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ULS. Deportment of Assistant Secretary 1200 New Jersey Avenue, SE 

Transportation Washington, DC 20590 

Office of the Secretary 

of Transportation cr p Q g 2011 

The Honorable Larry Anderson 3 

Mayor of Brookings >-

Brookings, OR 97415 "^ 

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Dear Mayor Anderson: .,9 Q§'T ^ 

Thank you for your letter to Secretary LaHood supporting the proposal submitted b^^the 

Del Norte County Regional Airport for a grant under the Small Community Air Service 

Development Program (Small Community Program). The Secretary has asked that I 

respond on his behalf. 

The Small Community 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 use the funds to make a maximum of 40 grant 

awards each year, although no more than four may be to communities in the same State. 

In order to provide communities with latitude in developing solutions to their air service 

deficiencies, the statute provides significant flexibility in how the financial assistance 

may be used. 

On July 1, the Department issued an order requesting that communities interested in 

receiving a grant this year file their applications by August 2. As these grant requests are 

pending before the Department, I am sure you understand that I cannot comment on the 

merits of any particular proposal. I assure you, however, that the Department will give 

fiill consideration to all proposals that have been properly filed. 

As is our normal practice, I am placing a copy of your letter and this response in Docket 

DOT-OST-2011 -0119 as a contact outside the record of this matter. I appreciate your 

interest in this program. If I can provide further information or assistance, please feel 

fi-ee to call me. 

Sincerely yours, 

Susan L. Kurland 

Assistant Secretary for 

Aviation and International Affairs 
SI 0-110902-005 

City of Brookings 

898 m Drive. Bmakht^s. OR 97415 

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Mayor l.arr>' Anderson 

August 2,2011 

Secrclnry Ray LUHOCKI 

United States Dcpamnciu of Tramportation 

1200 New JcTicy Aventie SC 

Washington, DC 20590 

KE; Support of Del Noric Count}' Reeional Airport Appiicatinn for FiindiifK Under 

lh« Di;parfmcnt af Trnnsportadon Small Coitimanlly Air Scnkc Development 

Program 

Dear Mr. Secretary; 

I am wrilhig to express my Kiippttrt of tlic Del Norte County Rcgioimi Airport's 2011 Small 

Community Air Ser\'icc Development grant subntisston. The Del None County Rc^'onal 

Airport screes as a vital link to tlic national air transportation .systcni for the area we knowas tire "borter const" - the region stretching from .soutlnvc»t Oregon to northeni California. 

The City of Brookings is pan of this region. 

After several toiigli years, the Del Norte County Regional Airport is again experiencing 

passenger growth. However, the Airport is .still bm«ly scratching the .lurface of its 

potential. Uck of awareness of tlw scr\'ice ofTereii is one of the major reasons local 

passengers don't u.se their loon! air service. 

The Small Community Air Service Development Progrant otVcrs the AirjKm the 

opportunity to promote itself, and its services, more effectively, in an effon to ensure the 

long term susiainabiitty of local air service, Tlw Grant award, while just a small poilitm of 

the overall funding of the program, would provide a tremendous bo<»st toward local efforts 

to Improve air service on our remote Wretch of the faciitc coastline. 

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