U.S. Department 

of Transportation 

Office of the Secretary 

of Transportation 

Mr. Eric England 

Executive Port Director 

Caddo Bossier Port Commission 

6000 Doug Attaway Blvd. 

Shreveport, LA 71115 

Dear Mr. England: 

Asslst<tnt S&cretary 

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Thank you fur your letter of July addressed to Secretary Foxx; support.ing the proposal 

submitted by the Shreveport Airport Authority for a grant under the U.S, Department of 

Transportation's Small Community Ai.r Service Development Program. The Secretary has asked 

me to respond on his behalf. 

The Small Community Air Service Development was established to help smaller 

communities address air service deficiencies, particularly issues related to high airfares or 

insufficie11t .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 requesting that communities interested in receiving a 

grant this year file their applications by July As these grant requests are pending before the 

Department, I cannot comment on the merit,<;; of any particular proposal. I assure you that th.e 

Department will 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 -20 13~0 120 as a contact outside the record of this matter. I appreciate your interest in 

this program. 

Sincerely yours; 

Susan L. Kurland 

Assistant Secretary fbr 

Aviation and International Affairs 
6000 Doug A!towoy Blvd, I Shreveport, LA 71115 I P (318}524-2272 I F {318}524-2273 I port@portsb.com I \\IWW,portsb.com 

The Honorable Anthony Foxx 

Secretary 

United States Department of Transportation 

1200 New Jersey Ave., SE 

washington DC 20590 

July 23, 2013 

Re: City of Shreveport, Louisiana Small Community Air Service Development grant 

Dear Secretary Foxx: 

Please accept this letter of support for the Shreveport Airport Authority's request to expand 

airline service through a new route to the Mi~west or Atlantic region. 

The creation of this route is essential for the region served by Shreveport Regional Airport The 

growing economy of northwest Louisiana, east Texas and southwest Arkansas depends upon Shreveport 

Regional Airport to provide airline connections for domestic and international travel. 

The Port of Caddo-Bossier and the northwest Louisiana community recently announced the 

$900 million Benteler Steel/Tube, which will bring more than 675 new jobs to the region. Benteler, with 

over 28,000 employees worldwide, is headquartered in Salzburg, Austria while their Steel Tube Division 

is headquartered in Paderborn, Germany, In addition, Ronpak recently chose this area as the location 

for the United States corporate headquarters relocation, Ronpak, in addition to the employment at its 

corporate headquarters, will employ 255. Air service is an Important factor when it comes to creating 

such economic activity. 

We fully support the Shreveport Airport Authority's efforts to create additional airline service on 

a new route. The approval of Shreveport's Small Community Air Service Development grant request will 

help the region in meeting the needs for increased airline service. I look forward to working with your 

team on this grant and offer any assistance in fulfilling this request. 

w:z~ Eric England 

Executive Port Director 

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cc: Commissioner Erica R. Bryant, President 

''The Caddo-Bossier Port Commission is an equol opportunity provider." 

MEMBERS: Erica R. Bryon~, President; Capf. Thomas F. Murphy, Vice President; Ernest Baylor, Jr., Secretory-Treasurer; 

·Sam N. Gregorio; James D. Hall; James L. Pannell; Rick C. Prescott; Steve Watkins