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Federal Aviation Administration, DOT 

§ 152.209 

States share of the allowable cost of an 
airport development project approved 
for the specified year: 

(1) 90 percent in the case of grants 

made from funds for fiscal years 1976, 
1977, and 1978, and grants from funds 
for fiscal year 1980 made after February 
17, 1980, for— 

(i) Each air carrier airport, other 

than a commuter service airport, 
which enplanes less than one quarter of 
one percent of the total annual pas-
sengers enplaned as determined for 
purposes of making the latest annual 
apportionment under section 15(a)(3) of 
the AADA; 

(ii) Each commuter service airport; 

and 

(iii) Each general aviation or reliever 

airport. 

(2) 80 percent in the case of grants 

made from funds for fiscal year 1979 
and grants from funds for fiscal year 
1980 made before February 18, 1980, for 
the airports specified in paragraph 
(a)(1) of this section. 

(3) 75 percent in the case of grants 

made from funds for fiscal years 1976 
through 1980 for airports other than 
those specified in paragraph (a)(1) of 
this section. 

(b) In a State in which the unappro-

priated and unreserved public lands 
and nontaxable Indian lands, both indi-
vidual and tribal, are more than five 
percent of the total land in that State, 
the United States’ share under para-
graph (a) of this section— 

(1) Except as provided in paragraph 

(b)(2) of this section, shall be increased 
by the smaller of— 

(i) 25 percent; or 
(ii) A percentage (rounded to the 

nearest one-tenth of a percent) equal to 
one-half of the percentage which the 
area of those lands is of the total land 
area of the state; and 

(2) May not exceed the greater of— 
(i) The percentage share determined 

under paragraph (a) of this section; or 

(ii) The percentage share applying on 

June 30, 1975, as determined under 
paragraph (b)(1) of this section. 

(c) In the case of terminal develop-

ment, the United States share shall be 
50 percent. 

(d) 

Airport planning. 

The United 

States share of the allowable project 

costs of an airport planning project 
shall be— 

(1) In the case of an airport master 

plan, that percent for which a project 
for airport development at that airport 
would be eligible; 

(2) In the case of an airport system 

plan, 75 percent. 

§ 152.207 Proceeds from disposition of 

land. 

Unless otherwise authorized by the 

Administrator, when a release has been 
granted authorizing the sponsor to dis-
pose of land acquired with assistance 
under part 151 of this chapter or this 
part, or through conveyances under the 
Surplus Property Act, the proceeds re-
alized from the disposal may not be 
used as matching funds for any airport 
development project or airport plan-
ning grant, but may be used for any 
other airport purpose. 

§ 152.209 Grant payments: General. 

(a) An application for a grant pay-

ment is made on a form and in a man-
ner prescribed by the Administrator, 
and must be accompanied by any sup-
porting information, that the FAA 
needs to determine the allowability of 
any costs for which payment is re-
quested. 

(b) 

Methods of payment. 

Grant pay-

ments to sponsors and planning agen-
cies will be made by— 

(1) Letter of credit; 
(2) Advance by Treasury check; or 
(3) Reimbursement by Treasury 

checks. 

(c) 

Letter of credit funding. 

Letter of 

credit funding may not be used un-
less— 

(1) There is or will be a continuing 

relationship between a sponsor or plan-
ning agency and the FAA for at least a 
12-month period and the total amount 
of advances to be received within that 
period is $120,000 or more; 

(2) The sponsor or planning agency 

has established or demonstrated to the 
FAA the willingness and ability to es-
tablish procedures that will minimize 
the time elapsing between the transfer 
of funds and their disbursement by the 
grantee; and 

(3) The sponsor’s or planning agen-

cy’s financial management system 
meets the standards for fund control