Application under the 2010 Small Community Air Service Development Grant Program 

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REPRESENTATIVE REGGIE JOULE 

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August 3,2010 

Office f>f Aviation Analysis 

Small Cominunit\- Air Service Development Progntm 

Attention: Ms. Aloha Lev. Associate Director 

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To Whom Ir May Concern: 

I ;im piciiscd lo write lo you about the grant proposal the Cir)- of Diomede is submitting ro the Office of 

Aviation An-.ih'si? unckr the Small Communir\* Air Scn-icc Development Program (SCASDP). 

TliL- challenge Diomede has faced is ilial ihey have been \uthoui sate, reliable, consistent air transport since 

July 2lH)9. Evergreen Helicopiers. Inc. (Evergreen) provides contracted U.S. mail air ser\'ice for Diomede 

once per week, weather permitting. In die prist Evergreen flew mail on a rwoenginc Bokow-105 (BO-105) 

helicopter from Nome to Diomede v^ith scat tickets available for purchase as mail weight allowed; typically 

one seal to Diomede :md four seats returning to Nome. Evergreen has provided cspcnsivc charter flights on 

demand. In [unc 2009 the BO-105 had mechanical problems and Ever|rrecn began flying mail-only on a 

single-engine A-Siar hcbcopier. Wliilc HAA reguladons allo\v passenger ser^'tce on a single-engine helicopter 

Mver open-ocean, as a policy Evergreen \iill nut fly passengers over open-ocean, especially in the Arcric, on a 

single-engine helicopter. NOM' Diomede has no passenger helicopter sen-ice. nteir only means for 

communit\' access is by small lx»at. 

ITic need to re-establishing air scr\-ice will sen'e to secure safe, reliable, year-round air iranspr>rtaiion for 

Diomede. TTiis will prtrnde basic community- access (o health services and for cctmomic aciivit)- that most 

other Americans take for gninted. SC.^SDP grant funding will accomplish two major goals: 1) establish 

scheduled weekly air senicc to Diomede to demonsirait demand level, and 2) provide interim air service that 

will provide ihe necessarv dme Un various regional partners to negotiate financial participation in the 

Es>cntial .\ir Service 30% match program, which will continue air service after the SCASDP grant funding 

expires. 

Diomede is seeking financial suppon to re-establish air service to their conxmunit\', one of the mo.-;! remote 

communities in the United States of .America. Diomede meets the Office o( Aviation Analysis's prifirity 

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Application under the 2010 Small Community Air Service Development Grant Program 

rc<4uirements to he considered as eligible for grant hjnding under the SASDP. Due to Diomede".s severe lack 

of air .-^er^'ice or (uhcr furms u( community access, the grant application is rcquesiing S.^75,00t) per year for a"' 

peritid of iliree ve.;irs. (irant funding based upon a jjroposal estimate from Evergreen to Essential .Air 

Ser^•ices, including passenger uckei revenue, 'lln's will provide only one round-trip flight per week with only 

four seats available on the helicopter, which is the most basic air service. 

Thank vou for voiir support and assistance to the Cir\' uf Dirjmede and the community' residenLs. We look 

for\vard to vour consideration of the funding request. Please do not hesitate to contact me at 350-5057. 

Sincerely, 

Representative Rcggicjoule 

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