[Federal Register Volume 64, Number 75 (Tuesday, April 20, 1999)]
[Notices]
[Pages 19404-19406]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 99-9784]
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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 March
1999, there were seven applications approved. This notice also includes
information on three applications, approved in February 1999,
inadvertently left off the February 1999 notice. Additionally, three
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: County of Brown, Green Bay, Wisconsin.
Application Number: 99-02-C-GRB.
Application Type: Impose and use a PFC.
PFC Level: $3.00.
Total PFC Revenue Approved in This Decision: $2,768.496.
Earliest Charge Effective Date: May 1, 1999.
Estimated Charge Expiration Date: August 1, 2002.
Class of Air Carriers Not Required to Collect PFC's: None.
Brief Description of Projects Approved for Collection and Use:
Purchase aircraft rescue and firefighting (ARFF) vehicle. Acquire snow
removal equipment. Partial rehabilitation of airfield pavements and
security fencing; Expand air carrier apron; PFC administration costs;
Terminal entrance road reconstruction.
Decision Date: February 22, 1999.
For Further Information Contact: Daniel J. Millenacker, Minneapolis
Aircrafts District Office, (612) 713-4350.
Public Agency: Melbourne Airport Authority, Melbourne, Florida.
Application Number: 99-03-C-00-MLB.
Application Type: Impose and use a PFC.
PFC Level: $3.00.
Total PFC Revenue Approved in This Decision: $687,088.
Earliest Charge Effective Date: July 1, 1999.
Estimated Charge Expiration Date: July 1, 2000.
Class of Air Carriers Not Required to Collect 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 Melbourne International Airport.
Brief Description of Projects Approved for Collection and Use:
Master plan update, phase 2; Proximity suits for firefighters; ARFF
vehicle; Wetland mitigation land acquisition; Construct safety area/
wetland mitigation; Emergency generators for terminal; Runway power
sweeper.
Decision Date: February 24, 1999.
For Further Information Contact: Ilia A. Quinones, Orlando Airports
District Office, (407) 812-6331, extension 33.
Public Agency: City of Modesto, California.
Application Number: 99-05-C-00-MOD.
Application Type: Impose and use a PFC.
PFC Level: $3.00.
Total PFC Revenue Approved in This Decision: $154,750.
Earliest Charge Effective Date: May 1, 1999.
Estimated Charge Expiration Date: September 1, 2001.
Class of Air Carriers Not Required to Collect 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 Modesto City-County Airport--Harry Sham Field.
Brief Description of Projects Approved for Collection and Use: ARFF
improvements; General aviation entrance road phase 1--design; Relocate
airfield regulators; Resurface taxiways A and B, phase 1--design
engineering and phase 2--construction.
Decision Date: February 26, 1999.
For Further Information Contact: Marlys Vanvervelde, San Francisco
Airports District Office, (650) 876-2806.
Public Agency: Kansas City Aviation Department, Kansas City,
Missouri.
Application Number: 99-02-C-00-MCI.
Application Type: Impose and use a PFC.
PFC Level: $3.00.
Total PFC Revenue Approved in This Decision: $28,723,139.
Earlist Charge Effective Date: January 1, 2005.
Estimated Charge Expiration Date: May 1, 2006.
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
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determined that the proposed class accounts for less than 1 percent of
the total annual enplanements at Kansas City International Airport.
Brief Description of Projects Approved for Collection and Use:
Airfield storm drainage; Construction of hold apron west of terminal B;
new automated access control system; Reconstruct taxiway D.
Brief Description of Project Partially Approved for Collection and
Use: PFC development and administration.
Determination: Partially approved. The FAA notes that public
agencies may choose to accomplish the PFC administration tasks by
contracting through a consultant, internal personnel, or a combination
of the two. The FAA notes that the public agency plans to sue a portion
of the approved PFC revenue to fund a full time position for the
administration of the PFC program. As a condition for the FAA's
approval of this project, the FAA requires that the public agency
provide to the FAA each year of the PFC and/or use/from the date of
issue of this decision) a letter certifying that the funds expended for
the full time position are directly and exclusively used for PFC
administrative tasks during the preceding year, along with a record of
the hours spent on each PFC related task listed in the description of
this project during that year. The allowable portion of the public
agency's costly of administrating its PFC program does not include
costs associated with operations and maintenance, general purpose
equipment such as computer hardware, nor benefits including, but not
limited to, leave, retirement, or overhead. It also does not include
project management activities.
Brief Description of Projects Approved for Use: Overlay runway 9/27
and taxiway C (between C1 and C9; Construct Federal Inspection Services
facility; Taxiway B rehabilitation; Terminal improvements.
Brief Description of Project Partially Approved for Use: Expand
general aviation apron.
Determination: Partially approved. The FAA has determined that the
taxiway connector was not included in the impose only project
description and therefore did not have impose authority.
Decision Date: March 1, 1999.
For Further Information Contact: Lorna Sandridge, Central Region
Airports Division, (816) 426-4730.
Public Agency: City of Oklahoma City, Oklahoma.
Application Number: 99-02-C-00-OKC.
Application Type: Impose and use a PFC.
PFC Level: $3.00.
Total PFC Revenue Approved in This Decision: $7,465,206.
Earlist Charge Effective Date: June 1, 1999.
Estimated Charge Expiration Date: November 1, 2000.
Class of Air Carriers not Required to Collect 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 Will Rogers World Airport.
Brief Description of Projects Approved for Collection and Use:
Construct ARFF facility; Construct southwest stormwater detention
facility; Construct snow removal equipment facility; Aircraft pavement
rejuvenation; Emergency access road reconstruction.
Decision Date: March 1, 1999.
For Further Information Contact: Ben Guttery, Southwest Region
Airports Division, (817) 222-5614.
Public Agency: City of Billings, Montana.
Application Number: 99-02-U-00-BIL.
Application Type: Use PFC revenue.
PFC Level: $3.00.
Total PFC Revenue To Be Used in This Decision: $2,756,042.
Charge Effective Date: April 1, 1994.
Estimated Charge Expiration Date: February 1, 2001.
Class of Air Carriers Not Required to Collect PFC's: No change from
previous decision.
Brief Description of Projects Approved for Use: Relocate and upsize
sanitary sewer; Extend and upgrade waterlines.
Decision Date: March 18, 1999.
For Further Information Contact: David P. Gabbert, Helena Airports
District Office, (406) 449-5271
.Public Agency: State of Connecticut, Department of Transportation,
Bureau of Aviation and Ports, Windsor Locks, Connecticut.
Application Number: 99-08-U-00-BDL.
Application Type: Use PFC revenue.
PFC Level: $3.00.
Total PFC Revenue To Be Used in This Decision: $14,360,000.
Charge Effective Date: September 1, 1997.
Estimated Charge Expiration Date: November 1, 1999.
Class of Air Carriers Not Required to Collect PFC's: No change from
previous decision.
Brief Description of Projects Approved for Use: Construct new fire
station #1; Construct glycol collection facility.
Decision Date: March 26, 1999.
For Further Information Contact: Priscilla Scott, New England
Region Airports Division, (781) 238-7614.
Public Agency: City of Saint Louis Airport Authority, Saint Louis,
Missouri.
Application Number: 99-05-U-00-STL.
Application Type: Use PFC revenue.
PFC Level: $3.00.
Total PFC Revenue to Be Used in This Decision: $155,000,000.
Charge Effective Date: June 1, 1998.
Estimated Charge Expiration Date: January 1, 2002.
Class of Air Carriers Not Required to Collect PFC's: No change from
previous decision.
Brief Description of Projects Approved for Use: 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: March 30, 1999.
For Further Information Contact: Lorna Sandridge, Central Region
Airports Division, (816) 426-4730.
Public Agency: City of Pensacola, Florida
Application Number: 99-04-C-00-PNS.
Application Type: Impose and use a PFC.
PFC Level: $3.00.
Total PFC Revenue Approved in This Decision: $19,400,000.
Earliest Charge Effective Date: June 1, 1999.
Estimated Charge Expiration Date: June 1, 2009.
Class of Air Carriers Not Required to Collect PFC's: Part 135 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 accounts for less than 1 percent of the total annual enplanements
at Pensacola Regional Airport.
Brief Description of Project Approved for Collection and Use:
Runway 8/26 rehabilitation.
Brief Description of Project Approved for Collection: Runway 8/26
extension.
Decision Date: March 31, 1999.
For Further Information Contact: Bud Jackman, Orlando Airports
District Office, (407) 812-6331, extension 22.
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Public Agency: Albany-Doughtery County Aviation Commission, Albany,
Georgia.
Application Number: 98-02-C-00-ABY.
Application Type: Impose and use a PFC.
PFC Level: $3.00.
Total PFC Revenue Approved in this Decision: $629,049.
Earliest Charge Effective Date: June 1, 1999.
Estimated Charge Expiration Date: December 1, 2004.
Class of Air Carriers Not Required to Collect PFC's: Part 135 air
taxi/commercial operators.
Determination: Approved. Based on information contained 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
Southeast Georgia Regional Airport.
Brief Description of Projects Approved for Collection and Use: ANTN
digital training system, Airfield perimeter fencing; Perimeter
fencing--road widening project; Telecommunication device for the deaf;
Americans with Disabilities Act signage--terminal building; Commuter
passenger boarding bridge; Lighting vault; ARFF maintenance facility;
Rehabilitate taxiway lights (taxiway A); Replace ARFF vehicle;
Rehabilitate runway lights (runway 4/22); Rehabilitate taxiway A (phase
I); Airfield signage; Rehabilitate beacon;
Rehabilitate taxiway A (Phase II) and taxiway C.
Rehabilitate runway 16/34 lights.
Rehabilitate taxiways B, C, and E lighting.
Expand and rehabilitate apron (design only).
Rehabilitate taxiways D and E (design only).
Master plan update.
Rehabilitate runway 4/22 (design only).
Rehabilitate runway 4/22.
Rehabilitate runway 16/34.
Brief Description of Project Approved for Use: Rehabilitate general
aviation apron.
Brief Description of Project Disapproved: Bunker gear for ARFF
personnel.
Determination: Disapproved. The eligibility of protective clothing
for ARFF personnel is limited to one suite for each firefighter
employed full-time to fight aircraft fires; and one suit for each
position of a less than full-time unit, subject to the limitation that
the total number of suits does not exceed two for lightweight vehicles
and five for large-type vehicles. Based on this criteria, this location
is eligible for 10 suits. Ten proximity suits, which provide more
protection for ARFF personnel than do bunker gear suits, were purchased
under a previous PFC application; therefore, the bunker gear suits are
not eligible.
Decision Date: March 31, 1999.
For Further Information Contact: Larry Clark, Atlanta Airports
District Office, (404) 305-7144.
Amendments to PFC Approvals
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Original Amended
Amendment Original Amended estimated estimated
Amendment No., city, state approved date approved net approved net charge exp. charge exp.
PFC revenue PFC revenue date date
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93-01-C-03-MRY Monterey, CA..... 03/03/99 $5,294,407 $4,032,754 07/01/02 07/01/02
97-02-C-01-TYR Tyler, TX........ 03/08/99 976,449 1,166,292 01/01/03 01/01/03
96-04-C-04-MCO Orlando, FL...... 03/10/99 101,154,000 103,127,000 06/01/98 07/01/98
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Issued in Washington, DC. on April 12, 1999.
Eric Gabler,
Manager, Passenger Facility Charge Branch.
[FR Doc. 99-9784 Filed 4-19-99; 8:45 am]
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