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14 CFR Ch. I (1–1–24 Edition) 

§ 158.15 

service on indebtedness incurred to 
carry out an airport project that is not 
eligible if the FAA determines that 
such use is necessary because of the fi-
nancial need of the airport. 

(f) 

Combination of PFC revenue and 

Federal grant funds. 

A public agency 

may combine PFC revenue and airport 
grant funds to carry out an approved 
project. These projects are subject to 
the record keeping and auditing re-
quirements of this part, as well as the 
reporting, record keeping and auditing 
requirements imposed by the Airport 
and Airway Improvement Act of 1982 
(AAIA). 

(g) 

Non-Federal share. 

Public agencies 

may use PFC revenue to meet the non- 
Federal share of the cost of projects 
funded under the Federal airport grant 
program or the FAA ‘‘Program to Per-
mit Cost-Sharing of Air Traffic Mod-
ernization Projects’’ under 49 U.S.C. 
44517. 

(h) 

Approval of project following ap-

proval to impose a PFC. 

The public agen-

cy may not use PFC revenue or inter-
est earned thereon except on an ap-
proved project. 

[Doc. No. 26385, 56 FR 24278, May 29, 1991, as 
amended by Amdt. 158–4, 72 FR 28847, May 23, 
2007] 

§ 158.15 Project eligibility at PFC lev-

els of $1, $2, or $3. 

(a) To be eligible, a project must— 
(1) Preserve or enhance safety, secu-

rity, or capacity of the national air 
transportation system; 

(2) Reduce noise or mitigate noise 

impacts resulting from an airport; or 

(3) Furnish opportunities for en-

hanced competition between or among 
air carriers. 

(b) Eligible projects are any of the 

following projects— 

(1) Airport development eligible 

under subchapter I of chapter 471 of 49 
U.S.C.; 

(2) Airport planning eligible under 

subchapter I of chapter 471 of 49 U.S.C.; 

(3) Terminal development as de-

scribed in 49 U.S.C. 47110(d); 

(4) Airport noise compatibility plan-

ning as described in 49 U.S.C. 47505; 

(5) Noise compatibility measures eli-

gible for Federal assistance under 49 
U.S.C. 47504, without regard to whether 

the measures are approved under 49 
U.S.C. 47504; 

(6) Construction of gates and related 

areas at which passengers are enplaned 
or deplaned and other areas directly re-
lated to the movement of passengers 
and baggage in air commerce within 
the boundaries of the airport. These 
areas do not include restaurants, car 
rental and automobile parking facili-
ties, or other concessions. Projects re-
quired to enable added air service by an 
air carrier with less than 50 percent of 
the annual passenger boardings at an 
airport have added eligibility. Such 
projects may include structural foun-
dations and floor systems, exterior 
building walls and load-bearing inte-
rior columns or walls, windows, door 
and roof systems, building utilities (in-
cluding heating, air conditioning, ven-
tilation, plumbing, and electrical serv-
ice), and aircraft fueling facilities next 
to the gate; 

(7) A project approved under the 

FAA’s ‘‘Program to Permit Cost-Shar-
ing of Air Traffic Modernization 
Projects’’ under 49 U.S.C. 44517; or 

(8) If the airport is in an air quality 

nonattainment area (as defined by sec-
tion 171(2) of the Clean Air Act (42 
U.S.C. 7501(2)) or a maintenance area 
referred to in section 175A of such Act 
(42 U.S.C. 7505a), and the project will 
result in the airport receiving appro-
priate emission credits as described in 
49 U.S.C. 47139, a project for: 

(i) Converting vehicles eligible under 

§ 158.15(b)(1) and ground support equip-
ment powered by a diesel or gasoline 
engine used at a commercial service 
airport to low-emission technology cer-
tified or verified by the Environmental 
Protection Agency to reduce emissions 
or to use cleaner burning conventional 
fuels; or 

(ii) Acquiring for use at a commer-

cial service airport vehicles eligible 
under § 158.15(b)(1) and, subject to 
§ 158.13(c), ground support equipment 
that include low-emission technology 
or use cleaner burning fuels. 

(c) An eligible project must be ade-

quately justified to qualify for PFC 
funding. 

[Doc. No. 26385, 56 FR 24278, May 29, 1991; 56 
FR 37127, Aug. 2, 1991; Amdt. 158–2, 65 FR 
34541, May 30, 2000; Amdt. 158–4, 72 FR 28848, 
May 23, 2007]