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DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION

Federal Aviation Administration

14 CFR Chapter I

[Summary Notice No. PR-94-14]

 

Petition for Rulemaking; Summary of Petition Received

AGENCY: Federal Aviation Administration (FAA), DOT.

ACTION: Notice of petition for rulemaking received.

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SUMMARY: Pursuant to FAA's provisions governing the application, 
processing, and disposition of petitions for rulemaking (14 CFR Part 
11), this notice contains a summary of a petition filed by the Air 
Transport Association of America to amend Federal Aviation Regulations 
concerning airline compensation for collection, handling, and 
remittance of passenger facility charges (PFCs). The purpose of this 
notice is to seek the public's participation in FAA's regulatory 
activities. Neither publication of this notice nor the inclusion or 
omission of information in the summary is intended to affect the legal 
status of any petition or its final disposition.

DATES: Comments on petitions received must identify the petition docket 
number and must be received on or before July 25, 1994.

ADDRESSES: Send comments on the petition in triplicate to: Federal 
Aviation Administration, Office of the Chief Counsel, Attn: Rules 
Docket No. 27791, 800 Independence Avenue SW., Washington, DC 20591.
    The petition, any comments received, and a copy of any final 
disposition are filed in the assigned regulatory docket and are 
available for examination in the Rules Docket (AGC-200), Room 915G, FAA 
Headquarters Building (FOB 10A), 800 Independence Avenue SW., 
Washington, DC 20591; telephone (202) 267-3132.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Sheryl A. Scarborough, Management and 
Program Analyst, Passenger Facility Charge Branch (APP-530), Airports 
Financial Assistance Division, Federal Aviation Administration, 800 
Independence Avenue SW., Washington, DC 20591; telephone (202) 267-
8825.
    This notice is published pursuant to paragraph (b) of section 11.27 
of Part 11 of the Federal Aviation Regulations (14 CFR Part 11).

    Issued in Washington, DC on June 17, 1994.

Cynthia Rich,
Assistant Administrator for Airports.

Petition for Rulemaking

    Docket No.: 27791.

    Petitioner: Air Transport Association of America (ATA).

    Regulations Affected: 14 CFR 158.53.

    Description of Rulechange Sought: Section 158.53(a) provides, as 
compensation for collecting, handling, and remitting the PFC revenue, 
that the collecting air carrier shall be entitled to retain $0.12 of 
each PFC remitted on or before June 28, 1994. Thereafter, air carriers 
shall be entitled to $0.08 of each PFC remitted. The petition requests 
that Sec. 158.53(a) be modified to extend the $0.12 handling fee for an 
additional three years, at which time the petitioner would file 
comments as to whether or not the airline industry, as a whole, has 
fully recovered the costs of implementing, operating, and maintaining 
the PFC collection system. Further, the petitioner requests that 
Sec. 158.53 be amended to allow air carriers to retain a handling fee 
for a refunded PFC.

    Petitioner's Reason for this Request: The petitioners assert that 
the economic health of the airline industry depends, in part, upon the 
full cost recovery of programs which the carriers implement. This 
includes the PFC program, which the carriers are required, by law, to 
carry out on behalf of airport operators. Further, the petitioner 
asserts that service to passengers may ultimately be harmed if airlines 
are required to cut costs elsewhere to compensate for unrecovered costs 
associated with the PFC program.

    FAA request for information: In order that the FAA may consider and 
fully evaluate this petition for rulemaking, interested parties are 
asked to provide the following information;

    For air carriers, please provide the following data:
    1. To date, number of PFCs collected, refunded, and remitted.
    2. Average numbers of airport public agencies to whom PFCs are 
remitted monthly.
    3. Average numbers of PFCs collected, refunded, and remitted 
monthly.
    4. One time collection start-up costs, broken out by cost centers.
    5. Monthly, on-going collection costs, broken out by cost centers.
    6. Monthly, on-going refund costs, broken out by cost centers.
    7. Monthly, on-going remittance costs, broken out by cost centers.
    8. Annual auditing costs.
    9. Average monthly PFC interest income earned.
    For public agencies, please provide the following data:
    1. What impact, if any, would adopting the petition's request to 
maintain airline compensation at $.12 per PFC remitted have on existing 
PFC project schedules.
    2. What impact, if any, would adopting the petition's request to 
maintain airline compensation at $.12 per PFC remitted have on existing 
PFC project costs.
    3. What measures would public agencies expect to take to compensate 
for lost PFC income if (1) the petition's request to maintain airline 
compensation at $.12 per PFC remitted were adopted, or if (2) the 
airline compensation basis were changed to PFCs collected, rather than 
PFCs remitted.

[FR Doc. 94-15405 Filed 6-23-94; 8:45 am]
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