[Federal Register Volume 60, Number 22 (Thursday, February 2, 1995)]
[Notices]
[Pages 6586-6587]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 95-2569]



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DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION

Notice of Intent To Rule on Application To Impose and Use the 
Revenue From a Passenger Facility Charge (PFC) and Use PFC Revenue From 
Previously Approved Impose Only Projects at McCarran International 
Airport, Las Vegas, NV

AGENCY: Federal Aviation Administration, DOT.

ACTION: Notice of intent to rule on application.

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SUMMARY: The Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) proposes to rule and 
invites public comment on the application to impose and use PFC revenue 
from a PFC and to use PFC revenue for previously approved impose only 
projects at McCarran International Airport under the provisions of the 
Aviation Safety and Capacity Expansion Act of 1990 (Title IX of the 
Omnibus Budget Reconciliation Act of 1990, Public Law 101-508 as 
recodified by Title 49 U.S.C. 40117(C)(3)) and 14 CFR part 158. On 
October 14, 1994, the FAA determined that the application to impose and 
use and to use the revenue from a PFC submitted by Clark County was 
substantially complete within the requirements of section 158.25 of 
part 158. On November 22, 1994, a Federal Register notice was issued 
covering a total of fourteen projects. Four of these projects and their 
related bond costs were deferred. This notice updates the November 22, 
1994, notice by reinstating the four deferred projects and their 
related bond costs.

DATES: Comments must be received on or before March 6, 1995.

    Note: if comments were provided on the November 22, 1994, notice 
on this same subject, it is not necessary to recomment.

ADDRESSES: Comments on this application may be mailed or delivered in 
triplicate to the FAA at the following address: Airports Division, P.O. 
Box 92007, Worldway Postal Center, Los Angeles, CA 90009 or San 
Francisco Airports District Office, 831 Mitten Road, Room 210, 
Burlingame, CA 94010-1303. In addition, one copy of any comments 
submitted to the FAA must be mailed or delivered to Mr. Robert N. 
Broadbent, Director of Aviation, P.O. Box 1105, Las Vegas, NV 89111. 
Comments from air carriers may be in the same form as provided to Clark 
County under section 158.23 of part 158.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
Mr. Joseph R. Rodriguez, Supervisor, Planning and Programming Section, 
Airports District Office, 831 Mitten Road, Room 210, Burlingame, CA 
94010-1303, Telephone (415) 876-2805. The application may be reviewed 
in person at this same location.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The FAA proposes to rule and invites public 
comment on the application to impose and use the revenue from a PFC at 
Las Vegas McCarran International Airport under the provisions of the 
Aviation Safety and Capacity Expansion Act of 1990 (Title IX of the 
Omnibus Budget Reconciliation Act of 1990, Public Law 101-508 as 
recodified by Title 49 U.S.C. 40117(C)(3)) and part 185 of the Federal 
Aviation Regulations (14 CFR part 158). On October 14, 1994, the FAA 
determined that the application to impose and use and to use the 
revenue from a PFC submitted by the County of Clark was substantially 
complete within with requirements of section 158.25 of part 158. On 
November 22, 1994, the FAA issued a Federal Register notice in Volume 
59, Number 224, pages 60187 and 60188, which deferred the review of a 
portion of the September 14, 1994, PFC application at the request of 
Clark County. Clark County has provided the FAA with additional 
environmental documentation for the four previously deferred projects. 
These four projects are described below. The FAA will approve or 
disapprove the deferred projects, in whole or in part, not later than 
April 10, 1995.
    The following is a brief overview of the application:

Level of the Proposed PFC: $3.00.
Proposed Charge Effective Date: April 1, 1995.
Proposed Charge Expiration Date: June 30, 2025.
Total Estimated PFC Revenue: $448,822,292.

Brief Description of the Proposed Projects

Impose and Use

    Runway 1L/19R Upgrade--Construction, Concourse D Design and 
Construction Phase 1, Automatic Transit System to Concourse D Design 
and Construction and Related Bond Costs, Including Bond Issuance, 
Interest and Debt Service Reserves. Total Costs $436,010,292.

Project To Be Changed From Impose Only to Use

    Runway 7R/25L Extension. Total Costs $12,812,000.
    Class or classes of air carriers which the public agency has 
requested not be required to collect PFCs: Carriers who file Form 1800-
31 and carry less than 2,500 passengers per year.
    Any person may inspect the application in person at the FAA office 
listed above under FOR FURTHER 

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INFORMATION CONTACT. In addition, any person may, upon request, inspect 
the application, notice and other documents germane to the application, 
in person at Clark County.

    Issued in Hawthorne, California, on January 13, 1995.
Herman C. Bliss,
Manager, Airports Division, Western-Pacific Region.
[FR Doc. 95-2569 Filed 2-1-95; 8:45 am]
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