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14 CFR Ch. I (1–1–19 Edition) 

§ 151.7 

layout plan. Each airport layout plan, 
and any change in it, is subject to FAA 
approval. The Administrator’s signa-
ture on the face of an original airport 
layout plan, or of any change in it, in-
dicates FAA approval. The FAA ap-
proves an airport layout plan only if 
the airport development is sound and 
meets applicable requirements. 

(b) 

Safe, useful, and usable unit. 

Ex-

cept as provided in paragraph (d) of 
this section, each advance planning 
and engineering proposal or airport de-
velopment project must provide for the 
planning or development of— 

(1) An airport or unit of an airport 

that is safe, useful, and usable; or 

(2) An additional facility that in-

creases the safety, usefulness, or 
usability of an airport. 

(c) 

National defense needs. 

The needs 

of national defense are fully considered 
in administering the Federal-aid Air-
port Program. However, approval of an 
advance planning and engineering pro-
posal or a project application is limited 
to planning or airport development 
necessary for civil aviation. 

(d) 

Stage development. 

In any case in 

which airport development can be ac-
complished more economically under 
stage construction, federal funds may 
be programmed in advance for the de-
velopment over two or more years 
under two or more grant agreements. 
In such a case, the FAA makes a ten-
tative allocation of funds for both the 
current and future fiscal years, rather 
than allocating the entire federal share 
in one fiscal year. A grant agreement is 
made only during the fiscal year in 
which funds are authorized to be obli-
gated. Advance planning and engineer-
ing grants are not made under this 
paragraph. 

[Amdt. 151–8, 30 FR 8039, June 23, 1965] 

§ 151.7

Grants of funds: General poli-

cies. 

(a) 

Compliance with sponsorship re-

quirements. 

The FAA authorizes the ex-

penditure of funds under the Federal- 
aid Airport Program for airport plan-
ning and engineering or for airport de-
velopment only if the Administrator is 
satisfied that the sponsor has met or 
will meet the requirements established 
by existing and proposed agreements 
with the United States with respect to 

any airport that the sponsor owns or 
controls. 

(1) Agreements with the United 

States to which this requirement of 
compliance applies include— 

(i) Any grant agreement made under 

the Federal-aid Airport Program; 

(ii) Any covenant in a conveyance 

under section 16 of the Federal Airport 
Act; 

(iii) Any covenant in a conveyance of 

surplus airport property either under 
section 13(g) of the Surplus Property 
Act (50 U.S.C. App. 1622(g)) or under 
Regulation 16 of the War Assets Ad-
ministration; and 

(iv) Any AP–4 agreement made under 

the terminated Development Landing 
Areas National Defense Program and 
the Development Civil Landing Areas 
Program. 

This requirement does not apply to as-
surances required under section 602 of 
the Civil Rights Act of 1964 (42 U.S.C. 
2000d–1) and § 15.7 of the Federal Avia-
tion Regulations (14 CFR 15.7). 

(2) If it appears that a sponsor has 

failed to comply with a requirement of 
an agreement with the United States 
with respect to an airport, the FAA no-
tifies him of this fact and affords him 
an opportunity to submit materials to 
refute the allegation of noncompliance 
or to achieve compliance. 

(3) If a project is otherwise eligible 

under the Federal-aid Airport Pro-
gram, a grant may be made to a spon-
sor who has not complied with an 
agreement if the sponsor shows— 

(i) That the noncompliance is caused 

by factors beyond his control; or 

(ii) That the following circumstances 

exist: 

(

a

) The noncompliance consisted of a 

failure, through mistake or ignorance, 
to perform minor conditions in old 
agreements with the Federal Govern-
ment; and 

(

b

) The sponsor is taking reasonable 

action promptly to correct the defi-
ciency or the deficiency relates to an 
obligation that is no longer required 
for the safe and efficient use of the air-
port under existing law and policy. 

(b) 

Small proposals and projects. 

Unless 

there is otherwise a special need for 
U.S. participation, the FAA includes 
an advance planning and engineering 
proposal or an airport development 

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