[Federal Register Volume 82, Number 181 (Wednesday, September 20, 2017)]
[Notices]
[Pages 44024-44025]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2017-19954]


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DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION

Federal Aviation Administration


Notice of Opportunity for Public Comment on Disposal of 57 Acres 
of Airport Land at Manchester-Boston Regional Airport in Manchester, NH

AGENCY: Federal Aviation Administration (FAA), DOT.

ACTION: Request for public comments.

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    Under the provisions of Title 49, U.S.C. Section 47153(d), notice 
is being given that the FAA is considering a request from the 
Manchester-Boston Regional Airport in Manchester, NH, to dispose of 57 
acres of airport land that is not required for aviation purposes at 
Manchester-Boston Regional Airport.
    The subject parcel has been identified as property no longer needed 
for aviation use by the Manchester-Boston Regional Airport. The 
property is comprised of two (2) adjacent parcels of land, one located 
off of Pettengill Road in the Town of Londonderry, Rockingham County, 
New Hampshire and shown on the Town of Londonderry Tax Map as Map14/Lot 
49-1, and the other located on Brown Avenue in the City of Manchester, 
Hillsborough County, New Hampshire shown on the City of Manchester Tax 
Map as Map 712, Lot 1B. The property was originally purchased as 
wetland mitigation land for the extension of Runway 35 in 2001. The 
property is located on the southwesterly side of the airport; it is a 
significant distance from the airfield environs.
    Shortly after the land was acquired, it was determined by both the 
state and federal agencies having jurisdiction that the wetland 
mitigation requirements imposed upon the Airport with respect to the 
Trolley Crossing property were no longer required, and that the 
Property should be preserved as a wildlife corridor. Given the use of 
the property at this time, the airport determined that it was 
appropriate to identify New Hampshire Fish and Game, an environmentally 
oriented state agency, to continue to maintain the property in its 
natural state as a wildlife corridor in perpetuity.
    The land will be transferred as a public benefit to the New 
Hampshire Fish and Game. A perpetual restrictive covenant is to be 
placed on the land that

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includes avigation easements and reversion clauses to ensure that 
aviation is not impacted by the property in the future. The restrictive 
covenant will be incorporated at the time of the land transfer.

DATES: Comments must be received on or before October 20, 2017.

ADDRESSES: You may send comments using any of the following methods:
    <bullet> Federal eRulemaking Portal: Go to http://www.regulations.gov, and follow the instructions on providing comments.
    <bullet> Fax: 202-493-2251.
    <bullet> Mail: U.S. Department of Transportation, Docket 
Operations, M-30, West Building Ground Floor, Room W 12-140, 1200 New 
Jersey Avenue SE., Washington, DC 20590.
    <bullet> Hand Delivery: Deliver to mail address above between 9 
a.m. and 5 p.m., Monday through Friday, except Federal holidays.
    Interested persons may inspect the request and supporting documents 
by contacting the
    FAA at the address listed under FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Mr. Jorge E. Panteli, Compliance and 
Land Use Specialist, Federal Aviation Administration New England Region 
Airports Division, 1200 District Avenue, Burlington, Massachusetts, 
01803. Telephone: 781-238-7618.

    Issued in Burlington, Massachusetts, on September 6, 2017.
Richard Doucette,
Acting Manager, ANE-600.
[FR Doc. 2017-19954 Filed 9-19-17; 8:45 am]
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