98-2385. Security of Aircraft and Safety of Passengers Transiting Port-Au- Prince, Haiti

[Federal Register Volume 63, Number 20 (Friday, January 30, 1998)]
[Notices]
[Pages 4686-4687]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 98-2385]


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DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION

Office of the Secretary


Security of Aircraft and Safety of Passengers Transiting Port-Au-
Prince, Haiti

AGENCY: Office of the Secretary, DOT.

ACTION: Notice.

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SUMMARY: The Department has found that Port-Au-Prince International 
Airport does not maintain and carry out effective security measures. 
The Department is requiring notice of that finding be given to 
passengers and posted at airports in accordance with statutory 
requirements.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Peter Bloch, Office of the General 
Counsel, U. S. Department of

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Transportation, 400 7th Street, SW., Washington, DC 20590. Telephone 
[phone].
    Pursuant to 49 U.S.C. Sec. 44907 D(1), on October 20, 1997, I 
notified the Haitian government that I had determined that Port-Au-
Prince International Airport, Port-Au-Prince, Haiti, did not maintain 
and carry out effective security measures. 90 days have elapsed since 
my determination, and I have found that Port-Au-Prince International 
Airport still does not maintain and carry out effective security 
measures. My determination is based on Federal Aviation Administration 
assessments which reveal that security measures used at the airport do 
not meet the standards established by the International Civil Aviation 
Organization.

Notice

    Pursuant to 49 U.S.C. Sec. 44907 D(1), I have directed that a copy 
of this notice be published in the Federal Register, that my 
determination be displayed prominently in all U.S. Airports regularly 
being served by scheduled air carrier operations, and that the news 
media be notified of my determination. In addition, as a result of this 
determination, all U.S. and foreign air carriers (and their agents) 
providing service between the United States and Port-Au-Prince 
International Airport must provide notice of my determination to any 
passenger purchasing a ticket for transportation between the United 
States and Port-Au-Prince International Airport, with such notice to be 
made by written material included on or with such ticket.

    Dated: January 23, 1998.
Rodney E. Slater,
Secretary of Transportation.
[FR Doc. 98-2385 Filed 1-29-98; 8:45 am]
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