Section 151.7

14 CFR Ch. I (1-1-19 Edition)

layout plan. Each airport layout plan,
and any change in it, is subject to FAA
approval. The Administrator-s signature on the face of an original airport
layout plan, or of any change in it, indicates FAA approval. The FAA approves an airport layout plan only if
the airport development is sound and
meets applicable requirements.
(b) Safe, useful, and usable unit. Except as provided in paragraph (d) of
this section, each advance planning
and engineering proposal or airport development 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 increases 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 Airport Program. However, approval of an
advance planning and engineering proposal 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 accomplished more economically under
stage construction, federal funds may
be programmed in advance for the development over two or more years
under two or more grant agreements.
In such a case, the FAA makes a tentative 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 obligated. Advance planning and engineering grants are not made under this
paragraph.
[Amdt. 151-8, 30 FR 8039, June 23, 1965]

Section 151.7 Grants of funds: General policies.
(a) Compliance with sponsorship requirements. The FAA authorizes the expenditure of funds under the Federalaid Airport Program for airport planning and engineering or for airport development 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 Administration; 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 assurances required under section 602 of
the Civil Rights Act of 1964 (42 U.S.C.
2000d-1) and Section 15.7 of the Federal Aviation 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 notifies 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 Program, a grant may be made to a sponsor 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 Government; and
(b) The sponsor is taking reasonable
action promptly to correct the deficiency or the deficiency relates to an
obligation that is no longer required
for the safe and efficient use of the airport 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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