[Federal Register Volume 63, Number 129 (Tuesday, July 7, 1998)]
[Notices]
[Pages 36728-36731]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 98-17854]


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DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION

Federal Aviation Administration


Notice of Passenger Facility Charge (PFC) Approvals and 
Disapprovals

AGENCY: Federal Aviation Administration (FAA), DOT.

ACTION: Monthly Notice of PFC Approvals and Disapprovals. In May 1998, 
there were eight applications approved. Additionally, seven approved 
amendments to previously approved applications are listed.

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SUMMARY: The FAA publishes a monthly notice, as appropriate, of PFC 
approvals and disapprovals 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). This notice is 
published pursuant to paragraph d of Sec. 158.29.

PFC Applications Approved

    Public Agency: City of Springfield Airport Board, Springfield, 
Missouri.
    Application Number: 97-03-C-00-SGF.
    Application Type: Impose and use a PFC.
    PFC Level: $3.00.
    Total PFC Revenue Approved in this Decision: $6,370.614.
    Earliest Charge Effective Date: July 1, 1998.
    Estimated Charge Expiration Date: July 1, 2005.
    Class of Air Carriers Not Required To Collect PFC's: 
    Non-scheduled Part 135 air taxi commercial operators.
    Determination: Approved. Based on information contained in the 
public agency's application, the FAA has determined that the proposed 
class accounts for less than 1 percent of the total annual enplanements 
at Springfield/Branson Regional Airport.
    Brief Description of Projects Approved for Collection and Use:
    Terminal area master plan.
    Flight information display system.
    Airport snow removal equipment (SRE).
    Commuter walkways.
    PFC administrative costs.

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    Brief Description of Project Partially Approved for Collection and 
Use: Leasehold acquisition, roadway improvements, baggage claim, and 
ground transportation expansion.
    Determination: Partially approved. (1) The tenant relocation is not 
eligible in accordance with paragraph 595(a). (2) The leasehold 
acquisition is disapproved. (3) The facility areas dedicated to ground 
commerce, which are determined to be the loading area occupied by the 
tour buses, limousines, taxis, private shuttles, and any dedicated 
roadway specifically for such ground commerce vehicles, are ineligible. 
(4) The number of charter aircraft presently utilizing the airport and 
forecasted for the next five years do not justify the addition of two 
gates. Therefore, this element would not preserve or enhance capacity, 
and thus is not approved for use of PFC funding.
    Brief Description of Withdrawn Project: Airport runway extension, 
parallel taxiway, and secondary instrument landing system.
    Determination: This project was withdrawn by the public agency in 
its letter dated December 12, 1997. Therefore, the FAA will not rule on 
this project in this decision.
    Decision Date: May 1, 1998.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Lorna Sandridge, Central Region 
Airports Division, (816) 426-4730.
    Public Agency: County of Delta, Escanaba, Michigan.
    Application Number: 98-05-C-00-ESC.
    Application Type: Impose and use a PFC.
    PFC Level: $3.00.
    Total PFC Revenue Approved in this Decision: $196,095.
    Earliest Charge Effective Date: August 1, 1998.
    Estimated Charge Expiration Date: October 1, 2000.
    Class of Air Carriers not Required to Collect PFC's: Part 135 air 
taxi and charter carriers.
    Determination: Approved. Based on information contained in the 
public agency's application, the FAA has determined that the proposed 
class accounts for less than 1 percent of the total annual enplanements 
at Delta County Airport.
    Brief Description of Projects Approved for Collection and Use: 
    Acquire land and remove obstructions.
    Remove obstructions from runway 36 approach.
    Acquire land.
    Acquire land and remove obstructions.
    Acquire passenger lift.
    New terminal building (design only).
    Construct air carrier apron.
    Construct connecting taxiway.
    Construct airport entrance road.
    Construct vehicular parking lot (non-revenue).
    Decision Date: May 12, 1998.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Jon Gilbert, Detroit Airports District 
Office, (734) 487-7281.
    Public Agency: City of Burlington, Vermont.
    Application Number: 98-02-C-00-BTV. .
    Application Type: Impose and use a PFC.
    PFC Level: $3.00 .
    Total PFC Revenue Approved in this Decision: $40,000.
    Earliest Charge Effective Date: February 1, 2006.
    Estimated Charge Expiration Date: March 1, 2006.
    Class of Air Carriers not Required to Collect PFC's: On demand air 
taxi commercial operators that (1) do not enplane or deplane passengers 
at the airport's main passenger terminal building and (2) enplane less 
than 200 passengers per year at the airport.
    Determination: Approved. Based on information contained in the 
public agency's application, the FAA has determined that the proposed 
class accounts for less than 1 percent of the total annual enplanements 
at Burlington International Airport.
    Brief Description of Project Approved for Collection and Use:
    Expand terminal/landside.
    South commuter ramp expansion.
    Brief Description of Project Approved for Collection and Use: PFC 
application costs.
    Decision Date: May 15, 1998.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Priscilla Scott, New England Region 
Airports Division, (781) 238-7614.
    Public Agency: City of Waco, Texas.
    Application Number: 98-02-C-00-ACT.
    Application Type: Impose and use a PFC.
    PFC Level: $3.00.
    Total PFC Revenue Approved in this Decision: $2,081,400.
    Earliest Permissible Charge Effective Date: October 1, 1999.
    Estimated Charge Expiration Date: June 1, 2013.
    Class of Air Carriers Not Required to Collect PFC's: None.
    Brief Description of Projects Approved for Collection and Use:
    Terminal renovation and expansion.
    PFC administrative costs.
    Decision Date: May 19, 1998.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Ben Guttery, Southwest Region Airports 
Division, (817) 222-5614.
    Public Agency: MBS International Airport Commission, Saginaw, 
Michigan.
    Application Number: 98-02-C-00-MBS.
    Application Type: Impose and use a PFC.
    PFC Level: $3.00.
    Total PFC Revenue Approved in this Decision: $812,050.
    Earliest Charge Effective Date: December 1, 1998.
    Estimated Charge Expiration Date: January 1, 2000.
    Class of Air Carriers Not Required to Collect PFC's: Part 135 air 
taxi/commercial operators.
    Determination: Approved. Based on information contained in the 
public agency's application, the FAA has determined that the proposed 
class accounts for less than 1 percent of the total annual enplanements 
at MBS International Airport.
    Brief Description of Projects Approved for Collection and Use:
    Expand and rehabilitate SRE building.
    Expand general aviation apron.
    Rehabilitate perimeter road.
    Rehabilitate SRE building apron.
    Rehabilitate service road.
    Acquire SRE (spreader).
    Acquire SRE (snow plow).
    Construct water main.
    Construct aircraft rescue and firefighting (ARFF) building (design 
only).
    Construct new ARFF building.
    Acquire SRE (sweeper).
    Airport storm drainage study.
    Design of runway 5/23 and taxiway system rehabilitation.
    Decision Date: May 22, 1998.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Jon Gilbert, Detroit Airports District 
Office, (734) 487-7281.
    Public Agency: St. Louis Airport Authority, St. Louis, Missouri.
    Application Number: 98-04-I-00-STL.
    Application Type: Impose a PFC.
    PFC Level: $3.00.
    Total PFC Revenue Approved in this Decision: $135,000,000.
    Earliest Permissible Charge Effective Date: June 1, 1998.
    Estimated Charge Expiration Date: September 1, 2001.
    Class of Air Carriers Not Required to Collect PFC's: Air taxi/
commercial operators filing FAA Form 1800-31.
    Determination: Approved. Based on information contained in the 
public agency's application, the FAA has determined that the proposed 
class

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accounts for less than 1 percent of the total annual enplanements at 
Lambert-St. Louis International Airport.
    Brief Description of Projects Approved for Collection Only:
    Property and business acquisition for natural Bridge Road 
relocation (phase I).
    Land acquisition for Natural Bridge Road relocation (phase II).
    Land acquisition for new runway 12R/30L site preparation work.
    Early road work.
    Design fees for roads and runway (including program management 
consultant/airport development program consultant fees.
    Decision Date: May 22, 1998.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Lorna Sandridge, Central Region 
Airports Division, (816) 426-4730.
    Public Agency: Columbus Municipal Airport Authority, Columbus, 
Ohio.
    Application Number: 97-06-C-00-CMH.
    Application Type: Impose and use a PFC.
    PFC level: $3.00.
    Total PFC Revenue Approved in This Decision: $40,005,400.
    Earliest Charge Effective Date: January 1, 2002.
    Estimated Charge Expiration Date: January 1, 2004.
    Class of Air Carriers not Required to Collection PFC's; Air taxi/
commercial operators.
    Determination: Approved. Based on information contained in the 
public agency's application, the FAA has determined that the proposed 
class accounts for less than 1 percent of the total annual enplanements 
at Port Columbus International Airport (CMH).
    Brief Description of Projects Approved for Collection at CMH and 
Use at CMH:
    Skycap baggage improvements.
    Structure removal from runway 28L building restriction line.
    Digital image acquisition and identification card production 
system.
    Runway 10R/28L centerline improvements.
    Development and enhancement study.
    Tree removal.
    Terminal exit doors modifications.
    Multi-user flight information display system.
    ARFF rapid intervention vehicle.
    Terminal modernization program.
    Taxiway E lighting.
    International Gateway/Stelzer Road interchange justification study.
    Terminal ramp aircraft parking pads.
    Lane apron and connector/taxiway C-1 overlay.
    Terminal apron rehabilitation (design).
    International Gateway (road) improvements.
    Residential soundproofing phases II-IV.
    Ticket counter/baggage claim expansion study.
    Addendum to 1993 Part 150 noise exposure maps and noise 
compatibility plan.
    Landside building program: scope definition and design standards.
    Reconfigure post office on the air operations area (access control 
improvements).
    Terminal entrance improvements.
    Public address system.
    Terminal directional signage.
    Runway distance measuring equipment.
    Airport economic impact analysis.
    Wetland delineation study.
    Signage and graphics consulting services.
    Airfield lighting electrical vault.
    Safety and security equipment.
    Relocation of taxiway G lighting.
    Brief Description of Projects Approved for Collection at CMH and 
use at  Bolton Field:
    Automated weather observation system.
    Drainage improvements.
    Terminal restrooms/Americans with Disabilities Act requirements.
    Engineering and consulting services.
    Runway 4 end centerline rehabilitation.
    Tree removal.
    Brief Description of Projects Approved in Part for Collection At 
CMH and Use At CMH: North airfield improvements: extension of Bridgeway 
Avenue, land acquisition, construction of apron, construction of 
taxiway, sanitary sewer relocation, environmental mitigation/site work.
    Determination: Partially approved. The water service upgrade 
portion of the project was determined to be ineligible under paragraph 
568 of FAA Order 5100.38A, Airport Improvement Program (AIP) Handbook. 
The public agency did not establish in its application that the 
proposed water line, or a portion thereof, would serve eligible airport 
development.
    Chiller replacement/purge equipment.
    Determination: Partially approved. Utility projects are eligible to 
the extent they are needed to serve eligible airport development. The 
allowable cost of any installation serving both eligible and ineligible 
areas or facilities must be prorated. The FAA has determined that 
approximately 72 percent of the total project costs are eligible.
    Terminal gate alterations/consolidation.
    Determination: Partially approved. Terminal building projects 
involve work in both eligible and ineligible areas. PFC eligibility is 
limited to public-use areas that are directly related to the movement 
of passengers and baggage in air carrier and commuter service terminal 
facilities within the boundaries of the airport. The FAA has determined 
that approximately 72 percent of the total project costs are eligible.
    West sanitary pumping station and 8-inch force main.
    Determination: Partially approved. The public agency requested 100 
percent PFC funding for this project. However, utility projects are 
only eligible to the extent they are needed to serve eligible airport 
development. The allowable cost of any installation serving both 
eligible and ineligible areas or facilities will be a prorated share of 
the total cost. The FAA has determined that approximately 72 percent of 
the total project costs are eligible.
    Runway 10L/28R navigational aids.
    Determination: Partially approved. The approved amount was reduced 
from the amount requested to account for the issuance of two AIP 
grants.
    North airfield T-hangar apron (taxilanes only).
    Determination: Partially approved. PFC eligibility is limited to 
the public use apron, access drive, and perimeter fencing. In addition, 
the site work is eligible on a prorated basis for that portion of the 
project determined to be eligible.
    Concourse B renovations.
    Determination: Partially approved. Certain elements of this 
project, such as carpet replacement, are not eligible in accordance 
with Appendix 2 of FAA Order 5100.38A, AIP Handbook.
    Landside building program--design and construction: terminal 
expansion and entrance improvements (terminal modernization, phase IV) 
and signage and graphic improvements; expansion of the terminal 
curbfront and International Gateway from Sawyer Road to the terminal.
    Determination: Partially approved. Certain items mentioned in the 
project description, such as the parking structure site preparation and 
portions of the airport roadways exlusively serving parking facilities, 
rental car facilities, and other non-aeronautical facilities, are not 
eligible.
    East sanitary lift station replacement.
    Determination: Partially approved. Utility projects are eligible to 
the extent they are needed to serve eligible airport development. The 
allowable cost of any installation serving both eligible and ineligible 
areas or facilities will be a prorated share of the total project cost. 
The FAA has determined that approximately 72 percent of the total 
project costs are eligible.

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    PFC application formulation expense: environmental overview; 
application legal services; other application costs.
    Determination: Partially approved. The environmental review is not 
considered a PFC application formulation expense; however, this is 
considered to be an eligible element of a planning study under AIP 
criteria, paragraph 406(r) of FAA Order 5100.38A, AIP Handbook. The 
approved amount was reduced from the amount requested based on actual 
costs as shown in the public agency's letter dated December 19, 1997.
    Backflow prevention valves.
    Determination: Partially approved. Utility projects are eligible to 
the extent they are needed to serve eligible airport development. The 
allowable cost of any installation serving both eligible and ineligible 
areas or facilities will be a prorated share of the total project cost. 
The FAA has determined that approximately 72 percent of the total 
project costs are eligible.
    Terminal heating piping replacement.
    Determination: Partially approved. Terminal building projects 
involve work in both eligible and ineligible areas. PFC funding is 
limited to non revenue producing public-use areas that are directly 
related to the movement of passengers and baggage in air commerce 
within the boundaries of the airport. The FAA has determined that 
approximately 72 percent of the total project costs are eligible.
    Brief Description of Projects Disapproved for Collection at CMH and 
Use at CMH: Satellite landing system.
    Determination: Disapproved. This project has been determined to not 
be justified under PFC criteria. The requested global positioning 
system differential ground station equipment is not required for 
precision approaches at CMH. In addition, this equipment is not yet 
approved by the FAA for installation.
    Signage standards manual.
    Determination: Disapproved. This project does not meet the 
objectives test for FPC eligibility in Sec. 158.15(a).
    South ramp settlement study.
    Determination: Disapproved. Paragraph 300(b) of FAA Order 5100.38A 
(October 24, 1989) indicates that the separate funding of projects for 
the preparation of plans and specifications is allowable if the airport 
development has every expectation of beginning within 2 years. Inasmuch 
as this project was completed in 1993 and a project to correct the 
settlement problem has not been started and is not in this application, 
the FAA has no expectation that this project will be started within 2 
years, as required by Sec. 158.33(a)(1). In addition, the FAA has 
determined that this project does not confirm to the eligible master 
planning elements in paragraph 406 of FAA Order 5100.38A, and is not, 
therefore, considered to be eligible planning work. Therefore, this 
study/preliminary engineering project is being disapproved at this 
time.
    Bolton Field--airport layout plan and Exhibit A.
    Determination: Disapproved. This project does not meet the 
objective test for PFC eligibility in Sec. 158.15(a), namely it does 
not preserve or enhance safety, security, or capacity; reduce noise or 
mitigate noise impacts; not does it furnish opportunities for enhanced 
competition.
    Decision Date: May 29, 1998.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
Mary Jagiello, Detroit Airports District Office, (313) 487-7296.
    Public Agency: Ports of Chelan and Douglas, Wenatchee Washington.
    Application Number: 98-02-00-EAT.
    Application Type: Impose and use a PFC.
    PFC Level: $3.00.
    Total PFC Revenue Approved in this Decision: $307,000.
    Earliest Charge Effective Date: June 1, 1998.
    Estimated Charge Expiration Date: October 1, 2000.
    Class of Air Carriers not Required to Collect PFC's: None.
    Brief Description of Projects Approved for Collection and Use:
    Reconstruct runway 12/30.
    Property acquisition on approach runway 30.
    Properry acquisition on approach runway 12.
    Taxiway G lighting and signage.
    Access road improvements.
    Acquire passenger access lift.
    Equipment storage building for SRE.
    Acquire SRE.
    Decision Date: May 29, 1998.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Mary Vargas, Seattle Airports District 
Office, (425) 227-2660.

                                           Amendments to PFC Approvals                                          
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                                                                Original     Amended      Original     Amended  
                                                   Approved     approved     approved    estimated    estimated 
           Amendment No. city, state                 date       net PFC      net PFC    charge exp.  charge exp.
                                                                revenue      revenue        date         date   
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93-02-C-02-MEI, Meridian, MS...................     03/26/98     $155.223     $154,390     12/01/00     12/01/00
97-04-C-01-MEI, Meridian, MS...................     04/24/98       32,500       45,000     12/01/00     03/01/01
93-01-C-01-MRY, Monterey, CA...................     04/30/98    3,960,855    5,455,672     06/01/00     12/01/01
97-02-C-01-DSM, Des Moines, IA.................     05/08/98    3,574,928    9,713,654     07/01/99     12/01/01
95-03-C-02-GPT, Gulfport, MS...................     05/19/98    3,464,600    4,608,400     12/01/01     02/01/02
95-01-C-01-CMI, Champaign, IL..................     05/21/98    1,154,307    1,327,400     11/01/98     05/01/99
94-01-C-01-LBE, Latrobe, PA....................     05/29/98      187,266    1,397,687     10/01/98     05/01/13
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    Issued in Washington, DC on June 26, 1998.
Eric Gabler,
Manager, Passenger Facility Charge Branch.
[FR Doc. 98-17854 Filed 7-6-98; 8:45 am]
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