[Federal Register Volume 67, Number 69 (Wednesday, April 10, 2002)]
[Proposed Rules]
[Pages 17308-17309]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 02-8552]


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DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION

Office of the Secretary

14 CFR Part 382

[OST Docket No. 2002-11473]
RIN 2105-AD04


Reporting Requirements for Disability-Related Complaints

AGENCY: Office of the Secretary, Department of Transportation (DOT).

ACTION: Proposed rule; extension of comment period.

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SUMMARY: The Department of Transportation (DOT or Department) hereby 
extends the comment period on the proposed rule requiring certain 
foreign and domestic air carriers to report complaints that they 
receive alleging inadequate accessibility or discrimination on the 
basis of disability.

DATES: The comment period is extended from April 15, 2002, to June 1, 
2002.

ADDRESSES: Comments on this action must refer to the docket and notice 
numbers cited at the beginning of this document and must be submitted 
to the Docket Management Facility of the Office of the Secretary (OST), 
located on the Plaza Level of the Nassif Building at the U.S. 
Department of Transportation, Room PL-401, 400 Seventh Street, SW., 
Washington, DC 20590-0001. The DOT Docket Facility is open to the 
public from 9 a.m. to 5 p.m., Monday through Friday. Comments will be 
available for inspection at this address and will also be viewable via 
the dockets link on the Department's web site (www.dot.gov). Commenters 
who wish the receipt of their comments to be acknowledged should 
include a stamped, self-addressed postcard with their comments. The 
Docket Clerk will date-stamp the postcard and mail it back to the 
commenter.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Jonathan Dols, Office of the General 
Counsel, Department of Transportation, 400 7th Street, SW., Room 4116, 
Washington, DC 20590, 202-366-6828 (voice), (202) 366-0511 (TTY), 202-
366-7152 (fax), or [email protected] (email). Arrangements to 
receive this document in an alternative format may be made by 
contacting the above named individual.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: On March 8, 2002, the Air Transport 
Association of America (ATA) and the Regional Airline Association (RAA) 
filed a request to extend to June 1, 2002, the comment period on the 
Department's proposed rule requiring certain foreign and domestic air 
carriers to report disability-related complaints (see 67 FR 6892, 
February 14, 2002). In their request, ATA and RAA stated that they and 
their members need additional time to analyze the proposed rule, to 
assess its impact, to devise an appropriate survey, and to develop 
substantive recommendations. They maintain that additional time will 
yield more insightful comments that will, in turn, improve the final 
rule. The Department concurs that an extension of the comment period is 
necessary to allow members of industry sufficient time to analyze the 
impact of the proposed rule and determines that this extension would 
not unduly affect the public's or the government's interest. Moreover, 
the Department has not received any objection to the extension of time 
requested by ATA and RAA. Accordingly, the Department finds that this 
constitutes good cause to extend the comment period on the proposed 
rule from April 15, 2002, to June 1, 2002.

    Issued in Washington, DC this 3rd day of April, 2002, under 
authority delegated to me by 14 CFR 385.17(c).
Robert C. Ashby,
Deputy Assistant General Counsel for Regulation and Enforcement, U.S. 
Department of Transportation.
[FR Doc. 02-8552 Filed 4-9-02; 8:45 am]
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