La. Admin. Code tit. 70 § IX-313
Current through Register Vol. 50, No. 11, November 20, 2024
Section IX-313 - Preliminary EvaluationA. The preliminary evaluation is used to screen potential projects and determine those that can realistically be implemented, assuming funding is available. 1. The first step is to determine whether the project should be included in the priority process. There are three basic criteria: c. eligibility for federal matching funds.2. The second step is to determine whether the information necessary for prioritization is available.B. A DOTD review committee will make an initial determination of whether there is sufficient information to prioritize a project when a project request is received. Some of the information considered by the committee is required by either the Federal Regulations or Title 2 of the Louisiana Revised Statutes.C. DOTD is responsible for assigning priority values to projects, and determining if they are consistent with development plans in the master plan, action plan, or airport layout plan for the airport. If insufficient data is sent to DOTD, correct prioritization of the project will not be possible. When insufficient data is provided, a request will be made for the additional information needed. Therefore, project pre-applications and necessary documentation should be sent to DOTD no later than September 1 to allow time for processing and possible return for additional information before the project application deadline is November 1. Any document package not meeting all requirements and/or not submitted to DOTD by November 1, shall not be prioritized or included in the upcoming fiscal year's program.D. Project Type. Generally, only airport improvement or preservation projects are included in the priority program. Some exceptions are land acquisition for obstruction removal or airport expansion and aircraft rescue and firefighting (ARFF) vehicles and equipment.E. Some projects may be of a type in which DOTD does not participate. For example, the construction of roads and utilities for an air industrial park development or other similar landside projects are not undertaken by the priority system and will not be funded by DOTD.F. Project Cost. Some projects may be too costly for funding from a single year's budget without denying funding to other needed projects at other airports. Therefore, no more than $1,000,000 in 100 percent state funding may be programmed to a single general aviation airport through the Airport Construction and Development Priority Program per fiscal year. Projects in excess of these amounts may be funded in phases of usable units over two or more fiscal years. For example, a project for a general aviation airport may have a total cost of $3,000,000. A usable unit phase for the project may be prioritized in the upcoming budget cycle for no more than $1,000,000, but the remaining $2,000,000 may receive priority in the following yearly budgets to insure project completion. This does not include projects that are prioritized as an FAA AIP grant unless it is known that the FAA will use a multi-year funding approach. Regardless of the project size, if the FAA uses multi-year funding, the state will also use a multi-year approach. Projects for general aviation airport requiring a match will be prioritized in addition to any 100 percent state funding request.La. Admin. Code tit. 70, § IX-313
Promulgated by the Department of Transportation and Development, Division of Aviation, LR 16:538 (June 1990), amended LR 24:1507 (August 1998), amended by the Department of Transportation and Development, Intermodal Transportation Division, LR 33:522 (March 2007), amended by the Department of Transportation and Development, Aviation Section, LR 39:107 (January 2013), Amended by the Department of Transportation and Development, Intermodal Transportation Division, Aviation Section, LR 42759 (5/1/2016), Amended by the Department of Transportation and Development, Office of Multimodal Commerce, LR 491420 (8/1/2023).AUTHORITY NOTE: Promulgated in accordance with USC 49:47101 through 49: 47107, USC 49:48103, SCR 67 (1997), R.S. 2:6, and R.S. 2:802.