[Federal Register Volume 89, Number 65 (Wednesday, April 3, 2024)]
[Notices]
[Pages 23081-23082]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2024-07001]


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DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION

Federal Aviation Administration

[Docket No: FAA-2024-1077]


Deadline for Notification of Intent To Use the Airport 
Improvement Program (AIP) Primary, Cargo, and Nonprimary Entitlement 
Funds Available to Date for Fiscal Year 2024

AGENCY: Federal Aviation Administration (FAA), DOT.

ACTION: Federal Register Notice.

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SUMMARY: This action announces May 20, 2024, as the deadline for each 
airport sponsor to notify the FAA if it will use its Fiscal Year (FY) 
2024 entitlement funds to accomplish Airport Improvement Program (AIP) 
eligible projects. Each sponsor has previously identified to the FAA 
such projects through the Airports Capital Improvement Plan process. 
This action further announces May 20, 2024, as the deadline for an 
airport sponsor to submit a final grant application, based on bids, for 
grants that will be funded with FY 2024 entitlement funds only.

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

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Title 49 U.S.C. 47105(f) provides that the 
sponsor of an airport for which entitlement funds (referred to as 
apportionments in 49 U.S.C. 47114) 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.
    The AIP grant program is authorized by Public Law 118-41, the 
``Airport and Airway Extension Act of 2024,'' enacted on March 8, 2024, 
which permits the FAA to make grants for planning and airport 
development and airport noise compatibility under the AIP through May 
10, 2024. The funds allocated to the FAA to fund the AIP grant program 
are appropriated through September 30, 2024, by Public Law 118-42, the 
``Consolidated Appropriations Act, 2024,'' enacted on March 9, 2024. 
Apportioned funds will be subject to allocation formulas prescribed by 
49 U.S.C. 47114 and any other applicable legislative text.
    This notice applies only to sponsors of airports that have 
entitlement funds

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appropriated for FY 2024 to use on eligible and justified projects. 
State aviation agencies participating in the FAA's State Block Grant 
Program, as prescribed by 49 U.S.C. 47128, are responsible for 
notifying the FAA which covered nonprimary airports in their programs 
will be using their entitlement funds for eligible and justified 
projects.
    An airport sponsor intending to apply for any of its available 
entitlement funds, including those unused, but still available in 
accordance with 49 U.S.C. 47117 from prior years, must notify the FAA 
of its intent to submit a grant application by 12:00 p.m. prevailing 
local time on Monday, May 20, 2024.
    This notice must be in writing and stipulate the total amount the 
sponsor intends to use for eligible and justified projects during FY 
2024, including those entitlement funds not obligated from prior years 
that remain available in accordance with 49 U.S.C. 47117 (also known as 
protected carryover). These notifications are critical to ensure 
efficient planning and administration of the AIP. Absent the 
notification of intent to submit a grant application by the above-
mentioned deadline, the FAA will carry over the available entitlement 
funds on June 3, 2024. These funds will not be available again to the 
airport sponsor until the beginning of FY 2025.
    The final grant application deadline for entitlement funds only is 
Monday, May 20, 2024. The final grant application funding requests 
should be based on bids, not estimates. As prescribed under 49 U.S.C. 
47117, the FAA will carryover the remainder of available entitlement 
funds after August 5, 2024. These funds will not be available again to 
the airport sponsor until the beginning of FY 2025. Dates are subject 
to possible adjustment based on future legislation. As of the 
publication of this notice, the appropriations and the authorization 
legislation for the FAA expire on September 30, 2024, and May 10, 2024, 
respectively.
    The FAA has determined these deadlines will expedite and facilitate 
the FY 2024 grant-making process.

    Issued in Washington, DC, on March 28, 2024.
David F. Cushing,
Manager, Airports Financial Assistance Division.
[FR Doc. 2024-07001 Filed 4-2-24; 8:45 am]
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