When aviation projects receiving funding from the Federal Aviation Administration are being negotiated by the department, the department, the local sponsor of the project, and the Federal Aviation Administration shall agree upon an official schedule of project development which shall set the project time schedule. If the department is unable to complete timely reviews as stipulated within the schedule, for reasons solely in the control of the department, the project shall be deemed to be approved in accordance with the standard process of the Federal Aviation Administration.
La. R.S. § 2:814