[Federal Register Volume 68, Number 64 (Thursday, April 3, 2003)]
[Notices]
[Page 16342]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 03-8140]


-----------------------------------------------------------------------

DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION

Federal Aviation Administration


Deadline for Notification of Intent to Use the Airport 
Improvement Program (AIP) Sponsor Entitlement, Cargo Funds, and 
Nonprimary Entitlement Funds for Fiscal Year 2003

AGENCY: Federal Aviation Administration, DOT.

ACTION: Notice.

-----------------------------------------------------------------------

SUMMARY: The Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) announces May 1, 
2003, as the deadline for each airport sponsor to notify the FAA that 
it will use its fiscal year 2003 entitlement funds to accomplish 
projects identified in the Airports Capital Improvement Plan that was 
formulated in the spring of 2002.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Mr. Barry Molar, Manager, Airports 
Financial Assistance Division, Office of Airport Planning and 
Programming, APP-500, on (202) 267-3831.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Section 47105(f) of Title 49, United States 
Code, provides that the sponsor of each airport to which funds are 
apportioned shall notify the Secretary by such time and in a form as 
prescribed by the Secretary, of the sponsor's intent to apply for the 
funds apportioned to it (entitlements). This notice applies only to 
those airports that have received such entitlements, except those 
nonprimary airports located in designated Block Grant States. 
Notification of the sponsor's intent to apply during fiscal year 2003 
for any of its available entitlement funds including those unused from 
prior years, shall be in the form of inclusion of projects for fiscal 
year 2003 in the Airports Capital Improvement Plan.
    This notice is promulgated to expedite and prioritize grants in the 
final quarter of the fiscal year. Absent an acceptable application by 
May 1, 2003, FAA will defer an airport's entitlement funds until the 
next fiscal year. Pursuant to the authority and limitations in section 
47117(f), FAA will issue discretionary grants in an aggregate amount 
not to exceed the aggregate amount of deferred entitlement funds. 
Airport sponsors may request unused entitlements after September 30, 
2003.

    Issued in Washington, DC, on March 28, 2003.
Barry Molar,
Manager, Airports Financial Assistance Division.
[FR Doc. 03-8140 Filed 4-2-03; 8:45 am]
BILLING CODE 4910-13-M