[Federal Register Volume 61, Number 184 (Friday, September 20, 1996)]
[Notices]
[Page 49519]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 96-24131]


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DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION
Office of the Secretary
[Docket OST-96-1600, Order 96-9-19]


Expanded Cargo Transfer Flexibility at Alaska International 
Airports

SUMMARY: The Department tentatively finds that it is consistent with 
the public interest to grant, except as noted below, the application 
filed by the State of Alaska, the Anchorage International Airport, and 
the Fairbanks International Airport on July 26, 1996, requesting that 
the Department grant blanket authority to all foreign air carriers to 
conduct expanded cargo transfer activities at international airports in 
the State of Alaska. The Department is inviting comments on its 
tentative decision to grant, except as noted below, to all foreign air 
carriers which hold currently effective Department authority to engage 
in scheduled foreign air transportation of cargo (whether under 
authorizations permitting combination or all-cargo services), exemption 
authority under 49 U.S.C. 41301 to engage in the following cargo 
transfer activities at Anchorage and Fairbanks International Airports: 
(1) On-line cargo transfers from one of their own aircraft to any of 
their other aircraft; (2) all forms of change of gauge for cargo 
operations, including ``starburst'' change of gauge; (3) commingling of 
cargo traffic moving in foreign air transportation with cargo traffic 
not moving in foreign air transportation; (4) interline cargo transfers 
to and from U.S. carriers; and (5) interline cargo transfers to and 
from other foreign carriers. Grant of this authority would also apply 
to any foreign air carriers which receive Department authority to 
engage in scheduled foreign air transportation of cargo (whether under 
authorizations permitting combination or all-cargo services) during the 
period this exemption is in effect. However, grant of this authority 
would not apply to foreign air carriers of Japan and the United 
Kingdom, since we are actively engaged in critical, comprehensive 
negotiations aimed at forging new, more competitive bilateral aviation 
agreements with both of these important trading partners. The authority 
would be effective for one year from the date this show cause order 
becomes final.

DATES: Objections to the issuance of a final order in this proceeding 
are due: October 4, 1996. If objections are filed, answers to 
objections are due: October 11, 1996. Persons filing pleadings should 
contact the Department's Foreign Air Carrier Licensing Division at the 
telephone number listed below for a list of persons to be served with 
objections and answers to objections.

ADDRESSES: All documents in this proceeding, with appropriate filing 
copies, should be filed in Docket OST-96-1600, addressed to Central 
Docket Management Facility, U.S. Department of Transportation, Room 
PL401, 400 Seventh Street, S.W., Washington, D.C. 20590.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Barbara Schools, Foreign Air Carrier 
Licensing Division, U.S. Department of Transportation, Room 6412, 400 
Seventh Street, S.W., Washington, D.C. 20590. Telephone (202) 366-2401.

    Dated: September 16, 1996.
Charles A. Hunnicutt,
Assistant Secretary for Aviation and International Affairs.
[FR Doc. 96-24131 Filed 9-19-96; 8:45 am]
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