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IMPLEMENTATION AND FINANCING PLAN nearly 2,000,000 pounds of cargo per year, far below the 100 million pound funding requirement level and is therefore not eligible, nor is it forecast to be eligible for cargo entitlement funding during the 20-year planning period. 5.4.1.3 Discretionary Grants Discretionary grants are based upon commitments to certain eligible development projects at the option of the FAA. Discretionary grants are available for use by most types of public use airports, including Eugene Airport. Discretionary grant funding is made up of two classes of funding: set-aside funds and the remaining funds. The set-aside funds are allocated for noise compatibility and military airport programs, as well as certain set-aside funding for airport types. Many factors will affect the amount of discretionary funding available in a given year. The remaining discretionary grant funds are distributed to airports based on a priority system for projects that enhance safety, improve security, meet standards, and add capacity, in that order. The FAA has established the NPS to assist in deciding how to allocate AIP discretionary grants according to these priorities. Passenger Facility Charges The Passenger Facility Charges (PFC) Program is available to fund certain qualified capital development projects at publicly controlled commercial passenger service airports. This program allows FAA approved airports the . - charged on a round trip, for a maximum total of $18.00. Projects must be FAA-approved to qualify for using these funds. Eligible projects include those which enhance safety, security, or capacity; reduce noise; or increase air carrier competition. PFCs are collected by air carriers when tickets are sold and are then later remitted to the airport, less a handling fee of $0.11 per collected PFC. Eugene Airport was first approved for application to impose and beginning June 1, 2001. Since then, the airport has received approval from the FAA for eleven PFC applications, the last of which (PFC#12) is presently collecting at a $4.50 rate with an approved expiration date of July 1, 2019. The Airport has received approval to collect and use a total of $35,658,797 in PFC funds since its first application. As of September 30, 2017, Eugene Airport has used $32,718,390 of the approved PFC collection amount. As of December 2017, amendments to Applications 11 and 12 are in process to cover Access Control and Terminal Expansion costs for recently completed projects. The amendments would add $2 million to the approved total collection amount. New PFC application recommendations will be accounted for within the CIP later in this chapter. It should be noted that 5 Congressional action currently under review could raise the PFC rate cap, therefore creating the potential for additional available fundingfor qualifying projects. Customer Facility Charges Collections from Customer Facility Charges (CFC) are another form of airport revenue that are generally limited to funding of rental car facilities, associated infrastructure and their operating costs. A CFC is a charge paid by rental car customers per the number of contract days that a vehicle has been rented. CFC Federal agency. CFCs are generally 5 As of December 13, 2017, Congress is still reviewing whether to approve an increase in PFC collection limits. EUGENE AIRPORT MASTER PLAN 5-8