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14 CFR Ch. I (1–1–24 Edition) 

§ 158.5 

aircraft in intrastate, interstate, or 
foreign commerce. 

PFC 

means a passenger facility 

charge covered by this part imposed by 
a public agency on passengers enplaned 
at a commercial service airport it con-
trols. 

PFC administrative support costs 

means the reasonable and necessary 
costs of developing a PFC application 
or amendment, issuing and maintain-
ing the required PFC records, and per-
forming the required audit of the pub-
lic agency’s PFC account. These costs 
may include reasonable monthly finan-
cial account charges and transaction 
fees. 

Project 

means airport planning, air-

port land acquisition or development of 
a single project, a multi-phased devel-
opment program, (including but not 
limited to development described in an 
airport capital plan) or a new airport 
for which PFC financing is sought or 
approved under this part. 

Public agency 

means a State or any 

agency of one or more States; a mu-
nicipality or other political subdivision 
of a State; an authority created by 
Federal, State or local law; a tax-sup-
ported organization; an Indian tribe or 
pueblo that controls a commercial 
service airport; or for the purposes of 
this part, a private sponsor of an air-
port approved to participate in the 
Pilot Program on Private Ownership of 
Airports. 

Round trip 

means a trip on a com-

plete air travel itinerary which termi-
nates at the origin point. 

Significant business interest 

means an 

air carrier or foreign air carrier that: 

(1) Had no less than 1.0 percent of 

passenger boardings at that airport in 
the prior calendar year, 

(2) Had at least 25,000 passenger 

boardings at the airport in that prior 
calendar year, or 

(3) Provides scheduled service at that 

airport. 

State 

means a State of the United 

States, the District of Columbia, the 
Commonwealth of Puerto Rico, the 
Virgin Islands, American Samoa, the 
Commonwealth of the Northern Mar-
iana Islands, and Guam. 

Unliquidated PFC revenue 

means rev-

enue received by a public agency from 

collecting carriers but not yet used on 
approved projects. 

[Doc. No. 26385, 56 FR 24278, May 29, 1991, as 
amended by Amdt. 158–2, 65 FR 34540, May 30, 
2000; Amdt. 158–3, 70 FR 14934, Mar. 23, 2005; 
Amdt. 158–4, 72 FR 28847, May 23, 2007] 

§ 158.5 Authority to impose PFC’s. 

Subject to the provisions of this part, 

the Administrator may grant author-
ity to a public agency that controls a 
commercial service airport to impose a 
PFC of $1, $2, $3, $4, or $4.50 on pas-
sengers enplaned at such an airport. No 
public agency may impose a PFC under 
this part unless authorized by the Ad-
ministrator. No State or political sub-
division or agency thereof that is not a 
public agency may impose a PFC cov-
ered by this part. 

[Doc. No. 26385, 56 FR 24278, May 29, 1991, as 
amended by Amdt. 158–2, 65 FR 34541, May 30, 
2000] 

§ 158.7 Exclusivity of authority. 

(a) A State, political subdivision of a 

State, or authority of a State or polit-
ical subdivision that is not the eligible 
public agency may not tax, regulate, 
prohibit, or otherwise attempt to con-
trol in any manner the imposition or 
collection of a PFC or the use of PFC 
revenue. 

(b) No contract or agreement be-

tween an air carrier or foreign air car-
rier and a public agency may impair 
the authority of such public agency to 
impose a PFC or use the PFC revenue 
in accordance with this part. 

[Doc. No. 26385, 56 FR 24278, May 29, 1991, as 
amended by Amdt. 158–2, 65 FR 34541, May 30, 
2000] 

§ 158.9 Limitations. 

(a) No public agency may impose a 

PFC on any passenger— 

(1) For more than 2 boardings on a 

one-way trip or in each direction of a 
round trip; 

(2) On any flight to an eligible point 

on an air carrier that receives essential 
air service compensation on that route. 
The Administrator makes available a 
list of carriers and eligible routes de-
termined by the Department of Trans-
portation for which PFC’s may not be 
imposed under this section;