
[Federal Register: April 2, 2009 (Volume 74, Number 62)]
[Notices]               
[Page 15047]
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 the Brownsville/South Padre Island International Airport, 
Brownsville, TX

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 invites public comment on the 
release of land at the Brownsville/South Padre Island International 
Airport under the provisions of Title 49, U.S.C. Section 47153(c).

DATES: Comments must be received on or before May 4, 2009.

ADDRESSES: Comments on this application may be mailed or delivered to 
the FAA at the following address:
    Mr. Mike Nicely, Manager, Federal Aviation Administration, 
Southwest Region, Airports Division, Texas Airports Development Office, 
ASW-650, Fort Worth, Texas 76193-0650.
    In addition, one copy of any comments submitted to the FAA must be 
mailed or delivered to Mr. Larry Brown, Director of Aviation, at the 
following address:
    City of Brownsville, Department of Aviation, 700 South Minnesota 
Avenue, Brownsville, Texas 78521-5721.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
    Mr. Glenn Boles, Program Manager, Federal Aviation Administration, 
Southwest Region, Airports Division, Texas Airports Development Office, 
ASW-650, Fort Worth, Texas 76193-0650, e-mail: Glenn.A.Boles@faa.gov, 
fax: (817) 222-5989.
    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 Brownsville/South Padre Island 
International Airport.
    On March 23, 2009, the FAA determined that the request to release 
property at Brownsville/South Padre Island International Airport, 
submitted by the City, met the procedural requirements of the Federal 
Aviation Regulations, Part 155. The FAA may approve the request, in 
whole or in part, 30 days from the posting of this Federal Register 
Notice.
    The following is a brief overview of the request:
    The City of Brownsville requests the release of 10.971 acres of 
non-aeronautical airport property. The land is part of a War Assets 
Administration deed of airport property to the City in 1948. The funds 
generated by the release will be used for upgrading, maintenance, 
operation and development of the 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 application, notice and other 
documents relevant to the application in person at the Brownsville/
South Padre Island International Airport, telephone number (956) 542-
4373.

    Issued in Fort Worth, Texas on March 24, 2009.
Joseph G. Washington,
Acting Manager, Airports Division.
[FR Doc. E9-7255 Filed 4-1-09; 8:45 am]
