[Federal Register Volume 61, Number 99 (Tuesday, May 21, 1996)]
[Proposed Rules]
[Pages 25420-25421]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 96-12739]
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DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION
14 CFR Part 158
[Docket No. 27791; Notice No. 96-3A]
RIN 2120-AF69
Passenger Facility Charges
AGENCY: Federal Aviation Administration, DOT.
ACTION: Advance notice of proposed rulemaking (ANPRM); extension of
comment period.
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SUMMARY: This document announces an extension of the comment period on
The ANPRM entitled, ``Passenger Facility Charges'' (61 FR 16678; April
16, 1996). This comment period is extended from May 16, 1996, until
August 16, 1996. The extension responds to the request of the Air
Transport Association of America (ATA) and is needed to permit ATA, and
other affected parties, additional time to develop comments responsive
to the ANPRM.
DATES: The comment period is being extended from May 16, 1996, to
August 16, 1996.
ADDRESSES: As stated in Notice No. 96-3, comments should be mailed or
delivered in triplicate, to: Federal Aviation Administration, Office of
the Chief Counsel, Attn: Rules Docket (AGC-200), Docket No. 27791, 800
Independence Avenue, SW., Washington, DC 20591. Comments delivered must
be marked Docket No. 27791. Comments may be examined in Room 915G on
weekdays, except Federal holidays, between 8:30 a.m. and 5:00 p.m.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
Sheryl Scarborough, Passenger Facility Charge Branch (App-530),
Airports Financial Assistance Division, Office of Airports Planning and
Programming, Federal Aviation Administration, 800 Independence Avenue,
SW., Washington, DC 20591; telephone (202) 267-8825.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: On April 16, 1996, the Federal Aviation
Administration (FAA) issued Notice No. 96-3, entitled ``Passenger
Facility
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Charges'' that sought public comment on changes to several sections of
Title 14, Code of Federal Regulations, Part 158 that deal with the
collection, handling, and remittance of PFC's. The notice specified the
quantity and quality of airline cost data necessary for the FAA to
determine an adequate rate of airline compensation. In addition, the
notice included several proposed modifications to part 158 that would
allow air carriers to be compensated based on PFC's collected; would
implement the statutory prohibition (FAA Authorization Act of 1994) on
collection of PFC's from passengers traveling on frequent flyer awards;
and clarified various terms. Finally, the notice requested comments on
several proposals dealing with ways to safeguard PFC revenue in the
event of carrier bankruptcy.
By a request dated April 23, 1996, ATA asked that the comment
period be extended 90 days to allow interested parties to respond
adequately to the complex issues in the notice. ATA states that in
light of the demands that the cost data guidance will place upon
responding carriers and the carrier response rate that the FAA has
established, an extension is needed to permit the submission of the
information in the detail and to the extent that the FAA wishes.
The FAA has determined that an extension of the comment period will
allow ATA and its members additional time for a more thorough review of
applicable issues and questions raised by the ANPRM, and the drafting
of responsive comments.
In order, therefore, to give all interested persons additional time
to complete their comments, the FAA finds that it is in the public
interest to extend the comment period.
Accordingly, the comment period will close on August 16, 1996.
Issued in Washington, DC, on May 16, 1996.
Paul L. Galis,
Director, Office of Airport Planning and Programming.
[FR Doc. 96-12739 Filed 5-16-96; 3:32 pm]
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