[Federal Register Volume 88, Number 24 (Monday, February 6, 2023)]
[Notices]
[Pages 7771-7772]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2023-02428]


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DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION

Federal Aviation Administration


Notice of Request To Release Airport Property for Land Disposal 
at the Liberal Mid-America Regional Airport (LBL), Liberal, Kansas

AGENCY: Federal Aviation Administration (FAA), DOT.

ACTION: Notice of intent to rule on request to release airport 
property.

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SUMMARY: The FAA proposes to rule and invites public comment on the 
release and sale of one parcel of land at the Liberal Mid-America 
Regional Airport (LBL), Liberal, Kansas.

DATES: Comments must be received on or before March 8, 2023.

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: Brian Fornwalt, Airport Manager, Liberal Mid-
America Regional Airport, 302 Terminal Road, P.O. Box 2199, Liberal, KS 
67901, (620) 626-0188.

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, (816) 329-2603, 
[email protected].
    The request to release property may be reviewed, by appointment, in 
person at this same location.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The FAA invites public comment on the 
request to release approximately 0.87 acres of airport property at the 
Liberal Mid-America Regional Airport (LBL) under the provisions of 49 
U.S.C. 47107(h)(2). The Airport Manager has requested from the FAA the 
release of a 0.87 acre parcel of airport property be released for sale 
for commercial development. The FAA determined the request to release 
and sell property at Liberal Mid-America Regional Airport (LBL) 
submitted by the Sponsor meets the procedural

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requirements of the Federal Aviation Administration and the release and 
sale 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:
    Liberal Mid-America Regional Airport (LBL) is proposing the release 
and sale of a 0.87 acre parcel of airport property. 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 sale of the subject property will 
result in the release of land and surface rights at the Liberal Mid-
America Regional Airport (LBL) from the conditions of the AIP Grant 
Agreement Grant Assurances, but retaining the mineral rights. In 
accordance with 49 U.S.C. 47107(c)(2)(B)(i) and (iii), the airport will 
receive fair market value and the property will be developed for a 
commercial business.
    Any person may inspect, by appointment, the request in person at 
the FAA office listed above under FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT. In 
addition, any person may, request an appointment and inspect the 
application, notice and other documents determined by the FAA to be 
related to the application in person at the Liberal Mid-America 
Regional Airport.

    Issued in Kansas City, MO, on January 31, 2023.
James A. Johnson,
Director, FAA Central Region, Airports Division.
[FR Doc. 2023-02428 Filed 2-3-23; 8:45 am]
BILLING CODE 4910-13-P