U.S. Depanment of 

Transportation 

Office of the Secretary 

Of Transportation 

The Honorable Mitch McConnell 

United States Senate 

Washington, DC 20510 

Dear Senator McConnell: 

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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 of Transportation'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 of 40 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 of projects that can be funded. 

On June 24, the Department issued an order setting a deadline of July 26 for applications. As 

these grant requests are pending before the Department, I cannot comment on the merits of any 

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 of your letter and this response in Docket 

DOT-OST-2013-0120 as a contact outside the record of this matter. I appreciate your interest in 

this program. 

Sincerely yours, 

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Assa iate Director 

Small Com unity Air Service 
MITCH McCONNELL 

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July 26, 2013 

Ms. Brooke Chapman 

Small Community Air Service Development Program 

U.S. D'epartihent ofTtanspo:ttation 

1200 New Jersey Avenue~ S.E. 

Washington, D.C. 20590 

Dear Ms. Chapman: 

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1 write on behalf of constituents in Pulaski County, Kentucky and their Small Ccuitmunity Air 

Service Development grant application within yovr office. 

As our n!l1ioncontinueson a patl:l or unsustainable debt, it is more important than everthalwe in 

Congress; and you irt the Administration, work to ensure every tax dollar is spent wisely. It· is 

with this in m.ind thatldraw your attention to Pulaski Countisapplication, which I believe 

merits yourfl.lll and fair review, 

I am told th!lt~ifawEJ:rded-· ··Pulaski County will u.~e this:competitive grant funding to help 

offset personnel· and equipment startup costs for a new commercial airline service at the Lake 

Cumberl.and Regional.Airport(SME) in Somers.et, Kentucky; It is my understanding that a 

commercial airline service at SME would not only increas~ air transportation options for my 

constituents, but would also bring with .it a number ofjobs to a rural area struggling with higherthan-average unemployment. . 

'fhankyou for your consjderation ofthis matter, 

MITCH McCONNELL 

UNITED STATES SENATOR 

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