[Federal Register Volume 85, Number 79 (Thursday, April 23, 2020)]
[Notices]
[Page 22784]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2020-08587]


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DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION

Federal Aviation Administration

[Docket No: FAA-2020-0047]


Deadlines for Notice of Intent and Submission of Final Grant 
Application for Airport Improvement Program Primary, Cargo, and 
Nonprimary Entitlement Funds Available to Date for Fiscal Year 2020

AGENCY: Federal Aviation Administration, Department of Transportation.

ACTION: Notice.

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SUMMARY: This action announces the extension to May 4, 2020, and to 
Monday, June 15, 2020, respectively, of the deadlines for an airport 
sponsor to give notice of intent to use Fiscal Year (FY) 2020 Airport 
Improvement Program (AIP) entitlement funds and to submit a final grant 
application.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Dave Cushing, Manager, Airports 
Financial Assistance Division, APP-500, at (202) 267-8827.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: On January 28, 2020, the FAA announced April 
1, 2020, as the deadline for an airport sponsor to notify the FAA if it 
would use its FY 2020 AIP entitlement funds, and May 18, 2020, as the 
deadline for an airport sponsor to submit a final FY 2020 grant 
application (85 FR 5065). That notice applied only to those airports 
that have entitlement funds apportioned to them, except those 
nonprimary airports located in designated Block Grant States. Since 
that time, the COVID-19 public health emergency has impacted airport 
sponsors' operations and ability to meet these deadlines.
    49 U.S.C. 47105(f) provides that the sponsor of an airport for 
which entitlement funds are apportioned shall notify the Secretary of 
Transportation, 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. This notification 
ensures that the FAA has sufficient time to carry over and convert 
remaining entitlement funds.
    Although the April 1 deadline has passed, the FAA will continue to 
accept notification of an airport sponsor's intent to submit a grant 
application until 12:00 p.m. prevailing local time on Monday, May 4, 
2020.
    This notification must be in writing and address all entitlement 
funds available to date for FY 2020, including those entitlement funds 
not obligated from prior years. These notifications are critical to 
ensure efficient planning and administration of the AIP.
    The FAA also is extending the final grant application deadline 
until Monday, June 15, 2020. The final grant application funding 
requests are to be based on bids, not estimates.
    An airport sponsor must provide its notification and grant 
applications to its designated FAA Airports District Office (or 
Regional Office in regions without Airports District Offices). Absent 
notification of the intent to submit a grant application, or submission 
of a grant application by the relevant deadlines noted above, the FAA 
will carry over the remainder of available entitlement funds on Monday, 
June 29, 2020. These funds will not be available again until at least 
the beginning of FY 2021. 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, 2020, and statutory 
authorization for the FAA expires on September 30, 2023.
    The FAA has determined these deadlines address the unanticipated 
impacts of the COVID-19 public health emergency while still 
facilitating the FY 2020 grant-making process.

    Issued in Washington, DC, on April 17, 2020.
Robert J. Craven,
Director, Office of Airport Planning and Programming.
[FR Doc. 2020-08587 Filed 4-22-20; 8:45 am]
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