Notice of Intent To Rule on Application To Impose and Use the Revenue From a Passenger Facility Charge (PFC) at Modesto City-County Harry Sham Field Airport, Modesto, CA

DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION

Notice of Intent To Rule on Application To Impose and Use the

Revenue From a Passenger Facility Charge (PFC) at Modesto City-County

Harry Sham Field Airport, Modesto, CA

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 Modesto City-

County Harry Sham Field Airport 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 part 158 of the

Federal Aviation Regulations (14 CFR part 158).

DATES: Comments must be received on or before April 11, 1994.

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

triplicate to the FAA at the following address: Airports Division, P.O.

Box 92007, Worldway Postal Center, Los Angeles, CA. 90009 or San

Francisco Airports District Office, 831 Mitten Road, room 210,

Burlingame, CA. 94010-1303.

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

mailed or delivered to Mr. Howard Cook, Airport Manager of the Modesto

City-County Airport at the following address: 617 Airport Way, Modesto,

California 95354. Air carriers and foreign air carriers may submit

copies of written comments previously provided to the city of Modesto

under Sec. 158.23 of part 158.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:

Mr. Joseph R. Rodriguez, Supervisor, Planning and Programming Section,

Airports District Office, 831 Mitten Road, room 210, Burlingame, CA.

94010-1303, Telephone: (415) 876-2805. 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

Modesto City-County Harry Sham Field Airport 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 part

158 of the Federal Aviation Regulations (14 CFR part 158).

On February 18, 1994, the FAA determined that the application to

impose and use a PFC submitted by the city of Modesto was substantially

complete within the requirements of Sec. 158.25 of part 158. The FAA

will approve or disapprove the application, in whole or in part, no

later than May 23, 1994.

The following is a brief overview of the application.

Level of proposed PFC: $3.00.

Proposed charge effective date: October 1, 1994.

Proposed charge expiration date: September 30, 2000.

Total estimated PFC revenue: $300,370.00.

Brief description of the proposed projects:

Impose and Use Projects: Airfield Sign Upgrade, Pavement

Rehabilitation, Passenger Lift Vehicle, Airport Way Resurface and

Extension, General Aviation Apron Slurry, Passenger Terminal Parking

Lot, General Aviation & Terminal Security Lights, and Rewire Runway &

Taxiways lights.

Impose Only Projects: Airport Perimeter Security Upgrade, Widen Air

Carrier & Transient Apron, Construct Runway 10L/28R Holding Bays,

Taxiway B & Miscellaneous General Aviation Area Pavement Rehabilitation

and Air Carrier Apron Expansion, Runway 10R/28L Pavement Overlay, and

Relocate Runway 10R/28L Edge Lights.

For projects involving discretionary funds, the amount of funds may

be reduced depending on the funding level.

Class or classes of air carriers which the public agency has

requested not be required to collect PFCs: Air Tax Operators.

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: 15000 Aviation Blvd., Lawndale, CA

90261. In addition, any person may, upon request, inspect the

application, notice and other documents germane to the application in

person at the city of Modesto, CA.

Issued in Hawthorne, California, on February 24, 1994.

Herman C. Bliss,

Manager, Airports Division, Western-Pacific Region.

[FR Doc. 94-5564 Filed 3-9-94; 8:45 am]

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