[Federal Register Volume 70, Number 18 (Friday, January 28, 2005)]
[Proposed Rules]
[Page 4058]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 05-1562]


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DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION

Office of the Secretary

14 CFR Part 382

[Docket No. OST-2004-19482]
RIN 2105-AC97


Nondiscrimination on the Basis of Disability in Air Travel

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

ACTION: Extension of comment period on proposed rule.

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SUMMARY: The Department is extending through March 4, 2005, the period 
for interested persons to submit comments to its proposed rule to amend 
regulations implementing the Air Carrier Access Act.

DATES: Comments must be received by March 4, 2005. Comments received 
after this date will be considered to the extent practicable.

ADDRESSES: Please include the docket number of this document in all 
comments submitted to the docket. Written comments should be sent to 
Docket Clerk, Department of Transportation, 400 7th Street, SW., Room 
PL-401, Washington, DC 20590. For confirmation of the receipt of 
written comments, commenters may include a stamped, self-addressed 
postcard. The Docket Clerk will date-stamp the postcard and mail it 
back to the commenter. Comments will be available for inspection at 
this address from 10 a.m. to 5:30 p.m., Monday through Friday. Comments 
can also be reviewed through the Dockets Management System (DMS) pages 
of the Department's Web site (http://dms.dot.gov). Commenters may also 
submit comments electronically. Instructions appear on the DMS Web 
site.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Robert C. Ashby, Deputy Assistant 
General Counsel for Regulation and Enforcement, 400 7th Street, SW., 
Room 10424, Washington DC., 20590. Phone 202-366-9310; TTY: 202-755-
7687; Fax: 202-366-9313. E-mail: [email protected].

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: On November 4, 2004, the Department of 
Transportation issued a notice of proposed rulemaking (NPRM) that would 
amend 49 CFR Part 382, the Department's regulation implementing the Air 
Carrier Access Act (69 FR 64364). The NPRM would apply the requirements 
of Part 382 to foreign air carriers, require air carrier web sites to 
be accessible to persons with impaired vision, and generally update and 
improve the organization of the existing regulation. The original 
comment closing date was February 2, 2005.
    The Air Transport Association (ATA) requested an extension of the 
comment period, in order to permit them to gather additional 
information from their members and present better-informed comments to 
the Department. They requested a 30-day extension of the comment 
period. This request was supported by comments from the International 
Air Transport Association, Regional Airline Association, and Air 
Carrier Association of America.
    The Department is granting the requested extension, which we hope 
will result in more thorough comments to the docket than might 
otherwise be possible, not only from ATA. We also urge, given the 
additional time provided by this extension, that commenters make every 
effort to provide detailed data concerning the issues they raise.
    Therefore, the Department of Transportation will extend the comment 
period 30 days, ending March 4, 2005. We do not anticipate the need for 
any further extensions.

    Issued this 19th day of January, 2005, at Washington, DC.
Jeffrey A. Rosen,
General Counsel.
[FR Doc. 05-1562 Filed 1-26-05; 10:08 am]
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