U.S. Department of 

Transportation 

Office of the Secretary 

of Transportation 

Mr. Glen G. Guttry 

Chair 

Elko County Board of Commissioners 

540 Court Street 

Suite 101 

Elko, NV 89801 

Dear Mr. Guttry: 

Assistant Secretory 

AUG 2 S 2013 

•, ; i~J)O:!New Jersey Avenue, SE 

Washington, DC ?.0590 

Thank you for your letter of July 24, addressed to Secretary Foxx, supporting the proposal 

submitted by the City of West Wendover for a grant under the U.S. Department of 

Transportation's Small Community Air Service Development Program. Secretary Foxx asked 

that 1 respond to you on his behalf. 

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

communities address air service deficiencies, pmticulady issues related to high airfares or 

insufficient service. Under the statute, the Department may make a maximum 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 24, the Department issued an order requesting that communities interested in receiving a 

grant this year file their applications by July 26. As these grant requests are pending before the 

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

Department will give full and fair consideration to all proposals that have been properly filed. 

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

DOT-OST-2013-0120 as a contact outside the record ofthis matter. I appreciate your interest in 

this program. 

Sincerely yours, 

Susan L. Kurland 

Assistant Secretary for 

Aviation and International Affairs 
":j • • "' 

Elko County Board of Commission.ers 

54.0 Court Stryet, Suite .101 • Elkor Nevada 89801 

775-738-5398 Phone • 775-753-8535 Fax 

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A Director 

S. . .... · JfttnqriiW Pr~gram Via SCASD A~plieation Package 

Subject Qity of W~st Wend!lver; Neva. 

clko Qounw Sqppoif·fi: ... Program Application, · · 

Dear Secretary Foxx: 

'm!f.Q.~ty.Air service Development ·s-r;:.2b1a-o12o 

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EX¥CUAAA&YSTANT 

Mtehele A.·Petty 

Elkq.County suf!Jports the City ofWestWendover application with the DepartmentofTransp~l'it~tJ~n.~to 

P?n!,Qi):>ate in the Small Community Air Service Development Grant Program for air · · · ·· · · 

Werttlover Airport, Utah to Elko and Reno, Nevada. The proposal has support from local go'l!t . ant 

and business interests in our County. · 

We!)tWendover has completed an Air ServicE) Study, which shows excellent potet~ti.al tot .tti~ ~~est 

Wel;iqover market. Separately, the state of Nev~da·has studJed the northern Nevada 'm tu~ing 

isltco. ·.l3Joth stgdies show tne potenti$J f.or serving tf,j~ Xlammercial and go~mm. , , . , .. ·. · · · 

communities have with Reno and Carson City by air. ~hmm~tcial air service from WetJ.dt;>vera,. 

to Reno; includin@ passenger and cargo op!9rati:bhs, Y'l!ll sigrfificantly improve the et)VJp:;pm~nt for loGal b!JSin~sses in the hationaf and glogal marketp[ace. B:y i!11Q'ro\i s~Mee.s along this route, local travelers· will be better able to access an important bu 

!JOVeroment destination. 

Elkp. County Js very supportive of the initiatiVe. ~o bring scn.e!:1uled air seivice frorn the Wendover Airport 

to ·the · Elko and . Reno airports, and would ·appreciate your consideration of West Wertdover's 

appljcation for assistance through the Small Community Air Service Development Grant Prog~m. 

Thank you for your time reviewing this application 

Sincerely, 

~,t G~~~ ~. G.uttry, Chair 

Elko Gouhty Board of Commissioners 

cc: Pam Borda, NNRDA