[Federal Register Volume 75, Number 129 (Wednesday, July 7, 2010)]
[Notices]
[Page 39091]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2010-16390]
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DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION
Federal Aviation Administration
[Docket No. 2009-1144]
Airport Privatization Pilot Program
AGENCY: Federal Aviation Administration (FAA), DOT.
ACTION: Notice of Receipt and Acceptance for Review: Preliminary
Application for Luis Mu[ntilde]oz Mar[iacute]n International Airport
(SJU), San Juan, Puerto Rico.
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SUMMARY: The Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) has completed its
review of the Luis Mu[ntilde]oz Mar[iacute]n International Airport
International Airport (SJU) preliminary application for participation
in the airport privatization pilot program received under 49 U.S.C.
47134. The preliminary application is accepted for review, with a
filing date of December 1, 2009. The Puerto Rico Ports Authority, 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. 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 SJU preliminary
application is available for public review at http://www.regulations.gov. The docket number is FAA Docket Number 2009-1144.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Kevin C. Willis (202-267-8741) Airport
Compliance Division, ACO-100, Federal Aviation Administration, 800
Independence Ave., SW., Washington, DC 20591.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
Introduction and Background
Title 49 of the U.S. Code 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 Federal Aviation Administration issued a
notice of procedures to be used in applications for exemption under
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 Puerto Rico Ports Authority submitted a preliminary application
to the Airport Privatization Pilot Program for Luis Mu[ntilde]oz
Mar[iacute]n International Airport on December 1, 2009; the preliminary
application is accepted for review, with a filing date of December 1,
2009. The Authority may select a private operator, negotiate an
agreement and submit a final application to the FAA for exemption.
If FAA accepts the final application for review, the application
will be made available for public review and comment for a sixty-day
period.
Issued in Washington, DC, on June 28, 2010.
Randall S. Fiertz,
Director, Office of Airport Compliance and Field Operations.
[FR Doc. 2010-16390 Filed 7-6-10; 8:45 am]
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