Or. Admin. Code § 738-124-0040 - Maximum COAR Grant Award and Recipient Financial Matching Requirements

(1) Maximum COAR Grant Award

(a) Subject to subsection (b), the aggregate maximum grant award that a Recipient may receive under the COAR program is $150,000 per project, regardless of the number of applications filed for the project.

(b) Notwithstanding subsection (a), the Board may award a larger grant if it finds that a larger award for a particular project would serve the purposes of the program. If an Applicant applies for a grant amount exceeding the maximum amount in subsection (a), the Department may request additional documentation detailing how the grant amount in excess of the maximum would serve one or more of the program purposes listed in OAR 738-124-0010(2).

(2) COAR Financial matching requirements.

(a) Minimum financial match requirements are based on the category of airport at which the project will be implemented, as listed in the current Oregon Aviation Plan. By category, the minimum financial match requirements are:

(A) Category 1

(i) Other Commercial Non-Primary (less than 10,000 enplanements): 35% of the total eligible project costs

(ii) Commercial Primary: 50% of the total eligible project costs

(B) Category 2 - Business: 25% of the total eligible project costs

(C) Category 3 - Regional: 10% of the total eligible project costs

(D) Category 4 - Community: 10% of the total eligible project costs

(E) Category 5 - Low Activity: 5% of the total eligible project costs

(b) Notwithstanding subsection (a), the minimum financial match requirement for an airport listed in Table 1 of the FAA's Essential Air Service (EAS)/Economically Distressed Area (EDA) Determination memo dated February 8, 2019 is 5% of the total eligible project costs.

(c) For applications filed for assistance with FAA grant match requirements, the eligible project cost equals (i) the FAA grant match amount less (ii) any non-FAA, non-Applicant project funding sources, for example, Connect Oregon funds. The resulting eligible project cost is subject to the minimum financial match requirements described above.

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Or. Admin. Code § 738-124-0040

AVIA 1-2016(Temp), f. & cert. ef. 5-11-16 thru 11-4-16; AVIA 4-2016, f. & cert. ef. 10/31/2016; AVIA 1-2020, amend filed 02/13/2020, effective 2/13/2020; AVIA 3-2020, minor correction filed 03/24/2020, effective 03/24/2020; AVIA 4-2022, amend filed 08/29/2022, effective 8/29/2022; AVIA 2-2024, amend filed 06/25/2024, effective 7/1/2024

Statutory/Other Authority: ORS 835.035, ORS 835.040, ORS 835.112 & ORS 319.023

Statutes/Other Implemented: ORS 835.025, ORS 835.040 & ORS 319.023