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DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION
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[Summary Notice No. PE–2018–26]
Petition for Exemption; Summary of
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This notice is published pursuant to
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2018.
Victor Wicklund,
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Petition for Exemption
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Petitioner: Gulfstream Aerospace
Corporation.
Section of 14 CFR Affected:
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SC, 25–664–SC, 25–665–SC, and 25–
667–SC.
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testing of non-rechargeable lithium-ion
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DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION
Federal Aviation Administration
[Docket No: FAA–2005–22842]
Notice of Opportunity: Criteria and
Application Procedures for the Military
Airport Program (MAP).
Federal Aviation
Administration (FAA), Department of
Transportation (DOT).
ACTION: Notice of criteria and
application procedures.
AGENCY:
This document announces the
criteria, application procedures, and
SUMMARY:
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schedule to be applied by the Secretary
of Transportation to designate a
maximum of 15 joint-use or former
military airports to participate in the
MAP for the purposes of capital
development funding assistance.
Applications must be received
no later than June 8, 2018.
DATES:
Submit an original signed
Standard Form (SF) 424, ‘‘Application
for Federal Assistance’’ (available at:
https://www.faa.gov/airports/resources/
forms/?sect=aip,payments) along with
all supporting documentation. Airport
sponsor applicants must specifically
request consideration to participate in
the Fiscal Year (FY) 2018 MAP.
Submission(s) should be sent to the
appropriate FAA Regional Airports
Division or Airports District Office that
serves the airport (sponsor). Applicants
can find their local office on the FAA
website at: https://www.faa.gov/airports/
news_information/contact_info/
regional/ or may contact the office listed
under the section ‘‘For Further
Information.’’
ADDRESSES:
Mr.
Jonathan DiMartino
(jonathan.dimartino@faa.gov), Airports
Financial Assistance Division, Office of
Airport Planning and Programming,
Federal Aviation Administration, 800
Independence Avenue SW.,
Washington, DC 20591, (202) 267–8744.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
General Description of the Program
Under 49 U.S.C. 47118, the MAP
provides capital development assistance
to civilian airport sponsors of
designated joint-use military airfields or
former military airports that are
included in the FAA’s National Plan of
Integrated Airport Systems (NPIAS).
Airport sponsors designated to the MAP
may receive set-aside grant funds from
the Airport Improvement Program (AIP)
(4 percent of discretionary funds) for
airport development that will assist the
airport sponsor in successfully
transitioning the airport from military to
civilian use. The MAP is described in
detail in FAA Order 5100.38D, Airport
Improvement Program (AIP) Handbook.
Number of Airports
As set forth by 49 U.S.C. 47118, a
maximum of 15 airports may participate
in the MAP at any time. Three of the 15
may be general aviation (GA) airports;
the remainder must be commercial
service or reliever airports. In FY 2018,
there are 12 slots available in the
program; however, there are no
openings available for GA airports.
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Designation Duration
The FAA has the option to designate
an airport sponsor for any duration
between 1 and 5 fiscal years. The FAA
will evaluate the conversion needs of
the airport in its capital development
plan to determine the appropriate length
of designation.
Redesignation Duration
Previously designated airport
sponsors may apply for redesignation to
the MAP for a period between 1 and 5
fiscal years. Those airport sponsors
must meet the current MAP eligibility
requirements of 49 U.S.C. 47118(a), at
the beginning of each grant period. The
FAA will evaluate applications for
redesignation primarily in terms of the
remaining projects that are specifically
fundable only under the MAP because
redesignated airports generally have
fewer conversion needs than new
candidates. The FAA’s goal is to
gradually transition MAP airports to
regular AIP participation by helping
these airports successfully convert to
civilian airport operations.
MAP Funding Limitations
Designated airport sponsors may
receive up to $7 million per fiscal year
for terminal projects and up to $7
million for construction, improvement,
or repair of fuel farms, utility systems,
surface automobile parking lots,
hangars, and air cargo terminals that are
not larger than 50,000 square feet.
Revenue generating projects that may
not normally be AIP eligible at the
airport may be considered through the
MAP to assist in the conversion of a
military joint-use or former military
facility to civilian use.
Use of Regular AIP on a MAP
Designated Airport
MAP designated airport projects are
not limited to MAP funding. They may
also qualify for other AIP funding if they
meet all AIP associated project
eligibility and justification
requirements.
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Designation Requirements
The MAP allows the Secretary of
Transportation to designate civilian
airport sponsors of joint-use or former
military airports (other than an airport
so designated before August 24, 1994) to
receive grants from the AIP if they meet
the following general requirements:
1. The airport is a former military
installation closed or realigned under:
a. Section 2687 of 10 U.S.C.
(announcement of closures of large
Department of Defense (DOD)
installations after September 30, 1977);
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b. Section 201 of the Defense
Authorization Amendments and Base
Closure and Realignment Act (BRAC)
(10 U.S.C. 2687, note); or
c. Section 2905 of the Defense Base
Closure and Realignment Act of 1990
(10 U.S.C. 2687, note).
2. The airport is a military installation
with both military and civil aircraft
operations.
3. The airport is classified as a
commercial service or reliever airport in
the NPIAS. (See 49 U.S.C. 47105(b)(2).)
4. In addition, three of the designated
airports may be GA airports that were
former military installations closed or
realigned under BRAC, as amended, or
10 U.S.C. 2687. (See 49 U.S.C. 47118(g).)
Therefore, a GA airport can only qualify
under requirement 1 of this section.
‘‘GA airport’’ means a public airport that
is located in a State that, as determined
by the Secretary:
a. does not have scheduled service; or
b. has scheduled passenger service
with fewer than 2,500 passenger
boardings per year.
Pursuant to 49 U.S.C. 47104(c), in
designating new candidate airport
sponsors, the Secretary may consider
only current or former military airports
for designation if a grant would:
1. Reduce delays at an airport with
more than 20,000 hours of annual
delays in commercial passenger aircraft
takeoffs and landings;
2. Enhance airport and air traffic
control system capacity in a
metropolitan area or reduce current and
projected flight delays; or
3. Preserve or enhance minimum
airfield infrastructure facilities at former
military airports to support emergency
diversionary operations for transoceanic
flights. (See 49 U.S.C. 47118(c)(3).)
The FAA will evaluate applications
for new MAP designations on the basis
of how the proposed projects included
in the application would contribute to
delay reductions and/or how the airport
improvements would enhance national
and local air traffic or airport system
capacity and provide adequate related
user services.
Candidate Evaluation
Recently realigned or closed military
airports and military airfields with new
joint-use agreements generally have the
greatest need for funding assistance to
transition to civil airport operations.
Newly converted airports and new jointuse locations frequently have minimal
capital development resources and
therefore receive priority consideration
for designation and MAP funding. The
FAA will evaluate the need for eligible
projects based upon information in the
airport’s 5-year Capital Improvement
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Plan (CIP) submitted by the airport
sponsor and the following specific
factors:
1. Compatibility of airport roles and
the ability of the airport to provide an
adequate airport facility;
2. The capability of the airport to
serve aircraft that otherwise must use a
congested airport;
3. Landside surface access;
4. Airport operational capability,
including peak hour and annual
capacities;
5. Potential of other metropolitan area
airports to relieve the congested airport;
6. Ability to satisfy, relieve, or meet
air cargo demand within the
metropolitan area;
7. Forecasted aircraft and passenger
levels, type of commercial service
anticipated, i.e., scheduled or chartered
commercial service;
8. Type and capacity of aircraft
projected to serve the airport and level
of operations at the congested airport
and the candidate airport;
9. The potential for the airport to be
served by aircraft or users, including the
airlines serving the congested airport;
10. Ability to replace an existing
commercial service or reliever airport
serving the area; and
11. Any other documentation to
support designation of the airport
sponsor’s candidate airport.
The FAA will evaluate proposed
development projects to assess the
potential of the airport to become a
viable civilian airport that will enhance
system capacity or reduce delays.
Application Procedures and Required
Documentation
Airport sponsors applying for
designation or redesignation to the MAP
must complete and submit an SF–424
and provide supporting documentation
to the appropriate FAA Regional
Airports Division or Airports District
Office serving that airport. Airport
sponsors may obtain this fillable form
from https://www.faa.gov/airports/
resources/forms/?sect=aip,-payments.
Applicants must fill this form out
completely and include the following:
• Item 1 (Type of Submission)—Mark
as a ‘‘preapplication’’;
• Item 2 (Type of Application)—Mark
as ‘‘New’’ and in ‘‘Other’’ fill in
‘‘Military Airport Program’’;
• Item 15 (Descriptive Title of
Applicant’s Project)—Fill with
‘‘designation (or redesignation) to the
Military Airport Program’’; and
• Item 18.a. (Estimated Funding)—
Fill in the total amount of funding
requests anticipated from the MAP over
the entire term sought in the
application.
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Supporting Documentation
1. Identification as a joint-use or
former military airport. The application
must identify the airport sponsor’s
airport as either a joint-use or former
military airport and indicate whether it
was:
a. Closed or realigned under section
201 of the BRAC and/or section 2905 of
the Defense Base Closure and
Realignment Act of 1990 (Installations
Approved for Closure by the Defense
Base Realignment and Closure
Commissions);
b. Closed or realigned pursuant to 10
U.S.C. 2687 as excess property (bases
announced for closure by the DOD
pursuant to this title after September 30,
1977 (this is the date of announcement
for closure)); or
c. A military installation with both
military and civil aircraft operations.
2. Qualifications for the MAP. The
application must include
documentation to answer questions a.
through j. below:
a. Does the airport meet the definition
of a ‘‘public airport’’ as defined in 49
U.S.C. 47102(21)?
b. Is the required environmental
review for civil reuse or joint-use of the
military airfield completed?
• The environmental review does not
need to include the individual projects
to be funded by the MAP.
• The environmental review is
necessary to convey the property or
enter into a long-term lease, or finalize
a joint-use agreement.
• The military department conveying
or leasing the property or entering into
a joint-use agreement should have the
primary responsibility for the
environmental review.
c. Does the eligible airport sponsor
hold or will hold satisfactory title or a
long-term lease (25 years or longer)?
• Documentation that the Federal
Government accepted an application for
surplus or BRAC airport property is
sufficient to meet this requirement.
d. Does the airport sponsor have an
existing joint-use agreement with the
military department having jurisdiction
over the airport?
e. A copy of the existing joint-use
agreement must be submitted with the
application. Is the airport classified as a
‘‘commercial service airport’’ or a
‘‘reliever airport’’ as defined in 49
U.S.C. 47102(7) and (23)?
f. Is the airport sponsor an eligible
airport ‘‘sponsor,’’ as defined in 49
U.S.C. 47102(26)?
g. Does the airport sponsor have a 5year CIP indicating all eligible grant
projects to be funded either from the
MAP or from other portions of the AIP?
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h. Does the airport have an FAAapproved airport layout plan (ALP)?
i. For commercial service airports, has
a business/marketing plan or equivalent
been completed?
j. For reliever or GA airports,
alternative planning documents may be
submitted in lieu of a business/
marketing plan.
3. Other Factors. The application
should include information on the items
below:
a. Identify the existing and potential
levels of visual or extra instrument
operations and aeronautical activity at
the current or former military airport
and, if applicable, the congested airport.
b. Explain how the airport contributes
to the air traffic system or airport system
capacity.
c. Provide the revenue passenger and
air cargo levels if commercial air
carriers serve the airport.
d. Describe the airport’s projected
civil role and development needs for
transitioning from use as a military
airfield to a civil airport. Include how
development projects would serve to
reduce delays at an airport with more
than 20,000 hours of annual delays in
commercial passenger aircraft takeoffs
and landings, enhance capacity in a
metropolitan area, or reduce current and
projected flight delays.
e. Describe the existing airspace
capacity. Explain how anticipated new
operations would affect the surrounding
airspace, congestion, and air traffic flow
patterns in the metropolitan area in or
near the airport.
f. Describe the airport sponsor’s 5-year
CIP. The CIP must identify the safety,
capacity, and conversion related
projects, estimated costs, and projected
construction schedule.
g. Describe projects that are consistent
with the role of the airport and
effectively contribute to the joint-use or
civil conversion of the airfield. The
projects selected (e.g., safety-related,
conversion-related, and/or capacityrelated) must be identified and fully
explained based on the airport sponsor’s
planned airport use. Each project that
may be eligible under MAP must be
clearly indicated and include the
following information:
Airside
• Planned safety modifications
including pavement, marking, lighting,
drainage, or other structures or features
to meet civil standards for approach,
departure, and other protected airport
surfaces as described in 14 CFR part 77,
or airport design standards set forth in
FAA Advisory Circular 150/5300–13A;
• Planned construction of facilities,
such as passenger terminal gates, aprons
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for passenger terminals, taxiways to new
terminal facilities, aircraft parking, and
cargo facilities to accommodate civil
use;
• Planned utility upgrades serving the
civilian function and independent
operation including: electrical,
mechanical, communications lines,
water, gas, sewer, storm drainage;
• Planned acquisition, construction,
rehabilitation, or modification of
facilities and equipment including:
snow removal equipment, aircraft
rescue and fire fighting facilities and
equipment, security equipment, lighting
vaults, and reconfiguration or relocation
of eligible buildings for more efficient
civil airport operations;
• Planned modifications of fuel farms
to accommodate civil aviation use;
• Planned acquisition of additional
land for runway protection zones, other
approach protection, or airport
development; and
• Planned modifications, which will
permit the airfield to accommodate GA
users.
Landside
• Planned construction,
improvement, or repair of surface
parking areas for passenger and air cargo
terminals;
• Planned construction,
improvement, or repair of access roads
to provide efficient movement of
vehicular traffic that leads directly to or
from a passenger or air cargo terminal,
fixed base operations, and aircraft
maintenance areas; or
• Planned construction,
improvement, or repair of facilities,
such as passenger terminals, hangars,
and air cargo terminal buildings.
h. Evaluate the ability of surface
transportation facilities (e.g., road, rail,
high-speed rail, and/or maritime) to
provide intermodal connections.
i. Describe the type and level of
aviation (and community) interest in the
civil use of the current or former
military airport.
j. Provide one copy of the FAAapproved ALP with each application.
The ALP must clearly describe capacity
and conversion-related projects. Airport
sponsors should also include other
information, such as: Project cost(s),
schedule, project justification(s), other
project related maps and drawings
showing the project location(s), and any
other supporting documentation that
would make the airport sponsor’s
application easier to understand.
Airport sponsors may also include
photos that further describe the airport,
projects, and otherwise clarify certain
aspects of the application. These maps
and ALPs should be cross-referenced
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with the project costs and descriptions
noted elsewhere in the application.
Redesignation Applications
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This notice is issued pursuant to 49 U.S.C.
47118. Issued from Washington, DC, on April
4, 2018.
Elliott Black
Director, Office of Airport Planning and
Programming.
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Airport sponsors applying for
redesignation to the MAP must submit
the same information required of new
candidate airport sponsors. Airport
sponsors requesting redesignation must
also answer the following questions:
1. Why is a redesignation and
additional MAP-eligible project funding
needed to accomplish the conversion to
a civilian-use airport?
2. What is the preferred time period
for redesignation (not to exceed 5
years)?
3. Why would funding of eligible
work under other categories of AIP or
other sources of funding not accomplish
the development needs of the airport?
4. Airport sponsors applying for
redesignation must provide a reanalysis
of their original business/marketing
plans (for example, a plan previously
funded by the DOD’s Office of Economic
Adjustment or the original master plan
for the airport) and prepare an updated
plan. If no business/marketing plan
exists, a business/marketing plan or
strategy must be developed. The report
must address these questions:
a. Is the airport sponsor continuing to
work towards the goals established in
the business/marketing plan?
b. How do the MAP projects
contained in the application contribute
to the goals of the airport sponsor and
its plans?
c. If the business/marketing plan no
longer applies to the current goals of the
airport sponsor, how has the airport
sponsor altered the business/marketing
plan to establish a new direction for the
facility and how do the projects
contained in the MAP application aid in
the completion of the new direction and
goals and by what date does the airport
sponsor anticipate graduating from the
MAP?
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Petition for Exemption; Summary of
Petition Received; Wittman Regional
Airport
Federal Aviation
Administration (FAA), DOT.
ACTION: Notice.
AGENCY:
This notice contains a
summary of a petition seeking relief
from specified requirements of Title 14
of the Code of Federal Regulations. The
purpose of this notice is to improve the
public’s awareness of, and participation
in, the FAA’s exemption process.
Neither publication of this notice nor
the inclusion or omission of information
in the summary is intended to affect the
legal status of the petition or its final
disposition.
SUMMARY:
Comments on this petition must
identify the petition docket number and
must be received on or before April 30,
2018.
ADDRESSES: Send comments identified
by docket number FAA–2018–0191
using any of the following methods:
• Federal eRulemaking Portal: Go to
https://www.regulations.gov and follow
the online instructions for sending your
comments electronically.
• Mail: Send comments to Docket
Operations, M–30; U.S. Department of
Transportation (DOT), 1200 New Jersey
Avenue SE, Room W12–140, West
Building Ground Floor, Washington, DC
20590–0001.
• Hand Delivery or Courier: Take
comments to Docket Operations in
Room W12–140 of the West Building
Ground Floor at 1200 New Jersey
Avenue SE, Washington, DC, between 9
a.m. and 5 p.m., Monday through
Friday, except Federal holidays.
• Fax: Fax comments to Docket
Operations at 202–493–2251.
Privacy: In accordance with 5 U.S.C.
553(c), DOT solicits comments from the
public to better inform its rulemaking
process. DOT posts these comments,
without edit, including any personal
information the commenter provides, to
https://www.regulations.gov, as
described in the system of records
notice (DOT/ALL–14 FDMS), which can
be reviewed at https://www.dot.gov/
privacy.
Docket: Background documents or
comments received may be read at
https://www.regulations.gov at any time.
Follow the online instructions for
accessing the docket or go to the Docket
Operations in Room W12–140 of the
DATES:
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West Building Ground Floor at 1200
New Jersey Avenue SE, Washington,
DC, between 9 a.m. and 5 p.m., Monday
through Friday, except Federal holidays.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
Clarence Garden (202) 267–7489, Office
of Rulemaking, Federal Aviation
Administration, 800 Independence
Avenue SW, Washington, DC 20591.
This notice is published pursuant to
14 CFR 11.85.
Issued in Washington, DC, on March 28,
2018.
Lirio Liu,
Director, Office of Rulemaking.
Petition for Exemption
Docket No.: FAA–2018–0191.
Petitioner: Wittman Regional Airport.
Section(s) of 14 CFR Affected:
§ 139.101.
Description of Relief Sought: Wittman
Regional Airport is requesting an
exemption to allow certain unscheduled
Air Carrier operations at Wittman
Regional Airport (KOSH) at limited
times during Experimental Aircraft
Association (EAA) Airventure 2018.
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DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION
Federal Aviation Administration
[Summary Notice No. PE–2018–19]
Petition for Exemption; Summary of
Petition Received
Federal Aviation
Administration (FAA), DOT.
ACTION: Notice of petition for exemption
received.
AGENCY:
This notice contains a
summary of a petition seeking relief
from specified requirements of Federal
Aviation Regulations. The purpose of
this notice is to improve the public’s
awareness of, and participation in, this
aspect of the FAA’s regulatory activities.
Neither publication of this notice nor
the inclusion or omission of information
in the summary is intended to affect the
legal status of the petition or its final
disposition.
SUMMARY:
Comments on this petition must
identify the petition docket number
involved and must be received on or
before April 30, 2018.
ADDRESSES: Send comments identified
by docket number FAA–2018–0213
using any of the following methods:
• Federal eRulemaking Portal: Go to
https://www.regulations.gov and follow
the online instructions for sending your
comments electronically.
DATES:
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DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION
Federal Aviation Administration
[Docket No: FAA-2005-22842]
Notice of Opportunity: Criteria and Application Procedures for
the Military Airport Program (MAP).
AGENCY: Federal Aviation Administration (FAA), Department of
Transportation (DOT).
ACTION: Notice of criteria and application procedures.
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SUMMARY: This document announces the criteria, application procedures,
and schedule to be applied by the Secretary of Transportation to
designate a maximum of 15 joint-use or former military airports to
participate in the MAP for the purposes of capital development funding
assistance.
DATES: Applications must be received no later than June 8, 2018.
ADDRESSES: Submit an original signed Standard Form (SF) 424,
``Application for Federal Assistance'' (available at: https://www.faa.gov/airports/resources/forms/?sect=aip,payments) along with all
supporting documentation. Airport sponsor applicants must specifically
request consideration to participate in the Fiscal Year (FY) 2018 MAP.
Submission(s) should be sent to the appropriate FAA Regional Airports
Division or Airports District Office that serves the airport (sponsor).
Applicants can find their local office on the FAA website at: https://www.faa.gov/airports/news_information/contact_info/regional/ or may
contact the office listed under the section ``For Further
Information.''
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Mr. Jonathan DiMartino
([email protected]), Airports Financial Assistance Division,
Office of Airport Planning and Programming, Federal Aviation
Administration, 800 Independence Avenue SW., Washington, DC 20591,
(202) 267-8744.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
General Description of the Program
Under 49 U.S.C. 47118, the MAP provides capital development
assistance to civilian airport sponsors of designated joint-use
military airfields or former military airports that are included in the
FAA's National Plan of Integrated Airport Systems (NPIAS). Airport
sponsors designated to the MAP may receive set-aside grant funds from
the Airport Improvement Program (AIP) (4 percent of discretionary
funds) for airport development that will assist the airport sponsor in
successfully transitioning the airport from military to civilian use.
The MAP is described in detail in FAA Order 5100.38D, Airport
Improvement Program (AIP) Handbook.
Number of Airports
As set forth by 49 U.S.C. 47118, a maximum of 15 airports may
participate in the MAP at any time. Three of the 15 may be general
aviation (GA) airports; the remainder must be commercial service or
reliever airports. In FY 2018, there are 12 slots available in the
program; however, there are no openings available for GA airports.
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Designation Duration
The FAA has the option to designate an airport sponsor for any
duration between 1 and 5 fiscal years. The FAA will evaluate the
conversion needs of the airport in its capital development plan to
determine the appropriate length of designation.
Redesignation Duration
Previously designated airport sponsors may apply for redesignation
to the MAP for a period between 1 and 5 fiscal years. Those airport
sponsors must meet the current MAP eligibility requirements of 49
U.S.C. 47118(a), at the beginning of each grant period. The FAA will
evaluate applications for redesignation primarily in terms of the
remaining projects that are specifically fundable only under the MAP
because redesignated airports generally have fewer conversion needs
than new candidates. The FAA's goal is to gradually transition MAP
airports to regular AIP participation by helping these airports
successfully convert to civilian airport operations.
MAP Funding Limitations
Designated airport sponsors may receive up to $7 million per fiscal
year for terminal projects and up to $7 million for construction,
improvement, or repair of fuel farms, utility systems, surface
automobile parking lots, hangars, and air cargo terminals that are not
larger than 50,000 square feet. Revenue generating projects that may
not normally be AIP eligible at the airport may be considered through
the MAP to assist in the conversion of a military joint-use or former
military facility to civilian use.
Use of Regular AIP on a MAP Designated Airport
MAP designated airport projects are not limited to MAP funding.
They may also qualify for other AIP funding if they meet all AIP
associated project eligibility and justification requirements.
Designation Requirements
The MAP allows the Secretary of Transportation to designate
civilian airport sponsors of joint-use or former military airports
(other than an airport so designated before August 24, 1994) to receive
grants from the AIP if they meet the following general requirements:
1. The airport is a former military installation closed or
realigned under:
a. Section 2687 of 10 U.S.C. (announcement of closures of large
Department of Defense (DOD) installations after September 30, 1977);
b. Section 201 of the Defense Authorization Amendments and Base
Closure and Realignment Act (BRAC) (10 U.S.C. 2687, note); or
c. Section 2905 of the Defense Base Closure and Realignment Act of
1990 (10 U.S.C. 2687, note).
2. The airport is a military installation with both military and
civil aircraft operations.
3. The airport is classified as a commercial service or reliever
airport in the NPIAS. (See 49 U.S.C. 47105(b)(2).)
4. In addition, three of the designated airports may be GA airports
that were former military installations closed or realigned under BRAC,
as amended, or 10 U.S.C. 2687. (See 49 U.S.C. 47118(g).) Therefore, a
GA airport can only qualify under requirement 1 of this section. ``GA
airport'' means a public airport that is located in a State that, as
determined by the Secretary:
a. does not have scheduled service; or
b. has scheduled passenger service with fewer than 2,500 passenger
boardings per year.
Pursuant to 49 U.S.C. 47104(c), in designating new candidate
airport sponsors, the Secretary may consider only current or former
military airports for designation if a grant would:
1. Reduce delays at an airport with more than 20,000 hours of
annual delays in commercial passenger aircraft takeoffs and landings;
2. Enhance airport and air traffic control system capacity in a
metropolitan area or reduce current and projected flight delays; or
3. Preserve or enhance minimum airfield infrastructure facilities
at former military airports to support emergency diversionary
operations for transoceanic flights. (See 49 U.S.C. 47118(c)(3).)
The FAA will evaluate applications for new MAP designations on the
basis of how the proposed projects included in the application would
contribute to delay reductions and/or how the airport improvements
would enhance national and local air traffic or airport system capacity
and provide adequate related user services.
Candidate Evaluation
Recently realigned or closed military airports and military
airfields with new joint-use agreements generally have the greatest
need for funding assistance to transition to civil airport operations.
Newly converted airports and new joint-use locations frequently have
minimal capital development resources and therefore receive priority
consideration for designation and MAP funding. The FAA will evaluate
the need for eligible projects based upon information in the airport's
5-year Capital Improvement Plan (CIP) submitted by the airport sponsor
and the following specific factors:
1. Compatibility of airport roles and the ability of the airport to
provide an adequate airport facility;
2. The capability of the airport to serve aircraft that otherwise
must use a congested airport;
3. Landside surface access;
4. Airport operational capability, including peak hour and annual
capacities;
5. Potential of other metropolitan area airports to relieve the
congested airport;
6. Ability to satisfy, relieve, or meet air cargo demand within the
metropolitan area;
7. Forecasted aircraft and passenger levels, type of commercial
service anticipated, i.e., scheduled or chartered commercial service;
8. Type and capacity of aircraft projected to serve the airport and
level of operations at the congested airport and the candidate airport;
9. The potential for the airport to be served by aircraft or users,
including the airlines serving the congested airport;
10. Ability to replace an existing commercial service or reliever
airport serving the area; and
11. Any other documentation to support designation of the airport
sponsor's candidate airport.
The FAA will evaluate proposed development projects to assess the
potential of the airport to become a viable civilian airport that will
enhance system capacity or reduce delays.
Application Procedures and Required Documentation
Airport sponsors applying for designation or redesignation to the
MAP must complete and submit an SF-424 and provide supporting
documentation to the appropriate FAA Regional Airports Division or
Airports District Office serving that airport. Airport sponsors may
obtain this fillable form from https://www.faa.gov/airports/resources/forms/?sect=aip,-payments. Applicants must fill this form out
completely and include the following:
Item 1 (Type of Submission)--Mark as a ``preapplication'';
Item 2 (Type of Application)--Mark as ``New'' and in
``Other'' fill in ``Military Airport Program'';
Item 15 (Descriptive Title of Applicant's Project)--Fill
with ``designation (or redesignation) to the Military Airport
Program''; and
Item 18.a. (Estimated Funding)--Fill in the total amount
of funding requests anticipated from the MAP over the entire term
sought in the application.
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Supporting Documentation
1. Identification as a joint-use or former military airport. The
application must identify the airport sponsor's airport as either a
joint-use or former military airport and indicate whether it was:
a. Closed or realigned under section 201 of the BRAC and/or section
2905 of the Defense Base Closure and Realignment Act of 1990
(Installations Approved for Closure by the Defense Base Realignment and
Closure Commissions);
b. Closed or realigned pursuant to 10 U.S.C. 2687 as excess
property (bases announced for closure by the DOD pursuant to this title
after September 30, 1977 (this is the date of announcement for
closure)); or
c. A military installation with both military and civil aircraft
operations.
2. Qualifications for the MAP. The application must include
documentation to answer questions a. through j. below:
a. Does the airport meet the definition of a ``public airport'' as
defined in 49 U.S.C. 47102(21)?
b. Is the required environmental review for civil reuse or joint-
use of the military airfield completed?
The environmental review does not need to include the
individual projects to be funded by the MAP.
The environmental review is necessary to convey the
property or enter into a long-term lease, or finalize a joint-use
agreement.
The military department conveying or leasing the property
or entering into a joint-use agreement should have the primary
responsibility for the environmental review.
c. Does the eligible airport sponsor hold or will hold satisfactory
title or a long-term lease (25 years or longer)?
Documentation that the Federal Government accepted an
application for surplus or BRAC airport property is sufficient to meet
this requirement.
d. Does the airport sponsor have an existing joint-use agreement
with the military department having jurisdiction over the airport?
e. A copy of the existing joint-use agreement must be submitted
with the application. Is the airport classified as a ``commercial
service airport'' or a ``reliever airport'' as defined in 49 U.S.C.
47102(7) and (23)?
f. Is the airport sponsor an eligible airport ``sponsor,'' as
defined in 49 U.S.C. 47102(26)?
g. Does the airport sponsor have a 5-year CIP indicating all
eligible grant projects to be funded either from the MAP or from other
portions of the AIP?
h. Does the airport have an FAA-approved airport layout plan (ALP)?
i. For commercial service airports, has a business/marketing plan
or equivalent been completed?
j. For reliever or GA airports, alternative planning documents may
be submitted in lieu of a business/marketing plan.
3. Other Factors. The application should include information on the
items below:
a. Identify the existing and potential levels of visual or extra
instrument operations and aeronautical activity at the current or
former military airport and, if applicable, the congested airport.
b. Explain how the airport contributes to the air traffic system or
airport system capacity.
c. Provide the revenue passenger and air cargo levels if commercial
air carriers serve the airport.
d. Describe the airport's projected civil role and development
needs for transitioning from use as a military airfield to a civil
airport. Include how development projects would serve to reduce delays
at an airport with more than 20,000 hours of annual delays in
commercial passenger aircraft takeoffs and landings, enhance capacity
in a metropolitan area, or reduce current and projected flight delays.
e. Describe the existing airspace capacity. Explain how anticipated
new operations would affect the surrounding airspace, congestion, and
air traffic flow patterns in the metropolitan area in or near the
airport.
f. Describe the airport sponsor's 5-year CIP. The CIP must identify
the safety, capacity, and conversion related projects, estimated costs,
and projected construction schedule.
g. Describe projects that are consistent with the role of the
airport and effectively contribute to the joint-use or civil conversion
of the airfield. The projects selected (e.g., safety-related,
conversion-related, and/or capacity-related) must be identified and
fully explained based on the airport sponsor's planned airport use.
Each project that may be eligible under MAP must be clearly indicated
and include the following information:
Airside
Planned safety modifications including pavement, marking,
lighting, drainage, or other structures or features to meet civil
standards for approach, departure, and other protected airport surfaces
as described in 14 CFR part 77, or airport design standards set forth
in FAA Advisory Circular 150/5300-13A;
Planned construction of facilities, such as passenger
terminal gates, aprons for passenger terminals, taxiways to new
terminal facilities, aircraft parking, and cargo facilities to
accommodate civil use;
Planned utility upgrades serving the civilian function and
independent operation including: electrical, mechanical, communications
lines, water, gas, sewer, storm drainage;
Planned acquisition, construction, rehabilitation, or
modification of facilities and equipment including: snow removal
equipment, aircraft rescue and fire fighting facilities and equipment,
security equipment, lighting vaults, and reconfiguration or relocation
of eligible buildings for more efficient civil airport operations;
Planned modifications of fuel farms to accommodate civil
aviation use;
Planned acquisition of additional land for runway
protection zones, other approach protection, or airport development;
and
Planned modifications, which will permit the airfield to
accommodate GA users.
Landside
Planned construction, improvement, or repair of surface
parking areas for passenger and air cargo terminals;
Planned construction, improvement, or repair of access
roads to provide efficient movement of vehicular traffic that leads
directly to or from a passenger or air cargo terminal, fixed base
operations, and aircraft maintenance areas; or
Planned construction, improvement, or repair of
facilities, such as passenger terminals, hangars, and air cargo
terminal buildings.
h. Evaluate the ability of surface transportation facilities (e.g.,
road, rail, high-speed rail, and/or maritime) to provide intermodal
connections.
i. Describe the type and level of aviation (and community) interest
in the civil use of the current or former military airport.
j. Provide one copy of the FAA-approved ALP with each application.
The ALP must clearly describe capacity and conversion-related projects.
Airport sponsors should also include other information, such as:
Project cost(s), schedule, project justification(s), other project
related maps and drawings showing the project location(s), and any
other supporting documentation that would make the airport sponsor's
application easier to understand. Airport sponsors may also include
photos that further describe the airport, projects, and otherwise
clarify certain aspects of the application. These maps and ALPs should
be cross-referenced
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with the project costs and descriptions noted elsewhere in the
application.
Redesignation Applications
Airport sponsors applying for redesignation to the MAP must submit
the same information required of new candidate airport sponsors.
Airport sponsors requesting redesignation must also answer the
following questions:
1. Why is a redesignation and additional MAP-eligible project
funding needed to accomplish the conversion to a civilian-use airport?
2. What is the preferred time period for redesignation (not to
exceed 5 years)?
3. Why would funding of eligible work under other categories of AIP
or other sources of funding not accomplish the development needs of the
airport?
4. Airport sponsors applying for redesignation must provide a
reanalysis of their original business/marketing plans (for example, a
plan previously funded by the DOD's Office of Economic Adjustment or
the original master plan for the airport) and prepare an updated plan.
If no business/marketing plan exists, a business/marketing plan or
strategy must be developed. The report must address these questions:
a. Is the airport sponsor continuing to work towards the goals
established in the business/marketing plan?
b. How do the MAP projects contained in the application contribute
to the goals of the airport sponsor and its plans?
c. If the business/marketing plan no longer applies to the current
goals of the airport sponsor, how has the airport sponsor altered the
business/marketing plan to establish a new direction for the facility
and how do the projects contained in the MAP application aid in the
completion of the new direction and goals and by what date does the
airport sponsor anticipate graduating from the MAP?
This notice is issued pursuant to 49 U.S.C. 47118. Issued from
Washington, DC, on April 4, 2018.
Elliott Black
Director, Office of Airport Planning and Programming.
[FR Doc. 2018-07228 Filed 4-6-18; 8:45 am]
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