
[Federal Register: March 11, 2008 (Volume 73, Number 48)]
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DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION

Federal Aviation Administration

 
Notice of Intent To Rule on Request To Release Airport Property 
at the Shafter-Minter Field Airport, Shafter, CA

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 Shafter-Minter Field 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 April 10, 2008.

ADDRESSES: Comments on this application may be mailed or delivered to 
the FAA at the following address: Mr. Brian Armstrong, Manager, Federal 
Aviation Administration, Los Angeles Airports District Office, LAX-600, 
15000 Aviation Blvd., Lawndale, CA 90261. In addition, one copy of any 
comments submitted to the FAA must be mailed or delivered to Dana 
Mulder, President, Board of Directors, Minter Field Airport District, 
at the following address: Shafter Airport/Minter Field, 201 Aviation 
Street, Shafter, CA 93263.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Mr. Brian Armstrong, Manager, Federal 
Aviation Administration, Los Angeles Airports District Office, LAX-600, 
15000 Aviation Blvd., Lawndale, CA 90261, Telephone: (310) 725-3644, e-
mail: Brian.Armstrong@faa.gov, fax: (310) 725-6810. The request to 
release property may be reviewed in person at this same location.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The FAA invites public comment on the 
request to release property at the Shafter-Minter Field Airport under 
the provisions of the AIR 21. The following is a brief overview of the 
request:
    The Minter Field Airport District, the owner of Shafter-Minter 
Field Airport requests the release of certain land to enable the 
exchange of that land for other property contiguous to airport 
property. The land identified for release consists of approximately 
44.7 acres located north of Lerdo Highway and west of the Friant Kern 
Canal. The Friant Kern Canal is an open canal located on an easement 
that has existed since the property was owned by the Federal 
government. The canal physically separates the subject property from 
the remainder of the airport. The property to be acquired consists of 
approximately 32 acres located contiguous to the previous eastern 
boundary of the airport, north of Lerdo Highway and east of State 
Highway 99. Appraisals of the two parcels were completed in 1993 and 
again in 2000. In 2000, the Kern County General Services Administration 
concluded that the market value of property being released was 
$745,000. The value of the property acquired was $816,000. Based on 
this information, the Minter Field Airport District and Shafter-Minter 
Field Airport benefited from the exchange as a result of the higher 
property value of the land acquired.
    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 relevant to the application in person at the Shafter-Minter 
Field Airport, telephone number (805) 393-0402.

    Issued in Los Angeles, California on February 27, 2008.
Mark McClardy,
Manager, Airports Division.
[FR Doc. E8-4520 Filed 3-10-08; 8:45 am]

BILLING CODE 4910-13-M
