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Committee highlights Terrebonne SAF grant, seeks FAA test site in Gulf; discusses international UAM ties
Summary
Committee briefed members on a grant to design a 30,000‑gallon SAF distribution facility at Terrebonne/Houma, a pending $22 million blending plant, and ongoing efforts to persuade FAA to authorize Gulf test areas beyond 12 miles; the committee also recapped international outreach to South Korea.
The committee’s meeting on Nov. 15 included an update on sustainable aviation fuel (SAF) infrastructure at the home of Terrebonne Airport and continued efforts to secure FAA authorization for Advanced Air Mobility testing in the Gulf of Mexico.
Unidentified Speaker 1 said the committee received an initial grant (about $2,300,000 in combined state, local and FAA AIP dollars) to build a 30,000‑gallon SAF distribution facility and that a separate, larger blending plant proposal near the Port of Houma is estimated at about $22,000,000. "We just got, which is to build a small distribution plant of 30,000 gallons," the chair said, adding the blending…
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