"Notice of Intent To Rule on PFC Application - Detroit Metro Airport, MI"

Monday, July 12, 2004

Notice of Intent To Rule on Application 04-05-C-00-DTW to Impose and Use
the Revenue From a Passenger Facility Charge (PFC) at Detroit
Metropolitan Airport
The Federal Register


DATES: Comments must be received on or before August 9, 2004.

ADDRESSES: Comments on this application may be mailed or delivered in
triplicate to the FAA at the following address: Detroit Airports
District Office, 1677 South Wayne Road, Suite 107, Romulus, Michigan
48174.

In addition, one copy of any comments submitted to the FAA must be
mailed or delivered to Lester Robinson, Chief Executive Officer of the
Wayne County Airport Authority at the following address: Detroit
Metropolitan Wayne County Airport, L.C. Smith Terminal-Mezzanine,
Detroit, Michigan 48174.

Air carriers and foreign air carriers may submit copies of written
comments previously provided to the Wayne County Airport Authority under
SEC 158.23 of part 158.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Jason Watt, Program Manager, Federal
Aviation Administration, Detroit Airports District Office, 11677 South
Wayne Road, Suite 107, Romulus, Michigan 48174, (734) 229-2906. 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
Detroit Metropolitan Wayne County Airport under the provisions of the 49
U.S.C. 40117 and part 158 of the Federal Aviation Regulations (14 CFR
part 158).

On June 19, 2004, the FAA determined that the application to impose and
use the revenue from a PFC submitted by the Wayne County Airport
Authority was substantially complete within the requirements of SEC
158.25 of part 158. The FAA will approve or disapprove the application,
in whole or in part, no later than September 21, 2004.

The following is a brief overview of the application.

Proposed charge effective date: September 1, 2029.

Proposed charge expiration date: October 1, 2032.

Level of the proposed PFC: $4.50.

Total estimated PFC revenue: $457,173,000.

Brief description of proposed projects: North Terminal Apron, Runway
3R/21L Design and Pavement Evaluation, McNamara Terminal Phase II
Program, Taxiway "Q" Construction, Airfield Safety Vehicles and
Equipment, Deicing Pads at Runway 4R, 3L and 22L, Part 150 Study Update,
Third Aircraft Rescue and Fire Fighting (ARFF) Facility, Runway 4R/22L
Shoulders/Overburden, Perimeter Fencing and Security Enhancements,
Surface Movement Guidance Control System (SMGCS), West Airfield
Improvements, Runway 3L/21R Planning, and Interconnect Re-route.

Class or classes of air carriers, which the public agency has requested
not to be required to collect PFCs: air carriers or foreign air
carriers, which enplane fewer than 500 passengers per year.

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
Wayne County Airport Authority.

Issued in Des Plaines, Illinois, on July 2, 2004.

Elliott Black,
Manager, Planning and Programming Branch, Airports Division, Great Lakes
Region.


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