20.930: Payments for Small Community Air Service Development

20.930

Inactive

USDA Immediate Office of the Secretary [USDA]

Aug. 10, 2022

Aug. 10, 2022

To help small communities enhance their air service and increase access to the national transportation system.

B - Project Grants

Small communities that meet that following statutory criteria under 49 U.S.C. § 41743, as amended, may apply for a SCASDP grant: 1) The airport serving the community or consortium is not larger than a small hub airport, as determined using the FAA’s most recently published classification effective on the date that the community or consortium file an application; 2) the airport has insufficient air carrier service or unreasonably high airfares; 3) the airport presents characteristics, such as geographic diversity or unique circumstances, that demonstrate the need for, and feasibility of, grant assistance from the Small Community Program; 4) an applicant may not receive an additional grant to support the same project more than once in a 10-year period, except in certain circumstances; and 5) an applicant may not receive an additional grant, prior to the completion of its previous grant. Federal Awards Information: No more than 4 communities or consortia of communities, or a combination thereof, from the same State may be selected to participate in the program in any fiscal year. No more than 40 communities or consortia of communities, or a combination thereof, may be selected to participate in the program in each year for which the funds are appropriated. Applications for renewal or supplementation of existing projects are not eligible to compete with applications for new Federal awards. Consortium Applications: Both individual communities and consortia of communities are eligible for SCASDP funds. An application from a consortium of communities must be one that seeks to facilitate the efforts of the communities working together toward one joint grant project, with one joint objective, including the establishment of one entity to ensure that the joint objective is accomplished. Multiple Applications: A community may file only one application for a grant, either individually or as part of a consortium. Prior grant recipients, communities or members of a consortia, that were awarded grants in previous years and want to apply for a grant this year should be aware that they are precluded from seeking new funds for projects for which they have already received an award under the Small Community Program.

The legal sponsor of the proposed project must be a government entity. If the applicant is a public-private partnership, a public government member of the organization must be identified as the community’s sponsor to receive project cost reimbursements. A community may designate only one government entity as the legal sponsor, even if it is applying as a consortium that consists of two or more local government entities. Private organizations may not be designated as the legal sponsor of a grant under the Small Community Program. The community has the responsibility to ensure that the recipient of any funding has the legal authority under state and local laws to carry out all aspects of the grant.

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