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### OoT-OS.T - v^^^ T -Q:^%4 - U S . Deoartmen t o f ' 20 0 Ne w Jerse y Avenue , S E Transportatio n ^^'='^'"9'°" ' ° ^ '°^ ^ Offic e o f th e Secretar

y Jul y 28 , 201 0 o f Transportatio n
Jeffre y Noithgrave s Airpor t Manager Kno x Count

y Regional Aiiport 1 9 Termina

l Lan e Owl s Head , M E 0485 4 Dea r Mr . Northgraves : I woul d lik

e to updat e you o n th e essentia l air servic e (EAS ) situatio n a t August aStat e Airport , Hancoc k

Count y Ba r Harbo r Airport , an d Kno x County Regional Airpor t a t Rockland , an d giv e yo

u a n opportunity to offe

r any comment s o n th e recor d befor e w e submi t arecommendatio n to th e Assistan t Secretar y fo r Aviatio n and International Affairs . Th e curren t

EA S contrac t

a t your communit

y expire s Octobe r

31 , 2010 , an d i

n anticipatio n o

f that , w e issue d Orde r

2010-6-22 , Jun e 24 , 2010 , solicitin g proposal s fro m canier s intereste d in providin g subsidize d EA S fo r anew , two-yea

r period , beginnin g November

1 , 2010 . I

n respons e t o ou

r request , tw o carrier s responded : Hyanni s Ai r Service , Inc. , operatin g a s Cap e Ai r (Cap e Air), an d Colgan Ai r Inc. , operatin g a s U S Airway s Expres s (Colgan Air) . Yo u shoul d hav e receive d acop y of th e proposal s fromeac h carrier , and they ca n b e accesse d a t www.regulations.go v b y enterin g th e number DOT-OST-1997-278 4 i n th e searc h block . A s aresult , w e wil l onl y briefl y summariz e the mhere . Cap e Air ha s propose d on e servic e optio n fo r AugustaAVatervill e and Rockland , eac h optio n to b e considere d o n astand-alon e basis . Servic e to bot h communitie s woul d b e fromBosto n Loga

n International Airpor

t (Boston ) usin g 9-sea

t Cessn a40 2 aircraft . A

t AugustaAVaterville , Cap e Ai r propose s fou

r dail y nonsto p roun d trip s (2 8 aweek ) fro m Jun e throug h September , an d thre e dail y nonsto p roun d trip s (21 aweek) fromOctobe r throug h May , fo

r a n annual subsid y o f

$1,402,04 6 fo

r atwo-yea

r selectio n contract , o r $1,362,61 6 fo

r afour-yea

r selectio n contract . Servic e t o Rocklan d woul d b e fiv e dail y nonsto p roun d trip s in Jul y an d Augus t (3 5 aweek) , fou

r dail y nonsto p roun d trip s (2 8 a week) i n Jun e an d September , an d thre e dail y nonsto p roun d trip s (21 aweek) from October throug h May , for

a n annua l subsid y of

$1,461,65 1 fo

r atwo-yea

r selectio n contract , o

r a n annua l subsid y of

$1,420,54 5 fo

r afour-yea

r selectio n contract . Colga n Ai r ha s propose d tw o options , bot h servin g Bosto n usin g 34-sea t Saa b 34 0 aircraft . Optio n 1 woul d provid e thi*e e roun d trip s eac h weekday an d tw o eac h weeken d wit h ami x of nonstop s an d one-sto p servic e over a n AugustaAVaterville-Ba

r Harbor

Bosto n routing , o r

Ba r Harbor-Augusta/Waterville-Bosto n routin g fo r a n annua l subsidy- 2 -

o f $4,439,041 . Optio n 2 woul d serv e Ba r Harbo r only , wit h tw o dail y nonsto p roun d trip s (1 4 aweek) t o Bosto n fo r a n annual subsid y of

$2,298,533 . Th e schedule s tha

t th e carrier s hav e propose d are illustrativ e onl y an d the y ma y make schedul e change s t o reflec t changin g conditions , e.g. , t o bette r mee t shiftin g connectin g bank time s a t th e hub . However , th e Departmen t doe s expec t

asubsidize d air

catrie r to maintai n well-time d an d well-space d flight s i n orde r to ensur e full compensation . W e reques t

tha t you revie w th e proposal s an d submi t any comment s you ma

y hav e a s soo n a s possible , bu t

n o late r than Augus t

25 . W e wil l carefull y conside r your comment s before w e submi t

arecommendatio n t o th e Assistan t Secretar y fo r adecision . Letter s requestin g feedbac k

hav e als o bee n sen t

t o th e communit

y leader s o

f th e othe r thre e citie s as well . Pleas e sen d your

comment s vi ae-mai l t o EAS@dot.go v o r b y fa x t o 202-366-7638 . I

f yo u hav e an

y questions , pleas e feel free t o contac t Michae l Marti n of

m y staf f a t michael.f.martin@dot.go v or 202-366-6494 . Sincerely ,

Dermi s J . DeVany , Chie f Essentia l Ai r

Servic e Divisio n Offic e o f Aviatio n Analysi s cc : Andre w Bonney , Hyanni s Ai r Service , Inc . Dou g Shockley , Colgan Air , Inc .