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Office. of the Secretory 

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TheHonorable.Michael R. Knapik 

Massachusetts Senator 

BQstQn~ MA 02133 

Dear Senator Knapik: 

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Thank you tor your letter of July 30, addressed to Secretary Foxx, suppm·ting the proposal 

submitted by the Westover Metropolitan Airport for a grant tmder the U.S. Department of 

Transportation~::; Small Community Air Service Development Program. The Secretary has asked 

me to respond on his behalf: 

The Small Community Air Service Development Program was established to help smaller 

com:munities address air service deficiencies, particularly issues related to high airfares or 

insufficient service. Under the statute,. the Department may make a ma.'<il'num of 40 grant 

awards each year. although no more than four 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 of projects that can be funded. 

On June the Department issued an order requesting that communities interested in receiving a 

grant this year file their applications by July grant requests are pending before lhe 

Department, I cannot comment on the merits of any particular proposal. I asst1re you that the 

Department will full and fair consi.deration ro all proposals that have been properly filed. 

As is our standard practice. I am placing a copy of yQur letter and this response in Docket 

DOT-OST-2013~0120 as a contact outside the record of this matter. I appreciate y.pur interest in 

tins program. 

Susan L. Kudand 

Assistant Secretary for 

Aviation and International Affairs 
SENATOR 

MICHAEL R KNAPIK 

SECOND HAMPOEN & HAMPSHIRE 

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Secretary Anthony R. Foxx 

COMMONWEALTH OF MASSACHUStTTS 

MASSACHUSETTS SENATE 

STATE HOUSE, BOSTON, MA 02133·1053 

July 30,2013 

United States Secretary of Transportation 

400 7th Street SW 

Washington, MA 20590 

Dear Secretary Foxx: 

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I am writing this letter in support of the Small Community Air Service Development Program 

grant application submitted by the Westover Metropolitan Airport. It is my understanding a 

request in the amount of $450,000 with a local matching share of $50,000 and airport in kind 

incentives of$308,330 has been applied for. I appreciate the opportunity to comment on this 

important matter. 

Westover Air Base has long played a critical role in homeland defense and in projecting 

American defense capabilities world wide, and is home to the United States Air Reserve 

Command's 439'h Airlift Wing. The airport is strategically located between Boston, Albany, 

Hartford, and Brattleboro. It is also located near 32 universities and colleges with 120,000 

students preparing to compete in the global economy. 

If funded, the Small Community Air Service Development Program resources would complement 

monies from the Westover Metropolitan Development Corporation in initiating marketing and 

advertising for future airline service at Westover. I am confident that the entire Pioneer Valley 

would experience positive economic spin-off from the return of passenger service. 

Please accept this letter as my strongest support for this grant application. If you require 

additional comment, please do not hesitate to contact me directly. 

Thank you, "n advance, for your most favorable consideration.