Community Flexibility Pilot Program

Order 04-07-19
OST-00-8556 et al.

Issued July 22, 2004 | Served July 27, 2004

Order Requesting Community Applications

By this order, the Department is requesting applications from communities interested in participating in the Community Flexibility Pilot Program in which communities can forgo their Essential Air Service for a period of 10 years in exchange for a grant equal to no more than two years' EAS subsidy. Applications are due no later than 60 days after the date of service of this order.

Communities interested in obtaining grants in lieu of subsidy‑supported service should submit their applications within 60 days of the date of service of this order. Applications must contain, at a minimum, the amount of the grant being sought and how it will be used. Grant values will be based on subsidy payments made during the most recent 12‑month period ‑‑ i.e., the year ended June 30, 2004. In cases where subsidy payments were made under a single subsidy rate covering service at more than one community, the value of a community's grant will be determined by dividing the subsidy payment between or among the communities in proportion to the relative levels of subsidized service authorized for each of the communities covered by the rate.

By: Karan Bhatia