[Federal Register Volume 64, Number 195 (Friday, October 8, 1999)]
[Notices]
[Pages 54947-54948]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 99-26373]
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DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION
Federal Aviation Administration
[Docket No. 29802]
Airport Privatization Pilot Program
AGENCY: Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) DOT.
ACTION: Notice of Acceptance for Review: Preliminary Application for
San Diego Brown Field, San Diego, California.
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SUMMARY: The Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) has completed its
review of the San Diego Brown Field (SDM) preliminary application for
participation in the airport privatization pilot program. The
preliminary application is accepted for review, with a filing date of
September 1, 1999. The City of San Diego, the airport sponsor, may
submit a final application to the FAA for exemption under the pilot
program. 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 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 SDM preliminary
application is available for public review in the Federal Aviation
Administration, Office of Chief Counsel, Attention: Rules Docket (AGC-
200), Docket No. 28895, 800 Independence Avenue, SW., Washington, DC
20591.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Kevin C. Willis (202-267-8741) Airport
Compliance Division, AAS-400, Federal Aviation Administration, 800
Independence Ave., SW., Washington, DC 20591.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
Introduction and Background
Section 149 of the Federal Aviation Administration Authorization
Act of 1996, Public Law 104-264 (October 9, 1996) (1996 Reauthorization
Act), adds a new Sec. 47134 to Title 49 of the U.S. Code. Section 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 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 Federal Aviation Administration issued a
notice of procedures to be used in applications for exemption under
Airport Privatization Pilot Program (62 FR
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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 City of San Diego has selected a private operator. The filing
date of this preliminary application is September 1, 1999, the date of
the last submittal revising the application. The City may negotiate an
agreement with the private operator and submit a final application to
the FAA for exemption.
If FAA accepts the final application for review, the application
will be published in the Federal Register for public review and comment
for a sixty-day period.
Issued in Washington, DC on September 30, 1999.
Louise E. Maillett,
Acting Associate Administrator for Airports.
[FR Doc. 99-26373 Filed 10-7-99; 8:45 am]
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