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. Departmen t O t 120 0 Ne w jerse y Avenue

. S E Transportatio n wash,ng,on , D C 2059 0 Offic e o f th e Secretai y Jul y 28 , 201 0 o f Transportatio n

Dan aJ
. Rei d Tow n Manage r Th e Tow n o f

Ba r Harbo r 9 3 Cottag e Stree t Ba r Harbor , M E 04609-140 0 Dea r Ms
. Reid : I woul d like to updat e yo

u o n th e essentia l air

servic e (EAS ) situatio n a t August aState Airport , Hancoc k

Count y Ba r Harbo r Aiiport , an d Kno x County Regional Airpor t a t Rockland , an d giv e yo

u a n opportunity t o offe

r any comment s o n th e record befor e w e submi t arecommendatio n to th e Assistan t Secretar y fo r Aviatio n an d International Affairs
. Th e curren t

EA S contrac t

a t your communit

y expire s Octobe r

31 , 2010 , and i

n anticipatio n of

that , w e issue d Orde r

2010-6-22 , Jun e 24 , 2010 , solicitin g proposal s fro m carrier s intereste d i n providin g subsidize d EA S for anew , two-yea

r period , beginnin g November

1 , 2010
. In respons e to ou r request , tw o earner s responded ; Hyanni s Air Service , Inc. , operatin g a s Cap e Ai r (Cap e Air), an d Colgan Ai r Inc. , operatin g a s U S Airway s Expres s (Colga n Air)
. Yo u shoul d hav e receive d acop y of th e proposal s fro

meac h carrier , an d the y ca n b e accesse d a

t www.regulations.go v b y enterin g th e numbe r DOT-OST-1997-278 4 in th e searc h block
. A s aresult , w e wil l onl y briefl y summariz e the mhere
. Cap e Ai r ha s propose d on e servic e optio n fo r AugustaAVatervill e and Rockland , eac h optio n t o b e considere d o n astand-alon e basis
. Servic e t o botl i communitie s woul d b e fro mBosto n Loga n International Airpor t (Boston ) usin g 9-sea

t Cessn a40 2 aircraft
. A

t AugustaAVaterville , Cap e Ai r propose s fou

r dail y nonsto p roun d trip s (2 8 aweek) fro m Jun e throug h September , an d thre e dail y nonsto p roun d trip s (2 1 aweek ) fro mOctober throug h May , fo

r a n annua l subsidy of

$1,402,04 6 for

atwo-yea

r selectio n contract , o r $1,362,61 6 fo

r afour-yea

r selectio n contract . Servic e to Rocklan d woul d b e fiv e dail y nonsto p roun d trip s in Jul y and Augus t (3 5 aweek) , fou

r dail y nonsto p roun d trip s (2 8 a week ) i n Jun e and September , an d thre e dail y nonsto p roun d trip s (2 1 aweek ) fro m October throug h May , for

a n annua l subsid y o

f $1,461,65 1 for

atwo-yea

r selectio n contract , o r

a n annual subsidy o

f $1,420,54 5 for

afour-yea

r selectio n contract . Colga n Ai r ha s propose d tw o options , bot h servin g Bosto n usin g 34-sea t Saa b 34 0 aircraft
. Optio n 1 woul d provid e thre e roun d trip s eac h weekday an d tw o eac h weeken d wit h ami x o f nonstop s an

d one-sto p servic e over

a n AugustaAVatei-ville-Ba

r Harbor

Bosto n routing , o r

Ba r Harbor-AugustaAVatei-ville-Bosto n routin g fo r a n annua l subsidyof

$4,439,041

. Optio n 2 woul d serv e Ba r Harbo r only , wit h tw o dail y nonsto p round trip s (1 4 aweek) t o Bosto n fo r a n annua l subsidy of

$2,298,533

. Th e schedule s tha

t th e carrier s hav e propose d are illustrativ e onl y and the y ma y make schedul e change s t o reflec t changin g conditions , e.g. , t o bette r mee t shiftin g connectin g bank time s a t th e hub
. However , th e Departmen t doe s expec t

asubsidize d ai r

carrie r to maintai n well-time d an

d well-space d flight s in order t o ensur e ful

l compensation
. W e reques t

tha t yo u revie w th e proposal s and submi t an y comment s yo

u ma y hav e as soo n a s possible , bu t

n o later tha n Augus t

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. W e wil l carefull y conside r your comment s befor e w e submi t

arecommendatio n to th e Assistan t Secretar y fo r adecision
. Letter s requestin g feedbac k

hav e als o been sen t

to th e community leader s o f th e othe r thre e citie s a s well
. Pleas e sen d you

r comment s vi ae-mai l t o EAS@dot.go v o r b y fa x to 202-366-7638
. I

f yo u hav e an y questions , pleas e fee l fre e to contac t

Michae l Marti n of

m y staf f a t michael.f.martin@dot.go v o r 202-366-6494
. Sincerely ,

jyjLvv/vL ^ " ^
. UbcVevv ^ Dermi s J
. DeVanv , Chie f Essentia l Ai r

Seruic e Divisio n Offic e of Aviatio n Analysi s cc : Andre w Bonney , Hyanni s Ai r Seivice , Inc
. Dou g Shockley , Colgan Air , Inc
.