[Federal Register Volume 78, Number 175 (Tuesday, September 10, 2013)]
[Notices]
[Page 55327]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2013-21896]


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DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION

Office of the Secretary

[Docket No. DOT-OST-2012-0087]


Advisory Committee for Aviation Consumer Protection

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

ACTION: Notice of fifth meeting of advisory committee.

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SUMMARY: This notice announces the fifth meeting of the Advisory 
Committee for Aviation Consumer Protection.

DATES: The fifth meeting of the advisory committee is scheduled for 
October 8, 2013, from 9:00 a.m. to 4:00 p.m., Eastern Time.

ADDRESSES: The meeting will be held in the Elwood Pete Quesada 
Auditorium located on the third floor of the Federal Aviation 
Administration (FAA) headquarters at 800 Independence Avenue SW., 
Washington, DC. Attendance is open to the public up to the room's 
capacity of 125 attendees. However, since access to the FAA 
headquarters building is controlled for security purposes, any member 
of the general public who plans to attend this meeting must notify the 
Department contact identified below at least five (5) calendar days 
prior to the meeting.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: To register to attend the meeting, 
please contact Max Slaiman, Research Analyst, Centra Technology, Inc., 
[email protected]; 703-894-6910. For other information 
please contact Kathleen Blank Riether, Senior Attorney, Office of 
Aviation Enforcement and Proceedings, [email protected]; 
U.S. Department of Transportation, 1200 New Jersey Ave. SE., 
Washington, DC 20590; 202-366-9342 (phone), 202-366-5944 (fax).

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 
    On May 24, 2012, the Secretary, as mandated by Section 411 of the 
FAA Modernization and Reform Act of 2012 (Pub. L. 112-95, 126 Stat. 11 
(2012)), established the Advisory Committee on Aviation Consumer 
Protection and announced those persons appointed as members. The 
committee's charter, drafted in accordance with the Federal Advisory 
Committee Act (FACA), as amended, 5 U.S.C. App. 2, sets forth policies 
for the operation of the advisory committee and is available on the 
Department's Web site at http://facasms.fido.gov/committee/charters.aspx?cid=2448&aid=47.
    The fifth meeting of the committee is scheduled for Tuesday, 
October 8, 2013, from 9:00 a.m. to 4:00 p.m. Eastern Time in the Elwood 
Pete Quesada Auditorium located on the third floor of the FAA 
headquarters at 800 Independence Avenue SW., Washington, DC 20591. At 
the meeting the DOT's Office of Aviation Enforcement and Proceedings 
(Enforcement Office) will provide an update on the implementation 
status of the committee's initial set of recommendations to the 
Secretary submitted to Congress on March 22, 2013. Other issues to be 
discussed include making consumer rights information available to the 
public on airport posters, delays in the clearance of passengers 
arriving on international flights through the U.S. Customs and Border 
Protection facilities at U.S. airports, customized airfare pricing and 
potential consumer protection issues, and the committee's 
recommendations for calendar year 2013 to the Secretary of 
Transportation on additional needed consumer protection measures.
    As announced in the notices of previous meetings of the committee, 
the meeting will be open to the public, and, time permitting, comments 
by members of the public are invited. Since access to the Federal 
Aviation Administration headquarters building is controlled for 
security purposes, we ask that any member of the general public who 
plans to attend the fifth meeting notify the Department contact noted 
above no later than five (5) calendar days prior to the meeting. 
Attendance will be necessarily limited by the size of the meeting room.
    Members of the public may present written comments at any time. The 
docket number referenced above (OST-2012-0087, available at https://www.regulations.gov,) has been established for committee documents 
including any written comments that may be filed. At the discretion of 
the Chairperson and time permitting, after completion of the planned 
agenda, individual members of the public may provide oral comments. Any 
oral comments presented must be limited to the objectives of the 
committee and will be limited to five (5) minutes per person. 
Individual members of the public who wish to present oral comments must 
notify the Department contact noted above via email that they wish to 
attend and present oral comments at least five (5) calendar days prior 
to the meeting.
    Persons with a disability who plan to attend the meeting and 
require special accommodations, such as an interpreter for the hearing 
impaired, should notify the Department contact noted above at least 
seven (7) calendar days prior to the meeting. Persons attending with a 
service animal should also advise us of that fact so that it can be 
taken into account in connection with space and possible allergy 
issues.
    Notice of this meeting is being provided in accordance with the 
FACA and the General Services Administration regulations covering 
management of Federal advisory committees. (41 CFR Part 102-3.)

    Issued in Washington, DC, on September 3, 2013.
Samuel Podberesky,
Assistant General Counsel for Aviation Enforcement & Proceedings, U.S. 
Department of Transportation.
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