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PUBLIC LAW 97-000—MMMM. DD, 1982

PUBLIC LAW 97-248—SEPT. 3, 1982

96 STAT. 699

SEC..52S. FAKT-TIME OPERATION OF FLIGHT SERVICE STATIONS.

49 USC 2224.

(a) Beginning on the date of enactment of this title, the Secretary shall not close or operate on a part-time basis any flight service station except in accordance with this section. (b) During the period beginning on the date of enactment of this title and ending on September 30, 1983, the Secretary may provide for the part-time operation of not more than sixty existing flight service stations operated by the Federal Aviation Administration. The operation of a flight service station on a part-time basis shall be subject to the condition that during any period when a flight service station is part-timed, the service provided to airmen with respect to information relating to temperature, dewpoint, barometric pressure, ceiling, visibility, and wind direction and velocity for the area served by such station shall be as good as or better than the service provided when the station is open, and all such service shall be provided either by mechanical device or by contract with another party. (c) The Secretary may close not more than five existing flight service stations before October 1, 1983. After October 1, 1983, the Secretary may close additional flight service stations, but only if the service provided to airmen after the closure of such station with respect to information relating to temperature, dewpoint, barometric pressure, ceiling, visibility, and wind direction and velocity for the area served by such station is as good as or better than the service provided when the station was open and such service is provided either by mechanical device or by contract with another party. SEC..'529. EXPLOSIVE DETECTION K-9 TEAMS.

49 USC 2225.

The Secretary shall provide by grant for the continuation of the Explosive Detection K-9 Team Training Program for the purpose of detecting explosives at airports and aboard aircraft. There is authorized to be appropriated out of the Airport and Airway Trust Fund for purposes of this section not more than $150,000 nor less than $130,000 for each fiscal year beginning after September 30, 1981, and ending before October 1, 1987. SEC..530. RELEASE OF CERTAIN CONDITIONS.

(a) CRYSTAL CITY, TEXAS.—(1) Notwithstanding section 16 of the

Federal Airport Act (as in effect on January 3, 1949), the Secretary 49 USC 1115 of Transportation is authorized, subject to the provisions of section 4 "o^^of the Act of October 1, 1949 (50 App. U.S.C. WZ2c), and the provisions of paragraph (2) of this subsection, to grant releases from any of the terms, conditions, reservations, and restrictions contained in the deed of conveyance dated January 3, 1949, or any other deed of conveyance dated after such date and before the date of enactment of this section, under which the United States conveyed certain property to Crystal City, Texas, for airport purposes. (2) Any release granted by the Secretary of Transportation under paragraph (1) of this subsection shall be subject to the following conditions: (A) Crystal City, Texas, shall agree that in conveying any interest in the property which the United States conveyed to the city by a deed described in paragraph (1) the city will receive an amount for such interest which is equal to the fair market value (as determined pursuant to regulations issued by such Secretary).