U.S. Deportment 

of Transportation 

Office of the Secretary 

of Transportation 

AUG 2 7 2lil4 

Dr. Barbara M. Hanson 

Chancellor 

Louisiana Delta Community College 

7500 Millhaven Road 

Monroe, LA 71203 

Dear Dr. Hanson: 

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Thank yon 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 l 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 reiated 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 san1e State. To 

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

statute provides flexibility in the types of service development projects that can be funded. 

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 carmot 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 an1 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 
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July 28, 2014 

The Honorable Anthony R Foxx 

Secretary 

US Department of Transportation 

Washington DC 

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Email: hh:msonci[·lmlella.cdu 

Subject: Monroe Regional Airport's application for funding under the Small Community Air 

Service Development Program for 2014. 

Dear Secretary Foxx: 

I am 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"stop jet 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 expand jet 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 under the small community air 

service development program. I respectfully re51uest your full and fair consideration for this 

proposal. I 

Sincetely,£' 

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