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DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION
Office of the Secretary
Application of Friendship Airways, Inc.
d/b/a Yellow Air Taxi for Commuter
Authority
Department of Transportation.
Notice of Order to Show Cause
(Order 2011–10–9), Docket DOT–OST–
2005–21533.
AGENCY:
ACTION:
The Department of
Transportation is directing all interested
persons to show cause why it should
revoke the Commuter Air Carrier
Authorization issued to Friendship
Airways, Inc. d/b/a Yellow Air Taxi and
deny its application to resume
commuter operations, pursuant to 49
U.S.C. 40109(f) and 14 CFR part 298.
DATES: Persons wishing to file
objections should do so no later than
November 1, 2011.
ADDRESSES: Objections and answers to
objections should be filed in Docket
DOT–OST–2005–21533 and addressed
to U.S. Department of Transportation,
Docket Operations, (M–30, Room W12–
140), 1200 New Jersey Avenue, SE.,
West Building Ground Floor,
Washington, DC 20590, and should be
served upon the parties listed in
Attachment A to the order.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
Catherine J. O’Toole, Air Carrier Fitness
Division (X–56, Room W86–489), U.S.
Department of Transportation, 1200
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Susan L. Kurland,
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DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION
Federal Aviation Administration
Airport Improvement Program:
Modifications to Benefit Cost Analysis
(BCA) Threshold
Federal Aviation
Administration (FAA); DOT.
ACTION: Notice of changes; comments
and responses.
AGENCY:
This document announces the
publication of the final policy changes
to the Federal Aviation Administration’s
policy requiring a benefit cost analysis
(BCA) for capacity projects funded by
Airport Improvement Program (AIP)
discretionary funds. On December 16,
2010, the FAA issued a Notice of
Availability of Draft Guidance and
Request for Comments with regard to
the modification of its policy requiring
benefit cost analyses (BCA) for capacity
projects, which was published in the
Federal Register. (78 FR 78798–02,
December 16, 2010). The FAA now is (1)
Issuing the final policy modifying the
threshold at which BCAs are required
from $5 million to $10 million in
Airport Improvement Program (AIP)
Discretionary funds, and (2) responding
to comments requested in the Notice on
December 16, 2010.
DATES: Effective date of the modified
policy October 24, 2011.
ADDRESSES: Copies of the final guidance
to begin the implementation of the
policy for conducting BCAs can be
obtained from the Federal Aviation
Administration, Office of Airport
Planning and Programming, Airports
Financial Assistance Division (APP–
500), 800 Independence Avenue, SW.,
Washington, DC 20591. An electronic
copy of the guidance will be posted on
the FAA’s Airport’s Division Web site at
https://www.faa.gov/airports/aip/
bc_analysis within 7 days of publication
of this notice.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
Frank San Martin, Manager, Financial
Assistance Division (APP–500), Office
of Airport Planning and Programming,
Federal Aviation Administration, 800
Independence Avenue, SW.,
Washington, DC 20591, (202) 267–3831.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
SUMMARY:
Dated: October 17, 2011.
Michael J. Astrue,
Commissioner of Social Security
SUMMARY:
New Jersey Avenue, SE., Washington,
DC 20590, (202) 366–9721.
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A. Background
Policy History
In 1994, the FAA established its
policy on Benefit Cost Analysis (BCA)
requirements for airport capacity
projects. Factors leading to these
requirements included:
1. The need to improve the
effectiveness of federal airport
infrastructure investments in light of a
decline in federal AIP budgets;
2. Issuance of Executive Order No.
12893, ‘‘Principles for Federal
Infrastructure Investments,’’ 59 FR 4233,
Jan. 26, 1994;
3. Guidance from Congress citing the
need for economic airport investment
criteria; and
4. Statutory language from 1994
included in Title 49 U.S.C. 47115 (d)
specifying that, in selecting projects for
discretionary grants to preserve and
enhance capacity at airports, the
Secretary shall consider the benefits and
costs of the projects.
The FAA implemented BCA
requirements for capacity projects at all
categories of airports in order to limit
the FAA’s risks when investing large
amounts of discretionary funds. The
FAA uses the conclusions reached in
the BCA review to make policy and
funding decisions on possible future
federal investments.
In 1997, a new FAA policy transferred
responsibility for preparing BCAs from
the FAA to the sponsor. In addition, the
policy lowered the projected cost
threshold from $10 million in AIP
discretionary funds (established in
1994) to $5 million.
The $5 million threshold change was
made policy in 1997 and formalized in
a 1999 Federal Register notice, Federal
Aviation Administration Policy and
Final Guidance Regarding Benefit Cost
Analysis (BCA) on Airport Capacity
Projects for FAA Decisions on Airport
Improvement Program (AIP)
Discretionary Grants and Letters of
Intent (LOI), 64 FR 70107 (Dec. 15,
1999).
Since 1997, sponsors have been
required to conduct BCAs for capacity
projects for which more than $5 million
in AIP discretionary funding will be
requested. In developing the new draft
guidance increasing the threshold, the
FAA reviewed the reasons for lowering
the BCA threshold amount in 1997 and
concluded that those reasons do not
present sufficient basis to warrant
maintaining the $5 million level
threshold today.
The FAA has gained valuable
experience assessing the
implementation of the policy and the
need to further clarify the threshold
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DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION
Office of the Secretary
Application of Friendship Airways, Inc. d/b/a Yellow Air Taxi for
Commuter Authority
AGENCY: Department of Transportation.
ACTION: Notice of Order to Show Cause (Order 2011-10-9), Docket DOT-
OST-2005-21533.
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SUMMARY: The Department of Transportation is directing all interested
persons to show cause why it should revoke the Commuter Air Carrier
Authorization issued to Friendship Airways, Inc. d/b/a Yellow Air Taxi
and deny its application to resume commuter operations, pursuant to 49
U.S.C. 40109(f) and 14 CFR part 298.
DATES: Persons wishing to file objections should do so no later than
November 1, 2011.
ADDRESSES: Objections and answers to objections should be filed in
Docket DOT-OST-2005-21533 and addressed to U.S. Department of
Transportation, Docket Operations, (M-30, Room W12-140), 1200 New
Jersey Avenue, SE., West Building Ground Floor, Washington, DC 20590,
and should be served upon the parties listed in Attachment A to the
order.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Catherine J. O'Toole, Air Carrier
Fitness Division (X-56, Room W86-489), U.S. Department of
Transportation, 1200 New Jersey Avenue, SE., Washington, DC 20590,
(202) 366-9721.
Dated: October 18, 2011.
Susan L. Kurland,
Assistant Secretary for Aviation and International Affairs.
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