U.S.Departmentof Transportation Office ofthe Secretary otTransportation

Mr. 

### L. Anthony Wise, Jr. President Pellissippi State Community College 10915 Hardin Valley Road P.O. Box 22990 Knoxville, 

### TN 37933 Dear

## Mr. Wise: """. ,·-· F'- i i t Assistant Setre!CJrf' 1200 NewJersey Avenue, SE Washington, DC 20590

Thank youfor your letter, addressed to Secretary Foxx, supportingthe proposal submitted bythe Metropolitan Knoxville AirportAuthority for a grant underthe U.S. Depmimentof Transportation's Small Community Air ServiceDevelopmentProgram. Secretary Foxx asked that Irespond to you onhis behalf. The Small Community Air Service Development Program was established to help smaller communities address air service deficiencies, particularly issues related to high airfares and insufficient service. Under the statute, the Department may make a maximum of

### 40 grant awards each year, although no more thanfour may be to communities in the same State. To provide communities with latitude in developing solutions to their air service deficiencies, the statute provides flexibility inthe types ofair service developmentprojects that canbe funded. On June 30, the Departmentissued an order setting a deadline ofJuly 31 for applications. As these grant requests arepending before the Department, 

### I cannot comment onthe merits ofany particularproposal. 

### I assure you, however, that the Departmentwill give full and fair consideration to all proposals that have been properly filed. As is our standard practice, 

### I an1 placing a copy ofyour letter and this response in Docket DOT-OST

### -2014-0113 as a contactoutside the record ofthis matter. 

### I appreciate your interestin this program. Sincerely yours,

Susan L. Kurland Assistant Secretaryfor Aviation and International Affairs

## PELLISSIPPI STATE CoMMUNITYCoLLEGE
August 14. 2014

The Honorable Anthony Foxx Secretary United States Department ofTransportation 1200 New Jersey Avenue SE Washington. DC 20590 

### RE: Docket DOT-OST-2014-01 13 Dear Secretary Foxx: OFFICE OF THE PRESlDENT



### This letter is written to encourage the Departmcnt"s approval ofthe 

### application submitted by the Metropolitan Knoxville Airport Authority and the Competitive Airfare Partnership in response to the 2014 

### Small Community Air Service Development Grant program. Average airfares at Knoxville have historically been well-above the national average. These high airline**f~u·es** 

### have been a burden on our budget and local business. have stymied economic development, and have forced both local and visiting leisure travelers to either drive or not travel at all. Knoxville's grant application seeks to address this issue by increasing airline competition at McGhee Tyson Airport. [fthe grant application is approved, Knoxville will be able to recruit and provide startup marketing support for new low-fare airline service at our airport. The impact·ofthe additionallow-tlu·e flights will be dramatic and immediate. Ihope that the Department will help the entire East Tennessee region reduce the cost ofair travel lor business. government, and leisure travelers by approving Knoxvillc"s Small Community Air Service Development Grant application.

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