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

DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION

Federal Aviation Administration

Notice of Intent To Rule on Application To Use the Revenue From a

Passenger Facility Charge (PFC) at Modesto City-County Harry Sham Field

Airport, Modesto, California

agency: Federal Aviation Administration (FAA), DOT.

action: Notice of Intent to Rule on Application.

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summary: The Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) proposes to rule and

invites public comment on the application to use 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 (Public Law 101-508) and 14

CFR Part 158).

DATES: Comments must be received on or before September 8, 1997.

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

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

92007, Worldway Postal Center, Los Angeles, CA 90009 or San Francisco

Airports District Office, 831 Mitten Road, Room 210, Burlington, 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 section 158.23 of Part 158.

for further information contact: Marlys Vandervelde, Airports Program

Specialist, Airports District Office, 831 Mitten Road, Room 210,

Burlingame, CA. 94010-1303, Telephone: (415) 876-2806. 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 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 (Public Law 101-508) and Part

158 of the Federal Aviation Regulations (14 CFR Part 158)). On May 21,

1997, the FAA determined that the application to use the revenue from a

PFC submitted by the city of Modesto was not substantially complete

with the requirements of section 158.25 of Part 158. The following

items were required to complete the application: Block 7 of FAA Form

5500-1 needed to be filled in, project objective of Attachment B needed

additional information and the application was submitted prior to the

end of the 30 day comment period from the date of written notice to the

carriers. On June 17, 1997, the city of Modesto supplemented their

application providing the necessary information. On July 17, 1997, the

FAA determined that the application is 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

17, 1997.

The following is a brief overview of the use application number 97-

04-U-00-MOD:

Level of proposed PFC: $3.00.

Actual charge effective date: August 1, 1994.

Proposed charge expiration date: August 1, 2000.

Total estimated PFC revenue to be used on these use projects:

$44,400.

Brief description of the use projects: Relocate Runway 10R/28L Edge

Lights and Runway 10L/28R Payment Overlay.

Class or classes of air carriers which the public agency has

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

These projects were previously approved as impose only projects

contained within an overall PFC package which was approved on May 23,

1994. 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 Division 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 July 21, 1997.

Ellsworth L. Chan,

Acting Manager, Airports Division, Western-Pacific Region.

[FR Doc. 97-20866 Filed 8-6-97; 8:45 am]

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