[Federal Register Volume 61, Number 174 (Friday, September 6, 1996)]
[Notices]
[Pages 47232-47233]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 96-22832]


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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) at Long Island MacArthur 
Airport, Islip, NY

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 and use the revenue from a PFC at Long Island 
MacArthur 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) and Part 158 of the 
Federal Aviation Regulations (14 CFR Part 158).


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DATES: Comments must be received on or before October 7, 1996.

ADDRESSES: Comments on this application may be mailed or delivered in 
triplicate to the FAA at the following address: Philip Brito, Manager, 
New York Airports District Office, 600 Old Country Road, Room 446, 
Garden City, New York, 11530.
    In addition, one copy of any comments submitted to the FAA must be 
mailed or delivered to Mr. Alfred E. Werner, Airport Manger for the 
Town of Islip at the following address: 100 Arrival, Ronkonkoma, New 
York 11779.
    Air carriers and foreign air carriers may submit copies of written 
comments previously provided to the Town of Islip under section 158.23 
of Part 158.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
Philip Brito, Manager, New York Airports District Office, 600 Old 
Country Road, Room 446, Garden City, New York, 11530 (Tel 516-227-
3803). 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 use the revenue from a PFC at Long Island 
MacArthur 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) and Part 158 of the 
Federal Aviation Regulations (14 CFR Part 158).
    On August 20, 1996, the FAA determined that the application to 
impose and use the revenue from a PFC submitted by the Town of Islip 
was substantially complete within the requirements of section 158.25 of 
Part 158. The FAA will approve or disapprove the application, in whole 
or in part, no later than November 29, 1996.
    The following is a brief overview of the application:
    Level of the proposed PFC: $3.00.
    Proposed charge effective date: January 1, 2006.
    Proposed charge expiration date: September 1, 2006.
    Total estimated PFC revenue: $20,618,823.
    Brief description of proposed projects:

--Overlay and Repair Runway 33L
--Terminal Roadway Realignment
--Purchase Two Snow Blowers
--Reimbursement for the Purchase of One Snow Blower
--Feasibility Study for an ARFF Training Facility
--Expansion of the Snow Removal Storage Building
--Obstruction Removal
--Asphalt Transient Apron
--Maintenance Vehicle Storage Building.

    Class or classes of air carriers which the public agency has 
requested not be required to collect PFCs: Air Taxi/Commercial Operator 
Filing FAA form 1800-31
    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 office located at: Fitzgerald Federal Building, John 
F. Kennedy International Airport, Jamaica, New York, 11430.
    In addition, any person may, upon request, inspect the application, 
notice and other documents germane to the application in person at the 
Port Authority of New York & New Jersey.
    Issued in Jamaica, New York state on August 30, 1996.
Thomas Felix,
Acting Manager, Planning & Programming Branch.
[FR Doc. 96-22832 Filed 9-5-96; 8:45 am]
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