### The Deputy Secretary of Transportation WASHINGTON,. D.C. 20590



### The Honorable Melvin L. Watt U.S. House ofRepresentatives Washington, DC 20515 Dear Congressman Watt: August 21, 2013 : ,.! _,-._**;-~** -:-

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### Thank you for your letter supporting the proposal submitted bythe Concord Regional Airport for a grantunder the U.S. 

### Department ofTransportation's Small Community Air Service Development Program. The Small CommunityAir Service Development Program was establishedto help smaller communities address air service deficiencies, particularly issues related to high.airfares or insufficient service. Underthe statute, the Department may make a maximum of40 grant awards each year, although no more than four awards may beto communities in the same State. In order to provide communities with latitude in developing solutions to their air service deficiencies, the statute provides flexibility in the types ofprojects that can be funded. OnJune 24, the Departmentissued an order requesting that communities interested inreceiving a grant this yearfile their applications by July 26. As these grant requests arependingbefore the Department, I cannot comment onthe merits ofany particularproposal. I assure you that the Department will give full and fair consideration to all proposals that have been properly filed. As is our standard practice, r·am placing a copy ofyour letter and this response in Docket DOT-OST-2013-0120 as a contact outside the record ofthis matter. I appreciate yourinterest in this program. Sincerely,

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The Honorable Anthony Foxx U.S. Department ofTransportation 1200 New Jersey Ave., SE Washington, D.C. 20590-0001 Dear Honorable Foxx: July 29, 2013 MfMU!;Tl, SUBCOMMITTEE ON INTtllEf:TUAL PttoPFHTY ANO THfi !l'"ll!fNNE.T FINANCIAL SERVICES StJBObMMIITt£ ON**Flt~ANCiAl** INSniunoN& AND CoNSUMEH Cnroh

I am writing in support ofthe application ofthe Concord Regional Airport for a Small CommunityAir Service Development Program grant through the Department ofTransportation's Office ofAviation.Analysis. The $250,000 grantwould help pay for marketing support to advertise new, low-cost commercial service at the airport. Later this year Concord Regional Airport expects to begin commercial air service for the first time. Concord Regional Airport does notexpect this service to duplicate existing services available at neighboring Charlotte-Douglas Airport. Instead 

### it will provide alternative services through low cost, less-than-daily carriers. The City ofConcord, the Concord Regional Airport and private partners have committed $100,000 

### to marketing efforts to promote this new service inthe Charlotte mediamarket. The SmaH Community Air Service Development Program grant would be used to supplementthese promotional efforts. Thank you for your t1worable consideration ofthe Concord Regional Airport's request. Please contact my office 

### ifl can provide any additional assistance.



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