## THE SECRETARY O f TRANSPORTATION WASHINGTON. DC 20590 

### Novemb er 2 > .: 2014

Dear Congressman Rahall; The Honorable Nick J. Rahall, II Ranking Member Committee on Transportation and Infrastruet e U.S. House of Representatives Washington, DC 2(}S15



### Thank you for your letter regarding Essential t it Service (BAS) at Beckley ' . In your letter , you express your support for continued air service to the Raleigh County Memorial Airport. I am pleased to inform 

### you that on October 

# 28 1 the Department issued Order 20 t 

### 4-10-24 , approving the Raleigh County Memorial Airp ~ rfs application for Alternate EAS. The grant wil l provide support directly to the community in 

# k amount not to exceed $2,696,888 annually for 2 years. The community plans to 

### contract with a public charter operator to provide 12 weekly 

### nonstop round 

### trips from Raleigh 

### County Me dto rial Airport 

### to Charlotte Douglas International 

### Ahport, using 30-seat aircraft. 

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Air service to small and rural communities is i , · portent to the Department, and i appreciate your interest in the BAS program. For your convenience. I have enclo s ed a copy of the Department ' s Order. As is 

### Our normal practice in such matters. I 

### an i placing a copy of 

### your letter and 

### my resp o nse in Docket DOT "'()ST ~ 1997 -2761 at www . regulations.gov as a contact outside the record of this case. If I can provide further information or assistance, please do not hesitate to call me. ~~~ely. 

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### U . S . D e partm e nt of Transportati o n 1 20 0 New Je r s ey A v enu e, S ou th eas t Wa s hi n g t o n , DC 2059 0 D ear S ec re t ary F ox x : I understand that the Dep artme n t of Tr an s p o rt ati o n is i n th e p rocess o f d e te rmi n i n g the approp riate Es s e n tial Air S e rv ice (E A S) subsi dy for continued air se rv ic e t o the Ralei g h C oun ty Me mo ri al A i rp o rt 

### in my d is tri c t i n West V i rgi n ia . A s y o u kno w, reliab l e c omm e rcial ai r s ervice is tremendous l y i mportant to the p e o p l e 

### and bus in esse s o f Beckl ey , Ral ei g h C o u nty , 

### an d the surr ound i n g area . 

### I write to express my hop e 

### that the D epartme n t 

### w i l l g i v e e x pediti o u s , 

### full an d fair co n s i der ati o n to th e pen d in g p r op o s al o f the Ral e i g h Co u n ty M em o ri al A i rp o rt an d co mmu ni ty p artne r s fo r ai r s e rv ice s ubsi di e s . W ith F e d er al a ssi stanc e, o u r ai rport an d i t s partne rs are prepared t o work to ge ther to make s ure th at air s e rv ice at Beckl e y thri v es for y ear s t o come . I ap preciate th e D e p artment 's c on tinu e d c o mmitm e n t to s mal l commu ni ty air s e rv i ce and t o 

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