U.S. Department of 

Transportation 

Office of the Secretary 

of Transportation 

The Honorable Leonard L. Boswell 

U.S. House of Representatives 

Washington, DC 20515 

Dear Congressman Boswell: 

JUL 5 2012 

1200 New Jersey Avenue, SE 

Washington, DC 20590 

Thank you for your letter supporting the proposal submitted by the Sioux Gateway Airport 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 4 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 May 15, the Department issued an order requesting that communities interested in receiving a 

grant this year file their applications by June 11. 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 normal practice, I am placing a copy of your letter and this response in Docket 

DOT-OST-2012-0069 as a contact outside the record of this matter. I appreciate your interest in 

this program. 

Sincerely yours, 

ff~ Aloha Ley 

Associate Director 

Small Community Program 
LEONARD L. BOSWELL 

3rd DISTRICT,IOWA 

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June 12, 2012 

Associate Director, Small Community Program 

Office of Aviation Analysis 

1200 New Jersey Avenue, SE W86-310 

Washington, DC 20590 

Subject: Small Community Air Service Development Program 

Docket DOT-OST-2012-0069 

City of Sioux City, lA- Sioux Gateway Airport 

Dear Ms. Ley, 

COMMilTEES: 

AGRICULTURE 

SUBCOMMIITEE ON GENERAL fARM 

COMMOOmES AND RISK MANAGEME>IT 

SUBCOMMITTEE ON LIVESTOCK, 

DAIRY AND POULTRY 

TRANSPORTATION AND 

INFRASTRUCTURE 

SUBCOMMmEE ON HIGHWAYS ANO TRANSIT 

SUBCOMMITTEE ON AVIATION 

I strongly support the air service proposal detailed in the City of Sioux City's Small Community Air 

Service Development Program grant application. 

In April 2012, American Airlines became the subsidized Essential Air Service carrier for the Sioux 

Gateway Airport by initiating service to Chicago O'Hare International Airport. I fully support the 

need for Essential Air Service at the Sioux Gateway Airport, and this Small Community Air Service 

Development Program grant will be an important support mechanism for the air service to help 

ensure the successful transition to American Airlines and service to Chicago O'Hare. 

It is my hope that you will give the City of Sioux City's application full consideration and award the 

funds requested to ensure the success of American Airlines in the Sioux City market. 

Sincerely, 

Leonard L. Boswell 

Member of Congress