### U.S. Department of 

### Transportation

Office of the Secretary

·· · of Transportation**-~·** . :.**~·** :_ 

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## The Honorable 

## Ardell F. 

## Brede Mayor of Rochester Rochesrer, MN 55904



## Dear Mayor Brede: Assistant Secretary



## July 3, 2012

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### ... .. · ..**~200** New Jersey Avenue. SE**'."lasn:~gton.** DC 20590



## Thank you for your letter addressed to Secretary LaHood supporting the proposal submitted by the Rochester International Airport for a grant under the U.S. Department of Transportation's Sniall Community Air Service· Development Program. The Secretary has requested that 

## 1 respond on his behalf.

The Small Community Air Service Development Program was established to help smaller. communities address air service dct1ciencies, particularly issues related to high airfares or insufticient service. Under the statute, the Department may make a maximum of 40 grant a\vards each year. although no more than 4 

## awards may be to communities in the same State. In on.h.:r to provide communities with latitude in developing solutions to their air service

. deficiencies, the statute proyidcs Qcxibility in the types or projeets that can be 

## funded.



# On May 

# 15, the Department issued 

# an order requesting that communities interested in receiving 

# a grant this year tile their applications by June 11. 

## As these grant requests arc pending before the Department, I 

## cannot comment on the merits of any particular proposal. 1 

## assure you that 

## the

· · · Department 

# will give 

# full and fair consideration to all pmposals that have been)JJ.rqperly filed

.

. -'\s is 

## our normal practice. I 

## am 

## placing a 

## copy 

# or your lcltt.:r and this 

## response in Docket DOT-OST -2012-0069 

## as a comact outside the record of this matter. I 

## appreciate your interest in this program

.. Sincerely yours.

Susan 

## L. 

## Kurland Assistant Secrt.:tary lor 

## Aviation and International Art:1irs

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