2023-28140. Notice of Request To Release Airport Property for Land Disposal

AGENCY:

Federal Aviation Administration (FAA), DOT.

ACTION:

Notice of request to rule on release of airport property for land disposal at the St. Louis Lambert International Airport (STL), St. Louis, Missouri.

SUMMARY:

The FAA proposes to rule and invites public comment on the release of land at the St. Louis Lambert International Airport (STL), St. Louis, Missouri.

DATES:

Comments must be received on or before January 22, 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: James Neidel, Planning Manager, St. Louis Lambert International Airport, P.O. Box 10212, Lambert Station, St. Louis, MO 63145, (314) 551–5027.

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, [e-mail]. 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 four parcels totaling approximately 0.72 acres of airport property at the St. Louis Lambert International Airport (STL) under the provisions of 49 U.S.C. 47107(h)(2). The Planning Manager for the St. Louis Lambert International Airport requested a release from the FAA to sell four tracts of land, totaling approximately 0.72 acres. Buyer, St. Louis County Parks, will add the land to their adjacent existing park. The FAA determined that the request to release property at the St. Louis Lambert International Airport (STL) submitted by the Sponsor meets the procedural requirements of the FAA and the release 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 St. Louis Lambert International Airport (STL) is proposing the release of airport property containing four tracts of land, totaling approximately 0.72 acres. 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 land at the St. Louis Lambert International Airport (STL) 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 order to dispose of the land. In accordance with 49 U.S.C. 47107(c)(2)(B)(i) and (iii), the airport will receive fair market value for the property, which will be subsequently reinvested in another eligible airport improvement project for general aviation use.

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 St. Louis Lambert International Airport.

Issued in Kansas City, MO, on December 18, 2023.

James A. Johnson,

Director, FAA Central Region, Airports Division.