U.S. Department of 

Transportation 

Office of the Secretary 

Of Transportation 

The Honorable Mike Crapo 

United States Senate 

Washington, DC 20510 

Dear Senator Crapo: 

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JUL 6 2012 

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1200 New Jersey Ave., S.E. 

Washington, DC 20590 

Thank you for your letter, cosigned by Senator Risch, supporting the proposal submitted by the 

City of Twin Falls 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 o.rder req1,1esting that ~ommunit~es interested in receiving a 

grant this yearfile their applications by June 11. As these grant requests are pendingbefore 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 resp<mse in~Docket 

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

this program. An identical letter has been sent to Senator Risch. 

Sincerely yours, 

Atutvl2o 

Aloha Ley 

Associate Director 

Small Community Program 
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U.S. Department of 

Transportation 

Office of the Secretary 

Of Transportation 

The Honorable James E. Risch 

United States Senate 

Washington, DC 20510 

Dear Senator Risch: 

JUL 6 2012 

1200 New Jersey Ave., S.E. 

Washington, DC 20590 

Thank you for your letter, cosigned by Senator Crapo, supporting the proposal submitted by the 

City of Twin Falls for a grant under the U.S. Department of Transportation's Small Community 

Air Service Development Program. ~. ; 

The Small CommunityAir 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 Departm~nt issued an order requesting that communitie~ 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. An identical letter has been sent to Senator Crapo. 

Sincerely yours, 

Aloha Ley 

Associate Director 

Small Community Program 
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Aloha Ley 

May 31, 2012 

Associate Director, Small Community Program 

Office of Aviation Analysis 

US Department of Transportation 

1200 New Jersey Ave, SE W86-310 

Washington, DC 20590 

Dear Ms. Ley: 

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We write in support of the City of Twin Falls Small Community Air Service Development 

Program grant application to obtain additional cap.<:tcity to.Salt Lake City. Many 

businesses in the Magic Valley of Idaho depend on air service to major transportation 

hubs, like Salt Lake City, to be able to compete, grow and prosper in today's economy. 

For many years, Twin Falls supported four to six roundtrips to Salt Lake City. In 

September 2011, SkyWest Airlines reduced service to three roundtrips as a result of the 

continued impact of the recession and high fuel prices. We understand that the 

community will demonstrate through this grant that it can support additional service 

through another roundtrip or a regional jet upgrade. 

This expanded air service is critically important for the future growth and development of 

the Twin Falls community. We urge the Office of Aviation Analysis to give this 

application all due consideration. 

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Mike Crapo 

United States Senator 

Sincerely, 

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James E. Risch 

United States Senator