[Federal Register Volume 70, Number 76 (Thursday, April 21, 2005)]
[Notices]
[Pages 20795-20796]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 05-7972]


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DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION

Federal Aviation Administration


Notice of Intent To Rule on Application 05-05-C-00-LAS To Impose 
and Impose and Use Passenger Facility Charge (PFC) at McCarran 
International Airport, and Use the PFC Revenue at McCarran 
International, Henderson Executive, and North Las Vegas Airports, Las 
Vegas, NV

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 impose and use a PFC at McCarran 
International Airport, and use the revenue of a PFC at McCarran 
International Airport, Henderson Executive Airport, and North Las Vegas 
Airport under the provisions

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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 May 23, 2005.

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., Room 3012, 
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. 
Randall H. Walker, Director of Aviation, Clark County Department of 
Aviation, at the following address: P.O. Box 11005, Las Vegas, NV 
89111-1005. Air carriers and foreign air carriers may submit copies of 
written comments previously provided to the Clark County Department of 
Aviation under Sec.  158.23 of part 158.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Joseph Rodriguez, Environmental 
Planning and Compliance Section Supervisor, San Francisco Airports 
District Office, 831 Mitten Road, Room 210, Burlingame, CA 94010-1303, 
telephone: (650) 876-2778, extension 610. The application may be viewed 
in person at this same location.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The FAA proposes to rule and invites public 
comment on the application to impose and impose and use a PFC at 
McCarran International Airport and use the revenue from PFC at McCarran 
International, Henderson Executive, and North Las Vegas Airports under 
the provisions of the 49 U.S.C. 40117 and part 158 of the Federal 
Aviation Regulations (14 CFR part 158).
    On March 28, 2005, the FAA determined that the application to 
impose and impose and use a PFC submitted by the Clark County 
Department of Aviation 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 24, 2005.
    The following is a brief overview of the impose and impose and use 
application No. 05-05-C-00-LAS.
    Proposed charge effective date: November 1, 2015.
    Proposed charge expiration date: August 1, 2021.
    Level of the proposed PFC: $4.50.
    Total estimated PFC revenue: $997,274,700.
    Brief description of proposed projects:
    Impose Only: Design of terminal 3, Russell Road relocation, and 
Russell Road Park at McCarran International Airport;
    Impose and use: Pedestrian bridge from concourse C gates to 
concourses A/B gates, in-line explosives detection systems, taxiway B 
renovation/taxiway C extension, central plant upgrade, heating 
ventilation and air conditioning upgrades in concourses A/B, ramp 
rehabilitation, and satellite D apron at McCarran International 
Airport; construct terminal and ramp, and relocate airport traffic 
control tower at Henderson Executive Airport; construct east side 
basing improvements at North Las Vegas Airport.
    Class or classes or air carriers which the public agency has 
requested not be required to collect PFCs: Non-Scheduled On-Demand Air 
Carriers filing FAA Form 1800-31.
    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., Room 3012, 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 
Clark County Department of Aviation.

    Issued in Lawndale, California, on March 28, 2005.
Mia Paredes Ratcliff,
Manager, Planning and Programming Branch, Western-Pacific Region.
[FR Doc. 05-7972 Filed 4-20-05; 8:45 am]
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