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## u.s. Department of Transportation Office of the Secretary ofTransportation 

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## 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 submittedby the Monroe Regional Airport for a grant under the U.S. Department ofTransportation's Small Community Air Service Development Program. Secretary Foxx askedthatI respond to youon 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. Underthe statute, the Department may make a maximum of40 grant awards each year, although no more than four may be to communities inthe same State. To provide communitieswithlatitude indeveloping solutions to their air service deficiencies, the statute provides flexibility in the types ofair service developmentprojects that canbe fi.mded. On June 30, the Departmentissued an order setting a deadline ofJuly 31 for applications. As these grantrequests arependingbefore the Department, I cannot comment onthe merits ofany particular proposal. I assure you, however, that the Departmentwill give full and fair consideration to allproposals that havebeenproperly filed. As is our standardpractice, I am placing a copy ofyour letter and this response inDocket DOT-OST-2014-0113 as a contact outside the record ofthis matter. I appreciate your interest in this program. Sincerely yours,

Susan L. Kurland Assistant Secretary for Aviation and International Affairs

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July 29, 2014 The Honorable Anthony H Foxx United States Secretary ofTransportation United States Department ofTransport"tion 1200 NewJersey Ave, SE Washington, DC 20590 SUBJECT: Monroe Regional Airport's application for funding underthe Smull Community Air Service Development Program for 2014. Dear Secretary Foxx, As afrequent air traveler and business owner located in Ouachita I am writing to express my strongsupport 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 ofthis 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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