[Federal Register Volume 83, Number 165 (Friday, August 24, 2018)]
[Notices]
[Pages 42969-42970]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2018-18412]


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DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION

Federal Aviation Administration


Notice of Intent To Rule on Disposal of Aeronautical Property at 
McGhee Tyson Airport, Alcoa, TN (TYS)

AGENCY: Federal Aviation Administration (FAA), DOT.

ACTION: Notice.

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SUMMARY: The Federal Aviation Administration is requesting public 
comment on a request by the Metropolitan Knoxville Airport Authority 
(MKAA), to release approximately 59.093 acres of land at McGhee Tyson 
Airport from federal obligations. This release is being issued for the 
relocation of the existing alignment of State Route 115 (U.S. 129/Alcoa 
Highway) at the location commonly referred to as the Hunt Road 
interchange.

DATES: Comments must be received on or before September 24, 2018.

ADDRESSES: Comments on this notice may be mailed or delivered in 
triplicate to the FAA at the following address: Memphis Airports 
District Office, Attn: Jamal Stovall, Community Planner, 2600 Thousand 
Oaks Boulevard, Suite 2250, Memphis, TN 38118.
    In addition, one copy of any comments submitted to the FAA must

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be mailed or delivered to Mr. William F. Marrison, Executive Director, 
Metropolitan Knoxville Airport Authority at the following address: 2055 
Alcoa Highway, Alcoa, TN 37701.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Mr. Jamal Stovall, Community Planner, 
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.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The FAA proposes to rule and invites public 
comment on the request to release property for disposal at McGhee Tyson 
Airport, 2055 Alcoa Hwy., Alcoa, TN 37701, under the provisions of 49 
U.S.C. 47107(h)(2). The FAA determined that the request to release 
property at McGhee Tyson Airport (TYS) submitted by the Sponsor meets 
the procedural requirements of the Federal Aviation Administration and 
the release 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 Metropolitan Knoxville Airport Authority is releasing 
approximately 59.093 acres of airport property. This release is 
necessary for the relocation of the existing alignment of State Route 
115 (US 129/Alcoa Highway) at the Hunt Road Interchange. This request 
will release this property from federal obligations.
    The request consists of the following:
    Total land area and portions of 18 federally obligated parcels 
currently owned by MKAA. The total amount of land to be released is 
59.093 acres. The parcels in whole or portions thereof being released 
are referenced on the approved airport property map. The following are 
the effected parcels as they appear on the Approved Exhibit A and the 
amount of total land to be released versus the parcels total land area: 
A-1 (2.545ac. of 1,401.72ac.), A-3 (1.752ac. of 97.63 ac.), A-31 
(49.03ac. of 70.88 ac.), A-191 (0.071ac. of 0.89ac.), A-192 (0.162ac. 
of 0.86ac.), A-193 (0.25ac. of 0.86ac.), A-194 (0.216ac. of 0.57ac.), 
A-195 (0.37ac. of 0.86ac.), A-196 (0.391 ac. of 0.86ac.), A-197 
(0.454ac. of 0.83ac.), A-198 (0.608ac. of 0.91ac.), A-199 (0.756ac. of 
0.75ac.), A-200 (0.59ac. of 0.59ac.), A-201 (1.107ac. of 1.107ac.), A-
202 (0.232ac. of 0.232ac.), A-203 (0.21ac. of 0.21ac.), A-204 (0.185ac. 
of 0.185ac.), A-205 (0.162ac. of 0.162ac.). This property is bounded by 
Terminal Loop Drive to the west, North Wright Road to the east and 
Ambrose Street to the South. Parcels A-191 to A-205 were acquired in 
1989. These parcels are all vacant with scattered trees and mowed 
grass. Parcel A-1 was purchased from the City of Knoxville in 1979, 
which included 1,401 acres of the original airport. Parcel A-3 was 
purchased from a private land owner in 1969. Parcel A-31 was purchased 
from the Aluminum Company of America in 1986.
    This request will release this property from federal obligations. 
This action is taken under the provisions of 49 U.S.C. 47107(h)(2).
    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 request, 
notice and other documents germane to the request in person at the 
Metropolitan Knoxville Airport Authority.

    Issued in Memphis, Tennessee, on August 17, 2018.
Phillip J. Braden,
Manager, Memphis Airports District Office, Southern Region.
[FR Doc. 2018-18412 Filed 8-23-18; 8:45 am]
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