[Federal Register Volume 61, Number 223 (Monday, November 18, 1996)]
[Notices]
[Page 58736]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 96-29410]


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DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION

Notice of Intent To Rule on Application To Impose and Use the 
Revenue From a Passenger Facility Charge (PFC) at Kalamazoo/Battle 
Creek International Airport, Kalamazoo, MI

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 PFC at Kalamazoo/
Battle Creek International Airport under the provisions of the Aviation 
Safety and Capacity Expansion Act of 1990 (Title IX of the Omnibus 
Budget Reconciliation Act of 1990) (Public Law 101-508) and Part 158 of 
the Federal Aviation Regulations (14 CFR Part 158).

DATES: Comments must be received on or before December 18, 1996.

ADDRESSES: Comments on this application may be mailed or delivered in 
triplicate to the FAA at the following address:
    Federal Aviation Administration, Detroit Airports District Office, 
Willow Run Airport, East, 8820 Beck Road, Belleville, Michigan 48111.
    In addition, one copy of any comments submitted to the FAA must be 
mailed or delivered to Mr. Kenneth Potts, Airport Director of the 
County of Kalamazoo, Michigan at the following address: Kalamazoo/
Battle Creek International Airport, 5235 Portage Road, Kalamazoo, MI 
49002.
    Air carriers and foreign air carriers may submit copies of written 
comments previously provided to the County of Kalamazoo under section 
158.23 of Part 158.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
Mr. Jack D. Roemer, Program Manager, Federal Aviation Administration, 
Detroit Airports District Office, Willow Run Airport, East, 8820 Beck 
Road, Belleville, Michigan 48111, 313-487-7282. 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 
Kalamazoo/Battle Creek International Airport under the provisions of 
the Aviation Safety and Capacity Expansion Act of 1990 (Title IX of the 
Omnibus Budget Reconciliation Act of 1990) (Pub. L. 101-508) and Part 
158 of the Federal Aviation Regulations (14 CFR Part 158).
    On October 25, 1996, the FAA determined that the application to 
impose and use the revenue from a PFC submitted by County of Kalamazoo, 
Michigan, was substantially complete within the requirements of section 
158.25 of Part 158. The FAA will approve or disapprove the application, 
in whole or in part, no later than January 29, 1997.
    The following is a brief overview of the application.

PFC Application No.: 97-01-C-00-AZO
Level of the proposed PFC: $3.00
Proposed charge effective date: April 1, 1997
Proposed charge expiration date: December 31, 2001
Total estimated PFC revenue: $3,326,365.00

Brief Description of Proposed Project(s)

Projects To Impose and Use

1.1  Construct T-Hanger Taxiways, PAPI, and Building Removal.
1.2  Rehabilitate Entrance Road.
1.3  Install Security Access System.
1.4  Obstruction Removal.
1.5  Acquire Frontend Loader.
1.6  Construct Hold Aprons.
1.7  Construct GA Apron Drainage System and Acquire Friction Testing 
Vehicle.
1.8  Acquire ARFF Vehicle.
1.9  Taxiway G Rehabilitation.
1.10 Light Taxiways F & G.
1.11 Install Airfield Signs.
1.12 Install Supplemental Wind Cones.
1.13 Install Security Fencing.
1.14 Construct Runway Fillets/GA Taxistreets.
1.15 Acquire SRE Truck with Plow.
1.16 Environmental Assessment for GA Taxiways.
1.17 Master Plan Update.
1.18 Taxiway C Rehabilitaiton.
1.19 Install Wheelchair Lift.
1.20 Acquire and Remove the Air Zoo Restoration Center.
1.21 Acquire Interactive Training Network.
1.23 Install Road Canopy.

Impose Only Project

1.24 Taxiway B Rehabilitation and Relocation.
1.25 Glycol Capture System.
1.26 Construct Wetland Mitigation.
1.27 Construct New Taxiway H.
1.28 Commuter Concourse Expansion.
1.29 Taxiway D Rehabilitation.
1.30 Construct Perimeter Road.
1.31 Taxiway A Rehabilitation.
1.32 Taxiway E Rehabilitation.
1.33 Baggage Claim Area Expansion.

    Class or classes of air carriers which the public agency has 
requested not be required to collect PFC's: Part 135 Air Taxis.
    Any person may inspect the application in person at the FAA office 
listed above under FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT.
    In addition, any person may, upon request, inspect the application, 
notice, and other documents germane to the application in person at the 
County of Kalamazoo's Airport Director's Office.

    Issued in Des Plaines, Illinois, on November 4, 1996.
Benito De Leon,
Manager, Planning/Programming Branch, Airport Division, Great Lakes 
Region.
[FR Doc. 96-29410 Filed 11-15-96; 8:45 am]
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