[Federal Register Volume 61, Number 25 (Tuesday, February 6, 1996)]
[Notices]
[Page 4511]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 96-2512]
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DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION
Notice of Intent to Rule on Application To Impose a Passenger
Facility Charge (PFC) at Sacramento Metropolitan Airport (SMF),
Sacramento, California and Use the Revenue at SMF and Mather Airports
AGENCY: Federal Aviation Administration (FAA), DOT.
ACTION: Notice of Intent to Rule on Application.
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SUMMARY: The FAA proposes to rule and invites public comment on the
application to impose a PFC at Sacramento Metropolitan Airport (SMF)
and use the revenue at SMF and Mather Airports under the provisions of
the Aviation Safety and Capacity Expansion Act of 1990 (Title IX of the
Omnibus Budget Reconciliation Act of 1990) (Pub. L. 101-508) and Part
158 of the Federal Aviation Regulations (14 CFR Part 158).
DATES: Comments must be received on or before March 7, 1996.
ADDRESSES: Comments on this application may be mailed or delivered in
triplicate to the FAA at the following address: Federal Aviation
Administration, Airports Division, 15000 Aviation Blvd., Lawndale, CA
90261, 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. Thomas P.
Engel, Director, Department of Airports, County of Sacramento, at the
following address: 6900 Airport Boulevard, Sacramento, California
95837. Air carriers and foreign air carriers may submit copies of
written comments previously provided to the County of Sacramento under
Sec. 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 a PFC at Sacramento Metropolitan
Airport (SMF) and use the revenue at SMF and Mather Airports under the
provisions of the Aviation Safety and Capacity Expansion Act of 1990
(Title IX of the Omnibus Budget Reconciliation Act of 1990) (Pub. L.
101-508) and Part 158 of the Federal Aviation Regulations (14 CFR Part
158).
On January 25, 1996, the FAA determined that the application to
impose and use the revenue from a PFC submitted by the County of
Sacramento was substantially complete within the requirements of
Sec. 158.25 of Part 158. The FAA will approve or disapprove the
application, in whole or in part, no later than April 24, 1996.
The following is a brief overview of the use application number
AWP-96-05-C-00-SMF.
Level of proposed PFC: $3.00.
Charge effective date: July 1, 1996.
Estimated charge expiration date: June 30, 2026.
Total estimated PFC revenue: $82,867,000.
Brief description of the impose and use projects: Air Quality
Mitigation Compressed Natural Gas System, Airfield Support Shops and
Facilities, Sacramento Area Flood Control Agency Flood Control Project,
Airfield Drainage Control Equipment--Backhoe, Terminal Roadway Island
Widening, GA Apron Airside Access Road, FOD Removal Equipment--Airfield
Sweeper at Sacramento Mather Airport, Earhart Drive Reconstruction,
Terminals 1 & 2 Rehabilitation, Phase 3, Security System Upgrade,
Airfield, Terminal, Tower Communications System--Telephone Switch,
Concourse Throat Expansion, West Terminals Jet Loaders, Phase 2, ARFF
Vehicles Replacement, Surface Movement Guidance Control System,
Aircraft Noise Monitoring System, Metro Airport Master Plan Update and
EIR, Metro Airport Part 150 Study, Terminals 1, 2, & 3, CPS and
Administration Buildings Electrical System Reconstruction/Upgrade Phase
2, Reconstruct Electrical Vault and Construct East Vault, and Airport
System Revenue Bond Issuance Costs, Debt Service Reserve Funding, Bond
Coverage and Interest Expense for Projects in Passenger Facility Charge
Application Number 5.
Class or classes of air carriers which the public agency has
requested not be required to collect PFCs: None.
Any person may inspect the application in person at the FAA office
listed above under FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT and at the FAA
Regional Airports Division located at: Federal Aviation Administration,
Airports Division, 15000 Aviation Blvd., Lawndale, CA 90261. In
addition, any person may, upon request, inspect the application, notice
and other documents germane to the application in person at the County
of Sacramento.
Issued in Hawthorne, California, on January 25, 1996.
Herman C. Bliss,
Manager, Airports Division, Western Pacific Region.
[FR Doc. 96-2512 Filed 2-5-96; 8:45 am]
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