
[Federal Register: August 26, 2010 (Volume 75, Number 165)]
[Notices]               
[Page 52593-52594]
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 Panama City-Bay County International Airport (PFN), Panama City, 
FL

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 Panama City-Bay International Airport (PFN), 
Panama City, FL under the provisions of 49 U.S.C. 47107(h).

DATES: Comments must be received on or before September 27, 2010.

ADDRESSES: Comments on this application may be mailed or delivered to 
the FAA at the following address: Rebecca R. Henry, Program Manager, 
Federal Aviation Administration, Orlando Airports District Office, 5950 
Hazeltine National Drive, Suite 400, Orlando, FL 32822-5024.
    In addition, one copy of any comments submitted to the FAA must be 
mailed or delivered to: Randall S. Curtis, A.A.E., Executive Director, 
Northwest Florida Beaches International Airport, 6300 West Bay Parkway, 
Panama City, FL 32409.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Rebecca R. Henry, Program Manager, 
Federal Aviation Administration, Orlando Airports District Office, 5950 
Hazeltine National Drive, Suite 400, Orlando, FL 32822-5024.
    The request to release property may be reviewed, by appointment, in 
person at this same location.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The FAA invites public comment on the 
request to release approximately 708 acres of property known as the 
Panama City-Bay County International Airport (PFN) under the provisions 
of 49 U.S.C. 47107(h)(2).
    On April 19, 2010, the Executive Director of the PFN on behalf of 
the Panama City-Bay County Airport and Industrial District (Airport 
Sponsor) notified the FAA that because of the intended opening of the 
Northwest Florida Beaches International Airport (ECP) in Bay County 
Florida on May 23, 2010, and the subsequent decommissioning and sale of 
PFN, he requested full release of the affected property from federal 
obligations. The ECP was opened to commercial airline operations on May 
23, 2010, and commercial airline operations were discontinued at PFN. 
General aviation operations at PFN are in the process of relocating to 
ECP and other airports in the region. The FAA has determined that the 
request to release property at PFN submitted by the Airport Sponsor 
meets the procedural requirements of the FAA and the release of the 
property does not and will not impact future aviation needs in the 
region. The FAA may approve the request in whole no sooner than 30 days 
after publication of this notice.
    The following is a brief overview of the request:
    The Airport Sponsor is proposing the release of the entire airport 
property and associated facilities with the exception of Goose Island 
which will revert to the Bureau of Land Management. The release of land 
is necessary to comply with FAA Grant Assurances that do not allow 
federally acquired airport property to be used for non-aviation 
purposes. The sale and permanent abandonment of the subject property 
will result in the lands of PFN being changed from aeronautical to 
nonaeronautical use and release the lands from the conditions of the 
AIP Grant Agreement Grant Assurances. In accordance with 49 U.S.C.

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47107(c)(2)(B)(i) and (iii), the Airport Sponsor will receive fair 
market value for the property, which will be subsequently reinvested in 
another eligible airport improvement project, including the financing 
of the recently-constructed ECP.
    Any person may inspect, by appointment, the request in person at 
the FAA office listed above under FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT.
    In addition, any person may, upon appointment and request, inspect 
the application, notice and other documents determined by the FAA to be 
related to the application in person at the Northwest Florida Beaches 
International Airport.

    Issued in Orlando, Florida, on August 17, 2010.
W. Dean Stringer,
Manager, FAA Orlando Airports District Office.
[FR Doc. 2010-21209 Filed 8-25-10; 8:45 am]
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