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. Departmen t o f If'i'^ T ''^nn^^llT ' ^ ^ Transportatio n wash,ng.on
. D C 2059 0 Offic e o f th e Secretar

y Jul y 28 , 201 0 o f Transportatio n

Th e Honorabl e Debora

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. McNei l Mayor 27 0 Pleasan t

Stree t Rockland , M E 0484 1 Dea r Mayo r McNeil : I woul d like t o updat e yo u o n th e essentia l ai r servic e (EAS ) situatio n a t August aStat e Airport , Hancoc k

Count y Bar

Harbo r Airport , an d Kno x Count y Regiona l Airpor

t a t Rockland , and giv e you a

n opportunity t o offe

r an y comment s o n th e recor d befor e w e submi t arecommendatio n t o th e Assistan t Secretar y fo r Aviatio n an d International Affairs
. Th e curren t

EA S contrac t

a t your community expire s Octobe r 31 , 2010 , and i

n anticipatio n o f

that , w e issue d Order

2010-6-22 , Jun e 24 , 2010 , solicitin g proposal s fro m earner s intereste d in providin g subsidize d EA S fo r anew , two-yea

r period , beginnin g November

1 , 2010
. In respons e t o ou r request , tw o carrier s responded : Hyanni s Ai r Service , Inc. , operatin g a s Cap e Air (Cap e Air), an d Colgan Air Inc. , operatin g a s U S Airway s Expres s (Colgan Air)
. You shoul d hav e receive d acop y of th e proposal s fromeac h cairier , an d the y ca n b e accesse d a t www.regulations.go v b y enterin g th e numbe r DOT-OST-1997-278 4 i

n th e searc h block
. A s aresult , w e wil l onl y briefl y summariz e the mhere
. Cap e Air ha s propose d on e servic e optio n fo r Augusta/Watervill e an

d Rockland , eac h optio n t o b e considere d o n astand-alon e basis
. Servic e to bot h communitie s woul d b e fro mBosto n Loga n Internationa l Airpor t (Boston ) usin g 9-sea

t Cessn a40 2 aircraft
. A t Augusta/Waterville , Cap e Ai r propose s fou

r dail y nonsto p roun d trip s (2 8 aweek) fro m Jun e throug h September , an d thre e dail y nonsto p roun d trip s (2 1 aweek) fromOctober throug h May , for

a n annua l subsid y o f

$1,402,04 6 fo

r atwo-yea

r selectio n contract , o r $1,362,61 6 fo

r afour-yea

r selectio n contract . Servic e t o Rocklan d woul d b e fiv e dail y nonsto p roun d trip s i n Jul y and Augus t (3 5 aweek) , fou

r dail y nonsto p roun d trip s (2 8 a week ) in Jun e an d September , an d thre e dail y nonsto p roun d trip s (2 1 aweek) fro m October throug h May , fo

r a n annual subsid y of

$1,461,65 1 fo

r atwo-yea

r selectio n contract , or

a n annual subsid y of

$1,420,54 5 for

afour-yea

r selectio n contract . Colga n Air ha s propose d tw o options , bot h servin g Bosto n usin g 34-sea t Saa b 34 0 aircraft
. Optio n 1 woul d provid e thre e roun d trip s eac h weekday and tw o eac h weeken d wit h ami x of nonstop s an

d one-sto p servic e ove r

a n AugustaAVaterville-Ba

r Harbor

Bosto n routing , o r

Ba r Harbor-Augusta/Waterville-Bosto n routin g fo r a n annual subsidyof

$4,439,041
. Optio n 2 woul d serv e Ba r Harbo r only , wit h tw o dail y nonsto p roun d trip s (1 4 aweek ) to Bosto n fo r a n annual subsid y of

$2,298,533
. Th e schedule s tha

t th e carrier s hav e propose d ar e illustrativ e onl y an d the y ma y make schedul e change s to reflec t changin g conditions , e.g. , to bette r mee t shiftin g connectin g ban k time s a t th e hub
. However , th e Departmen t doe s expec t

asubsidize d air

cairie r to maintai n well-time d an d well-space d flight s in orde r to ensur e ful

l compensation
. W e reques t tha t you revie w th e proposal s an d submi t an y comment s you ma

y hav e a s soo n a s possible , bu t

n o late r tha n Augus t 25
. W e wil l carefull y conside r your comment s befor e w e submi t

arecommendatio n to th e Assistan t Secretar y fo r adecision
. Letter s requestin g feedbac k

hav e als o bee n sen t

t o th e community leader s o f th e othe r thre e citie s as well
. Pleas e sen d your

comment s vi ae-mai l to EAS@dot.go v o r b y fa x to 202-366-7638
. I

f yo u hav e any questions , pleas e feel fre e t o contac t Michae l Marti n of

m y staf f a t michael.f.marti n @dot.go v o r 202-366-6494
. Sincerely , 

# \ l Denni s J
. DeVan^' , Chie f Essentia l Ai r

Servic e Divisio n Offic e o f Aviatio n Analysi s cc : Andre w Bonney , Hyarmi s Ai r Service , Inc
. Dou g Shockley , Colga n Air , Inc
.