[Federal Register Volume 83, Number 6 (Tuesday, January 9, 2018)]
[Notices]
[Pages 1094-1095]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2018-00200]



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DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION

Federal Aviation Administration


Waiver of Aeronautical Land-Use Assurance: The Eastern Iowa 
Airport, (CID) Cedar Rapids, IA

AGENCY: Federal Aviation Administration (FAA), DOT.

ACTION: Notice of Intent of Waiver with respect to land.

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SUMMARY: The Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) is considering a 
proposal from the City of Cedar Rapids (sponsor), Cedar Rapids, IA, to 
release 3 tracts totaling 489.72 + (Tract 1: 259.88 + acres, Tract 2: 
215.52 + acres and Tract 3; 14.32 + acres) of land from the federal 
obligation dedicating it to aeronautical use and to authorize these 
parcels to be used for revenue-producing, non-aeronautical purposes.

DATES: Comments must be received on or before February 8, 2018.

ADDRESSES: Comments on this application may be mailed or delivered to 
the FAA at the following address: Lynn D. Martin, Airports Compliance 
Specialist, Federal Aviation Administration, Airports Division, ACE-
610C, 901 Locust, Room 364, Kansas City, MO 64106.
    In addition, one copy of any comments submitted to the FAA must be 
mailed or delivered to: Marty Lenss, CM, 2515 Arthur Collins Parkway 
SW, Cedar Rapids, IA 52404-8952, (319) 362-3131.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Lynn D. Martin, Airports Compliance 
Specialist, Federal Aviation Administration, Airports Division, ACE-
610C, 901 Locust, Room 364, Kansas City, MO 64106, Telephone number 
(816) 329-2644, Fax number (816) 329-2611, email address: 
[email protected].

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The FAA invites public comment on the 
request to change approximately 489.72 + acres of airport property at 
The Eastern Iowa Airport (CID) from aeronautical use to non-
aeronautical for revenue producing use. The tracts of land are located 
along the Northern boundary of the airport, near 76th Avenue SW and on 
the corner of 76th Ave. SW and Edgewood Road SW and the corner of 76th 
Ave. and 18th St. SW. These tracts will be used for light industrial/
business park.
    No airport landside or airside facilities are presently located on 
these tracts, nor are airport developments contemplated in the future. 
There is no current use of the surface of these tracts. The tracts will 
serve as revenue producing lots with the proposed change from 
aeronautical to non-aeronautical. The request submitted by the Sponsor 
meets the procedural requirements of the Federal Aviation 
Administration and the change to non-aeronautical status of the 
property does not and will not impact future aviation needs at the 
airport. The FAA may approve the request, in whole or in part, no 
sooner than thirty days after the publication of this Notice.
    The following is a brief overview of the request:
    The Eastern Iowa Airport (CID) is proposing the release of three 
tracts of land totaling 489.72 more or less acres from aeronautical to 
non-aeronautical. The release of land is necessary to comply with 
Federal Aviation Administration Grant Assurances that do not allow 
federally acquired airport property to be used for non-aviation 
purposes. The rental of the subject property will result in the land at 
The Eastern Iowa Airport (CID) being changed from aeronautical to 
nonaeronautical use and release the lands from the conditions of the 
Airport Improvement Program Grant Agreement Grant Assurances. In 
accordance with 49 U.S.C. 47107(c) (2)(B)(i) and (iii), the airport 
will receive fair market rental value for the property. The annual 
income from rent payments will generate a long-term, revenue-producing 
stream that will further the Sponsor's obligation under FAA Grant 
Assurance number 24, to make The Eastern Iowa Airport as financially 
self-sufficient as possible.
    Following is a legal description of the subject airport property at 
The Eastern Iowa Airport (CID):

Legal Description Tract 1

    A tract of land located in Section 24, Township 82 North, Range 8 
West of the fifth principal meridian, Linn County, Iowa, more 
particularly described as follows:

    Beginning at a point 20.00 feet South of the North line of said 
Section 24 and 33.00 feet East of the West line of said Section 24; 
thence North 88[deg]28'54'' East, 2636.28 feet to the East line of the 
Northwest quarter of said section; thence North 88[deg]24'05'' East, 
2545.44 feet; thence South 32[deg]33'15'' East, 85.48 feet to the West 
right-of-way line of Edgewood Road SW; thence South 02[deg]00'36'' 
East, 2151.98 feet along said west right-of-way line; thence South 
89[deg]42'36'' West, 5229.22 feet; thence North 01[deg]57'33'' West, 
2109.54 feet to the point of beginning, containing 11,320,472 square 
feet or 259.88 acres more or less.

Legal Description Tract 2

    A tract of land located in Section 19, Township 82 North, Range 7 
West of the fifth principal meridian, Linn County, Iowa, more 
particularly described as follows:

    Commencing at the Northwest corner of the Northeast quarter of the 
Northeast quarter of said Section 19, thence 42.52 feet along the West 
line of said Northeast quarter of the Northeast quarter to the point of 
beginning; thence continuing along said West line south 01[deg]59'21'' 
East, 1279.63 feet to the Southwest corner of said Northeast quarter of 
the Northeast quarter; thence South 01[deg]59'49'' East, 275.12 feet 
along the west line of the Southeast quarter of the Northeast quarter; 
thence North 89[deg]41'40'' East, 1286.86 feet to the west right-of-way 
of 18th Street SW; thence South 01[deg]57'44'' East, 514.69 feet along 
said West right-of-way line; thence South 81[deg]10'45'' West, 874.43 
feet; thence South 89[deg]42'36'' West, 4335.69 feet to the East right-
of-way line of Edgewood Road SW; thence North 02[deg]00'36'' West, 
2156.18 feet along said East right-of-way line; thence North 
29[deg]37'07'' East, 55.43 feet to the South right-of-way line of 76th 
Avenue SW; thence North 89[deg]51'08'' East, 2569.06 feet along said 
South right-of-way line to the East line of the Northwest quarter of 
said section 19; thence North 89[deg]39'57'' East, 1320.46 feet 
continuing along said South right-of-way line to the point of 
beginning, containing 9,388,150 square feet or 215.52 acres more or 
less.

Legal Description Tract 3

    A parcel of land located in the North half of the Northwest quarter 
of the Northwest quarter of Section 20, Township 82 North, range 7 West 
of the fifth principal meridian lying west of the C.R. & I.C. Inter 
Railway, Linn County, Iowa, more particularly described as follows:

    Beginning at the intersection of the South right-of-way line of 
76th Avenue SW and the West right-of-way line of the C.R. & I.C. Inter 
Railway Company, thence South 07[deg]13'24'' West, 624.42 feet along 
said West right-of-way to the South line of said North half of the 
Northwest quarter of the Northwest quarter; thence South 89[deg]37'21'' 
West, 959.81 feet along said South line to the East right-of-way line 
of 18th Street SW; thence North 01[deg]57'44'' West, 569.18 feet along 
said East right-of-way line; thence North 43[deg]49'35'' East, 69.73 
feet to the South right-of-way line of 76th Avenue SW; thence North 
89[deg]37'23'' East, 1009.53 feet along said South right-of-way line to 
the point of

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beginning, containing 623,678 square feet or 14.32 acres more or less.
    Any person may inspect, by appointment, the request in person at 
the FAA office listed above FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT. In 
addition, any person may, upon appointment and request, inspect the 
application, notice and other documents determined by the FAA to be 
related to the application in person at The Eastern Iowa Airport.

    Issued in Kansas City, MO on January 3, 2018.
Jim A. Johnson,
Director, Airports Division Central Region.
[FR Doc. 2018-00200 Filed 1-8-18; 8:45 am]
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