[Federal Register Volume 67, Number 55 (Thursday, March 21, 2002)]
[Proposed Rules]
[Pages 13113-13114]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 02-6820]


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DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION

Office of the Secretary

14 CFR Parts 200 and 212

[Docket OST-2002-11741]


Standards for Approving International Charter Flights; Petition 
of the National Air Carrier Association for Rulemaking

AGENCY: Office of the Secretary, DOT.

ACTION: Petition for rulemaking; request for comments.

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SUMMARY: The Department is inviting comments on the petition for 
rulemaking filed by the National Air Carrier Association (NACA) to add, 
delete and amend certain provisions of 14 CFR Parts 200 and 212 of the 
Department's Regulations. In its petition, NACA proposes, among other 
things, changes in the definitions and standards the Department uses in 
determining whether to grant or deny foreign air carrier requests to 
conduct certain types of international charter flights. In order that 
we may have a complete record on which to base our decision on NACA's 
petition, we solicit the views of all interested persons and entities, 
including direct air carriers (both U.S. and foreign), indirect air 
carriers (both U.S. and foreign), trade associations, labor unions, 
travel agents, shippers, communities, and the general public, on the 
proposals set forth in that petition. The proposal is in OST Docket 
2002-11741 and can be accessed via the internet by searching Docket 
11741 at the DOT Docket website (http://dms.dot.gov). Hard copies may 
also be obtained by calling the contact person listed below.

DATES: Comments to the Petition for Rulemaking are due May 6, 2002. If 
comments are filed, reply comments are due June 4, 2002.

ADDRESSES: To make sure your comments and related material are not 
entered more than once in the docket, please submit them (marked with 
docket number OST-2002-11741) by only one of the following means:
    (1) By mail to the Docket Management Facility, U.S. Department of 
Transportation, Room PL-401, 400 Seventh Street SW., Washington, DC 
20590.
    (2) By hand delivery to room PL-401 on the Plaza level of the 
Nassif Building, 400 Seventh Street SW., Washington, DC, between 9 a.m. 
and 5 p.m., Monday through Friday, except Federal holidays. The 
telephone number is 202-366-9329.
    (3) Electronically through the Web Site for the Docket Management 
System at http://dms.dot.gov. Comments must be filed in Docket OST-
2002-11741, U.S. Department of Transportation, 400 7th St. SW., 
Washington, DC 20590. Late filed comments will be considered to the 
extent possible. Due to security procedures in effect since October 
2001 on mail deliveries, mail received through the Postal Service may 
be subject to delays. Commenters should consider using an express mail 
firm to ensure the timely filing of any

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comments not submitted electronically or by hand.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Gordon Bingham, Foreign Air Carrier 
Licensing Division, U.S. Department of Transportation, Room 6412, 400 
Seventh Street, SW., Washington, DC 20590. Telephone (202) 366-2404.

    Issued in Washington, DC on March 15, 2002.
Read C. Van De Water,
Assistant Secretary for Aviation and International Affairs.
[FR Doc. 02-6820 Filed 3-20-02; 8:45 am]
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