Passenger facility charges; applications, etc.: Portland International Airport, OR,

[Federal Register: January 27, 1999 (Volume 64, Number 17)]

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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.

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. 99-1840Filed1-26-99; 8:45 am]

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