[Federal Register Volume 76, Number 16 (Tuesday, January 25, 2011)]
[Notices]
[Page 4411]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing 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.
[FR Doc. 2011-1411 Filed 1-24-11; 8:45 am]
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