Emergency Justification Letter

To: Office of Management and Budget

March 31, 2009

The American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009 (ARRA) provided funding for
airport development. This funding of $1,100,000,000 is intended to improve facilities
and equipment needed for the National Airspace System (NAS) at our nation's airports.
ARRA requires that 50 percent of the ARRA grants be awarded within 120 days after
enactment of the Act, or by June 16, 2009. To ensure ARRA grants are awarded quickly
and within the timeframes established by the Office of Management and Budget (OMB)
and the Act, the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) requests approval to use OMB's
emergency processing system to meet Paperwork Reduction Act (PRA) requirements.
FAA is required to report data about grants funded through ARRA. FAA intends to
collect new information from grant recipients about use of ARRA funds, including such
elements as jobs created and retained.
The Act establishes a June 16, 2009 deadline for issuing the first half of the ARRA
grants. FAA therefore requests an approval date before April 3, 2009. Without a waiver
of OMB's normal approving process, FAA will not meet the requirements set by ARRA
to expeditiously award contract actions and thus delay funding impact on America's
recovery.

Sincerely,

Wayne Hfeibeck
Deputy Director,
Airport Planning and Programming