Document ID: FAA-2011-0089-0001
Agency: faa
Document Type: Rule
Title: Intents to Rule on Application to Impose and Use Revenue from Passenger Facility Charge: General Edward Lawrence Logan International Airport, East Boston, MA
Posted Date: 2011-01-25T05:00Z

[Federal Register Volume 76, Number 16 (Tuesday, January 25, 2011)]
[Notices]
[Page 4411]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Printing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2011-1411]

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DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION

Federal Aviation Administration

Notice of Intent To Rule on Application 10-06-C-00-BOS To Impose 
and Use the Revenue From a Passenger Facility Charge (PFC) at General 
Edward Lawrence Logan International Airport, East Boston, MA

AGENCY: Federal Aviation Administration (FAA), Department of 
Transportation (DOT).

ACTION: Request for comments, notice of Intent to Rule on a PFC 
application.

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SUMMARY: This document requests public comment on the supplementary 
material provided by the applicant, Massachusetts Port Authority 
(Massport), in response to the FAA's requests for clarification of its 
application to impose and use a PFC at General Edward Lawrence Logan 
International Airport, East Boston, Massachusetts.
    The FAA received additional documentation and information in 
support of Massport's PFC application, received April 15, 2010. The FAA 
is soliciting public comment on this supplementary material. Once 
received and following the FAA's review of any comments submitted 
pursuant to this notice, a Final Agency Decision is anticipated either 
approving or disapproving the application, in whole or in part, within 
60 days of the date of this Notice. The ruling will be issued under the 
provisions of the 49 U.S.C. 40117 and 14 Code of Federal Regulations 
part 158 (14 CFR part 158).

DATES: Comments must be received on or before February 24, 2011.

ADDRESSES: Comments on this supplemental material may be mailed or 
delivered in triplicate to the FAA at the following address: Ms. 
Priscilla Scott, PFC Program Manager, Federal Aviation Administration, 
Airports Division, 12 New England Executive Park, Burlington, 
Massachusetts 01803.
    In addition, one copy of any comments submitted to the FAA must be 
mailed or delivered to Mr. Thomas Kinton, CEO and Executive Director of 
the Massachusetts Port Authority at the following address: One 
Harborside Drive, Suite 200S, East Boston, Massachusetts 02128.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Priscilla Scott, PFC Program Manager, 
Federal Aviation Administration, Airports Division, 12 New England 
Executive Park, Burlington, Massachusetts 01803, (781) 238-7614. The 
application may be reviewed in person at 16 New England Executive Park, 
Burlington, Massachusetts. Please call to set up an appointment.
    In addition, any person may, upon request, inspect the application, 
notice and other documents germane to the application in person at One 
Harborside Drive, Suite 200S, East Boston, Massachusetts 02128. Please 
contact Massport at (617) 561-1600 to set up an appointment.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The FAA invites public comment on the 
additional documentation provided by the applicant in response to the 
FAA's requests for clarification in support of Massport's application 
to impose and use a PFC at Boston-Logan International Airport,
    The supplemental material includes all documentation provided to 
the FAA by April 15, 2010, which was the date of Massport's submission 
of its PFC application for collection and use of PFC revenue for 
various projects at Boston-Logan International Airport. The FAA will 
issue a decision on Massport's PFC application under the provisions of 
the 49 U.S.C. 40117 and 14 CFR part 158.
    Background: On April 15, 2010, Massport submitted its application 
to impose and use a PFC at Boston-Logan International Airport
    On May 25, 2010, the FAA sent a letter to Massport notifying it 
that the PFC application was substantially complete.
    The FAA's decision making process on PFC applications may include 
publishing a notice in the Federal Register informing the public of the 
FAA's intention to rule on the pending application and inviting public 
comment on that application. Consideration is given to all comments 
submitted pursuant to the Federal Register Notice during FAA's 
deliberations on the application. The FAA responds to the substantive 
comments in its Final Agency Decision.
    In conjunction with rendering its decisions on PFC applications, 
the FAA determines the PFC eligibility for each project, and whether 
the eligible projects are adequately justified. In reviewing the 
application submitted by Massport, the FAA discovered that further 
clarification would be helpful to make its required determinations.
    Accordingly, the FAA asked Massport to clarify certain information 
on the eligibility of costs related to Project 42--Terminal 
``A'' Development.
    In response to the FAA's requests, Massport provided supplemental 
material in the form of e-mails, airline lease documents, written 
discussions of Massport's lease practices, and rates and charges 
information which includes facility rent calculations indicating the 
uses of PFC revenues.

    Issued in Burlington, Massachusetts on January 6, 2011.
Bryon H. Rakoff,
Manager, Planning and Program Branch, Airports Division, New England 
Region.
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