[Federal Register Volume 83, Number 75 (Wednesday, April 18, 2018)]
[Notices]
[Pages 17211-17212]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2018-07658]


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DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION

Federal Aviation Administration

[Docket No: FAA-2011-0786]


Deadline for Notification of Intent To Use the Airport 
Improvement Program's (AIP) Primary, Cargo, and Nonprimary Entitlement 
Funds Available for Fiscal Year (FY) 2018

AGENCY: Federal Aviation Administration (FAA), Department of 
Transportation.

ACTION: Notice.

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SUMMARY: The FAA announces May 15, 2018, as the deadline for each 
airport sponsor to notify the FAA whether or not it will use its FY 
2018 entitlement funds (also referred to as apportioned funds) 
available under 49 U.S.C. 47114 to support AIP-eligible projects that 
the airport sponsor previously identified through the Airports Capital 
Improvement Plan process during the preceding year.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Elliott Black, Director, Office of 
Airport Planning and Programming, APP-1, at (202) 267-8775.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Title 49 U.S.C. 47105(f) provides that the 
sponsor of each airport to which entitlement funds are apportioned 
shall notify the Secretary by such time and in a form as prescribed by 
the Secretary of the airport sponsor's intent to apply for its 
available entitlement funds. Therefore, the FAA is hereby notifying 
airport sponsors of the steps required to ensure that the FAA has 
sufficient time to carry-over and convert remaining entitlement funds. 
This notice applies only to those airports that have had entitlement 
funds apportioned to them, except those nonprimary airports located in 
designated block grant states. Airport sponsors intending to apply for 
any of their available entitlement funds, including those unused from 
prior years, shall make their intent known by 12 p.m. prevailing local 
time on Tuesday, May 15, 2018. This notice must address all entitlement 
funds available for FY 2018, including those entitlement funds not 
obligated from prior years. These notifications are critical to ensure 
efficient planning and administration of the AIP. The final grant 
application deadline is Tuesday, July 10, 2018. All notifications and 
grant applications must be provided to the designated FAA Airports 
District Office (or regional office in regions without Airports 
District Offices).
    The airport sponsor's notification must address all entitlement 
funds

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available for FY 2018, as well as any entitlement funds not obligated 
from prior years. After Tuesday, July 10, 2018, the FAA will carry over 
any currently available entitlement funds for which the airport sponsor 
has not notified the FAA of its intention to use and these funds will 
not be available again until at least the beginning of FY 2019. This 
notification requirement does not apply to nonprimary airports covered 
by the State Block Grant Program.
    Historically this deadline has been May 1 of each year. Due to the 
timing of the FY 2018 appropriation and extension of authorizing 
legislation, the FAA is extending the normal deadline. However, the FAA 
encourages airport sponsors to communicate with the FAA as soon as 
possible. Regional offices may establish earlier deadlines due to 
constraints on construction seasons.
    Absent notification of the intent to use entitlement funds or 
submission of a grant application by the relevant deadlines noted 
above, the FAA will proceed after Tuesday, July 10, 2018, to carry over 
the remainder of available entitlement funds. These funds will not be 
available again until at least the beginning of FY 2019. This notice is 
promulgated to expedite and facilitate the grant-making process.

    Issued in Washington, DC, on April 6, 2018.
Elliott Black,
Director, Office of Airport Planning and Programming.
[FR Doc. 2018-07658 Filed 4-17-18; 8:45 am]
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