[Federal Register Volume 70, Number 3 (Wednesday, January 5, 2005)]
[Notices]
[Page 936]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 05-124]


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DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION

Federal Aviation Administration


Notice of Intent To Rule on Application (04-05-C-00-SUN) To 
Impose and Use, the Revenue From a Passenger Facility Charge (PFC) at 
Friedman Memorial Airport, Submitted by the Friedman Memorial Airport 
Authority, Friedman Memorial Airport, Hailey, ID

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, PFC revenue at Friedman Memorial 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 February 4, 2005.

ADDRESSES: Comments on this application may be mailed or delivered in 
triplicate to the FAA at the following address: Mr. 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. Richard Baird, Airport Manager, at the 
following address: PO Box 929, Hailey, ID 83333.
    Air Carriers and foreign air carriers may submit copies of written 
comments previously provided to Friedman Memorial Airport, under 
section 158.23 of part 158.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Ms. Suzanne Lee-Pang, (425) 227-2654, 
Seattle Airports District Office, SEA-ADO; Federal Aviation 
Administration; 1601 Lind Avenue, SW., Suite 250, Renton, Washington 
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 04-05-C-00-SUN to impose and use, PFC 
revenue at Friedman Memorial Airport, under the provisions of 49 U.S.C. 
40117 and part 158 of the Federal Aviation Regulations (14 CFR part 
158).
    On December 23, 2004, the FAA determined that the application to 
impose and use the revenue from a PFC submitted by Friedman Memorial 
Airport Authority, Friedman Memorial Airport, Hailey, Idaho, 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 April 2, 2005.
    The following is a brief overview of the application.
    Level of the proposed PFC: $4.50.
    Proposed charge effective date: June 1, 2005.
    Proposed charge expiration date: December 1, 2008.
    Total requested for use approval: $1,158,554.
    Brief description of proposed projects: Property Acquisition; 
Passenger Terminal Building Addition/Renovation; Airport Traffic 
Control Voice Communication Control System; Snow Removal Equipment 
(SRE) Acquisition; Aircraft Rescue and Firefighting (ARFF) Truck; 
Aircraft Rescue and Fire Fighting (ARFF) Building Expansion; Master 
Plan Update; Airport Site Selection and Feasibility Study; Air Traffic 
Control Tower (ATCT) Improvements, Phase 1; Terminal Building 
Improvements; Acquire Trailer Mounted De-icing Equipment; Automated 
Weather Observation System (AWOS); Terminal Access Road, Phase 1; 
Safety Area Grading and Runway Shift; Install Engineered Material 
Arresting System (EMAS) on Runway 13; Snow Removal Equipment (SRE)/
Maintenance Vehicle Building; Airport Master Plan, Preferred Airport 
Alternative; Environmental Assessment (Pre-Environmental Impact 
Statement) for the Preferred Airport Alternative; Snow Removal 
Equipment (SRE) Acquisition; Replace Runway 13-31 Porous Friction 
Course.
    Class or classes of air carriers which the public agency has 
requested not be required to collect PFCs: Operations by Air/Taxi/
Commercial Operators utilizing aircraft having a maximum seating 
capacity of less than twenty passengers when enplaning revenue 
passengers in a limited, irregular/non-scheduled, or special service 
manner. Also exempted are Operations by Air Taxi/Commercial Operators, 
without regard to seating capacity, for revenue passengers transported 
for student instruction, non-stop sightseeing flights that begin and 
end at Friedman Memorial Airport and are conducted within a 25 mile 
radius of the same airport, fire fighting charters, ferry or training 
flights, air ambulance/medivac flights and aerial photography or survey 
flights.
    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 Office located at: Federal Aviation Administration, 
Northwest Mountain Region, 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 the 
Friedman Memorial Airport.

    Issued in Renton, Washington on December 23, 2004.
David A. Field,
Manager, Planning, Programming and Capacity Branch, Northwest Mountain 
Region.
[FR Doc. 05-124 Filed 1-4-05; 8:45 am]
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