[Federal Register Volume 61, Number 184 (Friday, September 20, 1996)]
[Notices]
[Page 49519]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 96-24131]
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DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION
Office of the Secretary
[Docket OST-96-1600, Order 96-9-19]
Expanded Cargo Transfer Flexibility at Alaska International
Airports
SUMMARY: The Department tentatively finds that it is consistent with
the public interest to grant, except as noted below, the application
filed by the State of Alaska, the Anchorage International Airport, and
the Fairbanks International Airport on July 26, 1996, requesting that
the Department grant blanket authority to all foreign air carriers to
conduct expanded cargo transfer activities at international airports in
the State of Alaska. The Department is inviting comments on its
tentative decision to grant, except as noted below, to all foreign air
carriers which hold currently effective Department authority to engage
in scheduled foreign air transportation of cargo (whether under
authorizations permitting combination or all-cargo services), exemption
authority under 49 U.S.C. 41301 to engage in the following cargo
transfer activities at Anchorage and Fairbanks International Airports:
(1) On-line cargo transfers from one of their own aircraft to any of
their other aircraft; (2) all forms of change of gauge for cargo
operations, including ``starburst'' change of gauge; (3) commingling of
cargo traffic moving in foreign air transportation with cargo traffic
not moving in foreign air transportation; (4) interline cargo transfers
to and from U.S. carriers; and (5) interline cargo transfers to and
from other foreign carriers. Grant of this authority would also apply
to any foreign air carriers which receive Department authority to
engage in scheduled foreign air transportation of cargo (whether under
authorizations permitting combination or all-cargo services) during the
period this exemption is in effect. However, grant of this authority
would not apply to foreign air carriers of Japan and the United
Kingdom, since we are actively engaged in critical, comprehensive
negotiations aimed at forging new, more competitive bilateral aviation
agreements with both of these important trading partners. The authority
would be effective for one year from the date this show cause order
becomes final.
DATES: Objections to the issuance of a final order in this proceeding
are due: October 4, 1996. If objections are filed, answers to
objections are due: October 11, 1996. Persons filing pleadings should
contact the Department's Foreign Air Carrier Licensing Division at the
telephone number listed below for a list of persons to be served with
objections and answers to objections.
ADDRESSES: All documents in this proceeding, with appropriate filing
copies, should be filed in Docket OST-96-1600, addressed to Central
Docket Management Facility, U.S. Department of Transportation, Room
PL401, 400 Seventh Street, S.W., Washington, D.C. 20590.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Barbara Schools, Foreign Air Carrier
Licensing Division, U.S. Department of Transportation, Room 6412, 400
Seventh Street, S.W., Washington, D.C. 20590. Telephone (202) 366-2401.
Dated: September 16, 1996.
Charles A. Hunnicutt,
Assistant Secretary for Aviation and International Affairs.
[FR Doc. 96-24131 Filed 9-19-96; 8:45 am]
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