[Federal Register Volume 85, Number 79 (Thursday, April 23, 2020)]
[Notices]
[Page 22784]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2020-08587]
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DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION
Federal Aviation Administration
[Docket No: FAA-2020-0047]
Deadlines for Notice of Intent and Submission of Final Grant
Application for Airport Improvement Program Primary, Cargo, and
Nonprimary Entitlement Funds Available to Date for Fiscal Year 2020
AGENCY: Federal Aviation Administration, Department of Transportation.
ACTION: Notice.
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SUMMARY: This action announces the extension to May 4, 2020, and to
Monday, June 15, 2020, respectively, of the deadlines for an airport
sponsor to give notice of intent to use Fiscal Year (FY) 2020 Airport
Improvement Program (AIP) entitlement funds and to submit a final grant
application.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Dave Cushing, Manager, Airports
Financial Assistance Division, APP-500, at (202) 267-8827.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: On January 28, 2020, the FAA announced April
1, 2020, as the deadline for an airport sponsor to notify the FAA if it
would use its FY 2020 AIP entitlement funds, and May 18, 2020, as the
deadline for an airport sponsor to submit a final FY 2020 grant
application (85 FR 5065). That notice applied only to those airports
that have entitlement funds apportioned to them, except those
nonprimary airports located in designated Block Grant States. Since
that time, the COVID-19 public health emergency has impacted airport
sponsors' operations and ability to meet these deadlines.
49 U.S.C. 47105(f) provides that the sponsor of an airport for
which entitlement funds are apportioned shall notify the Secretary of
Transportation, by such time and in a form as prescribed by the
Secretary, of the airport sponsor's intent to submit a grant
application for its available entitlement funds. This notification
ensures that the FAA has sufficient time to carry over and convert
remaining entitlement funds.
Although the April 1 deadline has passed, the FAA will continue to
accept notification of an airport sponsor's intent to submit a grant
application until 12:00 p.m. prevailing local time on Monday, May 4,
2020.
This notification must be in writing and address all entitlement
funds available to date for FY 2020, including those entitlement funds
not obligated from prior years. These notifications are critical to
ensure efficient planning and administration of the AIP.
The FAA also is extending the final grant application deadline
until Monday, June 15, 2020. The final grant application funding
requests are to be based on bids, not estimates.
An airport sponsor must provide its notification and grant
applications to its designated FAA Airports District Office (or
Regional Office in regions without Airports District Offices). Absent
notification of the intent to submit a grant application, or submission
of a grant application by the relevant deadlines noted above, the FAA
will carry over the remainder of available entitlement funds on Monday,
June 29, 2020. These funds will not be available again until at least
the beginning of FY 2021. Dates are subject to possible adjustment
based on future legislation. As of the publication of this notice,
appropriations for the FAA expire on September 30, 2020, and statutory
authorization for the FAA expires on September 30, 2023.
The FAA has determined these deadlines address the unanticipated
impacts of the COVID-19 public health emergency while still
facilitating the FY 2020 grant-making process.
Issued in Washington, DC, on April 17, 2020.
Robert J. Craven,
Director, Office of Airport Planning and Programming.
[FR Doc. 2020-08587 Filed 4-22-20; 8:45 am]
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