[Federal Register Volume 68, Number 153 (Friday, August 8, 2003)]
[Notices]
[Pages 47378-47379]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 03-20192]


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DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION

Federal Aviation Administration

[Docket No. FAA-2003-15745]


High Density Airports; Notice of Reagan Washington National 
Airport Lottery Allocation Procedures

AGENCY: Federal Aviation Administration.

ACTION: Notice rescheduling the date of the lottery to allocate slots 
at Reagan Washington National Airport.

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SUMMARY: This action reschedules the Federal Aviation Administration 
(FAA) lottery for the allocation of limited air carrier and commuter 
slots at Reagan Washington National Airport (DCA). The lottery was 
originally scheduled for July 31, 2003, and is rescheduled for August 
12, 2003.

DATES: July 31, 2003.
    Date/Location of Lottery: The lottery will be held in the Federal 
Aviation Administration (FAA) Auditorium, 3rd floor, 800 Independence 
Avenue, SW., Washington, DC 20591, on August 12, 2003, beginning at 1 
p.m.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Lorelei Peter, Operations and Air 
Traffic Law Branch, Regulations Division, Office of the Chief Counsel, 
Federal Aviation Administration, 800 Independence Avenue, SW., 
Washington, DC 20591; telephone number 202-267-3134.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:

Background

    On July 9, 2003, the FAA published in the Federal Register a notice 
of lottery and allocation procedures for a limited number of air 
carrier and commuter slots at DCA (68 FR 41037). A clarification 
regarding the applicable regulatory definition of a limited incumbent 
carrier was published on July 18, 2003 (68 FR 42796).
    The FAA has received comments and questions regarding the lottery 
procedures and the application of the regulatory definitions of a new 
entrant carrier and a limited incumbent carrier for this lottery. 
Copies of documents related to the lottery, including submissions from 
the carriers requesting to participate in the lottery and letters 
regarding certain lottery procedures and carrier eligibility questions, 
have been placed in the docket for this matter, FAA-2003-15745. On July 
24, 2003, the FAA notified carriers operating at DCA and other 
interested parties of the open docket and provided that if any party 
sought to comment on the lottery or any issues raised by the documents 
in the

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docket, it should do so by 12 p.m. on July 28, 2003.
    We have reviewed the comments in the docket and find that several 
issues regarding carrier eligibility to participate and the lottery 
procedures have been raised. The FAA finds it necessary to delay the 
lottery for a short period of time to properly resolve these concerns. 
The FAA will issue a subsequent notice in the Federal Register that 
responds to the comments and lists the carriers eligible to participate 
in the lottery and their respective category of participation.
    This notice does not reopen the notification deadline for carriers 
not operating at DCA to request participation in the lottery.

    Issued on July 31, 2003, in Washington, DC.
James W. Whitlow,
Deputy Chief Counsel.
[FR Doc. 03-20192 Filed 8-7-03; 8:45 am]
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