[Federal Register Volume 77, Number 62 (Friday, March 30, 2012)]
[Notices]
[Pages 19408-19409]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2012-7734]


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DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION

Federal Aviation Administration

[Docket No: FAA-2011-0786]


Deadline for Notification of Intent To Use the Airport 
Improvement Program (AIP) Primary, Cargo, and Nonprimary Entitlement 
Funds for Fiscal Year 2012

AGENCY: Federal Aviation Administration, DOT.

ACTION: Notice.

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SUMMARY: The Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) announces May 1, 
2012, as the deadline for each airport sponsor to notify the FAA 
whether or not it will use its fiscal year 2012 entitlement funds 
available under Section 47105(f) of Title 49, United States Code, to 
accomplish Airport Improvement Program (AIP)-eligible projects that the 
sponsor previously identified through the Airports Capital Improvement 
Plan (ACIP) process during the preceding year.
    This notice must address all entitlement funds apportioned for 
fiscal year 2012. After Friday, August 10, 2012, the FAA will carry 
over all remaining entitlement funds, and the

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funds will not be available again until at least the beginning of 
fiscal year 2013. This notification requirement does not apply to non-
primary airports covered by the block-grant program.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Mr. Frank J. San Martin, Manager, 
Airports Financial Assistance Division, APP-500, on (202) 267-3831.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 
    Title 49 of the United States Code, section 47105(f), provides that 
the sponsor of each airport to which funds are apportioned shall notify 
the Secretary by such time and in a form as prescribed by the 
Secretary, of the sponsor's intent to apply for its apportioned funds, 
also called entitlement funds. Therefore, the FAA is hereby notifying 
sponsors about steps required to ensure that the FAA has sufficient 
time to carryover and convert remaining entitlement funds, due to 
processes required under federal and local laws. This notice applies 
only to those airports that have had entitlement funds apportioned to 
them, except those nonprimary airports located in designated Block 
Grant States. Sponsors intending to apply for any of their available 
entitlement funds, including those unused from prior years, shall 
submit by 12 p.m. prevailing local time on Tuesday, May 1, 2012, a 
written indication to the designated Airports District Office (or 
Regional Office in regions without Airports District Offices) their 
intent to submit a grant application no later than close of business 
Friday, August 10, 2012, to use their fiscal year 2012 entitlement 
funds available under Title 49 of the United States Code, section 
47105(f). This notice must address all entitlement funds apportioned 
for fiscal year 2012. By Friday, July 13, 2012, airport sponsors that 
have not yet submitted a final application to the FAA, should notify 
the FAA of any issues with meeting the final application deadline of 
August 10, 2012. Absent notification by the May 1st deadline and/or 
subsequent notification of any issues by the July 13th deadline, the 
FAA will proceed after Friday, August 10, 2012 to take action to carry 
over all remaining entitlement funds without further notice, and the 
funds will not be available again until at least the beginning of 
fiscal year 2013.
    This notice is promulgated to expedite and prioritize the grant-
making process.
    The AIP grant program is operating under the requirements of Public 
Law 112-91 (Feb. 14, 2012), the ``FAA Modernization and Reform Act of 
2012,'' enacted on February 14, 2012, which amends 49 U.S.C. 48103, to 
extend AIP through September 30, 2015.

    Issued in Washington, DC on March 23, 2012.
Benito DeLeon,
Director, Office of Airport Planning and Programming.
[FR Doc. 2012-7734 Filed 3-29-12; 8:45 am]
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