[Federal Register Volume 89, Number 203 (Monday, October 21, 2024)]
[Notices]
[Pages 84238-84239]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2024-24289]


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DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION

Federal Aviation Administration


Notice of Intent To Rule on a Land Release Request at Philip 
Billard Airport (TOP), Topeka, KS

AGENCY: Federal Aviation Administration (FAA), DOT.

ACTION: Notice of request to release of airport land.

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SUMMARY: The FAA proposes to rule and invites public comment on the 
request to release and sell a 44.47 acre parcel of federally obligated 
airport property at the Philip Billard Airport (TOP), Topeka, Kansas.

DATES: Comments must be received on or before November 20, 2024.

ADDRESSES: Comments on this application may be mailed or delivered

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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: Eric M. Johnson, President and Director of 
Airports, Metropolitan Topeka Airport Authority, 6510 SE Forbes Ave., 
Suite 1, Topeka, KS 66619-1446, (785) 862-2362.

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, 
<a href="/cdn-cgi/l/email-protection#8beae6f2a5fceae7ffeef9cbedeaeaa5ece4fd"><span class="__cf_email__" data-cfemail="cdaca0b4e3baaca1b9a8bf8dabacace3aaa2bb">[email protected]</span></a>. 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 a 44.47 acre parcel of airport property at the 
Philip Billard Airport, (TOP) provisions of 49 U.S.C. 47107(h)(2). The 
Metropolitan Topeka Airport Authority requested a release from the FAA 
to sell a 44.47 acre parcel for continued use as agricultural 
production. The FAA determined this request to release and sell 
property at the Philip Bilard Airport (TOP) submitted by the Sponsor 
meets the procedural requirements of the FAA 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:
    The Metropolitan Topeka Airport Authority (TOP) is proposing the 
release from obligations and sale of a 44.47 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 land at the Philip 
Billard Airport ( ) 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 order to sell 
the land. In accordance with 49 U.S.C. 47107(c)(2)(B)(i) and (iii), the 
airport will receive fair market value for the property, which will be 
subsequently reinvested in another eligible airport improvement project 
for general aviation use.
    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 to inspect the 
application, notice and other documents determined by the FAA to be 
related to the application in person at the Metropolitan Topeka Airport 
Authority Business Center.

    Issued in Kansas City, MO, on October 15, 2024.
Rodney N. Joel,
Director, FAA Central Region, Airports Division.
[FR Doc. 2024-24289 Filed 10-18-24; 8:45 am]
BILLING CODE 4910-13-P


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