81 FR 90044 - Airport Privatization Pilot Program: Preliminary Application for Westchester County Airport, White Plains, NY
DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION
Federal Aviation Administration Federal Register Volume 81, Issue 239 (December 13, 2016)
Federal Aviation Administration
Federal Register Volume 81, Issue 239 (December 13, 2016)
| Page Range | 90044-90045 | |
| FR Document | 2016-29772 |
[Federal Register Volume 81, Number 239 (Tuesday, December 13, 2016)] [Notices] [Pages 90044-90045] From the Federal Register Online [www.thefederalregister.org] [FR Doc No: 2016-29772] ----------------------------------------------------------------------- DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION Federal Aviation Administration [Docket No. 2016-9477] Airport Privatization Pilot Program: Preliminary Application for Westchester County Airport, White Plains, NY AGENCY: Federal Aviation Administration (FAA), DOT. ACTION: Notice of receipt and acceptance for review. ----------------------------------------------------------------------- SUMMARY: The FAA has completed its review of the Westchester County Airport (HPN) preliminary application for participation in the Airport Privatization Pilot Program. The preliminary application is accepted for review, with a filing date of November 4, 2016. The County of Westchester, the airport sponsor, may select a private operator, negotiate an agreement and submit a final application to the FAA for exemption under the pilot program. DATES: Comments must be received February 13, 2017. FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Kevin C. Willis, Director, Airport Compliance and Management Analysis, ACO-1, Federal Aviation Administration, 800 Independence Avenue SW., Washington, DC 20591, telephone (202) 267-3085 SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Background Title 49 U.S.C. 47134 establishes an airport privatization pilot program and authorizes the Department of Transportation to grant exemptions from certain Federal statutory and regulatory requirements for up to five airport privatization projects. The application procedures require the FAA to publish a notice in the Federal Register after [[Page 90045]] review of a preliminary application. The FAA must publish a notice of receipt of the final application in the Federal Register for public review and comment for a sixty-day period. The HPN preliminary application is available for public review at http://www.regulations.gov. The docket number is FAA Docket NO. 2016-9477. Title 49 U.S.C 47134 authorizes the Secretary of Transportation, and through delegation, the FAA Administrator, to exempt a sponsor of a public-use airport that has received Federal assistance, from certain Federal requirements in connection with the privatization of the airport by sale or lease to a private party. Specifically, the Administrator may exempt the sponsor from all or part of the requirements to use airport revenues for airport-related purposes, to pay back a portion of Federal grants upon the sale or lease of an airport, and to return airport property deeded by the Federal Government upon transfer of the airport. The Administrator is also authorized to exempt the private purchaser or lessee from the requirement to use all airport revenues for airport-related purposes, to the extent necessary to permit the purchaser or lessee to earn compensation from the operations of the airport. On September 16, 1997, the FAA issued a Notice of procedures to be used in applications for exemption under the Airport Privatization Pilot Program (62 FR 48693). A request for participation in the pilot program must be initiated by the filing of either a preliminary or final application for exemption with the FAA. The County of Westchester submitted a preliminary application to the FAA for Westchester County Airport on November 4, 2016; the preliminary application is accepted for review, with a filing date of November 4, 2016. The County may select a private operator, negotiate an agreement and submit a final application to the FAA for exemption. If the FAA accepts the final application for review, the application will be made available for public review and comment for a 60-day period. Issued in Washington, DC, on December 6, 2016. Kevin C. Willis, Director, Office of Airport Compliance and Management Analysis. [FR Doc. 2016-29772 Filed 12-12-16; 8:45 am] BILLING CODE 4910-13-P
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from all federal land covenants, subject 1°22′57″ E, a distance of 160.93 feet same is platted and constructed across
to a reservation for continuing right of along the East side of a tract described said Section 4; thence on a bearing of N
flight as well as restrictions on the in document number 88616; thence S 74°54′ W along the north right of way
released property as required in FAA 86°43′07″ E along the North side of a line of said railroad, a distance of 370.6
Order 5190.6B section 22.16. Approval tract described in document number feet; thence N 35°05′ E, a distance of
does not constitute a commitment by 122157, a distance of 260.70 feet; thence 161.0 feet to the point of beginning, less
the FAA to financially assist in the S 54°54′35″ E along the Northeast side Railroad Right of Way.
disposal of the subject airport property of a tract described in document number Said tract contains 1.91 acres, more or
nor a determination of eligibility for 137068, a distance of 547.96 feet; thence less.
grant-in-aid funding from the FAA. S 0°03′34″ E along the East side of said The total BPP land described above
document, a distance of 372.30 feet to equals 162.71 acres, more or less.
Property Description
said Highway Right-of-Way; thence S Issued in Minneapolis, MN, on November
A tract of land located in Section 10, 71°16′49″ E, a distance of 1,440.89 feet 30, 2016.
T131N, R102W, NE1/4 of Section 9, along said Highway Right-of-Way; Andy Peek,
T131N, R102W, and the SE1/4 of thence N 8°30′03″ E, a distance of
Section 4, T131N, R102W of the 5th Manager, Dakota-Minnesota Airports District
436.22 feet along the West side of Office, FAA, Great Lakes Region.
Principal Meridian, Bowman County, Anderson′s First Addition; thence N
North Dakota, more particularly [FR Doc. 2016–29773 Filed 12–12–16; 8:45 am]
8°15′25″ E, a distance of 261.34 feet
described as follows: along the West side of Anderson′s First BILLING CODE 4910–13–P
Beginning at a point on the West line Addition; thence N 54°53′39″ W, a
of Section 10, T131N, R102W, a distance of 1,479.76 feet along the
distance of 163.50 feet south of the NW DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION
Southwest side of a tract described in
corner of said section. Thence N document number 103805; thence N Federal Aviation Administration
74°58′10″ W, a distance of 627.41 feet 54°56′11″ W, a distance of 314.49 feet
along the Southerly Right-of-Way line of along the South side of Lot 11 of [Docket No. 2016–9477]
the BNSF railroad to the North Section Wiffler′s First Addition; thence N
line of Section 9, T131N, R102W; thence 54°58′24″ W, a distance of 1,635.30 feet Airport Privatization Pilot Program:
continuing along said Right-of-Way line, along the South side of a tract described Preliminary Application for
a distance of 2,105.12 feet to the West in document number 179431; thence N Westchester County Airport, White
line of the SE Quarter of Section 4; 0°32′32″ E, a distance of 555.00 feet Plains, NY
thence S 0°00′21″ W along the said West along the South side of said document; AGENCY: Federal Aviation
line, a distance of 548.58 feet; thence N thence S 50°03′56″ W, a distance of Administration (FAA), DOT.
89°55′31″ E, a distance of 697.45 feet 473.70 feet along the South side of said
along the North line of said Section 9; ACTION: Notice of receipt and acceptance
document; thence N 54°58′24″ W, a for review.
thence S 54°56′42″ E, a distance of distance of 1154.80 feet along the South
2,373.23 feet along the South side of a side of said document to the West SUMMARY: The FAA has completed its
tract described in document number Section line of said Section 10; thence review of the Westchester County
87877 to the West line of said Section N 0°03′06″ W, a distance of 227.10 feet Airport (HPN) preliminary application
10; thence S 0°09′22″ E, a distance of along the West line of said Section 10 for participation in the Airport
759.22 feet along the West line of said to the point of beginning. Privatization Pilot Program. The
Section 10; thence S 89°58′09″ E, a Said tract contains 160.8 acres, more preliminary application is accepted for
distance of 544.00 feet along the North or less. review, with a filing date of November
line of a tract described in document And a tract of land located in the 4, 2016. The County of Westchester, the
number 97571; thence S 0°05′30″ W, a Southeast Quarter of Section 4, T131N, airport sponsor, may select a private
distance of 511.00 feet along the East R102W of the 5th P.M., more operator, negotiate an agreement and
side of said document; thence S particularly described as follows: submit a final application to the FAA
89°53′05″ E, a distance of 118.90 feet Beginning at the SE corner of said for exemption under the pilot program.
along the North side of tract described Section 4, thence N 00°05′21″ W, a
in document number 127200; thence S DATES: Comments must be received
distance of 43.06 feet to a point on the
89°50′08″ E, a distance of 215.99 feet north right of way line of the South February 13, 2017.
along the North side of a tract described Dakota Railroad Authority (aka BNSF FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
in document number 82638; thence S Railway); thence N 75°00′21″ W, a Kevin C. Willis, Director, Airport
89°48′22″ E, a distance of 96.57 feet distance of 1310.55 feet along the north Compliance and Management Analysis,
along the North side of a tract described right of way line of said railroad to the ACO–1, Federal Aviation
in document number 115722; thence N True Point of Beginning; thence N Administration, 800 Independence
89°58′57″ E, a distance of 45.73 feet 75°00′21″ W, a distance of 707.50 feet Avenue SW., Washington, DC 20591,
along the North side of a tract described along the north right of way line of said telephone (202) 267–3085
in document number 115721; thence S railroad: thence N 35°05′00″ E, a SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
0°05′50″ E, a distance of 304.96 feet distance of 342.68 feet; thence S
along the East side of said document to 46°23′09″ E, a distance of 671.89 feet to Background
the Northerly Right-of-Way of U.S. Hwy the True Point of Beginning, excepting Title 49 U.S.C. 47134 establishes an
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12; thence S 71°19′21″ E, a distance of a tract of land described as follows: airport privatization pilot program and
647.99 feet along said Highway Right-of- Beginning at a point 1,856.5 feet west of authorizes the Department of
Way; thence N 0°12′16″ W, a distance of and 701.9 feet north of the SE corner of Transportation to grant exemptions from
511.21 feet along the West side of a tract said Section 4; thence S 49°13′ E, a certain Federal statutory and regulatory
described in document number 88616; distance of 350.0 feet more or less to the requirements for up to five airport
thence S 89°54′17″ E, a distance of north right of way line of the Chicago, privatization projects. The application
295.26 feet along the North line of the Milwaukee, St. Paul, and Pacific procedures require the FAA to publish
SW Quarter of said section 10; thence S Railroad Co. (aka BNSF Railway) as the a notice in the Federal Register after
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review of a preliminary application. The DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION http://www.regulations.gov at any time
FAA must publish a notice of receipt of or to the Docket Management Facility in
the final application in the Federal Federal Aviation Administration Room W12–140 of the West Building
Register for public review and comment Ground Floor at 1200 New Jersey
[Summary Notice No. PE–2016–120]
for a sixty-day period. The HPN Avenue SE., Washington, DC, between 9
preliminary application is available for Petition for Exemption; Summary of a.m. and 5 p.m., Monday through
public review at http:// Petition Received; Drone Seed, Co. Friday, except Federal holidays.
www.regulations.gov. The docket FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
AGENCY: Federal Aviation Christopher Morris, (202) 267–4418, 800
number is FAA Docket NO. 2016–9477.
Administration (FAA), DOT. Independence Avenue SW.,
Title 49 U.S.C 47134 authorizes the ACTION: Notice of petition for exemption Washington, DC 20591.
Secretary of Transportation, and received. This notice is published pursuant to
through delegation, the FAA 14 CFR 11.85.
Administrator, to exempt a sponsor of a SUMMARY: This notice contains a
Issued in Washington, DC, on December 6,
public-use airport that has received summary of a petition seeking relief 2016.
Federal assistance, from certain Federal from specified requirements of 14 CFR.
Lirio Liu,
requirements in connection with the The purpose of this notice is to improve
Director, Office of Rulemaking.
privatization of the airport by sale or the public’s awareness of, and
lease to a private party. Specifically, the participation in, this aspect of FAA’s Petition for Exemption
Administrator may exempt the sponsor regulatory activities. Neither publication Docket No.: FAA–2016–9247
from all or part of the requirements to of this notice nor the inclusion or Petitioner: Drone Seed, Co.
use airport revenues for airport-related omission of information in the summary Section of 14 CFR Affected: 107.36;
purposes, to pay back a portion of is intended to affect the legal status of 137.19(c), (d), (e)(2)(ii), (iii), and (v);
Federal grants upon the sale or lease of the petition or its final disposition. 137.31(a) and (b); 137.33(a) and (b); 49
an airport, and to return airport property DATES: Comments on this petition must CFR 175.9
deeded by the Federal Government identify the petition docket number and Description of Relief Sought: Drone
upon transfer of the airport. The must be received on or before January 3, Seed, Co., (‘‘DRONESEED’’) an operator
Administrator is also authorized to 2017. of Small Unmanned Aircraft Systems
exempt the private purchaser or lessee ADDRESSES: You may send comments (sUAS) seeks an exemption to operate
from the requirement to use all airport identified by Docket Number FAA– UAS for commercial agricultural related
2016–9247 using any of the following services. The custom UAS is capable of
revenues for airport-related purposes, to
methods: providing a wide array of essential
the extent necessary to permit the
purchaser or lessee to earn • Government-wide rulemaking Web agricultural spraying services,
site: Go to http://www.regulations.gov including: Watering, fertilizers,
compensation from the operations of the pesticides, and herbicides. Initial
airport. and follow the instructions for sending
your comments electronically. customers will be timber companies in
On September 16, 1997, the FAA • Mail: Send comments to the Docket Oregon and Washington, the sites are
issued a Notice of procedures to be used Management Facility; U.S. Department extremely remote and often several
in applications for exemption under the of Transportation, 1200 New Jersey thousand acres controlled by the
Airport Privatization Pilot Program (62 Avenue SE., West Building Ground customer timber company.
FR 48693). A request for participation in Floor, Room W12–140, Washington, DC [FR Doc. 2016–29780 Filed 12–12–16; 8:45 am]
the pilot program must be initiated by 20590. BILLING CODE 4910–13–P
the filing of either a preliminary or final • Fax: Fax comments to the Docket
application for exemption with the Management Facility at 202–493–2251.
FAA. • Hand Delivery: Bring comments to DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION
The County of Westchester submitted the Docket Management Facility in
Room W12–140 of the West Building Federal Highway Administration
a preliminary application to the FAA for
Westchester County Airport on Ground Floor at 1200 New Jersey
Buy America Waiver Notification
Avenue SE., Washington, DC, between 9
November 4, 2016; the preliminary
a.m. and 5 p.m., Monday through AGENCY: Federal Highway
application is accepted for review, with
Friday, except Federal holidays. Administration (FHWA), DOT.
a filing date of November 4, 2016. The
Privacy: We will post all comments ACTION: Notice.
County may select a private operator, we receive, without change, to http://
negotiate an agreement and submit a www.regulations.gov, including any SUMMARY: This notice provides
final application to the FAA for personal information you provide. information regarding FHWA’s finding
exemption. Using the search function of our docket that a Buy America waiver is
If the FAA accepts the final Web site, anyone can find and read the appropriate for the use of non-domestic
application for review, the application comments received into any of our iron and steel components of trunnion
will be made available for public review dockets, including the name of the bearings for emergency repair of Willow
and comment for a 60-day period. individual sending the comment (or Avenue Lift Bridge in Cleveland, Ohio.
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signing the comment for an association, DATES: The effective date of the waiver
Issued in Washington, DC, on December 6,
business, labor union, etc.). You may is December 14, 2016.
2016.
review DOT’s complete Privacy Act FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: For
Kevin C. Willis, Statement in the Federal Register questions about this notice, please
Director, Office of Airport Compliance and published on April 11, 2000 (65 FR contact Mr. Gerald Yakowenko, FHWA
Management Analysis. 19477–78). Office of Program Administration, (202)
[FR Doc. 2016–29772 Filed 12–12–16; 8:45 am] Docket: To read background 366–1562, or via email at
BILLING CODE 4910–13–P documents or comments received, go to Gerald.Yakowenko@dot.gov. For legal
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