMARY: The Federal Aviation Administration is requesting public 
comment on a request by the Upper Cumberland Regional Airport, Sparta, 
TN, to release land at the Upper Cumberland Regional Airport. The 
request consists of approximately 10.3 acres of property non-contiguous 
to the airport located on Breeding Swamp Road approximately 3 miles 
southeast of the airport and 36.84 acres of property non-contiguous to 
the airport on Franks Ferry Road approximately 13 miles southwest of 
the airport. This release will allow the property to be sold to serve 
as wetland mitigation for a projects unrelated to the airport. This 
action is taken under the provisions of Section 125 of the Wendell H. 
Ford Aviation Investment Reform Act for the 21st Century (AIR 21).

DATES: Comments must be received on or before September 3, 2015.

ADDRESSES: Documents are available for review at the Upper Cumberland 
Regional Airport, 750 Airport Road, Sparta, TN 38583; and the FAA 
Memphis Airports District Office, 2600 Thousand Oaks Boulevard, Suite 
2250, Memphis, TN 38118-2482. Written comments on the Sponsor's request 
must be delivered or mailed to: Mr. Phillip J. Braden, Manager, Memphis 
Airports District Office, 2600 Thousand Oaks Boulevard, Suite 2250, 
Memphis, TN 38118-2482. Mr. Braden can be contacted at telephone number 
901-322-8181.
    In addition, a copy of any comments submitted to the FAA must be 
mailed or delivered to Mr. Jason Baker, Airport Manager at Upper 
Cumberland Regional Airport, 750 Airport Road, Sparta, TN 38583. Mr. 
Baker can be contacted at 931-739-7000.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Mr. Michael L. Thompson, Program 
Manager, Federal Aviation Administration, Memphis Airports District 
Office, 2600, Thousand Oaks Boulevard, Suite 2250, Memphis, TN 38118-
2482. The application may be reviewed in person at this same location, 
by appointment. Mr. Thompson can be contacted at 901-322-8188.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The FAA proposes to rule and invites public 
comment on the request to release airport property at the Upper 
Cumberland Regional Airport, Sparta, TN under the provisions of AIR 
21(49 U.S.C. 47107(h)(2)).
    On July 28, 2015, the FAA determined that the request to release 
property at Upper Cumberland Regional Airport meets the procedural 
requirements of the Federal Aviation Administration. The FAA may 
approve the request, in

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whole or in part, no later September 3, 2015.
    The following is a brief overview of the request:
    The Upper Cumberland Regional Airport is proposing the release of 
two tracts of property consisting of 10.33 acres and 36.84 acres to 
allow the property to be used as wetland mitigation for projects in the 
area unrelated to the airport. These properties are non-contiguous to 
the airport and located on Breeding Swamp Road approximately 3 miles 
southeast of the airport and Franks Ferry Road approximately 13 miles 
southwest of the airport.
    Any person may inspect, by appointment, the request in person at 
the FAA office listed above under FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT.

    Issued in Memphis, TN on July 28, 2015.
Phillip J. Braden,
Manager, Memphis Airports District Office.
[FR Doc. 2015-19141 Filed 8-3-15; 8:45 am]
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