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u.s. Department 

of Transportation 

Office of the Secretary 

of Transportation 

AUG 2 7 2014 

Mr. Everett Stagg 

President/Partner 

Coast Professional, Inc. 

214 Expo Circle, Suite 7 

West Monroe, LA 71292 

Dear .Mr. Stagg: 

Assistant Secretary 1200 New Jersey Avenue, SE 

Washington, DC 20590 

Thank you for your letter, addressed to Secretary Foxx, supporting the proposal submitted by the 

Monroe Regional Airport for a grant under the U.S. Department of Transportation's Small 

Community Air Service Development Program. Secretary Foxx asked that I respond to you on 

his behalf. 

The Small Community Air Service Development Program was established to help smaller 

communities address air service deficiencies, particularly issues related to high airfares and 

insufficient service. Under the statute, the Department may make a maximum of 40 grant 

awards each year, although no more than four may be to communities in the same State. To 

provide communities with latitude in developing solutions to their air service deficiencies, the 

statute provides flexibility in the types of air service development projects that can be fi.mded. 

On June 30, the Department issued an order setting a deadline of July 31 for applications. As 

these grant requests are pending before the Department, I cannot comment on the merits of any 

particular proposal. I assure you, however, that the Department will give full and fair 

consideration to all proposals that have been properly filed. 

As is our standard practice, I am placing a copy of your letter and this response in Docket 

DOT -OST -2014-0113 as a contact outside the record of this matter. I appreciate your interest in 

this program. 

Sincerely yours, 

Susan L. Kurland 

Assistant Secretary for 

Aviation and International Affairs 
ST 

July 29, 2014 

The Honorable Anthony H Foxx 

United States Secretary of Transportation 

United States Department ofTransport"tion 

1200 New Jersey Ave, SE 

Washington, DC 20590 

SUBJECT: Monroe Regional Airport's application for funding under the Smull Community Air 

Service Development Program for 2014. 

Dear Secretary Foxx, 

As a frequent air traveler and business owner located in Ouachita I am writing to express 

my strong support for the applications submitted by the Monroe Regional r\irport (MUJ) in 

Louisiana, for funding under the Small Community Air Service Development Program (SCASDP). 

The Monroe Regional Airport has submitted this application to help secure low-cost non ·stop 

jet service to one o: more major destinations for NorthE~astern Louisiana, Southern Arkansas, 

and Western Mississippi. 

/\s you know, the Monroe regionai Airport is an important local and regional community 

economic engine in Louisiana. Federal funding under The Small Community Air Service 

Development Program will go a way in helping expand jet service to more destinations in 

the United States from the iv1onroe fl.irport such as a new route from Monroe to 

Denver. 

Once again, I support the Monroe regional airports ilpplication under the small community air 

service development program. I respectfully request your full and !'air consideration for this 

proposal. Should you have any questions about my support of this proposal, feel free to 

contact me at 318-807-4500 or email gstagg(a)c_Q~J.!?lRrofessional.com. 

Sincerely, 

Everett Stagg 

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