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Dear Senator Webb: _ :." ' 

Thank you for your letter addressed to Heideh Shahmoradi, supporting the proposal 

submitted by the Charlottesville-Albemarle Airport Authority for a grant under the Small 

Community Air Service Development Program (Small Community Program). 1 am 

responding as the Small Community Program falls under my office. 

The Small Community Program was established to help smaller communities address air 

service deficiencies, particularly issues related to high airfares and insufficient service. A 

total of $7 million will be available for grant awards in Fiscal Year. 2010. Under the 

statute, the Department may use the funds to make a maximum of 40 grant awards each 

year, although no more than four 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 significant flexibility in how the financial assistance 

may be used. 

On July 30, the Department issued an order requesting that communities interested in 

receiving a grant this year file their applications by August 27. As these grant requests 

are pending before the Department, I am sure you understand that 1 cannot comment on 

the merits of any particular proposal. I assure you, however, that the Department will 

give full 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-2010-0124 as a contact outside the record of this matter I appreciate your 

interest in this program. If I can provide further information or assistance, please feel 

free to call me. 

incereiy yours, 

Al^sa n L. Kurl 

Assistant Secretary for 

Aviation and International Affairs 
JIM WEBB WASHINGTON OFFICE: 

VIRGINIA WASHINGTOM, DC 20510 

(202) 224-4024 

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Ms. Heideh Shahmoradi 

Acting Deputy Assistant Secretary for Governmental Affairs 

U.S. Department of Transportation 

1200 New Jersey Avenue, SE 

Washington, DC 20590 

Dear Ms. Shahmoradi: 

1 am writing to express my support for an application submitted to the U.S. Department 

of Transportation's (DOT) Small Community Air Service Development Program (SCASDP) by 

the Charlottesville-Albemarle Airport Authority (CHO). 

It is my understanding that resources provided through the SCASDP would be used to 

help CHO improve the quality of service and airfares. Further, representatives from CHO have 

indicated to my office that funding through the SCASDP would be used to pursue new non-stop 

service from Charlottesville to Chicago O'Hare International Airport (ORD). 

It appears that the Charlottesville-Albemarle Airport Authority is well-positioned to meet 

the goals of the Small Community Air Service Development Program and, to that end, I ask that 

you give this application every fair and favorable consideration in keeping with established 

federal laws and guidelines governing your program. I further ask that you keep me informed of 

the status of this proposal by contacting Mr. Conaway Haskins in my Richmond office at 507 

East Franklin Street, Richmond, Virginia 23219. Mr. Haskins may also be reached via telephone 

at (804) 771-8310. 

With warm regards, I am 

I Webb 

ted States Senator 

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