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. Departmen t o f ,' , ^,','A ; f^-j' t * "^^^ , 120 0 Ne w jerse y Avenue , S E Transportatio n • : rU n l A I lui- l Washington , D C 2059 0 Offic e o f th e Secr^r y - ' '-•' " ' • I - ' i« o o f Transportatio n .:: n :^ n ?q o 2 : 3L | Th e Honorable Mitch McConnell ^^ ^ 2 1 201 1 United State s Senat

e Washington , D

C 2051 0 Dea r Senato r McConnell : Than k yo u fo r you r letter supporting th e proposa

l submitte d by th e Cit

y of Pikevill e fo

r a gran t unde r the Smal l Communit

y Air Servic e Developmen

t Progra m(Smal l Communit

y Program)
. Th e Smal l Communit

y Progra mwa s establishe d t

o hel p smalle r communitie s addres s ai

r servic e deficiencies , particularl y issue s relate d to high airfare s and insufficien t service
. Unde r the statute , th e Departmen

t ma y us e th e fund s t o mak

e amaximu

mof 4 0 gran t award s eac h year , althoug h n o mor

e tha n fou r ma y b e to communitie s in th e sam e State
. I n orde r to provide communitie s wit h latitude in developin g solution s t o their ai r servic e deficiencies , th e statut

e provide s significan

t flexibility i

n ho w th e financial assistanc e ma y b e used
. O n Jul y 1 , the Departmen

t issue d a n orde r requestin g tha

t communitie s intereste d i

n receiving agran

t thi s yea r file their application s b

y Augus t 2
. A s thes e gran

t request s ar

e pending befor

e th e Department , I a

msur e yo u understan d tha

t I cannot commen t o n the merit s o f an y particula r proposal
. I assur

e you , however , tha

t th e Departmen

t will give fiill consideratio n to al l proposal s tha t hav e bee n properly filed. A s i s ou r norma l practice , I a

mplacin g acopy of

you r lette r an d thi s respons e in Docke

t DOT-OST-2011-011 9 a s acontac t outside th e recor

d o f thi s matter , I appreciat

e you r interes t in thi s program . I f

I ca n provide fiirther

information o

r assistance , pleas e fee

l fi^ee to call me . Sincerel y yours .

AlohaLe y Associat e Director Smal l Communit

y Progra mMirTC H McCONNEL L

* KENTUCK Y

31 7 RUSSEL L SENAT E OFFIC E BUILDIN G WASHINGTON , D C 20510-170 2

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## ^mte h State s ^tnni t REPUBLICA N LEADE R COMMITTEES : AGRICULTUR E APPROPRIATION S RULE S AN D ADMINISTRATIO N Augus t 15,201 1
Ms
. Aloh aLe

y Associat e Director , Smal

l Communit

y Progra m Offic e of Aviatio n Analysi s 120 0 New Jerse

y Avenue , S e W86-31 0 Washington , D.C
. 20590-000 1 Dea r Ms
. Ley : I writ e o n behalf

of m y constituent , th e Cit

y of Pikeville , locate d in easter

n Kentucky , fo

r it s Smal l Communit

y Ai r Servic e Developmen

t gran t applicatio n (CFDA #20.930)
. A s ou r natio n continue s on apat

h o f unsustainabl e debt , i

t i s mor e importan t tha n eve r tha t w e i n Congress , an

d yo u i n th e Administration , wor

k t o ensur e tha t ever y ta x dolla r i s spen t wisely
. I t i s wit h tha t i n min d tha t I dra w you r attentio n t o thi s applicatio n which I believ e merit s you r ful l an d fai r review
. I t i s m y understandin g tha

t thi s gran t approva l will hel p th e Pikeville-Pik

e Coimt y Regiona l Airpor t to offe r schedule d passenge

r airlin e servic e and assis t

wit h th e critica

l tas k of jo b creatio n i n a n underserve d area . Than k yo u fo r you r attentio n to thi s matter
. Sincerely ,

MITC H McCONNEL

L UNITE D STATES SENATO

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