### The Honorable Herb Kohl United States Senate Washington, DC 20510 Dear Senator Kohl: THE SECRETARY OF TRANSPORTATION WASHINGTON, D.C. 20590 July 17, 2012



### Thank you for your letter supporting the proposal submitted by the Outagamie County Regional Airport for a grant under the U.S. Department ofTransportation's Small Community Air Service Development Program. The Small Community Air Service Development Program was established to help smaller communities address air service deficiencies, particularly issues related to high airfares or insufficient service. Under the statute, the Department may make a maximum of40 grant

. awards each year, although no more than 4 awards 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 flexibility in the types ofprojects that can be funded. On May 15, the Department issued an order requesting that communities interested in receiving a grant this year tile their applications by June II. As these grant requests are pending before the Department, I cannot comment on the merits ofany particular proposal. I assure you that the Department will give full and fair consider. · to all proposals that have been properly filed.

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The Honorable Ray LaHood U.S. Department ofTransportation 

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### SW Room 10200 Washington, D.C. 20590

Dear Secretary LaHood: WASHINGTON, DC 20510-4903 June 

### II, 2012

I ampleased to lend mycontinued strong support to the Outagamie County Regional Airport's (ATW) application to receive Small Community Air Service Development ftmding from the U.S. Department ofTransportation. The economic vitality ofthe Fox Cities relies in part on the quaHty ofair service at the local airport. Quality air service aids the economy through improved access for visitors, tourism 

### an4 is:vital to business growth and retention. With the current economic downturn, ATW lost the United Airlines non-stop service to Denver and FrontierAirlines discontinued service to Milwaukee. Thesecuts will force ATWto backfill the lost capacity. With funding from your agency in 2012, ATW will implement a plan to fundamentally lowerairline operatingcosts in the market and in.which will help stabilize existing service while offering exciting new opportunities to grow service 

### too. Therefore, I urge the full consideration ofthe Outagamie County Regional Airport's proposal. IfI may be offurther assistance orprovide additional information, please do not hesitate to contactme._. .· Thank you**i~** advance fQr**~our** time and consideration of

### this request. 

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