[Federal Register Volume 79, Number 63 (Wednesday, April 2, 2014)]
[Notices]
[Pages 18604-18605]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2014-07290]


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DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION

Federal Aviation Administration


Notice of Intent To Rule on Application To Impose and Use the 
Revenue From a Passenger Facility Charge at Orlando International 
Airport

AGENCY: Federal Aviation Administration (FAA), DOT.

ACTION: Notice of intent to rule on application.

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SUMMARY: The FAA proposes to rule and invites public comment on the 
application to impose and use the revenue from a Passenger Facility 
Charge (PFC) at Orlando International Airport, Orlando, Florida.

DATES: Comments must be received on or before May 2, 2014.

ADDRESSES: Comments on this application may be mailed or delivered in 
triplicate to the FAA at the following address: Orlando Airports 
District Office, 5950 Hazeltine National Drive, Suite 400, Orlando, 
Florida 32822-5024.
    In addition, one copy of any comments submitted to the FAA must be 
mailed or delivered to Phillip N. Brown, Executive Director of the 
Greater Orlando Aviation Authority at the following address: Orlando 
International Airport, One Jeff Fuqua Boulevard, Orlando, Florida 
32827-4399. Air carriers and foreign air carriers may submit copies of 
written comments previously provided to the Greater Orlando Aviation 
Authority under section 158.23 of Part 158.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Ms. Marisol Elliott, Program Manager, 
FAA Orlando Airports District Office, 5950 Hazeltine National Drive, 
Suite 400, Orlando, Florida 32822-5024, (407) 812-6331, ext. 117. The 
application may be reviewed in person at this same location.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The FAA proposes to rule and invites public 
comment on the application to impose and use the revenue from a PFC at 
Orlando International Airport under the provisions of the 49 U.S.C. 
40117 and Part 158 of the Federal Aviation Regulations (14 CFR Part 
158).
    On November 22, 2013, the FAA determined that the application to 
impose and use the revenue from a PFC submitted by the Greater Orlando 
Aviation Authority was not substantially complete within the 
requirements of section 158.25 of Part 158. The environmental review 
required by the National Environmental Policy Act (NEPA) of 1969 had 
not been completed for the projects contained in

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the application. Section 158.25(c)(1)(ii)(B) requires that this 
environmental review be complete for an application submitted for 
authority to use PFC revenue. In addition, the FAA requested that the 
Greater Orlando Aviation Authority provide additional information on 
the projects contained in the application.
    The environmental review of the projects in the application is now 
complete and the Greater Orlando Aviation Authority has submitted the 
supplemental information to complete this application. The FAA will 
approve or disapprove the application, in whole or in part, not later 
than July 11, 2014.
    The following is a brief overview of the application:
    Application Number: 14-17-C-00-MCO.
    Proposed charge effective date: July 1, 2034.
    Proposed charge expiration date: August 1, 2038.
    Level of the proposed PFC: $4.50.
    Total estimated PFC revenue: $460,000,000.
    Brief description of proposed project(s): South Airport Automated 
People Mover (APM) System, Stations, and Associated Facilities--Design 
and Construction; South Airport Automated People Mover (APM) System--
Roadways, Curbs, and Infrastructure--Design and Construction; South 
Airport APM Ticketing and Baggage Check-In Facility--Design and 
Construction.
    Class or classes of air carriers which the public agency has 
requested not be required to collect PFCs: None.
    Any person may inspect the application in person at the FAA office 
listed above under FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT and at the FAA 
Regional Airports office located at: FAA Southern Region Headquarters, 
1701 Columbia Avenue, College Park, Georgia 30337.
    In addition, any person may, upon request, inspect the application, 
notice and other documents germane to the application in person at the 
offices of the Greater Orlando Aviation Authority.

    Issued in Orlando, Florida on March 20, 2014.
Bart Vernace,
Manager, Orlando Airports District Office, Southern Region, Federal 
Aviation Administration.
[FR Doc. 2014-07290 Filed 4-1-14; 8:45 am]
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