[Federal Register Volume 84, Number 56 (Friday, March 22, 2019)]
[Notices]
[Pages 10883-10884]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2019-05195]


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DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION

Federal Aviation Administration

[Docket No: FAA-2019-0195]


Deadline for Notification of Intent To Use the Airport 
Improvement Program Primary, Cargo, and Nonprimary Entitlement Funds 
Available to Date for Fiscal Year 2019

AGENCY: Federal Aviation Administration, Department of Transportation.

ACTION: Notice.

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SUMMARY: The Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) announces May 1, 
2019, as the deadline for each airport sponsor to notify the FAA 
whether or not it will use its fiscal year 2019 entitlement funds (also 
referred to as apportioned funds) to accomplish Airport Improvement 
Program (AIP) eligible projects that the airport sponsor previously 
identified through the Airports Capital Improvement Plan process during 
the preceding year.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: James A. Johnson, Acting 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 an airport for 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 submit a grant 
application for its available entitlement funds. Therefore, the FAA is 
hereby notifying such airport sponsors of the steps required to ensure 
that the FAA has sufficient time to carry over and convert remaining 
entitlement funds. In accordance with legislation enacted as of the 
date of this notice, the AIP has approximately $2.4 billion of 
entitlement funds available through September 30, 2019.
    The airport sponsor's notification must address all entitlement 
funds available to date for fiscal year 2019, as well as any 
entitlement funds not obligated from prior years. On Monday, July 1, 
2019, 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 fiscal year 2020. Under 49 U.S.C. 47114(d)(3)(C), airports 
having an unclassified status in the most recent National Plan of 
Integrate Airport Systems that accrue entitlement funds in fiscal year 
2019, will only have these

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funds available in the same fiscal year and may not transfer the 
entitlements.
    This notice applies to airports that have entitlement funds 
apportioned to them, except 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 12:00 p.m. prevailing local 
time on Wednesday, May 1, 2019, consistent with prior practice.
    This notice must address all entitlement funds available to date 
for fiscal year 2019, including those entitlement funds not obligated 
from prior years. A written indication stating the airport sponsor's 
intent to submit a grant application must be provided no later than 
close of business Friday, May 31, 2019. These notifications are 
critical to ensure efficient planning and administration of the AIP. 
The final grant application deadline is Friday, June 28, 2019.
    All notifications and grant applications must be provided to the 
designated FAA Airports District Office (or Regional Office in regions 
without Airports District Offices). Absent notification of the intent 
to use entitlement funds, notification of the intent to submit a grant 
application, or submission of a grant application by the relevant 
deadlines noted above, the FAA will proceed on Monday, July 1, 2019 to 
carry-over the remainder of available entitlement funds. These funds 
will not be available again until at least the beginning of fiscal year 
2020. Under 49 U.S.C. 47114(d)(3)(C), airports having an unclassified 
status in the most recent National Plan of Integrate Airport Systems 
that accrue entitlement funds in fiscal year 2019, will only have these 
funds available in the same fiscal year and may not transfer the 
entitlements.
    Dates are subject to possible adjustment based on future 
legislation. As of the publication of this notice, appropriations for 
the FAA expire on September 30, 2019 and authorization legislation for 
the FAA expires on September 30, 2023. This notice is promulgated to 
expedite and facilitate the grant-making process.
    The AIP grant program is operating under the requirements of Public 
Law 115-254, the ``FAA Reauthorization Act of 2018,'' enacted on 
October 5, 2018, which authorizes the FAA through September 30, 2023 
and Public Law 116-6, the ``Consolidated Appropriations Act, 2019,'' 
which appropriates fiscal year 2019 funds for the AIP through September 
30, 2019.

    Issued in Washington, DC on March 13, 2019.
James A. Johnson,
Acting Director, Office of Airport Planning and Programming.
[FR Doc. 2019-05195 Filed 3-21-19; 8:45 am]
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