[Federal Register Volume 59, Number 228 (Tuesday, November 29, 1994)]
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[FR Doc No: 94-29393]


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[Federal Register: November 29, 1994]


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DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION
Office of the Secretary

14 CFR Part 254

[Docket No. 49330]
RIN 2105-AC07

 

Domestic Baggage Liability

AGENCY: Department of Transportation; Office of the Secretary.

ACTION: Extension of the comment period.

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SUMMARY: The Department is extending the comment period for the 
rulemaking on domestic baggage liability. Responding carriers should 
submit their baggage claim information to the Department by November 
29, 1994. DOT will aggregate the data submitted, publish a notice in 
the Federal Register, and place the aggregated data in the docket for 
this proceeding. The comment period will close 30 days after the data 
is placed in the docket. This action is in response to a petition by 
the Air Transport Association of America.

DATES: Carrier data is due November 29, 1994. The comment period, which 
will be announced in a subsequent notice in the Federal Register, will 
be 30 days after the Department places the aggregated data in the 
docket.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Joanne Petrie, Office of Regulation 
and Enforcement, Office of the General Counsel, U.S. Department of 
Transportation, 400 7th Street SW, Room 10424, Washington, DC 20590. 
(202) 366-9306.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: On September 30, 1994 (59 FR 49867), the 
Office of the Secretary (OST) published a notice of proposed rulemaking 
proposing to raise the domestic baggage liability limit for U.S. air 
carriers. The comment period closes on November 29, 1994.
    On November 10, 1994, the Air Transport Association (ATA) 
petitioned OST to extend the comment period. It suggested that 
responding carriers have until November 29, 1994, to submit information 
about their baggage claim experience. It asked for OST to aggregate the 
information because the individual carrier responses are proprietary, 
and then allow 60 days for comments after DOT places the aggregated 
claims information in the docket. ATA claims that this information will 
enable interested members of the public to submit better-grounded 
comments and will enable DOT to make a decision based on the fullest 
information possible.
    We have decided to grant a modified version of ATA's request. 
Carrier data will now be due November 29, 1994. The Department will 
attempt to aggregate the data, to the extent practicable, and place the 
information in the docket. The comment period, which will be announced 
in a subsequent notice in the Federal Register, will be 30 days after 
the Department places the aggregated data in the docket.

    Issued in Washington, DC on November 23, 1994.
Patrick Murphy,
Acting Assistant Secretary for Aviation and International Affairs.
[FR Doc. 94-29393 Filed 11-23-94; 3:49 pm]
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