### THE SECRETARY OF TRANSPORTATION WASHINGTON, .D.C. 20590

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The Honorable Sanford D. Bishop, Jr. U.S. House**ofR~presentatives** Washington, DC 20515 Dear Congressman Bishop: Thank you for your letter supporting the application submittedby the Middle Georgia Regional Airport for agrantunder the U,S. Department ofTransportation's Small Community Air Service Development Program. The Small Community AirS.ervice 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 beto communities inthe. same State. In orderto provide communities withlatitude 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 ofJuly 26 for applications. As these grant requests are pending before the Department, I caru1ot comment onthe merits ofany particular proposal. I assure you that the Depmtmentwill give full and fair considerationto all proposals that have been properly filed. As is ourstandard 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,

Anthony R. Foxx <V

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### The Honorable Anthony Foxx Secretary 

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### U.S. Department ofTransportation 1200 NewJersey Ave., S.E. WashingtonD.C. 20590 Dear Secretary 

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### Iwould like to express my support for the Middle Georgia Regional Airport's application for tb.e 

### Stnall Community Air Service DevelopmentProgram Grant Fu11ding from the U.S. Department ofTranspol'tation will allow th:e airport to create a 

### marketing campaign which will promote Silver

### Airways and service 

### to Orlando International Airport. 

### The ail'port will reach outto the community through an awareness campaign

### to publicize 

### thevalue offlying from Middle Georgia Regional Airport. The proposed efforts 

### wilL create opportunities to increase passeuger traffic and provide the community's air service needs. Please give the Middle Georgia Regional Airpo1t's application every consideration in 

### accordance with the applicable 

### laws, rules, and t'egulations. 

### With w;;nmest regards, 

### I remain

Sincerely,

bishop.email@mail.Muse.gov • www.nouse.gov/bishop