U.S. Department 

of Transportation 

Office of the Secretary 

of Transportation 

AUG 2 7 2.014 

Mr. David Gensterblum 

President/CEO 

Aqua-Chem, Inc. 

3001 E. Governor John Sevier Highway 

Knoxville, TN 3 7914 

Dear Mr. Gensterblum: 

Assistant Secretary 1200 New Jersey Avenue, SE 

Washington. DC 20590 

Thank you for your letter, addressed to Secretary Foxx, supporting the proposal submitted by the 

Metropolitan Knoxville Airport Authority for a grant under the U.S. Department of 

Transportation's Small Community Air Service Development Program. Secretary Foxx asked 

that I respond to you on his behalf. 

The Small Community Air Service Development Program was established to help smaller 

communities address air service deflciencies, particularly issues related to high airfares and 

insufficient service. Under the statute, the Department may make a maximum of 40 grant 

awards each year, although no more than four may be to communities in the same State. To 

provide communities with latitude in developing solutions to their air service deficiencies, the 

statute provides flexibility in the types of air service development projects that can be funded. 

On June 30, the Department issued an order setting a deadline of July 31 for applications. As 

these grant requests are pending before the Department, 1 cannot comment on the merits of any 

particular proposal. I assure you, however, that the Department will give full and fair 

consideration to all proposals that have been properly filed. 

As is our standard practice, 1 am placing a copy of your letter and this response in Docket 

DOT-OST-2014-0113 as a contact outside the record ofthis matter. I appreciate your interest in 

this program. 

Sincerely yours, 

Susan L. Kurland 

Assistant Secretary for 

Aviation and International Affairs 
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Global. Water: Solutions. 

August 19, 2014 

David J. Gensterblum 

Aqua-Chem, Inc. 

3001 E. Governor John Sevier Hwy 

Knoxville, TN 3 7914 

The Honorable Anthony Foxx 

Secretary 

United States Department of Transportation 

1200 New Jersey Avenue SE 

Washington, DC 20590 

RE: Docket DOT-OST-2014-0113 

Dear Secretary Foxx: 

I am writing you to encourage the Department's approval of the application of the Metropolitan Knoxville Airport 

Authority and the Competitive Airfare Partnership under the 2014 Small Community Air Service Development 

Grant program. 

The continuously increasing airline fares have been a burden on our business, specifically when trying to bring meet 

with our customers and vendors. Often, we have chosen to convene in other destinations, such as Atlanta or 

Chicago, to meet the needs of our agendas. 

If the grant is approved, Knoxville will be able to recruit and provide startup marketing suppott for new low-fare 

airline service at our airport. \Ve believe in suppotting our community's economic growth and development and 

this could be another step in making that happen. 

I hope that the Department will consider this opportunity. It could tremendously help the entire East 

Tennessee region reduce the cost of air travel on a variety of levels by approving Knoxville's Small 

Community Air Service Development Grant application. Please feel free to contact me if you have any 

additional questions or concerns. 

Aqua-Chem, Inc.