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UNITED STATES DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION 

FEDERAL AVIATION ADMINISTRATION 

WASHINGTON, DC 

Sterling Aviation, LLC 

Complainant, 

Milwaukee County, Wisconsin 

Respondent. 

FAA Docket No. 16-09-03 

REOUEST FOR ADDITIONAL INFORMATION AND 

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Pursuant to 14 CFR § 16.29(b)(1), the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) has determined 

that the pleadings in this matter need to be supplemented by linvited, additional information 

fiiom the parties. Each party is requested to fiilly answer the respectively designated following 

questions and submit the requested documents within 30 days from the date of receipt. 

Additional Information Needed From and Questions for the Complainant 

1- Copies of the General Mitchell International Airport (GMIA) commercial operating 

permits Sterling Aviation currently holds. Copies of the GMIA conunercial operating 

permits held by Scott Aviation prior to its sale to Sterling Aviation Holdings in 2004. 

2- The lease submitted as Exhibit 3 of this Complaint is for a ten year term which 

concluded on March 31,2007. Please explain Sterling Aviation's current leasing 

arrangement with GMIA and provide a copy of the current lease agreement if one 

exists. 

Additional Information Needed From and Questions for the Respondent 

1- Copies of Sterling Aviation's correspondence to GMIA dated July 17, 2007 and August 

1,2007 as referenced in exhibits attached to the Memorandum in Support of 

Respondent's Motion to Dismiss. 

2- What is the purpose of the commercial operating permit? Which types of aeronautical 

activities require a commercial operating permit? 

3- Based on the reports submitted by Sterling Aviation and the Cessna Service Center to 

document the amount of aviation fuels delivered to each respective company and the 

fuel flowage fees paid to GMIA, approximately how many gallons of aviation fuels are 
dispensed by Sterling Aviation and the Cessna Service Center in an average year? 

How many gallons of aviation fuels are dispensed by Signature Flight Support? 

4- Based on the reports documenting the amount of aviation fuels delivered and the fuel 

flowage fees paid to GMIA, approximately how many gallons of aviation fuels were 

dispensed by Scott Aviation in 2003? 

5- Aside from Signature Flight Support and the Cessna Service Center, does GMIA permit 

any other aeronautical service providers to dispense fuel? 

The parties to the Complaint should not consider that these questions necessarily represent all 

of the FAA's concerns regarding the issues raised in the record to the Complaint. Furthermore, 

the parties should not assume that the sponsor's compliance status would turn on any one 

answer to a question. 

Based on the above and pursuant to 14 CFR § 16.11(a), the Director does hereby extend the 

date that the Director's initial determination will be rendered in the above-referenced case to 

February 12,2010. An extension of time is necessary because the Agency has requested 

additional information it believes is essential for a fair and complete hearing of the matter. 

f^Di^Jo^f^^ NOV 1 2 2009 

Randall S. Fiertz Date 

Director of Office of Airport Compliance 

and Field Operations 
CERTIFICATE OF SERVICE 

I HEREBY CERTIFY that on { ) ff?-. /<. j o}<:>^9 ,1 caused to be placed in 

the United States mail (first class mail, postage paid^ a true copy of the foregoing document 

addressed to: 

Counsel for Complainant: 

Kent S. Jackson 

Lori N. Edwards 

Jackson & Wade, L.L.C. 

21628 Midland Drive 

Shawnee, KS 66218 

Counsel for Respondent: 

Scott P. Lewis 

Melissa C. Allison 

Anderson & Kreiger LLP 

Once Canal Park, Suite 200 

Cambridge, MA 02141 

Timothy R. Karaskiewicz 

Office of the Milwaukee County Corporation Counsel 

Milwaukee County and General Mitchell 

International Airport 

901 North Ninth Street, Room 303 

Milwaukee, WI 53233 

le Torgerson 

Office of Airport Compliance and 

Field Operations