[Federal Register Volume 64, Number 17 (Wednesday, January 27, 1999)]
[Notices]
[Pages 4172-4173]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 99-1840]
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DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION
Federal Aviation Administration
Notice of Intent to Rule on PFC Application 99-06-C-00-PDX To
Impose and Use the Revenue From a Passenger Facility Charge (PFC) at
Portland International Airport; Submitted by the Port of Portland
(Port), Portland, Oregon
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, and use only the revenue from a PFC at
Portland International Airport under the provisions of 49 U.S.C. 40117
and Part 158 of the Federal Aviation Regulations (14 CFR Part 158).
DATES: Comments must be received on or before February 26, 1999.
ADDRESSES: Comments on this application may be mailed or delivered in
triplicate to the FAA at the following address:
J. Wade Bryant, Manager; Seattle Airports District Office, SEA-ADO;
Federal Aviation Administration; 1601 Lind Avenue SW, Suite 250;
Renton, Washington 98055-4056.
In addition, one copy of any comments submitted to the FAA must be
mailed or delivered to Ms. Sue Haynes, Finance Manager I, at the
following address; 7000 N.E. Airport Way, Portland, OR 97218.
Air carriers and foreign air carriers may submit copies of written
comments previously provided to Portland International Airport under
section 158.23 of Part 158.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Ms. Mary Vargas, (425) 227-2660;
Seattle Airports District Office, Federal Aviation Administration; 1601
Lind Avenue SW, Suite 250; Renton, Washington 98055-4056. 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 99-06-C-00-PDX to impose and use the revenue
from a PFC at Portland International Airport, under the provisions of
49 U.S.C. 40117 and Part 158 of the Federal Aviation Regulations (14
CFR Part 158).
On January 19, 1999, the FAA determine that the application to
impose and use the revenue from a PFC submitted by the Port of
Portland, Portland, Oregon, 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 April
16, 1999.
The following is a brief overview of the application.
Level of the proposed PFC: $3.00.
Proposed charge effective date: November 1, 2006.
Proposed charge expiration date: March 1, 2014.
Total estimated net PFC revenue: $194,309,000.
Brief description of proposed project(s): Terminal Expansion South
(TES)--Phase 2.
Class or classes of air carriers which the public agency has
requested not be required to collect PFCs: Air taxi/commercial
operators and is defined as ``the carriage in air commerce of persons
for compensation or hire as a commercial operator, but not an air
carrier, of aircraft having a maximum seating capacity of less than
twenty passengers or a maximum payload capacity of less than 6,000
pounds. `Air taxi/commercial operators' shall also include, without
regard to number of passengers or payload capacity, revenue passengers
transported for student instruction, nonstop sightseeing flights that
begin and end at the same airport and are conducted within a 25 statute
mile radius of the airport, ferry or
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training flights, aerial photography or survey charters, and fire
fighting charters.''
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: Federal Aviation Administration,
Northwest Mountain Regional Office, Airports Division, ANM-600, 1601
Lind Avenue SW, Suite 315; Renton, WA 98055-4056.
In addition, any person may, upon request, inspect the application,
notice and other documents germane to the application in person at
Portland International Airport, Portland, Oregon.
Issued in Renton, Washington on January 19, 1999.
David A. Field,
Manager, Planning, Programming and Capacity Branch, Northwest Mountain
Region.
[FR Doc. 99-1840 Filed 1-26-99; 8:45 am]
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