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## ( Application of Altius Aviation , LLC BEFORE THE DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION OFFICE OF THE SECRETARY WASHINGTON, D.C.

DOCKET DOT-OST-20I5-0064 for authority to conduct scheduled passenger operations as a commuter air carrier under 49 U.S.C. 41738

MOTION OF Altius Aviation, LLC TO WITHHOLD INFORMATION FROM PUBLIC DISCLOSURE

Co mmunication s with re spect to this document should be sent to:

Date: March 27, 20 15 Vaughn C rawford Director of Operations Altius Aviation, LLC 113 Tuskegee Road Syracuse, NY 1 32 11 Telephone: 315-455-7555 Fax: 315-455-7557 Email: Vaughn@altiusaviationgroup.com

Notice: Any person who wishes to support or oppose thi s application must fil e an answer by April 3, 20 I 5 and serve that answer on all per so ns served with this filing.Application of Altiu s Aviation, LLC BEFORE THE DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION OFFICE OF THE SECRETARY WA SHINGTON , DC.

for authority to conduct scheduled pas senger operations as a commuter air carrier under 49 U.S .C. 41738

MOTION OF Altius Aviation, LLC DOCKET DOT -OST-20 15-0064

TO WITHHOLD INFORMATION FROM PUBLIC DISCLOSURE Purs uant to section 302. 1 2 of the Department's Rules of Practice, Altius Aviation, LLC h ereby moves to withhold from public disclosure the personal financial statements of Henry Laughlin and supporting letter confi rmin g h is ability to s upport the capital requireme nt s for the proposed commu t er air carrier authority. Th ese doc ume nts are be ing filed with this Motion in a sealed envelope marked "Co nfidential Materi als
- Rule 12 Treatment R eques ted ." In support ofthis Motion, A ltius Avi ation, LLC submits the following: 1 ) Perso nal financ ial s tatement of Henry Laughli n stating h is account ba l ance with investment firm Neuberger Berman, LLC. 2) Le tter from Gary Klaben, Presi dent of Coy le Financial Co unsel, confi rmi ng the va lidity of t he pers o nal financial s tatement of Hen ry Laug hlin . T h e information Altius Aviation , LLC seeks t o w ithh o ld from publi c disclosu re is ( 1) commercial or fi nan c ia l, (2) obtained from a p e rso n outs id e the government , and (3) privilege d or co nfidential. Moreover, release of this informati o n would cause substantial harm to the competitive posi ti on of Altius Aviation, LLC o r th e i ndiv idual f r om whom th e in formation was obtained . The two do c ument s fo r which confidential t reatme nt i s requested are personal financ i a l information, in cluding acco unt bal ances and account numb ers, which s ho uld not b e p ubli c information due to t he se ns iti ve nature of the info rm a tion.

### Therefore, this information should be afforded confidential treatment by the Department under Rule 12.

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Vaughn Crawford Director of O perations Altius Aviation , LLC
Attachments: The original sealed confidential documents have been submitted to th e Department of Transportation a l

ong with the full application.

### CERTIFICATE OF SERVICE I hereby certifY that I have on this day served the foregoing motion for confidential treatment by first class mail, postage prepaid , upon the persons shown in the following service list.

Date of Service: March 27,2015

Mr . Carl Kohl Manager Flight Standards District Office 23 One Airport Way, Suite 110 Rochester, NY 14624
Ms . Sharon M. Williams Airport Director L.G. Hanscom Field Civil Air Terminal 200 Hanscom Drive, Suite 315 Bedford, MA 01730
Ms . Christina Callahan Executive Director Syracuse Hancock International Airport 1000 Colonel Eileen Collins Boulevard Syracuse, NY 13212

# ~H~ vaughn crawfor Director of Operations Altius Aviation, LLC

SERVICE LIST Mr. Christopher Be itzel Airport Manager Rutland Southern Vermont Regional Airport 1002 Airport Road 

### N. Clarendon, VT 05759
Mr. Kevin A . Dillon Executive Director and CEO Connecticut Airport Authority Bradley International Airport Schoephoester Road Windsor Locks , CT 06096
Mr. William Vanecek Director of Aviation Buffalo Niagara International Airport 4200 Genesee Street Buffalo, NY 14225

### Mr. John O'Donnell, PE Chief Executive Officer Albany County Airport Authority Albany International Airport 737 Albany Shaker Road Albany, New York 12211 Mr. Donald H. Heithaus Chairperson, Aiport Advisory Board Westchester County Airport 240 Airport Rd. Suite 202 White Plains, NY 10604 Mr. Sean Flynn Airport Manager Martha's Vineyard Airport 71 Airport Rd. Vineyard Haven, MA 02568