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### UNITED STATES OF AMERICA
DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION
OFFICE OF THE SECRETARY WASHINGTON, D.C.

Issued by the Department of Transportation

on the 18 th of February , 2014

Essential Air Service at

HURON , SOUTH DAKOTA

Under 49 U.S.C. 41731 et seq

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ORDER APPROVING ALTERNATE SERVICE PATTERN

Summary By this O rder, the Department is approving the request of Great Lakes Aviation, Ltd. (Great Lakes) to alter Huron

, South Dakota ’s (HON) service pattern by allowing service to Denver, Colorado (DEN) in lieu of Minneapolis, Minnesota (MSP)

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Background By Order 2012

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, August 20 , 201 2

, the Department selected Great Lakes to provide

subsidized Essential Air S ervice at Huron for an annual subsidy amount of $1,929,349

. In that Order, Great Lakes was selected to provide 12 nonstop round trips to MSP using Beech 1900

aircraft for a two

- year period from October 1, 2012, through September 30, 2014.

Carrier Proposal In a January 24, 2014, e

- mail, the Department was notified of Great Lakes’ request to alter HON’s current service pattern by changing its service to DEN from MSP. Huron’s service to DEN would operate with a stop in Pierre, South Dakota. The community says it will a ccept the change, if the stop in Pierre doesn’t negatively impact Huron’s seat availability, which it states has happened in the past.

Community Comments Larry Cooper

, the Manager of Huron Regional Airport

, notified the Department that he supports
Great Lakes’ request to change its service patter n at Huron as described above

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Decision We will approve Great Lakes Aviation’s request, which meets the three conditions necessary for approval under authority assigned under 14 CFR 385.12(k ) ( 3) of the Departmen t’s Regulations: (1) the alternate service pattern is equal to or greater than that determined to be essential; (2) the2

community does not object to the alternate service pattern; and (3) the alternate service pattern

will not increase Great Lakes Aviation ’s subsidy.

Because we are simply allowing the alternate service pattern and not requiring it, Great Lakes may revert to the original service pattern at any time.

This order is issued under authority delegated in 49 CFR 1.25 a ( b ) ( 4) and re

- delegated to the Director, Office of Aviation Analysis.

ACCORDINGLY,

1. We approve the alterna te service pattern requested by Great Lakes Aviation, Ltd. , to serve
Huron , South Dakota

, with s ervice to Denver

, at the annual subsidy rate and payout formula set

forth in Appendix B of Order 2012

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2. This docket will remain open until further order of the Department; and

3. The Department will serve a copy of this order on the mayor of Huron , South Dakota, the airport manager of Huron Regional Airport, and Great Lakes Aviation , Ltd

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Persons entitled to petition the Department for review of this Order under the Department’s Regulations, 14 CFR Part 385. 31 , must file such petitions within seven ( 7 ) days after the date of

service of this Order

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This order will be effective immediately, and the filing of a petition for review shall not preclude

its effectiveness.

By:

TODD M. HOMAN

Director Office of Aviation Analysis (SEAL)

An electronic version of this document is available at www.regulations.gov