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T O F TRANSPORTATIO

N BUREA U O F TRANSPORTATIO

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Motio n o f FEDERA L EXPRES S CORPORATIO N fo r Confidentia

l Treatmen

t o f Documents unde r Rul e 1 2 o f

th e Rule s o f

Practic e of th e Departmen

t o f Transportation , 1 4 CF R 302.1 2 (Amende

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T O F TRANSPORTATIO

N BUREA U O F TRANSPORTATIO

N STATISTIC S WASHINGTON , D.C . Motio n o f FEDERA L EXPRES S CORPORATIO N fo r Confidentia

l Treatmen

t o f Documents imde r Rul e 1 2 o f

th e Rule s o

f Practic e o f th e Departmen

t o f Transportation , 1 4 CF R 302.1 2 (Amende

d For m41 ; Schedule B-7 ) Docke t OST-97-249 4

Novembe r 2,201 1 MOTIO

N O F FEDERA

L EXPRES S CORPORATIO N FO R CONFIDENTIA

L TREATMEN

T PURSUAN

T T O RUL E 1 2 Federa l Expres s Corporation (Federa l Express ) hereb y submit s thi s motion t o withhold fro mpubli c disclosur

e certain informatio

n contained i

n it s Amende

d For m41 , Schedul

e B-7 , Airfram e an d Aircraf t Engin e Acquisition s an

d Retirement s Repor

t fo r th e quarte r ende d Septembe r 30,2011 , submitted herewit h undie r sea l pursuan t to Rul e 1 2 of

th e Rule s o

f Practic e o f th e Departmen

t o f Transportation (th

e Department). '

' 1 4 C.F.R . § 302.12 . concurrentl y herewith , Federal Expres s i s submittin g acop y o f th e sam e report

t o th e Burea u o f Transportatio n Statistics , Offic e o f Airlin e Information , pursuan t t o Part 24 1 o f th e Economi c Regulations , redacte d t o delet e certai n confidential financial informatio n fromth e publicly-availabi e copie s o f th e report .Motion o f FedE x Expres s Docke t OST-97-249 4 Pag e 2 o f 3

1 . B y letter s date d Augus t

23,199 4 and Jun

e 5 , 1995 , Mr . Jame s W . Mitchell , forme r Director , Offic

e o f Airline Statistics , Researc

h an d Specia l Program s Administration , granted th e motion s o

f Delt aAi r Lines , Inc . an

d America n Airlines , Inc. , respectively , fo r confidentia

l treatmen t o f information tha

t i s substantiall

y th e sam e a s tha t fo r whic h FedE x Expres s seek s confidentia l treatmen t here . Actin g unde

r delegated authority , Mr . Mitchel

l determined on behal f

o f th e Departmen

t tha t th e aircraf t cos t information contained i

n Schedule s B- 7 an

d B-4 3 i s confidentia

l an d competitivel

y sensitive . H

e concluded tha

t Exemption s 3 an

d 4 o f th e Freedomo f

Information Ac

t ( 5 U.S.C . § 552(b)(3 ) an

d (4) ) authoriz e th e Departmen t t o withhol d thi s fmancia

l information . Further , he ruled tha t th e Departmen

t should den

y publi c acces s t

o thi s confidentia l financial informatio

n fo r ten years . The Burea

u confirme d it s finding o

f competitiv e sensitivit

y i n 2004 . 6 9 Fed . Reg . 6230 9 (Octobe r 25,2004) . Fo r th e reason s state

d in thos e letters , th e Departmen t should als o gran

t confidentia

l treatmen t t o the dat asubmitted unde

r sea l wit h thi s motion fo

r a t leas t te n years . 2 . Unite d Parce l Servic e Compan

y an d United Ai

r Line s sough

t fiirther extensio n of

th e confidentia l perio d i n 2004 . Th e Burea u sough t publi c commen

t o n thei r request s in Docke t BT S - 200

4 - 19380 . Shoul

d the Burea

u gran t thos e requests , FedE

x seeks simila

r treatment .Motio n of FedE x Expres s Docke t OST^97-249

4 Pag e 3 of 3 WHEREFORE , Federa

l Expres s respectfiill

y move s th e Departmen

t an d th e Burea u t o withhold th e financial information containe d i n it s Schedule B- 7 Repor

t fo r th e quarte r ende d Septembe

r 30,2011 , filed concurrently herewit h unde r seal , fro mpubli c disclosur

e fo r aperio d o f

a t leas t ten (10 ) years , through Septembe r 30 , 2021 , pursuan

t t o 1 4 C.F.R . § 302.12 , an

d to gran t suc h othe r relie f a s ma y b e appropriate . Respectfull y submitted , 

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