[Federal Register Volume 64, Number 57 (Thursday, March 25, 1999)]
[Notices]
[Page 14496]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 99-7258]



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DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION

Federal Aviation Administration


Notice of Intent To Rule on PFC Application 99-07-C-00-PDX To 
Impose and Use the Revenue From a Passenger Facility Charge (PFC) at 
Portland International Airport; Submitted by the Port of Portland, 
Portland, OR

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, and use only the revenue from a PFC at 
Portland International Airport under the provisions of 49 U.S.C. 40117 
and part 158 of the Federal Aviation Regulations (14 CFR part 158).

DATES: Comments must be received on or before April 26, 1999.

ADDRESSES: Comments on this application may be mailed or delivered in 
triplicate to the FAA at the following address: J. Wade Bryant, 
Manager; Seattle Airports District Office, SEA-ADO; Federal Aviation 
Administration; 1601 Lind Avenue SW, Suite 250; Renton, Washington 
98055-4056.
    In addition, one copy of any comments submitted to the FAA must be 
mailed or delivered to Mr. Steve Schreiber, Senior Manager, Aviation 
Finance, at the following address; 7000 NE Airport Way, Portland, OR 
97218.
    Air carriers and foreign air carriers may submit copies of written 
comments previously provided to Portland International Airport under 
Sec. 158.23 of part 158.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Ms. Mary Vargas, (425) 227-2660; 
Seattle Airports District Office, Federal Aviation Administration; 1601 
Lind Avenue SW, Suite 250; Renton, WA 98055-4056. 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 99-07-C-00-PDX to impose and use the revenue 
from a PFC at Portland International Airport, under the provisions of 
49 U.S.C. 40117 and part 158 of the Federal Aviation Regulations (14 
CFR part 158).
    On March 16, 1999, the FAA determined that the application to 
impose and use the revenue from a PFC submitted by the Port of 
Portland, Portland, Oregon, 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 June 14, 
1999.
    The following is a brief overview of the application.
    Level of the proposed PFC: $3.00.
    Proposed charge effective date: November 1, 2008.
    Proposed charge expiration date: February 1, 2019.
    Total estimated net PFC revenue: $146,483,000 (revised per 1/29/99 
Plan of Finance from Port of Portland).
    Brief description of proposed project(s): Airport Max Light Rail 
Transit (LRT) Extension.
    Class or classes of air carriers which the public agency has 
requested not be required to collect PFCs: Air taxi/commercial 
operators and is defined as ``the carriage in air commerce of persons 
for compensation or hire as a commercial operator, but not an air 
carrier, of aircraft having a maximum seating capacity of less than 
twenty passengers or a maximum payload capacity of less than 6,000 
pounds. `Air taxi/commercial operators' shall also include, without 
regard to number of passengers or payload capacity, revenue passengers 
transported for student instruction, nonstop sightseeing flights that 
begin and end at the same airport and are conducted within a 25 statute 
mile radius of the airport, ferry or training flights, aerial 
photography or survey charters, and fire fighting charters.''
    Any person may inspect the application, including additional 
information pertaining to project justification and financing recently 
submitted by the Port of Portland to supplement the application, in 
person at the FAA office listed above under FOR FURTHER INFORMATION 
CONTACT and at the FAA Regional Airports Office located at: Federal 
Aviation Administration, Northwest Mountain Regional Office, Airports 
Division, ANM-600, 1601 Lind Avenue SW., Suite 315, Renton, WA 98055-
4056.
    In addition, any person may, upon request, inspect the application, 
notice and other documents germane to the application in person at 
Portland International Airport, Portland, Oregon.

    Issued in Renton, Washington on March 16, 1999.
David A. Field,
Manager, Planning, Programming and Capacity Branch, Northwest Mountain 
Region.
[FR Doc. 99-7258 Filed 3-24-99; 8:45 am]
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