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Dr. BarbaraM. Hanson Chancellor Louisiana Delta Community College 7500 Millhaven Road Monroe, LA 71203 Dear Dr. Hanson: Assistant Secretary ':..:. '.**~~-** •.

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Thankyon for your letter, addressed to Secretary Foxx, supporting the proposal submitted by the Monroe Regional Airport for a grant underthe U.S. Department ofTransportation's Small Community Air Service Development Program. Secretary Foxx asked that l respondto you on his behalf. The Small Community Air Service Development Program was established to help smaller communities address air service deficiencies, particularly issues reiated to high airfares and insufficient service. Under the statute, the Departmentmay make a maximum of40 grant awards each year, although no more than four may be to communities in the san1e State. To provide communities with latitude in developing solutions to their air service deficiencies, the statute provides flexibility inthe types of service development projects that can be funded. OnJune 30, the Department issued an order setting a deadline ofJuly 31 for applications. As these grant requests are pending before the Department, I carmot comment on the merits ofany particular proposal. I assure you, however, thatthe Department will give full and fair considerationto all proposals that have been properly filed. As is our standardpractice, I an1 placing a copy ofyour letter and this response in Docket 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 AffairsDl'. Bnl'b:u·u i\1, Hanson Chnncallur


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### Subject: Monroe Regional Airport's application for funding under the Small Community Air Service Development Program for 2014. Dear Secretary Foxx: Iam writing to express my strong support for the applications submitted by 

### the Monroe Regional Airport in Louisiana, for funding under the Small Connnunity Air Service Development Program (SCASDP). The Monroe Regional Airport has submitted this application to help secure low"cost, non"stopjet service to one or more major destinations for Northeastern Louisiana, Southern Arkansas, and Western Mississippi. As you know, the Monroe regional 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 long way in helping expandjet service to more destinations in the United States from the Monroe Regional Airport such as a new route from Monroe to Denver. Once again, I suppmt the Monroe regional airports application underthe small community air service development program. Irespectfully re51uest your full and fair consideration for this proposal. 

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