Document ID: FAA-2012-0623-0001
Agency: faa
Document Type: Notice
Title: Passenger Facility Charge Approvals and Disapprovals
Posted Date: 2012-06-07T04:00Z

[Federal Register Volume 77, Number 110 (Thursday, June 7, 2012)]
[Notices]
[Pages 33805-33807]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Printing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2012-13690]

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DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION

Federal Aviation Administration

Notice of Passenger Facility Charge (PFC) Approvals and 
Disapprovals

AGENCY: Federal Aviation Administration (FAA), DOT.

ACTION: Monthly Notice of PFC Approvals and Disapprovals. In May 2012, 
there were three applications approved. This notice also includes 
information on one application, approved in April 2012, inadvertently 
left off the April 2012 notice. Additionally, four approved amendments 
to previously approved applications are listed.

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SUMMARY: The FAA publishes a monthly notice, as appropriate, of PFC 
approvals and disapprovals under the provisions of the Aviation Safety 
and Capacity Expansion Act of 1990 (Title IX of the Omnibus Budget 
Reconciliation Act of 1990) (Pub. L. 101-508) and Part 158 of the 
Federal Aviation Regulations (14 CFR part 158). This notice is 
published pursuant to paragraph d of Sec.  158.29.

PFC Applications Approved

    PUBLIC AGENCY: Tri State Airport Authority, Huntington, West 
Virginia.
    APPLICATION NUMBER: 12-07-C-00-HTS.
    APPLICATION TYPE: Impose and use a PFC.
    PFC LEVEL: $4.50.
    TOTAL PFC REVENUE APPROVED IN THIS DECISION: $2,369,532.
    EARLIEST CHARGE EFFECTIVE DATE: July 1, 2012.
    ESTIMATED CHARGE EXPIRATION DATE: October 1, 2017.
    CLASS OF AIR CARRIERS NOT REQUIRED TO COLLECT PFC'S: None.

Brief Description of Projects Approved for Collection and Use

    Terminal center--phase I.
    PFC application.
    Improve airport drainage.
    Acquire snow removal equipment.
    Install perimeter fencing.
    Rehabilitate terminal building.
    Rehabilitate taxiway A (west).
    Access road repair.
    Rehabilitate taxiways g, E, C, F, and A (ramp edge).

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    Terminal center--phase II.
    Environmental assessment--airfield development.

Brief Description of Projects Approved for Collection

    Relocate taxiway A (east).
    Install airport beacon.
    Security enhancements.
    Access road and parking lot.
    Terminal center--phase III.
    Acquire runway protection zone land.
    Rehabilitate terminal building--phase IV.
    Reconfigure airside terminal.
    Replace airfield generators.
    Seal coat runway.
    DECISION DATE: April 30, 2012.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Matthew DiGiulian, Beckley Airports 
Field Office, (304) 252-6217.
    PUBLIC AGENCY: Tulsa Airports Improvement Trust, Tulsa, Oklahoma.
    APPLICATION NUMBER: 12-08-C-00-TUL.
    APPLICATION TYPE: Impose and use a PFC.
    PFC LEVEL: $4.50.
    TOTAL PFC REVENUE APPROVED IN THIS DECISION: $3,430,000.
    EARLIEST CHARGE EFFECTIVE DATE: June 1, 2020.
    ESTIMATED CHARGE EXPIRATION DATE: December 1, 2020.
    CLASS OF AIR CARRIERS NOT REQUIRED TO COLLECT PFC'S: Air taxi/
commercial operators filing FAA Form 1800-31.
    DETERMINATION: Approved. Based on information contained in the 
public agency's application, the FAA has determined that the proposed 
class accounts for less than 1 percent of the total annual enplanements 
at Tulsa International Airport.

Brief Description of Projects Approved for Collection and Use

    Design and enabling projects for concourse A rehabilitation and 
improvement.
    Passenger loading bridges.
    Security exit lane equipment.
    PFC consulting fees.

Brief Description of Disapproved Project

    Electrical generators.
    DETERMINATION: Disapproved. This project did not meet the 
requirements of Sec.  158.15(b).
    DECISION DATE: May 8, 2012.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Don Harris, Arkansas/Oklahoma Airports 
Development Office, (817) 222-5634.
    PUBLIC AGENCY: Port of Port Angeles, Port Angeles, Washington.
    APPLICATION NUMBER: 12-08-C-00-CLM.
    APPLICATION TYPE: Impose and use a PFC.
    PFC LEVEL: $3.00.
    TOTAL PFC REVENUE APPROVED IN THIS DECISION: $161,209.
    EARLIEST CHARGE EFFECTIVE DATE: July 1, 2012.
    ESTIMATED CHARGE EXPIRATION DATE: April 1, 2014.
    CLASS OF AIR CARRIERS NOT REQUIRED TO COLLECT PFC'S: None.

Brief Description of Projects Approved for Collection and Use

    Terminal entrance road construction.
    Taxilanes construction, phase II.
    Terminal apron reconstruction.
    Runway 8/26 lighting rehabilitation.
    Taxilanes construction, phase III.
    PFC administration.
    DECISION DATE: May 8, 2012.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Trang Tran, Seattle Airports District 
Office, (425) 227-1662.
    PUBLIC AGENCY: Yuma County Airport Authority, Yuma, Arizona.
    APPLICATION NUMBER: 12-04-C-00-NYL.
    APPLICATION TYPE: Impose and use a PFC.
    PFC LEVEL: $4.50.
    TOTAL PFC REVENUE APPROVED IN THIS DECISION: $250,000.
    EARLIEST CHARGE EFFECTIVE DATE: July 1, 2018.
    ESTIMATED CHARGE EXPIRATION DATE: October 1, 2021.
    CLASS OF AIR CARRIERS NOT REQUIRED TO COLLECT PFC'S: Nonscheduled/
on-demand air carriers filing FAA Form 1800-31.
    DETERMINATION: Approved. Based on information contained in the 
public agency's application, the FAA has determined that the proposed 
class accounts for less than 1 percent of the total annual enplanements 
at Yuma Marine Corps Air Station/Yuma International Airport.

Brief Description of Project Approved for Collection and Use

    Widen parallel taxiway Z.
    DECISION DATE: May 18, 2012.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Darlene Williams, Los Angeles Airports 
District Office, (310) 725-3625.

                                           Amendment to PFC Approvals
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                                                                                     Original         Amended
                                                     Original         Amended        estimated       estimated
   Amendment No.  city, state        Amendment     approved  net  estimated  net      charge          charge
                                   approved date   PFC  revenue    PFC  revenue     expiration      expiration
                                                                                       date            date
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05-05-C-07-EWR                          04/06/12    $556,442,435    $566,136,035         07/1/11         09/1/11
Newark, NJ......................
10-08-C-01-SAV                          05/03/12       4,066,265       6,669,248         04/1/16         12/1/16
Savannah, GA....................
11-17-C-02-BNA                          05/04/12       2,512,500       2,797,105         03/1/17         06/1/17
Nashville, TN...................
08-07-C-01-DTW                          05/18/12     257,020,320     227,653,568         08/1/34         02/1/34
Detroit, MI.....................
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    Issued in Washington, DC, on May 31, 2012.
Joe Hebert,
Manager, Financial Analysis and Passenger Facility Charge Branch.
[FR Doc. 2012-13690 Filed 6-6-12; 8:45 am]
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