[Federal Register Volume 65, Number 2 (Tuesday, January 4, 2000)]
[Notices]
[Page 316]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 00-95]


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DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION

Federal Aviation Administration


Notice of Intent To Rule on Application To Impose and Use a 
Passenger Facility Charge (PFC) at Metropolitan Oakland International 
Airport, Oakland, CA

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 Metropolitan 
Oakland International Airport 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 February 3, 2000.

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. Steven J. 
Grossman, Director of Aviation of the Port of Oakland, at the following 
address: 530 Water Street, Oakland, CA 94604. Air carriers and foreign 
air carriers may submit copies of written comments previously provided 
to the Port of Oakland under section 158.23 of Part 158.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Marlys Vandervelde, Airports Program 
Analyst, Airports District Office, 831 Mitten Road, Room 210, 
Burlingame, CA 94010-1303, Telephone: (650) 876-2806. 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 and use the revenue from a PFC at 
Metropolitan Oakland International 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 December 14, 1999, the FAA determined that the application to 
impose and use the revenue from a PFC submitted by the Port of Oakland 
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 March 16, 2000. The following is a brief 
overview of the impose and use application number 00-09-C-00-OAK:

    Level of proposed PFC: $3.00.
    Proposed charge effective date: June 1, 2000.
    Estimated charge expiration date: January 1, 2003.
    Total estimated PFC revenue: $38,459,000.
    Brief description of the impose and use projects: Electronic Key 
Security System, Telecommunication Infrastructure Program, Improve 
Sewer System for Terminal 1, Airport Radio System, Taxiway Tango 
Reconstruction, Airfield Lighting Improvement Program, Airfield Master 
Plan, Runway 11/29 Conduit and Lighting Project, Purchase New Airport 
Rescue and Firefighting (AAFF) Vehicle, Emergency Operations Center in 
ARFF Building, Taxiway Charlie Pavement Improvements, Overlay Runway 
9L/27R, Install Taxiway Edge Lights on K, L, M, N, P, & Q, and Install 
Lighting on Ramp.
    Brief description of impose only projects: Water Pollution Control 
Facility and Ground Run-up Enclosure.
    Class or classes of air carriers which the public agency has 
requested not be required to collect PFCs: Air Taxi/Commercial 
Operators filing FAA Form 1800-31 and Commuters or Small Certificated 
Air Carriers filing DOT Form 298-C T1 and E1.
    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 Port of 
Oakland.

    Issued in Hawthorne, California, on December 14, 1999.
Herman C. Bliss,
Manager, Airports Division, Western-Pacific Region.
[FR Doc. 00-95 Filed 01-03-00; 8:45 am]
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