Intent To Rule on Application To Impose and Use the Revenue From a Passenger Facility Charge (PFC) at Yakima Air Terminal, Yakima, WA

DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION

Intent To Rule on Application To Impose and Use the Revenue From

a Passenger Facility Charge (PFC) at Yakima Air Terminal, Yakima, WA

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 use the revenue from a PFC at Yakima Air

Terminal under the provisions 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 14 CFR part 158.

DATES: Comments must be received on or before August 22, 1994.

ADDRESSES: Comments on this application may be mailed or delivered in

triplicate to the FAA at the following address: J. Wade Bryant,

Manager, Seattle Airports District Office, SEA-ADO, Federal Aviation

Administration, 1601 Lind Avenue SW, Suite 250, Renton, WA 98055-4056.

In addition, one copy of any comments submitted to the FAA must be

mailed or delivered to Mr. Bruce Loy, Airport Manager at the following

address: Yakima Air Terminal Board, 2400 West Washington Avenue,

Yakima, WA 98903.

Air carriers and foreign air carriers may submit copies of written

comments previously provided to the Yakima Air Terminal Board under

section 158.23 of part 158.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:

Ms. Renee Hall, Federal Aviation Administration, Seattle Airports

District Office, 1601 Lind Avenue SW, suite 250, Renton, WA 98055-4056,

(206) 227-2662. The application may be reviewed in person at this same

location.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The FAA proposes to rule and invites public

comment on the application to impose and use the revenue from a PFC at

the Yakima Air Terminal under the provisions of the Aviation Safety and

Capacity Act of 1990 (Title IX of the Omnibus Budget Reconciliation Act

of 1990) (Public Law 101-508) and part 158 of the Federal Aviation

Regulations (14 CFR Part 158).

On July 8, 1994, the FAA determined that the application to impose

and use the revenue from a PFC submitted by the Yakima Air Terminal

Board was substantially complete within the requirements of section

158.25 of part 158. The FAA will approve or disapprove the application,

in whole or in part, no later than October 22, 1994. Although the

effective date of the charge proposed by the Yakima Air Terminal Board

has passed, the charge will not become effective unless and until it

receives FAA approval, and any delay in the timing of the effective

date will also extend the proposed charge expiration date by a

corresponding period.

The following is a brief overview of the application.

Level of the proposed PFC: $3.00.

Proposed charge effective date: July 1, 1994.

Proposed charge expiration date: September 1, 1994.

Total estimated PFC revenue: $14,745.00.

Brief description of proposed project(s): Snow removal equipment,

Ramp plow.

Class or classes of air carriers which the public agency has

requested not be required to collect PFCs: Exempt categories shall be

air taxi/commercial operators, other than an air carriers, who conduct

operations in air commerce carrying persons for compensation or hire,

except, air taxi/commercial operators operating public or private

charters in aircraft with a seating capacity of 60 or more shall be

construed in this regulation to be an air carrier, unless the public or

private charter is exclusively for government use.

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 office located at: Federal Aviation Administration,

Northwest Mountain Region, Airports Division, ANM-600, 1601 Lind

Avenue, SW., suite 540, Renton, WA 98055-4056.

In addition, any person may, upon request, inspect the application,

notice and other documents germane to the application in person at the

Yakima Air Terminal.

Issued in Renton, Washington on July 8, 1994.

Sarah P. Dalton,

Acting Manager, Planning, Programming and Capacity Branch, Airports

Division, Northwest Mountain Region.

[FR Doc. 94-17805 Filed 7-20-94; 8:45 am]

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