Notice2025-07224
Airport Improvement Program (AIP) Grant Assurances
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Published
April 25, 2025
Issuing agencies
Transportation DepartmentFederal Aviation Administration
Abstract
The FAA proposes updates to the AIP grant assurances to reflect recent legislative provisions in the FAA Reauthorization Act of 2024 as well as recently issued executive orders.
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[Federal Register Volume 90, Number 79 (Friday, April 25, 2025)]
[Notices]
[Pages 17501-17502]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [<a href="http://www.gpo.gov">www.gpo.gov</a>]
[FR Doc No: 2025-07224]
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DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION
Federal Aviation Administration
[Docket No. FAA-2025-0605]
Airport Improvement Program (AIP) Grant Assurances
AGENCY: Federal Aviation Administration (FAA), Department of
Transportation.
ACTION: Notice of modification of Airport Improvement Program grant
assurances; opportunity to comment.
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SUMMARY: The FAA proposes updates to the AIP grant assurances to
reflect recent legislative provisions in the FAA Reauthorization Act of
2024 as well as recently issued executive orders.
DATES: The FAA is implementing these modified grant assurances upon
publication of this notice to expedite processing Fiscal Year 2025
grants. The FAA will accept public comments concerning these modified
grant assurances for 14 days. Comments must be submitted on or before
May 9, 2025. If necessary, in response to comments received, the FAA
will consider appropriate revisions to these grant assurance
modifications through publication of a subsequent notice in the Federal
Register.
ADDRESSES: You may send comments [identified by Docket Number FAA-2025-
0605] using any of the following methods:
<bullet> Government-Wide Rulemaking Website: Go to <a href="http://www.regulations.gov">http://www.regulations.gov</a> and follow the instructions for sending your
comments electronically.
<bullet> Mail: Docket Operations, U.S. Department of
Transportation, West Building, Ground Floor, Room W12-140, Routing
Symbol M-30, 1200 New Jersey Avenue SE, Washington, DC 20590.
<bullet> Fax: 1-202-493-2251.
<bullet> Hand Delivery: To Docket Operations, Room W12-140 on the
ground floor of the West Building, 1200 New Jersey Avenue SE,
Washington, DC 20590, between 9 a.m. and 5 p.m., Monday through Friday,
except Federal holidays.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: David F. Cushing, Manager, Airports
Financial Assistance Division, Federal Aviation Administration, 800
Independence Avenue SW, Washington, DC 20591; telephone: (202) 267-
8827; fax: (202) 267-5302.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: A sponsor (applicant) seeking financial
assistance in the form of an AIP grant for airport planning, airport
development, noise compatibility planning, or noise mitigation under 49
U.S.C., as amended, or an airport development grant under the
Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act (IIJA) (Pub. L. 117-58), must
agree to comply with certain assurances. These grant assurances are
incorporated in and become part of a sponsor's grant agreement for
Federal financial assistance. As need dictates, the FAA modifies these
assurances to reflect new Federal requirements. Notice of such
modifications is published in the Federal Register, and an opportunity
for public comment is provided. The assurances that apply to a sponsor
depend on the type of sponsor.
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There are four types of grant assurances:
<bullet> Airport Sponsor (applicable for airport development);
<bullet> Non-Airport Sponsors Undertaking Noise Compatibility
Program Projects;
<bullet> Planning Agency Sponsors; and
<bullet> Aviation State Block Grant Program.
The current assurances were published on May 2, 2022, at 87 FR
25691. Prior to the FAA Reauthorization Act of 2024 (Pub. L. 118-63),
the assurances were published on:
<bullet> February 3, 1988, at 53 FR 3104 and amended on September
6, 1988, at 53 FR 34361;
<bullet> August 29, 1989, at 54 FR 35748;
<bullet> June 10, 1994, at 59 FR 30076;
<bullet> January 4, 1995, at 60 FR 521;
<bullet> June 2, 1997, at 62 FR 29761;
<bullet> August 18, 1999, at 64 FR 45008;
<bullet> August 24, 2004, at 69 FR 52057 and amended on March 29,
2005, at 70 FR 15980;
<bullet> March 18, 2011, at 76 FR 15028;
<bullet> April 13, 2012, at 72 FR 22376;
<bullet> April 3, 2014, at 79 FR 18755;
<bullet> February 28, 2020, at 85 FR 12048; and
<bullet> May 2, 2022, at 84 FR 25691.
A complete list of the current grant assurances may be viewed at:
<a href="https://www.faa.gov/airports/aip/grant_assurances">https://www.faa.gov/airports/aip/grant_assurances</a>.
Discussion of Grant Assurance Modifications
The FAA is making five changes to the grant assurances. These
changes will be in effect for grants issued in fiscal year 2025 and
beyond. The changes to the grant assurances are as follows:
Removal of Executive Orders
Executive Order 11246--Equal Employment Opportunity
Executive Order 12898--Environmental Justice
Executive Order 13985--Executive Order on Advancing Racial Equity and
Support for Underserved Communities Through the Federal Government
Executive Order 13988--Preventing and Combating Discrimination on the
Basis of Gender Identity or Sexual Orientation
Executive Order 14008--Tackling the Climate Crisis at Home and Abroad
Additions to Federal Legislation and List of Executive Orders
Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act, Public Law 117-58, Title VIII
Executive Order 14149--Restoring Freedom of Speech and Ending Federal
Censorship
Executive Order 14151--Ending Radical and Wasteful Government DEI
Programs and Preferencing
Executive Order 14154--Unleashing American Energy
Executive Order 14168--Defending Women from Gender Ideology Extremism
and Restoring Biological Truth to the Federal Government
Executive Order 14173--Ending Illegal Discrimination and Restoring
Merit-Based Opportunity
Updates to Grant Assurances 1, General Federal Requirements
The FAA updated the introductory paragraph of Grant Assurance 1 to
include the following language:
``Performance under this agreement shall be governed by and in
compliance with the following requirements, as applicable, to the type
of organization of the Sponsor and any applicable sub-recipients. The
applicable provisions to this agreement include, but are not limited
to, the following:''
Updates to Grant Assurances 5, Preserving Rights and Powers, and 29,
Airport Layout Plan
The FAA updated Grant Assurances 5 and 29 to conform with Section
743 of the FAA Reauthorization Act of 2024 (Pub. L. 118-63).
Updates to Grant Assurance 30, Civil Rights
The FAA updated Grant Assurance 30 to conform with Executive Order
14151, Ending Radical and Wasteful Government DEI Programs and
Preferencing.
Addition of Assurance 40, Access to Leaded Aviation Fuel
The FAA has added Grant Assurance 40 that requires an airport owner
or operator that made any 100-octane low lead aviation gasoline (100LL)
available at such airport, at any time during calendar year 2022, to
not restrict or prohibit the sale of or self-fueling with 100-octane
low lead aviation gasoline. This requirement remains until the earlier
of December 31, 2030, or the date on which the airport or any retail
fuel seller at the airport makes available an unleaded aviation
gasoline that has been authorized for use by the Administrator of the
Federal Aviation Administration as a replacement for 100-octane low
lead aviation gasoline for use in nearly all piston-engine aircraft and
engine models; and meets either an industry consensus standard or other
standard that facilitates the safe use, production, and distribution of
such unleaded aviation gasoline, as determined appropriate by the
Administrator. Violations are subject to civil penalties in accordance
with 49 U.S.C. 46301(a)(8).
Authority for Grant Assurance Modifications
This notice is published under the authority described in Subtitle
VII, Part B, Chapter 471, Sections 47107 and 47122 of Title 49 United
States Code (U.S.C.). In addition, the statutory authorities delegated
to the Federal Aviation Administration are enumerated in Title 49 Code
of Federal Regulations (CFR) 1.83 (``Delegations to the Federal
Aviation Administration'').
Issued in Washington, DC, on April 22, 2025.
David F. Cushing,
Manager, Airports Financial Assistance Division.
[FR Doc. 2025-07224 Filed 4-24-25; 8:45 am]
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