Document ID: FAA-2008-0075-0001
Agency: faa
Document Type: Rule
Title: Notice of Intent To Rule on Request To Release Airport Property at the Gillespie County Airport, Fredericksburg, TX
Posted Date: 2008-01-18T05:00Z

[Federal Register: January 18, 2008 (Volume 73, Number 13)]
[Notices]               
[Page 3508-3509]
From the Federal Register Online via GPO Access [wais.access.gpo.gov]
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DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION

Federal Aviation Administration

 
Notice of Intent To Rule on Request To Release Airport Property 
at the Gillespie County Airport, Fredericksburg, TX

AGENCY: Federal Aviation Administration (FAA), DOT.

ACTION: Notice of Request to Release Airport Property.

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SUMMARY: The FAA proposes to rule and invite public comment on the 
release of land at the Gillespie County Airport 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 February 19, 2008.

ADDRESSES: Comments on this application may be mailed or delivered to 
the FAA at the following address:
    Mr. Mike Nicely, Manager, Federal Aviation Administration, 
Southwest Region, Airports Division, Texas Airports Development Office, 
ASW-650, Fort Worth, Texas 76193-0650.
    In addition, one copy of any comments submitted to the FAA must be 
mailed or delivered to Mr. Roger Hansen, Airport Manager, at the 
following address:
    101 West Main St., Unit 9, Fredericksburg, Texas 78624.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Mr. Steven Cooks, Program Manager, 
Federal Aviation Administration, Texas Airports Development Office, 
ASW-650, 2601 Meacham Boulevard, Fort Worth, Texas 76193-0650, 
Telephone: (817) 222-5608, e-mail: Steven.Cooks@faa.gov, fax: (817) 
222-5989.
    The request to release property may be reviewed in person at this 
same location.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The FAA invites public comment on the 
request

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to release property at the Gillespie County Airport under the 
provisions of the AIR 21.
    The following is a brief overview of the request:
    The City of Fredericksburg owns 7.73 acre tract of land that 
adjoins airport property. The airport has 5.77 acre tract of land that 
adjoins a City partk. The County and the City propose to exchange these 
two tracts as being advantageous to both. The land was acquired by the 
County of Gillespie in 1946 using public funds derived through a bond 
issue voted in 1945. The property to be released will be traded to 
allow both entities future development. Any person may inspect the 
reqeust in person at the FAA office listed above under FOR FURTHER 
INFORMATION CONTACT.
    In addition, any person may, upon request, inspect the application, 
notice and other documents relevant to the application in person at the 
Gillespie County Airport, telephone number (830) 990-5764.

    Issued in Fort Worth, Texas on January 9, 2008.
Kelvin L. Solco,
Manager, Airports Division.
[FR Doc. 08-168 Filed 1-17-08; 8:45 am]

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