
[Federal Register Volume 88, Number 233 (Wednesday, December 6, 2023)]
[Notices]
[Page 84872]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2023-26777]


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DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION

Federal Aviation Administration


Notice of Request To Release Airport Property

AGENCY: Federal Aviation Administration (FAA), DOT.

ACTION: Notice of Intent to rule on request to release airport property 
for land disposal at the Liberal Mid-America Regional Airport (LBL), 
Liberal, Kansas.

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SUMMARY: The FAA proposes to rule and invites public comment on the 
release and sale of eleven parcels of land at the Liberal Mid-America 
Regional Airport (LBL), Liberal, Kansas.

DATES: Comments must be received on or before January 5, 2024.

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: Brian Fornwalt, Airport Manager, Liberal Mid-
America Regional Airport, 302 Terminal Road, PO Box 2199, Liberal, KS 
67901, (620) 626-0188.

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, (816) 329-2603, 
[email protected].
    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 and sell eleven tracts of land in the airport 
industrial park totaling approximately 10.27 acres of airport property 
at the Liberal Mid-America Regional Airport (LBL) under the provisions 
of 49 U.S.C. 47107(h)(2). The Airport Manager has requested from the 
FAA the release of eleven tracts of airport property be released for 
sale for commercial use. The FAA determined the request to release and 
sell property at Liberal Mid-America Regional Airport (LBL) meets the 
procedural requirements of the Federal Aviation Administration and the 
release and sale 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:
    Liberal Mid-America Regional Airport (LBL) is proposing the release 
and sale of eleven tracts of land in the airport industrial park 
totaling approximately 10.27 acres of airport property. The 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 sale of the subject property will 
result in the release of land and surface rights at the Liberal Mid-
America Regional Airport (LBL) from the conditions of the AIP Grant 
Agreement Grant Assurances. In accordance with 49 U.S.C. 
47107(c)(2)(B)(i) and (iii), the airport will receive fair market value 
and the property will continue to be used for commercial businesses by 
the existing tenants on these tracts.
    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, request an appointment and inspect the 
application, notice and other documents determined by the FAA to be 
related to the application in person at the Liberal Mid-America 
Regional Airport.

    Issued in Kansas City, MO, on December 1, 2023.
Edward A. Hyatt,
Acting Director, FAA Central Region, Airports Division.
[FR Doc. 2023-26777 Filed 12-5-23; 8:45 am]
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