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propriate to carry out the provisions of this para- 

 graph. For the purposes of this subsection, the term 

 "metropohtan area" means a standard metropolitan 

 statistical area as established by the Bureau of the 

 Budget, subject however to such modifications and 

 extensions as the Secretary may determine to be 

 appropriate for the purposes of this subsection. 



(21 In the case of a proposed new airport serving- 

 any area, which does not include a metropolitan 

 area, the Secretary shall not approve any airport 

 development project with respect to any proposed 

 airport site not approved by the community or com- 

 munities in which the airport is proposed to be lo- 

 cated. 



(g) State standards. 



(1) The Secretary is authorized to make grants 

 to any State, upon application therefor, for not to 

 exceed 75 i>er centum of the cost of developing 

 standards for airport development at general avia- 

 tion airports in such State, other than standards 

 for safety of approaches. The aggregate of all 

 grants made to any State under this paragraph 

 shall not exceed $25,000. 



(2 ) The Secretary is authorized to approve stand- 

 ards established by a State for airport development 

 at general aviation airports in such State, other 

 than standards for safety of approaches, and upon 

 such approval such State standards shall be the 

 standards applicable to such general aviation air- 

 ports in lieu of any comparable standard estab- 

 lished under subsection (a) of this section. State 

 standards approved under this subsection may be 

 revised, from time to time, as the State or the Sec- 

 retary determines necessary, subject to approval of 

 such revisions by the Secretary. 



(3) There is authorized to be appropriated out of 

 the Airport and Airway Trust Fund not to exceed 

 $1,275,000 to carry out this subsection. 



(h) The Secretary is authorized in connection 

 with any project to accept a certification from a 

 sponsor or a planning agency that such sponsor or 

 agency will comply with all of the statutory and 

 administrative requirements imposed on such spon- 

 sor or agency under this Act in connection with 

 such project. Acceptance by the Secretary of a 

 certification from a sponsor or agency may be 

 rescinded by the Secretary at any time if, in his 

 opinion, it is necessary to do so. Nothing in this 

 subsection shall affect or discharge any respon- 

 sibility or obligation of the Secretary under any 

 other Federal law, including the National Environ- 

 mental Policy Act of 1969 (42 U.S.C. 4321 et seq.), 

 section 4(f) of the Department of Transportation 

 Act (49 U.S.C. 1652). title VI of the CivU Rights 

 Act of 1964 (42 U.S.C. 2000b) , title Vin of the Act 

 of AprU 11, 1968 (42 U.S.C. 3601 et seq.), and the 

 Uniform Relocation Assistance and Land Acquisi- 

 tion Policies Act of 1970 (42 U.S.C. 4601 et seq.). 

 (Pub L. 91-258, title I, § 16, May 21, 1970, 84 Stat. 

 226.) 



(As amended Pub. L. 93-44, § 4, June 18, 1973, 87 

 Stat. 89; Pub. L. 94-353, § 8, July 12, 1976, 90 Stat. 

 876.) 



Amendments 



1973 — Subsec. (c)(1) Pub. L. 93-44 conditioned ap- 

 proval of airport development project on existence of 

 a good title held by the United States or any agency 

 thereof. 



§ 1717. United States share of project costs. 



(a) General provision. 



Except as otherwise provided in this section, the 

 United States share of allowable project costs pay- 

 able on account of any approved airport develop- 

 ment project submitted under section 1716 of this 

 part — 



(1) may not exceed 50 per centum of the allow- 

 able costs in the case of grants made from funds 

 for fiscal years 1971, 1972, and 1973, and may not 

 exceed 50 per centum for sponsors whose airports 

 enplane not less than 1 per centum of the total 

 annual passengers enplaned by air carriers certif- 

 icated by the Civil Aeronautics Board, and may not 

 exceed 75 per centum for sponsors whose airports 

 enplane less than 1 per centum of the total annual 

 passengers enplaned by air carriers certificated by 

 the Civil Aeronautics Board and for sponsors of 

 general aviation or reliever airports, in the case of 

 grants made from funds for fiscal years 1974 and 

 1975; and 



(2) (A) shall be 90 per centum of the allowable 

 project costs in the case of grants from funds for 

 fiscal year 1976, including the period July 1, 1976, 

 through September 30, 1976, and for fiscal years 

 1977 and 1978, and shall be 80 per centum of the 

 allowable project costs in the case of grants from 

 funds for fiscal years 1979 and 1980, (i) for each air 

 carrier airport (other than a commuter service air- 

 port) which enplanes less than one-quarter of 1 

 per centum of the total annual passengers enplaned 

 as determined for purposes of making the latest 

 annual apportionment under section 1715(a) (3) 

 of this Act, (ii) for each commuter service airport, 

 and (iii) for each general aviation airport; and 



(B) shall be 75 per centum of the allowable 

 project costs in the case of all other airports. 



(b) Projects in publicland States. 



In the case of any State containing unappropri- 

 ated and unreserved public lands and nontaxable 

 Indian lands (individual and tribal) exceeding 5 

 per centum of the total area of all lands therein, the 

 United States share under subsection (a) of this 

 section shall be increased by whichever is the smaller 

 of the following percentages thereof: (1) 25 per 

 centum, or (2) a percentage equal to one-half of the 

 percentage that the area of all such lands in that 

 State is of its total area. In no event shall such 

 United States share, as increased by this subsection, 

 exceed the greater of (1) the percentage share 

 determined under subsection (a) of this section, or 

 (2) the percentage share applying on June 30, 1975, 

 as determined under this subsection. 



(c) Projects in Virgin Islands, .\merican Samoa, and 

 the Trust Territory of the Pacific Islands. 



For fiscal years 1971 through 1975, the United 

 States share payable on account of any approved 

 project for airport development in the Virgin 



