Document ID: FAA-2011-0513-0001
Agency: faa
Document Type: Rule
Title: Passenger Facility Charge Approvals and Disapprovals
Posted Date: 2011-05-13T04:00Z

[Federal Register Volume 76, Number 93 (Friday, May 13, 2011)]
[Notices]
[Pages 28123-28125]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Printing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2011-11574]

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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 March 
2011, there were four applications approved. This notice also includes 
information on three applications, approved in February 2011, 
inadvertently left off the February 2011 notice. Additionally, five 
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: Texarkana Airport Authority, Texarkana, Arkansas.
    Application Number: 11-07-C-00-TXK.
    Application Type: Impose and use a PFC.
    PFC Level: $4.50.
    Total PFC Revenue Approved in This Decision: $850,066.
    Earliest Charge Effective Date: August 1, 2011.
    Estimated Charge Expiration Date: September 1, 2018.
    Class of Air Carriers Not Required To Collect PFCs: 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 approved 
class accounts for less than 1 percent of the total annual enplanements 
at Texarkana Regional Airport.
    Brief Description of Projects Approved for Collection and Use:

Design/construct passenger terminal and land/airside.
PFC application development.

    Decision Date: February 24, 2011.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Paul Burns, Arkansas/Oklahoma Airports 
Development Office, (817) 222-5648.
    Public Agency: Salt Lake City Corporation, Salt Lake City, Utah.
    Application Number: 10-12-C-00-SLC.
    Application Type: Impose and use a PFC.
    PFC Level: $4.50.
    Total PFC Revenue Approved in This Decision: $70,253,000.
    Earliest Charge Effective Date: June 1, 2011.
    Estimated Charge Expiration Date: March 1, 2013.
    Class of Air Carriers Not Required To Collect PFCs: Air taxi/
commercial operators filing or required to file FAA Form 1800-31.
    Determination: Approved. Based on information contained in the 
public agency's application, the FAA has determined that the approved 
class accounts for less than 1 percent of the total annual enplanements 
at Salt Lake City International Airport (SLC).
    Brief Description of Projects Approved for Collection at SLC and 
Use at SLC at a $4.50 PFC Level:

Runway 16L/34R pavement rehabilitation.
Concourse B--additional boarding bridges.
North cargo area.
Concourse and terminal improvements.

    Brief Description of Projects Approved for Collection at SLC and 
Use at SLC at a $3.00 PFC Level:

Snow equipment storage facility.
Concourse B--vertical circulation improvement.
Egress doors improvements.
Deicing and snow control tanks.

    Brief Description of Project Approved for Collection at SLC and Use 
at Bolinder Field-Toole Valley Airport (TVY) at a $3.00 PFC Level: Land 
acquisition-TVY easements.
    Brief Description of Disapproved Projects: Purchase of wetlands 
credits.
    Determination: The maintenance of replacement wetlands is not PFC 
eligible.

Joint seal runway 16R134L.
Joint seal runway 16R/34L--taxiways A and B.

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    Determination: Routine pavement maintenance is not PFC eligible.
3700 West (UTA) fiber infrastructure and improvement.
    Determination: The public agency failed to provide information 
indicating that this project provided a benefit to the airport. 
Therefore, it does not meet the requirements of Sec.  158.15(a).
    Decision Date: February 25, 2011.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:  Chris Schaffer, Denver Airports 
District Office, (303) 342-1258.
    Public Agency: Cities of Pullman, Washington and Moscow, Idaho.
    Application Number: 11-07-C-00-PUW.
    Application Type: Impose and use a PFC.
    PFC Level: $4.50.
    Total PFC Revenue Approved in This Decision: $101,950.
    Earliest Charge Effective Date: January 1, 2013.
    Estimated Charge Expiration Date: November 1, 2013.
    Class of Air Carriers Not Required To Collect PFCs: Non-scheduled 
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 approved 
class accounts for less than 1 percent of the total annual enplanements 
at Pullman-Moscow Regional Airport.
    Brief Description of Projects Approved for Collection and Use:

Airport drainage improvements.
Procurement of aircraft rescue and firefighting vehicle.
Land acquisition.
Security enhancements.
Rehabilitate aircraft rescue and firefighting building.
PFC administration.

Decision Date: February 28, 2011.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:  Karen Miles, Seattle Airports 
District Office, (425) 227-2661.
    Public Agency: City of Long Beach, California.
    Application Number: 11-06-U-00-LGB.
    Application Type: Use PFC revenue.
    PFC Level: $4.50.
    Total PFC Revenue Approved for Use in This Decision: $86,532,700.
    Earliest Charge Effective Date: November 1, 2015.
    Estimated Charge Expiration Date: March 1, 2029.
    Class of Air Carriers Not Required To Collect PFCs: No change from 
previous decision.
    Brief Description of Project Approved for Use: Terminal area 
improvements.
    Decision Date: March 1, 2011.

For Further Information Contact: Darlene Williams, Los Angeles Airports 
District Office, (310) 725-3625.
    Public Agency: City of Brownsville, Texas.
    Application Number: 11-06-C-00-BRO.
    Application Type: Impose and use a PFC.
    PFC Level: $4.50.
    Total PFC Revenue Approved in This Decision: $313,236.
    Earliest Charge Effective Date: April 1, 2020.
    Estimated Charge Expiration Date: April 1, 2021.
    Class of Air Carriers Not Required To Collect PFCs: None.
    Brief Description of Projects Approved for Collection and Use:

Rehabilitate taxiway E.
Rehabilitate runway lighting 13R/31L.
Apron lighting.
Perimeter fencing.
Airport drainage improvements.
Airfield guidance signs.
Miscellaneous terminal plan study.
Wildlife hazard assessments.
Taxiway B rehabilitation design.
Displace runway 17/35.
PFC application and administration fees.

    Brief Description of Disapproved Project: Install airport beacons.
    Determination: This project does not meet the requirements of Sec.  
158.25(c). The environmental review for the project is not complete.
    Decision Date: March 3, 2011.

For Further Information Contact: Sarah Conner, Texas Airports 
Development Office, (817) 222-5682.
    Public Agency: City of Cleveland, Ohio.
    Application Number: 11-11-C-00-CLE.
    Application Type: Impose and use a PFC.
    PFC Level: $4.50.
    Total PFC Revenue Approved in This Decision: $36,577,300.
    Earliest Charge Effective Date: July 1, 2019.
    Estimated Charge Expiration Date: February 1, 2021.
    Class of Air Carriers Not Required To Collect PFCs: 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 approved 
class accounts for less than 1 percent of the total annual enplanements 
at Cleveland Hopkins International Airport.
    Brief Description of Projects Approved for Collection and Use at a 
$3.00 PFC Level:

Doan Brook restoration.
Deicing environmental upgrades.
Main terminal roof replacement.
Main terminal boiler replacement.
Roadway expansion joint repair/replacement.
Airport-wide flight information display system/baggage information 
display system and signage replacement.
Airport-wide in-line baggage system design.
Airport master plan update.

    Brief Description of Projects Approved for Collection and Use at a 
$4.50 PFC Level:

Runway 10/28 runway safety area improvements.
South cargo ramp rehabilitation.
Taxiway N rehabilitation.
Security system enhancements.
Interactive Part 139 airport operations training program.

    Brief Description of Project Partially Approved for Collection and 
Use at a $3.00 PFC Level: Main substation (MS1 and MS2) redundant 
electrical power feed and emergency generators.
    Determination: The MS1 upgrade is only eligible to the extent it 
serves eligible facilities and the FAA determined that not all 
facilities served were eligible. Further, the FAA determined that the 
backup generators were not eligible.
    Brief Description of Disapproved Project: Information technology 
network infrastructure upgrades.
    Determination: The FAA determined that this project did not meet 
the requirements of Sec.  158.15(b).
    Decision Date: March 11, 2011.

For Further Information Contact: Irene Porter, Detroit Airports 
District Office, (734) 229-2915.
    Public Agency: City of Savannah and Savannah Airport Commission, 
Savannah, Georgia.
    Application Number: 10-08-C-00-SAV.
    Application Type: Impose and use a PFC.
    PFC Level: $4.50.
    Total PFC Revenue Approved in This Decision: $4,066,265.
    Earliest Charge Effective Date: January 1, 2015.
    Estimated Charge Expiration Date: April 1, 2016.
    Class of Air Carriers Not Required To Collect PFCs: 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 approved 
class accounts for less than 1 percent of the total annual enplanements 
at Savannah/Hilton Head International Airport.

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    Brief Description of Projects Approved for Collection and Use:

Asphalt pavement replacement-runway 19/1.
Construct taxiway A extension.
Rehabilitate taxiway B2, north end of taxiway B, taxiway C, and taxiway 
E1.
General aviation connector taxiway and site development of north 
terminal.
Terminal entrance walkways.
General aviation taxiways 4 and 5 shoulder edge lights.
Implementation and administrative costs for PFC no. 8, amendment No. 1 
to PFC No. 7, and amendment No. 2 to PFC No. 6.
Environmental assessment north development.
Surface painted holding position signs.
Two valet bag belt systems.
Airport operations area obstruction survey.
Closed circuit television system replacement.
Interactive employee training upgrade.
Pre-conditioned air hose upgrade (five boarding bridges).

    Brief Description of Projects Partially Approved for Collection and 
Use: Public address system replacement.
    Determination: The approval is limited to that portion of the 
project needed to make required automatic security announcements and to 
feed these announcements into the public address system.
    Lighting and reseal joints to runways: Add two airport operations 
area access gates; and replace failed taxiways and ramp concrete paving 
slabs.
    Determination: The approval is limited to the cost associated with 
the runway lights. The public agency failed to provide any 
justification for the other project components.
    Brief Description of Projects Approved for Collection:

Site mitigation.
Realign and construct Gulfstream Road/tunnel construction.
Taxiway A extension north-construction.
Electrical vault.
Taxiway H construction.
Storm water update.
Gulfstream Road/tunnel design.
Taxiway A design.
Taxiway H design.
Airfield electrical vault design.

    Decision Date: March 17, 2011.

For Further Information Contact: John Marshall, Atlanta Airports 
District Office, (404) 305-7153.

                                           Amendments to PFC Approvals
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                                                                                     Original         Amended
                                     Amendment       Original         Amended        estimated       estimated
   Amendment No., city, state      approved date   approved net    approved net     charge exp.     charge exp.
                                                    PFC revenue     PFC revenue        date            date
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04-07-C-04-JNU Juneau, AK.......        02/25/11      $3,566,606      $3,575,162        03/01/08        03/01/08
09-05-C-01-BRO Brownsville, TX..        03/03/11       3,055,366       3,485,972        07/01/18        04/01/20
02-06-C-10-MSY New Orleans, LA..        03/11/11     287,977,095     293,951,336        12/01/19        06/01/20
06-08-C-02-MSY New Orleans, LA..        03/11/11       1,023,858       1,000,000        10/01/18        07/01/25
09-10-C-02-MSY New Orleans, LA..        03/11/11      52,805,580      40,592,406        06/01/26        02/01/26
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    Issued in Washington, DC, on May 5, 2011.
Joe Hebert,
Manager, Financial Analysis and Passenger Facility Charge Branch.
[FR Doc. 2011-11574 Filed 5-12-11; 8:45 am]
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