[Federal Register Volume 82, Number 48 (Tuesday, March 14, 2017)]
[Notices]
[Pages 13707-13708]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2017-04999]


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DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION

Federal Aviation Administration


Notice of Intent To Rule on Request To Release Airport Property 
at the Scholes International Airport, Galveston, Texas

AGENCY: Federal Aviation Administration (FAA), DOT.

ACTION: Notice of request to release airport property.

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SUMMARY: The FAA proposes to rule and invite public comment on the 
release of land at the Scholes International Airport 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 April 13, 2017.

ADDRESSES: Comments on this application may be mailed or delivered to 
the FAA at the following address: Mr. Ben Guttery, Manager, Federal 
Aviation Administration, Southwest Region, Airports Division, Texas 
Airports District Office, ASW-650, 10101 Hillwood Parkway, Fort Worth, 
Texas 76177.
    In addition, one copy of any comments submitted to the FAA must be 
mailed or delivered to Mr. Mike Shahan, Airport Director, at the 
following address: 2115 Terminal Drive #4, Galveston, Texas 77554.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:  Mr. Anthony Mekhail, Program Manager, 
Federal Aviation Administration, Texas Airports District Office, ASW-
650, 10101 Hillwood Parkway, Fort Worth, TX 76177, Telephone: (817) 
222-5663, email: [email protected].
    The request to release property may be reviewed in person at this 
same location.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The FAA invites public comment on the 
request to release property at the Scholes International Airport under 
the provisions of the AIR 21. The following is a brief overview of the 
request:
    City of Galveston requests the release of 5.5 acres of non-
aeronautical airport property. The property is located on the west side 
of the airport, along Travel Air Road. The property to be released will 
be sold and revenues shall be used to build airport-owned hangars whose 
lease revenue will support maintenance and improvement of the airport. 
Any person may inspect the request in person at the FAA office listed 
above under FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT.
    In addition, any person may, upon request, inspect the application, 
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and other documents relevant to the application in person at the 
Scholes International Airport, telephone number (409) 797-3593.

    Issued in Fort Worth, Texas, on January 5, 2017.
Ignacio Flores,
Director, Airports Division.
[FR Doc. 2017-04999 Filed 3-13-17; 8:45 am]
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