[Code of Federal Regulations]

[Title 14, Volume 3]

[Revised as of January 1, 2006]

From the U.S. Government Printing Office via GPO Access

[CITE: 14CFR151.7]



[Page 90-91]

 

                     TITLE 14--AERONAUTICS AND SPACE

 

CHAPTER I--FEDERAL AVIATION ADMINISTRATION, DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION 

                               (CONTINUED)

 

PART 151_FEDERAL AID TO AIRPORTS--Table of Contents

 

                     Subpart A_General Requirements

 

Sec. 151.7  Grants of funds: General policies.



    (a) Compliance with sponsorship requirements. The FAA authorizes the 

expenditure of funds under the Federal-aid Airport Program for airport 

planning and engineering or for airport development only if the 

Administrator is satisfied that the sponsor has met or will meet the 

requirements established by existing and proposed agreements with the 

United States with respect to any airport that the sponsor owns or 

controls.

    (1) Agreements with the United States to which this requirement of 

compliance applies include--

    (i) Any grant agreement made under the Federal-aid Airport Program;

    (ii) Any covenant in a conveyance under section 16 of the Federal 

Airport Act;

    (iii) Any covenant in a conveyance of surplus airport property 

either under section 13(g) of the Surplus Property Act (50 U.S.C. App. 

1622(g)) or under Regulation 16 of the War Assets Administration; and

    (iv) Any AP-4 agreement made under the terminated Development 

Landing Areas National Defense Program and the Development Civil Landing 

Areas Program.



This requirement does not apply to assurances required under section 602 

of the Civil Rights Act of 1964 (42 U.S.C. 2000d-1) and Sec. 15.7 of 

the Federal Aviation Regulations (14 CFR 15.7).

    (2) If it appears that a sponsor has failed to comply with a 

requirement of an agreement with the United States with respect to an 

airport, the FAA notifies him of this fact and affords him an 

opportunity to submit materials to refute the allegation of 

noncompliance or to achieve compliance.

    (3) If a project is otherwise eligible under the Federal-aid Airport 

Program, a grant may be made to a sponsor who has not complied with an 

agreement if the sponsor shows--

    (i) That the noncompliance is caused by factors beyond his control; 

or

    (ii) That the following circumstances exist:

    (a) The noncompliance consisted of a failure, through mistake or 

ignorance, to perform minor conditions in old agreements with the 

Federal Government; and

    (b) The sponsor is taking reasonable action promptly to correct the 

deficiency or the deficiency relates to an obligation that is no longer 

required



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for the safe and efficient use of the airport under existing law and 

policy.

    (b) Small proposals and projects. Unless there is otherwise a 

special need for U.S. participation, the FAA includes an advance 

planning and engineering proposal or an airport development project in 

the Federal-aid Airport Program only if--

    (1) The advance planning and engineering proposal involves more than 

$1,000 in United States funds; and

    (2) The project application involves more than $5,000 in U.S. funds.



Whenever possible, the sponsor must consolidate small projects on a 

single airport in one grant agreement even though the airport 

development is to be accomplished over a period of years.

    (c) Previously obligated work. Unless the Administrator specifically 

authorizes it, no advance planning and engineering proposal or project 

application may include any planning, engineering, or construction work 

included in a prior agreement with the United States obligating the 

sponsor or any other non-U.S. public agency to do the work, and 

entitling the sponsor or any other non-United States public agency to 

payment of U.S. funds for all or part of the work.



(Secs. 1-15, 17-21, 60 Stat. 170, 49 U.S.C. 1120)



[Amdt. 151-8, 30 FR 8039, June 23, 1965, as amended by Amdt. 151-17, 31 

FR 16524, Dec. 28, 1966; Amdt. 151-19, 32 FR 9220, June 29, 1967]