
[Federal Register: August 26, 2009 (Volume 74, Number 164)]
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DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION

Federal Aviation Administration

 
Notice of Intent To Rule on Request To Release Airport Property 
at Walnut Ridge Regional Airport, Walnut Ridge, AR

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 Walnut Ridge Regional Airport under the provisions 
of Title 49, U.S.C. Section 47153(c).

DATES: Comments must be received on or before September 25, 2009.

ADDRESSES: Comments on this application may be mailed or delivered to 
the FAA at the following address: Mr. Edward N. Agnew, Manager, Federal 
Aviation Administration, Southwest Region, Airports Division, Arkansas/
Oklahoma Airports Development Office, ASW-630, 2601 Meacham Boulevard, 
Fort Worth, Texas 76137.
    In addition, one copy of any comments submitted to the FAA must be 
mailed or delivered to The Honorable Michelle Rogers, Mayor of Walnut 
Ridge, at the following address: City of Walnut Ridge, 300 West Main 
Street, Walnut Ridge, AR 72476.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Mr. Paul Burns, Federal Aviation 
Administration, Airports Development Office, ASW-630, 2601 Meacham 
Boulevard, Fort Worth, Texas 76137.
    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 Walnut Ridge Regional Airport.
    On August 10, 2009, the FAA determined that the request to release 
property at Walnut Ridge Regional Airport submitted by the City of 
Walnut Ridge met the procedural requirements of the Federal Aviation 
Regulations, Part 155. The FAA may approve the request, in whole or in 
part, no later than September 25, 2009.
    The following is a brief overview of the request: The City of 
Walnut Ridge requests the release of 17.6 acres of airport property. 
The land proposed for release will be used by Williams Baptist College 
to expand its existing college campus adjacent to the Walnut Ridge 
Regional Airport. The fair market value of this land is $53,000.00. In 
exchange for this 17.6 acres, the Airport will receive from Williams 
Baptist College a 20.0-acre tract valued at $40,000.00 plus a cash 
payment in the amount of $13,000.00. The City will use this $13,000.00 
(together with $30,000.00 from another airport land release, resulting 
in a total of $43,000.00) on a 2010 capital improvement project to 
construct a Maintenance Hangar at Walnut Ridge Regional 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 germane to the application in person at the 
Walnut Ridge Regional Airport.

    Issued in Fort Worth, Texas, on August 14, 2009.
Kelvin L. Solco,
Manager, Airports Division.
[FR Doc. E9-20317 Filed 8-25-09; 8:45 am]

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