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### June 24,2013 

### Boston Executive Helicopters 

### Attn: Chris Donovan,
**Pr~sident** 125 

### Access Road Norwood, 

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i . ' : .. ' . ' . . " . RE: Boston Executiv . e Helicopters' Proposed 

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### Following last week's Norwood Airport Commission (NI.\,G)

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### the board expressed concern regarding the still WU'esolved gate 3



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### (OFA), and your proposed fuel farm within the OFA . As you recall, FAA's response--shared with you in December 2012-- 

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### policy does not to allow new obstructions to be placed within any OF A areas regardless of existing ' obstl1ictions. ,. 

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### short, ·Chris, the **non~staridard** 

### taxi-lane · OFA remains an outstanding issue that must be resolved in accordance with FAA's wishes, and 

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**255~56i'6** l Fax: (781) 255-5617/ rmaguire@norwoodma.gov .I've therefore scheduled a meeting at the site of your proposed hangar/fuel farm, adjacent to gate 3, at 12:30 p.m. this , 'rhursday, June 27. In attendance 

### will be Lisa Lesperance f rom FAA , MassDOT's Drew ·Mihaly, along with our engineers; hopefully, a representati v e fr om the Norwood Fire Department; and Mark Ryan, from the Norwood Airport Commission . Of course , w

e' d l i ke to have you at the meeting as well. As an aside: In a conversation with FAA ear'iier today, the agency did confinn that i t h,as n ot yet recei v ed your comR. any FAA Fonn 7460 

### ( Notice of Proposed Construction or Al te r ation ) specific to the fuer'farm . (FAA apparently has received the 7460 for the proposed h an gar. ) N

otwithstanding an affirming review from FAA on the OFA issue, which is a separate issue , the fuel fann 7460 -- once filed--must also be satisfactorily reviewed by FAA prior to fue l fann co nstruct i on . At your earliest convenience, I would urge you to send in that notification . A

lo ng these lines, in my discussion with FAA, the agency asked whether the fuel fann wou l d ha v e any above-grade obstructions (i . e . , fencing, vent pipes, etc . ) . From the set of plans you had p

rov ided to 4S, · it appears that there are no above-ground obstructions . Please confirm t hi s as soon as possible, as it will help FAA in its review . F

in ally , as soon as possible, and as mentioned during previous meetings, . the NAC would like to see some type of a written fueling plan from your company. Given the close proximity of yo ur proposed fuel farm site to the gate 3 taxi-lane, the NAC wants to ensure that aircraft fueling an d fuel delivery operations--pending a satisfactory review by FAA--don't impede or obstru ct t he public way . T

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