### THE SECRETARY OF TRANSPORTATION WASHINGTON, DC20590



### The Honorable 

### Mary L. Landrieu UnitedStates Senate Washington. DC 20510


### Dear**Sen~tor**

### Landrieu: September**3~** 

### 2014 ·.-·i; .;:



### Thank you for your letter supporting. the application submitted by Monroe Regional Airport for a grant underthe U.S. Department ofTransportation's SmaU Comn1tmity Air Service Development Program.
The Small Community Air Service Develo.pn1ent Program was established to help smaller cotnn1unities address air service det1ciencies, particularly issues remted 

### to high airfares and insufficient service. Under the statute, the Department may make 

### a maximum of40 grant awards eacl1 year, although no more than four may be 

### to communities in 

### the same State. To provide communities with latitude in developing solutionsto their air service deficiencies, the statute provides flexibility in the types ofair service development projects that can be funded,
On June 30, the Department issued an order setting 

### a deadline ofJuly 

### 3I for applications. As these gran

### (requests are pendingbefore the Department, I 

### cannot comment on the merits ofany particular proposaL 

### I assure you, however, that the Department 

### will give 

### full and fair 

### conside.ration to an proposals that have been properly fi1ed.
As is'our standard practice. I 

### am placing 

### a copy ofyour letter and this 

### response in Docket DOT-OST-2014-0113 as a contact outside the t·ecord ofthis 

### matter. [appreciate your interest in this program. Sincerely•

.Anthony R. 

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Monroe Regional Airportwhichhas submitted a proposalto the U.S. of Transportation fot funding under the Small Community Air Service Development (SCASD) Program, It is mypleasure to strongly support the efforts ofthe Monroe Regional Airport to improve the Monroe community's air service and airfare issues.

This much needed SCASD funding will allow the Monroe Regional Airport to secure low·cost, non-stop jet service to one or more major destinations for Northeastern Louisiana, Southern Arkansas, and Western Mississippi.As you know, the Monroe Regional Airport is an importaritlocal and regional community economic .engine in Louisiana. Federal funding under SCASD 

### will go a long way in helping expand jet service to more destinations in the United States including a newroute from Monroe to Denver. I understand that Louisiana's residents and businesses would**ben~**fitgreatly from new routes and more air travel options, and the proposed expansion will allow for increased area growth, development, and vitality.

I believe you will find the Monroe Regional Airport's application to be exemplary in everyway, andi would appreciate every appropriate consideration be given to the application,

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, ·Mary L. Landrieu

United States .Senator