Airport Improvement Program AIP Withholding Levels and Grant Amendments

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Airport Improvement Program (AIP) Withholding
Levels and Grant Amendments
AirTAP Fall Forum - October 2006 Nancy M.
Nistler
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Grant Withholding Levels

• Implemented in July 2005
• Encourages more timely project closeout reports
• When project closeout report is submitted
  approved for payment, final grant funds can be
  released
• 10K Projects less than 500K
• 50K Projects 500K or greater

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Grant Amendments for Cost Overruns

• Unforeseen Overruns
• Limited to 15 of grant amount
• FAA looks at
• Are costs AIP eligible and necessary to complete
  projects listed in grant description?
• Is AIP funding available?
• If funding is available..
• We issue a grant amendment
• If funding is not available
• We add the grant to our amendment list

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Other Grant Amendments

• Planning Grants Cannot be amended
• Amendments to add a NEW work item Very limited.
  Cannot add funding too. Grant must be amended
  before new work commences or the work already
  accomplished is not eligible.
• Amendments for land at primary airports up to
  15 of grant amount
• Amendments for land at non-primary airports up
  to 15 of the grant amount or 25 of the
  increased land costs whichever is greater
• For further information FAA Order 5100.38C, The
  AIP Handbook, Page 14, pages 205 - 208 and
  Appendix 13

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Thank You
AirTAP Fall Forum - October 2006 Nancy M.
Nistler