[Federal Register Volume 71, Number 158 (Wednesday, August 16, 2006)]
[Notices]
[Page 47286]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 06-6950]


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DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION

Federal Aviation Administration


Notice of Intent To Rule on Request To Release Airport Property 
at the Franklin-Wilkins Airport, Lexington, TN

AGENCY: Federal Aviation Administration (FAA), DOT.

ACTION: Request for public comment.

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SUMMARY: The Federal Aviation Administration is requesting public 
comment on the release of land at the Franklin-Wilkins Airport in the 
City of Lexington, Tennessee. This property, approximately 200.3 acres, 
will change to a non-aeronautical use. This action is taken under the 
provisions of Section 125 of the Wendell H. Ford Aviation Investment 
Reform Act for the 21st Century (AIR 21).

DATES: Comments must be received on or before September 15, 2006.

ADDRESSES: Documents are available for review at the Tennessee 
Department of Transportation, Division of Aeronautics, 424 Knapp Blvd, 
Bldg 4219, Nashville, TN 37217 and the FAA Airports District Office, 
2862 Business Park Drive, Building G, Memphis, TN 38118. Written 
comments on the Sponsor's request must be delivered or mailed to: Mr. 
Phillip J. Braden, Manager, Memphis Airports District Office, 2862 
Business Park Drive, Building G, Memphis, TN 38118.
    In addition, a copy of any comments submitted to the FAA must be 
mailed or delivered to Mr. Bob Woods, Director, TDOT, Division of 
Aeronautics, P.O. Box 17326, Nashville, TN 37217.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Mr. Michael Thompson, Program Manager, 
Federal Aviation Administration, Memphis Airports District Office, 2862 
Business Park Drive, Building G, Memphis, TN 38118. 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 at the Franklin-Wilkins 
Airport, Lexington, TN. Under the provisions of AIR 21 (49 U.S.C. 
47107(h)(2)).
    On August 8, 2006, the FAA determined that the request to release 
property at Franklin-Wilkins Airport submitted by the airport owner 
meets the procedural requirements of the Federal Aviation 
Administration. The FAA may approve the request, in whole or in part, 
no later than September 15, 2006.
    The following is a brief overview of the request: The City of 
Lexington, TN, owner of the Franklin-Wilkins Airport, is proposing the 
closure of the airport and release of approximately 200.3 acres of 
airport property so the property can be converted to use for a public 
school, city park, city maintenance area, and cemetery expansion.
    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, upon appointment and request, inspect 
the request, notice and other documents germane to the request in 
person at the Tennessee Department of Transportation, Division of 
Aeronautics.

    Issued in Memphis, TN on August 8, 2006.
Phillip J. Braden,
Manager, Memphis Airports District Office, Southern Region.
[FR Doc. 06-6950 Filed 8-15-06; 8:45 am]
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