Document ID: FAA-2010-1235-0001
Agency: faa
Document Type: Rule
Title: Change in Use of Aeronautical Property: Houlton International Airport, Houlton, ME
Posted Date: 2010-12-09T05:00Z

[Federal Register Volume 75, Number 236 (Thursday, December 9, 2010)]
[Notices]
[Page 76777]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Printing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2010-30619]

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DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION

Federal Aviation Administration

Public Notice for a Change in Use of Aeronautical Property at 
Houlton International Airport, Houlton, Maine

AGENCY: Federal Aviation Administration (FAA), DOT.

ACTION: Request for Public Comments.

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SUMMARY: The FAA is requesting public comment on the Town of Houlton, 
Maine's request to change a portion (36,450 s.f.) of Airport property 
from aeronautical use to non-aeronautical use. The property is located 
on Industrial Drive adjacent to Houlton International Corporation. The 
property will be used to expand Houlton international Corporation's 
facility. The property was acquired from the United States Government 
under Surplus Property Deed dated July 14, 1947.
    The disposition of proceeds from the disposal of airport property 
will be in accordance with FAA's Policy and Procedures Concerning the 
Use of Airport Revenue, published in the Federal Register on February 
16, 1999.
    Section 125 of The Wendell H. Ford Aviation Investment and Reform 
Act for the 21St Century (AIR 21) requires the FM to provide an 
opportunity for public notice and comment to the ``waiver'' or 
``modification'' of a sponsor's Federal obligation to use certain 
airport property for aeronautical purposes.

DATES: Comments must be received on or before January 10, 2011.

ADDRESSES: Documents are available for review by appointment by 
contacting Mr. Douglas Hazlett, Town Manager, Telephone 207-532-7111 or 
by contacting Donna R. Witte, Federal Aviation Administration, 16 New 
England Executive Park, Burlington, Massachusetts, Telephone 781-238-
7624.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Donna R. Witte at the Federal Aviation 
Administration, 12 New England Executive Park, Burlington, 
Massachusetts 01803, Telephone 781-238-7624.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The following is a legal description of the 
property located in the Town of Houlton, County of Aroostook, State of 
Maine as shown on a land survey prepared by Swallow Associates entitled 
``Survey of Land for Shiretown Development Corp. Being Land at Houlton 
International Airport, Houlton, Maine'' Said parcel is more 
particularly described as follows: Commencing at the southwesterly 
corner of the land conveyed to the Shiretown Development Corporation by 
the Town of Houlton in a deed dated October 22, 2004, and recorded in 
Book 4057, Page 286 in the Southern Aroostook Registry of Deeds; thence 
northerly on the west line of said Shiretown Development Corporation 
parcel on a course bearing North nine degrees fifty-three minutes 
forty-three seconds East (N 09 53' 43'' E) for a distance of six 
hundred and zero-hundredths (600.00) feet to a \1/2\'' pin found at the 
northwest corner of said Shiretown Development Corporation parcel; 
thence westerly on an extension of the north line of said Shiretown 
Development Corporation parcel on a course bearing North eighty degrees 
six minutes seventeen seconds West (N 80 06' 17'' W) for a distance of 
sixty and ninety-hundredths (60.90) feet to a point; thence southerly 
on a course bearing South nine degrees fifty-three minutes forty-three 
seconds East (S 09 53' 43'' E) for a distance of six hundred and zero 
hundredths (600.00) feet to a point; thence easterly on a course 
bearing South eighty degrees six minutes seventeen seconds East (S 80 
06' 17'' E) for a distance of sixty and ninety hundredths (60.90) feet 
to the point of beginning.
    The basis of bearings for this description is magnetic from compass 
observation of February 4, 2008.
    The above described parcel contains 36,450 square feet.

    Issued in Burlington, Massachusetts, on November 19, 2010.
Bill Watson,
Acting Manager, Airports Division, New England Region.
[FR Doc. 2010-30619 Filed 12-8-10; 8:45 am]
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