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Vi~ki Hamilton 

From,: 

S.ent: 

Brand Hirsch <mcairport@midrivers.com> 

. Monday, April 15, 2013 7:58 AM 

To: Vicki Hamilton 

Subject: FW: Comment Letter Regarding Miles City and Lewistown EAS 

--·---Original Message-----

Fror:n: Brand Hirsch [mailto:mcairport@midrivers.com] 

Sent; Monday, April15, 2013 7:48AM 

To: 'Vicki Hamilton.' 

Subject: FW: Comment Letter Regarding Miles City and Lewistown EAS 

-·---Original Message-----

From: Brand Hirsch [mailto:mcairport@midrivers.com] 

Sen~: Monday, April15, 2013 7:15AM 

To: ''Vicki Hamilton' 

Subject: RE: Comment Letter Regarding Miles City and Lewistown EAS 

. DOCKET OPERATIONS M-30 

. WEST BUILDING GROUND FLOOR W 12-140 

. 1200 NEW JERSEY AVENUE ~E 

.WASHINGTON DC 205903 

!JNITED STATES of AMERICA 

DEPARTMENT ofTRANSPORTATION 

• OFFICE of SECRETARY 

WASHINGTON DC 

RE.Docket DOS-OST-1997-2605 

This is the taxiway centerJine Div. web page for the study we 

. volulifeer~d for. If we lose our eas they wi,ll not be able to start their 

research. They are scheduled to arrive in Miles City on May l.DOT might want 

. · to.check with the centerline di.visit;>n before they shut down OlJr service as 

they already have time and money into the project at KMLS.This PROJECT IS 

BEIMG DONE TO POSSIBLEY SAVE THE GOVERNMENT MONEY IN' THE FUTURE. Along with .. . . . . - the great economic impact losing our service will inflict upon us, it also 

affects the Faa.We need our service to provide transportation for our sick, 

.elderly and military who live in our vast rural area .. Remember, we serve six 

smaller towns and approximately 360 sq. miles of rural population that do 

· not have any other options for travel. I believe this was the rea·son eas was 

created in the first place. Our hospital relies heavily on larger hubs to 

recr'uit ·doctors. Without flights, it is almost impossible to recruit due to 

our rural setting. To see specialists for the very sick and elderly is a 

gre.at burden, or in some cases impossible. Holy Rosary Hospitals Corporate 

Head Quarters is in Denver arid They Will Rely Heavily on proper air service. 

With: the oil field approaching and Otter Creek coalmine moving forward this 

· arE!a will be producing a large shar'e of our countries energy needs. Due to 

our centralized location it is intonceivable not to have air service. The . "'" ~ . 

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economic impact to local business nqt having air service will hit us hard. I 

cannot put enough emphasis on how critical this is for our development. 

The question we should be answering is what can we do to improve our 

ridership. That is the question a responsible businessperson would ask. The 

numbers from previous years gives everyone a clear answer. Two of our 

largest employers recently moved their head quarters to Denver. I am sorry, 

but not to bring the reason we are in this situation is not an intelligent 

argument. I am quite sure before the dot makes a· ruling that adversely 

effects the economic development of communities and or businesses, it is 

supposed to review there (policy- ruling) after one year. My question is has 

this been done? 

Brand Hirsch 

. Manager KMLS 

E-MAIL mcairport@midrivers.com 

cell 406-951-0955 

-----Original Message-----

From: Vicki Hamilton [mailto:v.hamilton@co.custer.mt.us] 

Sent: Friday, April12, 2013 9:58 AM 

To:mcairport@midrivers.com 

Subject: FW: Comment Letter Regarding Miles City and Lewistown EAS 

From: Craig Canfield [mailto:Craig.Canfield@kljeng.com] 

Sent: Thursday, April 11, 2013 6:01 PM 

To: Vicki Hamilton 

Cc: Lee Richardson ; Brand Hirsch; Jerry Moline; Chris Grenz 

(rnayor@milescity-mt.org); Carl Jackson; commissioners@co.fergus.mt.us 

Subject: Comment Letter Regarding Miles City and Lewistown EAS 

Vicki -Attached is a comment ·letter fr9m KU Engineering regarding the 

termination of EAS at Miles City and Lewistown. As I understood from the 

meeting on Tuesday, you ~ill ~e forwarding these to the Department of 

Transportation. 

Feel free to call if I can do anything else. 

Craig C. Canfield PE 

http://kljeng.com/wp-content/themes/kli/assets/images/logos/signature.jpgKU 

406-247-2911 Direct 

406-860-0133 Cell 

406-294-5502 Fax 

2611 Gabel Road 

Billings, MT 59102-7329 

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