Intent To Rule on Application To Impose and Use the Revenue From a Passenger Facility Charge (PFC) at Chicago Midway Airport, Chicago, Illinois

DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATI0N

Federal Aviation Administration

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

a Passenger Facility Charge (PFC) at Chicago Midway Airport, Chicago,

Illinois

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 Chicago Midway

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).

DATES: Comments must be received on or before January 20, 2000.

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

triplicate to the FAA at the following address: Federal Aviation

Administration, Chicago Airports District Office, 2300 East Devon

Avenue, Room 222, Des Plaines, IL 60018.

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

mailed or delivered to Mr. Thomas R. Walker, Commissioner of the City

of Chicago Department of Aviation at the following address: Chicago

O'Hare International Airport, P.O. Box 66142, Chicago, IL 60666.

Air carriers and foreign air carriers may submit copies of written

comments previously provided to the City of Chicago Department of

Aviation under section 158.23 of Part 158.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Mr. Philip M. Smithmeyer, Manager,

Chicago Airports District Office, 2300 East Devon Avenue, Room 222, Des

Plaines, IL 60018, (847) 294-7335. 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

Chicago Midway 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 November 24, 1999, the FAA determined that the application to

impose and use the revenue from a PFC submitted by the City of Chicago

Department of Aviation was substantially complete within the

requirements of section 158.24 of Part 158. The FAA will approve or

disapprove the application, in whole or in part, no later than February

23, 2000.

The following is a brief overview of the application.

PFC application number: 00-07-C-00-MDW.

Level of the proposed PFC: $3.00.

Actual charge effective date: September 1, 1993.

Revised estimated charge expiration date: January 1, 2047.

Total estimated PFC revenue: $630,948,770.00.

Brief description of proposed projects: Reconstruct Taxiway P,

Service Road Reconstruction Along Taxiway N, Taxiway K Rehabilitation

Between Runway 31C and Taxiway V, Taxiway J Rehabilitation Between

Taxiway W and Runway 4L, Runway 31C Exit Taxiway Rehabilitation, Runway

13C Hold Pad Rehabilitation, Taxiway N and Taxiway Q Rehabilitation,

Apron Edge Taxiway Rehabilitation, Terminal Apron Construction,

Additional Residential Insulation, Midway Radio Trunking System, Midway

Equipment Acquisition 1998-2003, Blast Fences Northeast and Northwest

Corners, Land Acquisition Parcel #130, Land Acquisition Parcel #131,

Land Acquisition Parcel #132, Concourse Building, Explosive Detection

System, Taxiway/Taxilane, Aircraft Parking Apron Construction, Parking

Structure Blast Mitigation, On-Airport Roads, Airline Equipment.

Class or classes of air carriers which the public agency has

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

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Any person may inspect the application in person at the FAA office

listed above under FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT.

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

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

City of Chicago Department of Aviation.

Issued in Des Plaines, Illinois on December 9, 1999.

Benito De Leon,

Manager, Planning/Programming Branch, Airports Division, Great Lakes

Region.

[FR Doc. 99-33041 Filed 12-20-99 8:45 am]

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