Document ID: FAA-2011-0700-0001
Agency: faa
Document Type: Notice
Title: Requests to Release Airport Property: Lehigh Valley International Airport, Allentown, PA
Posted Date: 2011-06-28T04:00Z

[Federal Register: June 28, 2011 (Volume 76, Number 124)]
[Notices]               
[Page 37874-37875]
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 Lehigh Valley International Airport, Allentown, PA

AGENCY: Federal Aviation Administration (FAA), DOT.

ACTION: Notice of request to release airport property.

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SUMMARY: The Federal Aviation Administration proposes to rule and 
invite public comment on the release of land at the Lehigh Valley 
International Airport, Allentown, Pennsylvania under the provisions of 
Section 47125(a) of Title 49 United States Code (U.S.C.).
    The parcel is a generally north/south rectangular property whose 
south end of the parcel is located at the north end of Lynnwood Dr. The 
property is currently vacant land, under agricultural production, and 
is maintained to protect airspace surfaces of 14 CFR 77.19. The 
requested release is for the purpose of permitting the Airport Owner to 
convey title of 14.496 Acres as open space dedication to meet the 
conditions of an existing zone change (Resolution 07-08), and the 
Subdivision and Land Development Ordinance of Hanover Township in 
Northampton County, Pennsylvania. This release will enable the airport 
to implement the Noise Land Reuse Plan approved by the FAA on May 10, 
2010.
    Documents reflecting the Sponsor's request are available, by 
appointment only, for inspection at the Airport Manager's office and 
the FAA Harrisburg Airport District Office.

DATES: Comments must be received on or before July 28, 2011.

ADDRESSES: Documents are available for review at the Airport Director's 
office: Lehigh Northampton Airport Auth., 5311 Airport Road, Allentown, 
PA 18109-3040, 610-266-6001 voice, 610-264-0115 fax; and at the FAA 
Harrisburg Airports District Office: James M. Fels, Program Manager, 
Harrisburg Airports District Office, 3905 Hartzdale Dr., Suite 508, 
Camp Hill, PA 17011, (717) 730-2830.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: James M. Fels, Harrisburg Airports 
District Office location listed above.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The parcel is a generally north/south 
rectangular parcel approximately 1,637ft by 540ft excluding the 795ft 
by 327ft rectangle of the south east quadrant. The south end of the 
parcel is located at the north end of Lynnwood Dr.

Legal Description: Lot 2--to Hanover Township for Current & Advance 
Open Space Dedication Purposes

    A certain lot, piece or parcel of land, bounded and described as 
follows, to wit:
    Beginning at a point on the right-of-way line of Innovation Way (60 
feet wide);
    Thence along lands now or late of Darbin T. & Deborah S. Skeans, S 
08[deg]25'08'' E, 851.93 feet to an iron pin found;
    Thence along lands now or late of Hanover Township S 82[deg]26'56'' 
W, 326.90 feet to a point;
    Thence continuing along said lands S 08[deg]08'33'' E, 795.39 feet 
to a point;
    Thence along the Village View Gardens Subdivision S 82[deg]12'34'' 
W, 217.20 feet to a point;
    Thence along lands now or late of the Lehigh-Northampton Airport 
Authority N 08[deg]08'33'' W, 1,636.50 feet to a point;
    Thence continuing along said lands N 81[deg]12'34'' E, 540.00 feet 
to a point, the place of beginning. containing: 14.496 acres.
    And a rounded area located at the NE. corner of the above 14.496 
acre tract:
    A certain lot, piece or parcel of land, bounded and described as 
follows, to wit:
    Beginning at a point in the corner along the lands now or late of 
Victor and Stephanie Warminsky and Darbin T. and Deborah S. Skeans;
    Thence along the lands now or late of Darbin T. and Deborah S. 
Skeans S 08[deg]25'08'' E passing through an iron pin found at 51.31 
feet, a total distance of 111.31 feet to an iron pin found;
    Thence through the lands now or late of the Lehigh-Northampton 
Airport Authority the following three (3) courses and distances:
    1. S 81[deg]12'34'' W, 128.79 feet to a point;
    2. Along a curve to the right having a radius of 60.00 feet, a 
central angle of 188[deg]03'23'', an arc length of 196.93 feet and the 
chord being N 05[deg]32'31'' W, 119.70 feet to a point;
    3. N 05[deg]14'14'' W, 1.46 feet to a point;
    Thence along the lands now or late of Victor and Stephanie 
Warminsky N 85[deg]42'37'' E, 123.02 feet to a point, the place of 
beginning. Containing 0.477 acres (20,779 sq. feet).
    The parcel was acquired without Federal participation. The 
requested release is for the purpose of permitting the Sponsor to sell 
and convey title of the subject 14.973 Acres to meet the conditions of 
an existing zone change (Resolution 07-08), and the open space 
dedication requirements of the Subdivision and Land Development 
Ordinance of Hanover Township in Northampton County Pennsylvania for 
future land sales or development leases of other airport owned parcels. 
This advance dedication of open space meets 93 percent of the total 
requirement for all of the developable land that may be released for 
sale, lease or rental in the future. Proceeds from the future sale, 
lease, or rental of property must be used for the capital and operating 
costs of the airport.
    Interested persons are invited to comment on the proposed release 
from obligations. All comments will be considered by the FAA to the 
extent practicable.

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    Issued in Camp Hill, Pennsylvania, on June 17, 2011.
Lori K. Pagnanelli,
Manager, Harrisburg Airports District Office.
[FR Doc. 2011-16153 Filed 6-27-11; 8:45 am]
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