[Federal Register Volume 82, Number 188 (Friday, September 29, 2017)]
[Notices]
[Pages 45658-45659]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2017-20969]


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DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION

Federal Aviation Administration


Notice of Intent To Rule on a Land Release Request at Lancaster 
Airport (LNS), Lancaster, PA

AGENCY: Federal Aviation Administration (FAA), DOT.

ACTION: Notice and request for comment.

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SUMMARY: The FAA is requesting public comment for a land release 
enabling a change in use of federally obligated airport property from 
aeronautical to non-aeronautical use, as well as a long-term lease of 
such property, at Lancaster Airport, Lititz, Pennsylvania. This change 
in use, which involves 2.799 acres of airport property, will 
accommodate the construction of a convenience store. This acreage was 
purchased with federal financial assistance through the Federal Aid to 
Airports (FAAP) Program under Grant Agreement 9-36-001-5703 in 1959. In 
accordance with federal regulations, this notice is required to be 
published in the Federal Register 30 days before releasing the grant 
assurances that requires the property to be used for an aeronautical 
purpose.

DATES: Comments must be received on or before October 30, 2017.

ADDRESSES: Comments on this application may be mailed or delivered to 
the following address: David Eberly, Manager, Lancaster Airport, 500 
Airport Road, Suite G, Lititz, PA 17543-9340, 717-569-1221, and at the 
FAA Harrisburg Airports District Office: Lori K. Pagnanelli, Manager, 
Harrisburg Airports District Office, 3905 Hartzdale Dr., Suite 508, 
Camp Hill, PA 17011, (717) 730-2830.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Oscar Sanchez, Project Manager, at the 
Harrisburg Airports District Office location listed above.
    The request for change in designation of on-airport property may be 
reviewed in person at this same location.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The following is a brief overview of the 
request: The Lancaster Airport Authority has submitted a land release 
request seeking to change the designation of 2.799 acres of on-airport 
property from aeronautical to non-aeronautical use. It is proposed that 
this acreage be leased to a developer that will use the land to 
construct and operate a convenience store. The proposed duration of the 
leasehold is 50 years. No land shall be sold as part of this land 
request. The property is situated on the northwest corner of the 
intersection of Lititz Pike (Route 501) and Airport Road in Warwick 
Township. The 2.799 acres are part of a 14.65-acre parcel that was 
purchased by the sponsor in 1959 with funding from the FAA as part of a 
Federal grant to protect the runway approach from incompatible 
development. The subject area itself, however, is located outside the 
designated Runway Protection Zone (RPZ) and the proposed development 
does not penetrate the protected surfaces established by 14 CFR part 
77. The 2.799-acre area requested to be designated as non-aeronautical 
is impractical to be utilized for aviation purposes because it is 
located outside the Air Operations Area (AOA), behind a row of 
corporate hangars. A large stormwater drainage swale separates the site 
from the AOA. The subject acreage is not currently being utilized by 
the Airport Authority. The purpose of this request is to permanently 
change the designation of the property given there is no potential for 
future aviation use, as demonstrated by Lancaster Airport's approved 
Airport Layout Plan. Subsequent to the implementation of the proposed 
redesignation, rents received by the airport from this property must be 
used in accordance with FAA's Policy and Procedures Concerning the Use 
of Airport Revenue, published in the Federal Register on February 16, 
1999.
    Any person may inspect the request by appointment at the FAA office 
address listed above. Interested persons are invited to comment. All 
comments will be considered by the FAA to the extent practicable.

    Issued in Camp Hill, Pennsylvania, September 25, 2017.
Lori K. Pagnanelli,
Manager, Harrisburg Airports District Office.
[FR Doc. 2017-20969 Filed 9-28-17; 8:45 am]
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