Document ID: FAA-2008-1074-0001
Agency: faa
Document Type: Rule
Title: Notice of Intent To Rule on Request To Abandon Tatum Airport, Tatum, NM
Posted Date: 2008-10-02T04:00Z

[Federal Register: October 2, 2008 (Volume 73, Number 192)]
[Notices]               
[Page 57402-57403]
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 Abandon Tatum Airport, 
Tatum, NM

AGENCY: Federal Aviation Administration (FAA), DOT.

ACTION: Notice of intent to abandon airport property.

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SUMMARY: The FAA proposes to rule and invites public comment on the 
abandonment of the Tatum Airport, Tatum, NM, under provisions of Title 
49, U.S.C. Section 47107(h) and to release the State of New Mexico as 
airport sponsor from the Airport Improvement Program Grant Agreement 
Grant Assurances, and to change forever the lands of the Tatum Airport 
from aeronautical to non-aeronautical use. The State of New Mexico will 
transfer Tatum's grant obligations associated with AIP Grant Number 3-
35-0044-001-2002 obligations to Navajo Lake Airport, Navajo Dam NM by 
investing the grant funds of $27,362 for fencing at Tatum to a fencing 
project at Navajo Lake Airport.

DATES: Comments must be received on or before October 23, 2008.

ADDRESSES: Comments on this application may be mailed or delivered to 
the FAA at the following address: Mr. Lacey D. Spriggs, Manager, 
Federal Aviation Administration Southwest Region, Airports Division 
Louisiana/New Mexico Airports Development Office, ASW640, 2601 Meacham 
Boulevard Fort Worth, Texas 76137.
    In addition, one copy of any comments submitted to the FAA must be 
mailed or delivered to Mr. Thomas D. Baca, Director, Aviation Division, 
New Mexico Highway and Transportation Department, P.O. Box 1149, Santa 
Fe, New Mexico 87504-1149.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Mr. Andy Velayos, Program Manager, 
Federal Aviation Administration

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Louisiana/New Mexico Airports Development Office, ASW640, 2601 Meacham 
Boulevard Fort Worth, Texas 76137.
    The request to release the state of New Mexico from the grant 
assurances may be reviewed in person at this same location.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The FAA invites public comment on the 
request to abandon Tatum Airport and release the State of New Mexico 
from the Grant Assurances, and change the status of the lands at the 
Tatum Airport.
    The State of New Mexico as owner of the airport that is on state 
owned land filed notice with the FAA to permanently abandon Tatum 
Airport, Tatum, NM. As a result of this request the state will make 
restitution in the amount of $27,362.00 for the fencing installed by 
FAA Airport Improvement Program (AIP) Grant in 2002 (one and only AIP 
Grant at this airport) by investing the same amount of funds in an AIP 
project at Navajo Lake Airport, Navajo Dam, NM. Prior to the 2002 Grant 
being issued, Tatum Airport was not federally obligated. This 
abandonment will result in the lands of the Tatum Airport being changed 
from aeronautical to nonaeronautical use and release the lands from the 
conditions of the AIP Grant Agreement Grant Assurances.
    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 application, 
notice and other documents germane to the application in person at the 
office of Mr. Thomas D. Baca, Director, Aviation Division, New Mexico 
Highway and Transportation Department, P.O. Box 1149, Santa Fe, New 
Mexico 87504-1149.

    Issued in Fort Worth, Texas, on September 24, 2008.
Kelvin L. Solco,
Manager, Airports Division.
[FR Doc. E8-23262 Filed 10-1-08; 8:45 am]

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