Document ID: FAA-2013-0259-3885
Agency: faa
Document Type: Notice
Title: Request for Comments: Surplus Property Release at the Wetumpka Municipal Airport, Wetumpka, AL
Posted Date: 2023-09-11T04:00Z

[Federal Register Volume 88, Number 174 (Monday, September 11, 2023)]
[Notices]
[Page 62424]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2023-19465]

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DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION

Federal Aviation Administration

Notice of Opportunity for Public Comment on Surplus Property 
Release at the Wetumpka Municipal Airport, Wetumpka, Alabama

AGENCY: Federal Aviation Administration, DOT.

ACTION: Notice of intent to rule on land release request.

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SUMMARY: The FAA is considering a request from the City of Wetumpka, 
Alabama to waive the requirement that 16.07 acres of 
airport property located at the Wetumpka Municipal Airport in Wetumpka, 
Alabama, be used for aeronautical purposes.

DATES: Comments must be received on or before October 11, 2023.

ADDRESSES: Comments on this notice may be mailed or delivered in 
triplicate to the FAA to the following address: Jackson Airports 
District Office Attn: Brian Hendry, Community Planner, Jackson Airports 
District Office 100 West Cross Street, Suite B Jackson, MS 39208-2307.
    In addition, one copy of any comments submitted to the FAA must be 
mailed or delivered to Wetumpka Municipal Airport, Attn: Ms. Lynn 
Weldon, Airport Manager, City of Wetumpka, Post Office Box 1180, 
Wetumpka, AL 36092.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Brian Hendry, Community Planner, 
Jackson Airports District Office, 100 West Cross Street, Suite B, 
Jackson, MS 39208-2307, (601) 664-9897. The land release request may be 
reviewed in person at this same location.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The FAA is reviewing a request by the City 
of Wetumpka to release approximately 16.07 acres of airport 
property at Wetumpka Municipal Airport (08A) under the provisions of 
title 49, U.S.C. 47153(c). The FAA determined that the request to 
release property at Wetumpka Municipal Airport (08A) submitted by the 
Sponsor meets the procedural requirements of the Federal Aviation 
Administration and the release 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 property will be purchased by Alabama 
Department of Transportation (ALDOT) which is purchasing the land for 
Right of Way (ROW) as related to a Highway 14 road widening project. 
The property is located on the northwest quadrant of airport property 
adjacent to Highway 14. In accordance with 49 U.S.C. 47107(c)(2)(B)(i), 
the airport will receive fair market value for the property, and the 
net proceeds from the sale of this property will be used for 
maintenance and improvements at the Wetumpka Municipal Airport.
    Any person may inspect the request in person at the FAA office 
listed above under FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT.
    In addition, any person may, upon request, inspect the request, 
notice and other documents germane to the request in person at the 
Wetumpka Municipal Airport (08A).

    Issued in Jackson, Mississippi, on September 5, 2023.
Rans D. Black,
Manager, Jackson Airports District Office Southern Region.
[FR Doc. 2023-19465 Filed 9-8-23; 8:45 am]
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