Public Notice for Waiver of Non-Aeronautical Land-Use Assurance Related to the Proposed Release and Exchange of Airport Property at Acadiana Regional Airport, New Iberia, Louisiana, 61128-61129 [2014-24146]
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Investment Reform Act for the 21st
Century (AIR 21).
DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION
Comments must be received on
or before November 10, 2014.
DATES:
Comments on this
application may be mailed or delivered
to the FAA at the following address: Mr.
Ed Agnew, Manager, Federal Aviation
Administration, Southwest Region,
Airports Division, Texas Airports
Development Office, ASW–650, Fort
Worth, Texas 76137.
In addition, one copy of any
comments submitted to the FAA must
be mailed or delivered to the Mr. Bill
Welstead, Aviation Director, at the
following address: 4201 N. Main St.,
Suite 200, Fort Worth, TX 76106.
ADDRESSES:
Mr.
Anthony Mekhail, Program Manager,
Federal Aviation Administration, Texas
Airports Development Office, ASW–
650, 2601 Meacham Boulevard, Fort
Worth, Texas 76137, Telephone: (817)
222–5663, email: Anthony.Mekhail@
faa.gov, fax: (817) 222–5989.
The request to release property may
be reviewed in person at this same
location.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
The FAA
invites public comment on the request
to release property at the Fort Worth
Spinks Airport under the provisions of
the AIR 21.
The following is a brief overview of
the request:
The City of Fort Worth requests the
release of 0.64 acres of property within
the Fort Worth Spinks Airport. The land
was acquired using City and FAA funds
from 1983 to 1987. The property to be
released will be sold to the City of
Burleson and revenues shall be used for
the operation and maintenance at the
airport.
Any person may inspect the request
in person at the FAA office listed above
under FOR FURTHER INFORMATION
CONTACT.
In addition, any person may, upon
request, inspect the application, notice
and other documents relevant to the
application in person at the Fort Worth
Spinks Airport, telephone number (817)
392–5434.
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SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
Issued in Fort Worth, Texas, on October 1,
2014.
Edward N. Agnew,
Acting Manager, Airports Division.
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Federal Aviation Administration
Public Notice for Waiver of NonAeronautical Land-Use Assurance
Related to the Proposed Release and
Exchange of Airport Property at
Acadiana Regional Airport, New Iberia,
Louisiana
Federal Aviation
Administration, DOT.
ACTION: Notice of intent of waiver with
respect to land and concurrence of land
swap.
AGENCY:
The Federal Aviation
Administration (FAA) is considering a
proposal to authorize the release and
exchange of approximately 7.231 acres
of the airport property at the Acadiana
Regional Airport, New Iberia LA, owned
by the New Iberia Parish. The Parish is
proposing a land swap to exchange this
7.231 acre parcel for another parcel of
approximately 10.548 acres.
The acreage being released is not
needed for aeronautical use as currently
identified on the Airport Layout Plan.
The new proposed parcel will be used
for the Acadiana Regional Airport, New
Iberia LA, Access Road project from
Louisiana Highway 675 (Jefferson Island
Road) to Louisiana Highway 3212
(Northwest Bypass).
The acreage being released
comprising this parcel was originally
acquired in 1970 when the Parish
governing body petitioned the U.S.
government for release of 2,100 acres of
previously the Naval Air Station New
Iberia property for civil aviation use
through the General Services
Administration excess land disposal
process. In exchange for the 7.231 acres
the airport will receive a new parcel of
land described above for the Acadiana
Regional Airport, New Iberia LA, Access
Road project. The 7.231 acre parcel
(Tract 14) is Zoned ‘‘I–1: Industrial’’ and
has access to LA Highway 3212 (Prairie
Road) and is being proposed to be
swapped for approximately 10.548 acres
(Tract 13) Zoned ‘‘A–1: Agricultural’’.
The appraised fair market value of the
proposed 7.231 acres parcel is $64,000,
the fair market value of the proposed
acquired parcel is $58,000. The
difference of $6,000 in fair market value
between Tract 14 and Tract 13 will be
compensated by the Iberia Parish
Council to the Iberia Airport Authority
to accommodate FAA auditing
standards and requirements to prevent
the potential for ‘‘diversion of funds
(assets)’’. A Phase I, Environmental Site
Assessment was conducted and
published on April 14, 2014 resulting in
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the assessment that did not reveal any
evidence of Recognized Environmental
Conditions (RECs) in connection with
the new acquired property. This action
and the affected properties have been
evaluated by the Department of the
Army, New Orleans District, Corps of
Engineers, the State Office of Historic
Preservation, Department of Culture,
Recreation and Tourism, and the
Louisiana Ecological Services Office
with a determination of an activity that
would not negatively affect any wetland
subject to Corps’ jurisdiction, historical
properties or threatened or endangered
species respectively. Approval does not
constitute a commitment by the FAA to
financially assist in the disposal of the
subject property nor a determination of
eligibility for grant-in-aid funding from
the FAA. The disposition of proceeds
(or compensation) from the disposal of
the airport property will be in
accordance with FAA’s Policy and
Procedures Concerning the Use of
Airport Revenue, published in the
Federal Register on February 16, 1999.
In accordance with section
47107(c)(2)(B) of title 49, United States
Code, this notice is required to be
published in the Federal Register 30
days before modifying the land-use
assurance that requires the property to
be used for an aeronautical purpose and
concurring with the proposed land
swap.
Comments must be received on
or before November 10, 2014.
ADDRESSES: Comments on this
Application may be mailed or delivered
to the FAA at the following address:
Lacey D. Spriggs, Manager, Federal
Aviation Administration, Southwest
Region, Airports District Office, ASW–
640J, 2601 Meacham Boulevard, Suite
684, Fort Worth, Texas 76137.
Documents reflecting this FAA action
may be reviewed at this same location
or at the Louisiana Department of
Transportation, Division of Aviation,
P.O. Box 94245, Baton Rouge, LA
70804–9245.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Mr.
John V. Dawson, Program Manager,
Federal Aviation Administration,
Airports District Office, 2601 Meacham
Boulevard, Suite 684, Fort Worth, Texas
76137.
Documents reflecting this FAA action
may be reviewed at this same location
or at the Louisiana Department of
Transportation, Division of Aviation,
and P.O. Box 94245, Baton Rouge, LA
70804–9245.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Following
is a description of the subject airport
property to be released at the Acadiana
DATES:
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Regional Airport in New Iberia, LA and
described as follows:
A parcel of land located in Section 32,
Township 11 South, Range 6 East. Said
parcel subject to all easements,
restrictions, and reservations of record.
Any person may inspect the request
in person at the FAA office listed above
under FOR FURTHER INFORMATION
CONTACT.
In addition, any person may, upon
request, inspect the application, notice
and other documents germane to the
application in person at the Louisiana
Department of Transportation, Division
of Aviation, Baton Rouge LA 70804–
9245.
Issued in Fort Worth, Texas on October 3,
2014.
Lacey D. Spriggs,
Acting Manager, Airports Division.
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DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION
Federal Transit Administration
[Docket No. FTA–2014–0021]
Notice of Buy America Waiver for a
Variable Refrigerant Flow HVAC
System
AGENCY:
Federal Transit Administration,
DOT.
ACTION:
Notice of Buy America waiver.
In response to the San
Bernardino Associated Governments’
(SANBAG) request for a Buy America
waiver for a Variable Refrigerant Flow
(VRF) HVAC system, the Federal Transit
Administration (FTA) hereby waives its
Buy America requirements for the VRF
HVAC system to be installed at the
Omnitrans San Bernardino Transit
Center (SBTC). This waiver is limited to
a single procurement for the VRF HVAC
system for the SBTC, an FTA-funded
project.
DATES: This waiver is effective
immediately.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
Richard L. Wong, FTA AttorneyAdvisor, at (202) 366–4011 or
richard.wong@dot.gov.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The
purpose of this notice is to announce
that FTA has granted a Buy America
non-availability waiver for SANBAG’s
procurement of a VRF HVAC system for
the SBTC.
With certain exceptions, FTA’s Buy
America requirements prevent FTA
from obligating an amount that may be
appropriated to carry out its program for
a project unless ‘‘the steel, iron, and
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manufactured goods used in the project
are produced in the United States.’’ 49
U.S.C. 5323(j)(1). A manufactured
product is considered produced in the
United States if: (1) all of the
manufacturing processes for the product
take place in the United States; and (2)
all of the components of the product are
of U.S. origin. A component is
considered of U.S. origin if it is
manufactured in the United States,
regardless of the origin of its
subcomponents. 49 CFR 661.5(d). If,
however, FTA determines that ‘‘the
steel, iron, and goods produced in the
United States are not produced in a
sufficient and reasonably available
amount or are not of a satisfactory
quality,’’ then FTA may issue a nonavailability waiver. 49 U.S.C.
5323(j)(2)(B); 49 CFR 661.7(c).
SANBAG requested a non-availability
waiver for a VRF HVAC system that will
be installed into the SBTC, a
multimodal transfer facility in
downtown San Bernardino, California
that will serve patrons and operators of
Omnitrans’ fixed route buses, the newly
opened sbX bus rapid transit (BRT) line,
the Victor Valley Transit Authority, the
Mountain Area Regional Transit
Authority, and the Southern California
Regional Rail Authority (Metrolink).
FTA selected the SBTC project for
award of fiscal year 2011 funding made
available pursuant to the Bus and Bus
Facilities Program (49 U.S.C. 5309(b)) in
support of the U.S. Department of
Transportation’s (DOT) Livability
Initiative and the Partnership for
Sustainable Communities between the
U.S. DOT, the U.S. Department of
Housing and Urban Development, and
the U.S. Environmental Protection
Agency (Bus Livability Program). FTA
selected each project for the Bus
Livability Program based on whether it
would, among other things, promote a
more environmentally sustainable
transportation system. 76 FR 37393,
37397 (June 27, 2011); see also 76 FR
68813 (Nov. 7, 2011). More specifically,
FTA assessed the project’s ability to
‘‘maintain, protect or enhance the
environment, as evidenced by
environmentally friendly policies and
practices utilized in the project design,
construction, and operation that exceed
the requirements of the National
Environmental Policy Act including
items such as whether the project uses
a [U.S. Green Building Council]
Leadership in Energy and
Environmental Design (LEED)-certified
design. . . .’’ 76 FR at 37397.
The SBTC is being built to the U.S.
Green Building Council’s Leadership in
Energy and Environmental Design
(LEED) standards and will incorporate a
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number of sustainable and energy
efficient elements. One of those
elements is a VRF HVAC system that,
among other things, is space saving, has
invertor technology, efficiency, and a
non-ozone depleting refrigerant that
domestic manufacturers of HVAC
systems do not provide. According to
SANBAG, its contractor was directed to
evaluate the substitution of a Buy
America-compliant Variable Air Volume
(VAV) system, but the contractor
advised SANBAG that the VAV system
would endanger the project’s LEED Gold
certification because of the difference in
efficiency between the VAV and VRF
HVAC systems. In addition, the
substitution of a VAV system would
require significant changes to the
project, such as the alteration of alreadyerected structural elements that were
designed to accommodate a VRF system
and additional design changes and plan
reviews by the City of San Bernardino.
SANBAG points to a recent nonavailability waiver FTA issued to St.
Louis’ MetroLink for a similar VRF
system (79 FR 34653, June 17, 2014), as
well as to a blanket non-availability
waiver issued by the U.S. Department of
Energy (DOE) in 2010 for VRF HVAC
systems procured with American
Reinvestment and Recovery Act funding
(75 FR 35447, June 22, 2010). According
to SANBAG, the U.S. DOE’s
determination of non-availability and
FTA’s recent St. Louis MetroLink
waiver, as well as SANBAG’s
contractor’s research, indicate that this
product is not manufactured
domestically.
On Monday, September 22, 2014, and
in accordance with 49 U.S.C.
5323(j)(3)(A), FTA published a notice in
the Federal Register requesting public
comment on, among other topics, the
merits of SANBAG’s waiver request and
potential effects of granting the waiver.
The public comment period closed on
September 29, 2014. FTA did not
receive any comments.
Based on SANBAG’s assertions that it
is unable to procure a U.S.manufactured VRF HVAC system,
which is critical to obtaining LEED Gold
certification, and the fact that FTA did
not receive any public comments, FTA
hereby waives its Buy America
requirement for manufactured products
under 49 CFR 661.5(d) for the VRF
HVAC system. This waiver is limited to
a single procurement for the VRF HVAC
system for SANBAG’s SBTC project.
Dana Nifosi,
Acting Chief Counsel.
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DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION
Federal Aviation Administration
Public Notice for Waiver of Non-Aeronautical Land-Use Assurance
Related to the Proposed Release and Exchange of Airport Property at
Acadiana Regional Airport, New Iberia, Louisiana
AGENCY: Federal Aviation Administration, DOT.
ACTION: Notice of intent of waiver with respect to land and concurrence
of land swap.
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SUMMARY: The Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) is considering a
proposal to authorize the release and exchange of approximately 7.231
acres of the airport property at the Acadiana Regional Airport, New
Iberia LA, owned by the New Iberia Parish. The Parish is proposing a
land swap to exchange this 7.231 acre parcel for another parcel of
approximately 10.548 acres.
The acreage being released is not needed for aeronautical use as
currently identified on the Airport Layout Plan. The new proposed
parcel will be used for the Acadiana Regional Airport, New Iberia LA,
Access Road project from Louisiana Highway 675 (Jefferson Island Road)
to Louisiana Highway 3212 (Northwest Bypass).
The acreage being released comprising this parcel was originally
acquired in 1970 when the Parish governing body petitioned the U.S.
government for release of 2,100 acres of previously the Naval Air
Station New Iberia property for civil aviation use through the General
Services Administration excess land disposal process. In exchange for
the 7.231 acres the airport will receive a new parcel of land described
above for the Acadiana Regional Airport, New Iberia LA, Access Road
project. The 7.231 acre parcel (Tract 14) is Zoned ``I-1: Industrial''
and has access to LA Highway 3212 (Prairie Road) and is being proposed
to be swapped for approximately 10.548 acres (Tract 13) Zoned ``A-1:
Agricultural''. The appraised fair market value of the proposed 7.231
acres parcel is $64,000, the fair market value of the proposed acquired
parcel is $58,000. The difference of $6,000 in fair market value
between Tract 14 and Tract 13 will be compensated by the Iberia Parish
Council to the Iberia Airport Authority to accommodate FAA auditing
standards and requirements to prevent the potential for ``diversion of
funds (assets)''. A Phase I, Environmental Site Assessment was
conducted and published on April 14, 2014 resulting in the assessment
that did not reveal any evidence of Recognized Environmental Conditions
(RECs) in connection with the new acquired property. This action and
the affected properties have been evaluated by the Department of the
Army, New Orleans District, Corps of Engineers, the State Office of
Historic Preservation, Department of Culture, Recreation and Tourism,
and the Louisiana Ecological Services Office with a determination of an
activity that would not negatively affect any wetland subject to Corps'
jurisdiction, historical properties or threatened or endangered species
respectively. Approval does not constitute a commitment by the FAA to
financially assist in the disposal of the subject property nor a
determination of eligibility for grant-in-aid funding from the FAA. The
disposition of proceeds (or compensation) from the disposal of the
airport property will be in accordance with FAA's Policy and Procedures
Concerning the Use of Airport Revenue, published in the Federal
Register on February 16, 1999.
In accordance with section 47107(c)(2)(B) of title 49, United
States Code, this notice is required to be published in the Federal
Register 30 days before modifying the land-use assurance that requires
the property to be used for an aeronautical purpose and concurring with
the proposed land swap.
DATES: Comments must be received on or before November 10, 2014.
ADDRESSES: Comments on this Application may be mailed or delivered to
the FAA at the following address: Lacey D. Spriggs, Manager, Federal
Aviation Administration, Southwest Region, Airports District Office,
ASW-640J, 2601 Meacham Boulevard, Suite 684, Fort Worth, Texas 76137.
Documents reflecting this FAA action may be reviewed at this same
location or at the Louisiana Department of Transportation, Division of
Aviation, P.O. Box 94245, Baton Rouge, LA 70804-9245.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Mr. John V. Dawson, Program Manager,
Federal Aviation Administration, Airports District Office, 2601 Meacham
Boulevard, Suite 684, Fort Worth, Texas 76137.
Documents reflecting this FAA action may be reviewed at this same
location or at the Louisiana Department of Transportation, Division of
Aviation, and P.O. Box 94245, Baton Rouge, LA 70804-9245.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Following is a description of the subject
airport property to be released at the Acadiana
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Regional Airport in New Iberia, LA and described as follows:
A parcel of land located in Section 32, Township 11 South, Range 6
East. Said parcel subject to all easements, restrictions, and
reservations of record.
Any person may inspect the request in person at the FAA office
listed above under FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT.
In addition, any person may, upon request, inspect the application,
notice and other documents germane to the application in person at the
Louisiana Department of Transportation, Division of Aviation, Baton
Rouge LA 70804-9245.
Issued in Fort Worth, Texas on October 3, 2014.
Lacey D. Spriggs,
Acting Manager, Airports Division.
[FR Doc. 2014-24146 Filed 10-8-14; 8:45 am]
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