[Federal Register Volume 86, Number 50 (Wednesday, March 17, 2021)]
[Notices]
[Pages 14667-14668]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2021-05520]


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DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION

Federal Aviation Administration


Waiver of Aeronautical Land Use Assurance: Independence Municipal 
Airport (IDP), Independence, KS

AGENCY: Federal Aviation Administration (FAA), DOT.

ACTION: Notice of intent of waiver with respect to land use change from 
aeronautical to non-aeronautical.

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SUMMARY: The Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) is considering a 
proposal from the City of Independence, KS, to release a 10.675 acre 
parcel of land from the federal obligation dedicating it to 
aeronautical use and to authorize this parcel to be used for revenue-
producing, non-aeronautical purposes.

DATES: Comments must be received on or before April 16, 2021.

ADDRESSES: Comments on this application may be mailed or delivered to 
the FAA at the following address: Amy J. Walter, Airports Land 
Specialist, Federal Aviation Administration, Airports Division, ACE-
620G, 901 Locust Room 364, Kansas City, MO 64106.
    In addition, one copy of any comments submitted to the FAA must be 
mailed or delivered to: Kelly Paussauer, City Manager, City of 
Independence, 811 W Laurel Street, Independence, KS 67301, (620) 332-
2506.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Amy J. Walter, Airports Land 
Specialist, Federal Aviation Administration, Airports Division, ACE-
620G, 901 Locust Room 364, Kansas City, MO 64106, Telephone number 
(816) 329-2603, Fax number (816) 329-2611, email address: 
amy.walter@faa.gov.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The FAA invites public comment on the 
request to change a 10.675 acre parcel of airport property at the 
Independence Municipal Airport (IDP) from aeronautical use to non-
aeronautical for revenue producing use. This parcel will be leased to a 
local gun club.
    No airport landside or airside facilities are presently located on 
this parcel, nor are airport developments contemplated in the future. 
There is no current use of the surface of the parcel. The parcel will 
serve as a revenue producing lot with the proposed change from 
aeronautical to non-aeronautical. The request submitted by the Sponsor 
meets the procedural requirements of the Federal Aviation 
Administration and the change to non-aeronautical status of the 
property does not and will not impact future aviation needs at the 
airport. The FAA may approve the request, in whole or in part, no 
sooner than thirty days after the publication of this Notice.
    The following is a brief overview of the request:
    The Independence Municipal Airport (IDP) is proposing the use 
release of a 10.675 acre parcel of land from aeronautical to non-
aeronautical. The use release of land is necessary to comply with 
Federal Aviation Administration Grant Assurances that do not allow 
federally acquired airport property to be used for non-aviation 
purposes. The rental of the subject property will result in the land at 
the Independence Municipal Airport (IDP) being changed from 
aeronautical to non-aeronautical use and release the lands from the 
conditions of the Airport Improvement Program Grant Agreement Grant 
Assurances. In accordance with 49 U.S.C. 47107(c)(2)(B)(i) and (iii), 
the airport will receive fair market rental value for the property. The 
annual income from rent payments will generate a long-term, revenue-
producing stream that will further the Sponsor's obligation under FAA 
Grant Assurance number 24, to make the Independence Municipal Airport 
as financially self-sufficient as possible. Following is a legal 
description of the subject airport property at the Independence 
Municipal Airport (IDP):
    A tract of land located in a portion of the Northeast Quarter of 
Section 28, Township 33 South Range 15 East of the 6th P.M., Montgomery 
County, Kansas, being more particularly described as follows: 
Commencing at the Northeast corner of Section 28; thence S 
88[deg]15'13'' W, a distance of 425.67 feet; thence S 01[deg]22'04'' E, 
a distance of 289.89 feet to the Point of Beginning; thence continuing 
S 01[deg]22'04'' E, a distance of 620.00 feet; thence S 88[deg]37'56'' 
W, a distance of 750.00 feet; thence N 01[deg]22'04'' W, a distance of 
620.00 feet; thence N 88[deg]37'56'' E, a distance of 750.00 feet to 
the Point of Beginning. Containing 10.675 acres.
    Any person may inspect, by appointment, the request in person at 
the FAA office listed above. In addition, any person may upon request, 
inspect the application, notice and other

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documents determined by the FAA to be related to the application in 
person at the Independence Municipal Airport.

    Issued in Kansas City, MO, on March 11, 2021.
James A. Johnson,
Director, FAA Central Region, Airports Division.
[FR Doc. 2021-05520 Filed 3-16-21; 8:45 am]
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