u.s. Department of 

Transportation 

Ottice of the Secretary 

ofTronsportotlon 

The Honorable Yvette Herrell 

New Mexico House of Representatives 

Alamogordo, NM 88311 

Dear Ms. Herrell: 

Assistant Secretary 

August 23, 2013 

i 2.oo New Jersey Avenue, SE 

Washington, DC 20590 

Thank you for your letter of July 26, addressed to Secretary Foxx, supporting the proposal 

submitted by the City of Alamogordo for a grant under the U.S. Department ofTransportation'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 deficiencies, particularly issues related to high airfares or 

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

awards each year, although no more than four 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 June 24, the Department issued an order requesting that communities interested in receiving a 

grant this year file their applications by July 26. 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 standard practice, I am placing a copy of your letter and this response in Docket 

DOT-OST-2013-0120 as a contact outside the record of this matter. 1 appreciate your interest in 

this program. 

Sincerely yours, 

Assistant Secretary for 

Aviation and International Affairs 
YVETTE HERRELL 

R-Otero 

D!str!ct 51 

Box4338 

Alamogordo, NM 88311 

(575) 430.2113 

yherrell@yahoo.com 

July 26, 2013 

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The.Honorable Anthony Foxx 

Secretary of Transportation 

U.S. Department of Transportation 

1200 New Jersey Avenue SE 

Washington DC 20590 

Dear Secretary Foxx: 

COMMITIESS: 

Business & Induslly 

Health & G<wernment Affairs 

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I am writing on behalf of the City of Alamogordo's application for a grant from the Small Community Air 

Service Development Program (SCASOP) to secure Regional Jet Service for our community. 

The Alamogordo White Sands Regional Airport will serve as the local commercial air transportation 

facility for the Tularosa Basin. As one of the state's primary communities directly supporting our 

military, the Regional Jets will support the operational, training and testing efforts of Holloman Air Force 

Base, as well as, those of the German Air Force which has a significant presence at HAFB. In addition, 

this service will bring scheduled air transportation to a broad section of the traveling public, including 

businesses, educational institutions, tourism and other enterprises whose access to the national air 

transportation system is limited, 

A Regional Jet Service at White Sands Regional Airport will not only meet the needs of the 

transportation Inequities, but will perpetuate economic development within our community and county. 

Economic drivers such as the air service will become the catalyst in which a variety of jobs and services 

will be created. The City of Alamogordo is committed to matching the funds and have positioned 

themselves to ensure profitability for the Regional Jet Service. 

The SCASOP was developed and designed to support these types of endeavors. Jts charge is to assist 

small communities like Alamogordo with securing or enhancing commercial air service. We are 

prepared to assist with matching funds coupled with an onslaught of community support which will lend 

itself to the success of the Regional Jet Service in Alamogordo. I respectfully request your consideration 

of the SCASDPappllcation from the City of Alamogordo. 

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