U.S. Depanment of Transportation Office ofthe Secretary Of Transportation

The Honorable Mitch McConnell United States Senate Washington, DC 20510
Dear Senator McConnell: : "i 1200 New Jersey Ave., S.E. Washington, DC 20590

Thank you for your letter supporting the application submitted by Pulaski County, Kentucky for
a grant under the U.S. Department ofTransportation's Small Community Air Service Development Program.
The Small Community Air Service Development Program was established to help smaller communities address air service deficiencies, particularly issues related to high airfares or insufficient service. Under the statute, the Department may make a maximum of40 grant awards each year, although no more than four awards may be to 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.
On June 24, the Department issued an order setting a deadline ofJuly 26 for applications. As these grant requests are pending before the Department, I cannot comment on the merits ofany particular proposal. 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, I 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 your interest in this program. Sincerely yours,

p Assa iate Director Small Com unity Air ServiceMITCH McCONNELL KENTtJt>K'r

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