[Federal Register Volume 87, Number 118 (Tuesday, June 21, 2022)]
[Notices]
[Pages 36912-36913]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2022-13195]


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DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION

Federal Aviation Administration


Waiver of Aeronautical Land Use Assurance: Independence Municipal 
Airport (IDP), Independence, KS

AGENCY: Federal Aviation Administration (FAA), DOT.

ACTION: Notice of Intent of Waiver with respect to land use change from 
aeronautical to non-aeronautical.

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SUMMARY: The Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) is considering a 
proposal from the City of Independence, KS, to release a 7.857 acre 
parcel of land from the federal obligation dedicating it to 
aeronautical use and to authorize this parcel to be used for revenue-
producing, non-aeronautical purposes.

DATES: Comments must be received on or before July 21, 2022.

ADDRESSES: Comments on this application may be mailed or delivered to 
the FAA at the following address: Amy J. Walter, Airports Land 
Specialist, Federal Aviation Administration, Airports Division, ACE-
620G, 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: 
Kelly Paussauer, City Manager, City of Independence, 811 W Laurel 
Street, Independence, KS 67301, (620) 332-2506.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Amy J. Walter, Airports Land 
Specialist, Federal Aviation Administration, Airports Division, ACE-
620G, 901 Locust Room 364, Kansas City, MO 64106, Telephone number 
(816) 329-2603, Fax number (816) 329-2611, email address: 
[email protected].

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The FAA invites public comment on the 
request to change three parcels of land totaling 7.857 acres of airport 
property at the Independence Municipal Airport (IDP) from aeronautical 
use to non-aeronautical for revenue producing use. This parcel will be 
leased to VSE Aviation Services, LLC to expand their existing building 
and construct a parking lot.
    No airport landside or airside facilities are presently located on 
this parcel, nor are airport developments contemplated in the future. 
There is no current use of the surface of the parcel. The parcel will 
serve as a revenue producing lot 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 Independence Municipal Airport (IDP) is proposing the use 
release of 7.857 acres of land from aeronautical to non-aeronautical. 
The use 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 Independence 
Municipal Airport (IDP) being changed from aeronautical to non-
aeronautical 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 Independence Municipal Airport as 
financially self-sufficient as possible. Following is a legal 
description of the subject airport property at the Independence 
Municipal Airport (IDP):
    A tract of land located in a portion of the Southeast Quarter of 
Section 21, Township 33 South, Range 15 East of the 6th P.M., 
Montgomery County, Kansas, being more particularly described as written 
by William A. Booe, LS 1046, 5-5-2022: Commencing at the Southeast 
corner of the Southeast Quarter; thence S 88[deg]15'13'' W, along the 
South line of the Southeast Quarter a distance of 1655. 78 feet; thence 
N 01[deg]24'44'' W, a distance of 395.10 feet to the Point of 
Beginning; thence N 01[deg]24'44'' W, a distance of 610.00 feet; thence 
S 88[deg]35'16'' W, a distance of 321. 77 feet; thence S 01[deg]24'44'' 
E, a distance of 610.00 feet; thence N 88[deg]35'16'' E, a distance of 
321. 77 feet to the Point of Beginning. Containing 4.506 acres. And a 
tract of land located in a portion of the Southeast Quarter of Section 
21, Township 33 South, Range 15 East of the 6th P.M., Montgomery 
County, Kansas, being more particularly described as written by William 
A. Booe, LS 1046, 5-5-2022: Commencing at the Southeast corner of the 
Southeast Quarter; thence S 88[deg]15'13'' W, along the South line of 
the Southeast Quarter a distance of 1655. 78 feet; thence N 
01[deg]24'44'' W, a distance of 1005.10 feet;

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thence S 88[deg]35'16'' W, a distance of 321.77 feet; thence S 
89[deg]35'39'' W, a distance of 80.00 feet; thence S 88[deg]47'00'' W, 
a distance of 158.02 feet to the Point of Beginning; thence S 
88[deg]47'00'' W, a distance of 128.21 feet; thence S 01[deg]20'36'' E, 
a distance of 128.32 feet; thence N 88[deg]47'00'' E, a distance of 
128.53 feet; thence N 01[deg]29'10'' W, a distance of 128.32 feet to 
the Point of Beginning. Containing 0.378 acres. And a tract of land 
located in a portion of the Southeast Quarter of Section 21, Township 
33 South, Range 15 East of the 6th P.M., Montgomery County, Kansas, 
being more particularly described as written by William A. Booe, LS 
1046, 5-5-2022: Commencing at the Southeast corner of the Southeast 
Quarter; thence S 88[deg]15'13'' W, along the South line of the 
Southeast Quarter a distance of 1655.78 feet; thence N 01[deg]24'44'' 
W, a distance of 1005.10 feet; thence S 88[deg]35'16'' W, a distance of 
321. 77 feet; thence S 89[deg]35'39'' W, a distance of 80.00 feet to 
the point of beginning; thence S 88[deg]47'00'' W, a distance of 158.02 
feet; thence S 01[deg]29'10'' E a distance of 128.32 feet; thence S 
88[deg]47'00'' W a distance of 128.53 feet; thence S 01[deg]20'36'' E a 
distance of 380.38 feet; thence N 88[deg]51'48'' E a distance of 287.45 
feet; thence N 01[deg]28'49'' W a distance of 509.10 feet to the point 
of beginning. Containing 2.973 acres.
    Any person may inspect, by appointment, the request in person at 
the FAA office listed above. In addition, any person may upon request, 
inspect the application, notice and other documents determined by the 
FAA to be related to the application in person at the Independence 
Municipal Airport.

    Issued in Kansas City, MO, on June 14, 2022.
James A. Johnson,
Director, FAA Central Region, Airports Division.
[FR Doc. 2022-13195 Filed 6-17-22; 8:45 am]
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