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UNI TE D ST A TE S OF A M E RICA

D E P AR T M E NT OF T RAN S P OR T A T ION

OF F ICE O F T HE SE C R ET ARY

WA S HIN G T ON, D.C.

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( 1) N o t co n du c t any op e r a t i ons u n l e ss i t h o l d s a c u r r e n tl y e f f e c ti v e a u t h o ri z a t i on f r om it s ho m e l and f o r su c h ope r a t i ons,

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t he I I R of it s p l a n s and t o f i nd out w h e t h er t he T r a n sp o rt a t i on Se c u r it y A d m i n i s t r a ti on has de t e r m i ned t h a t s ec u r i t y i s

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t he D e p a r t m en t ' s r u l es g o v e r n i ng ch a r t e r s ( i n c l ud i ng 14 C FR Pa r t s 212 and 38 0 ) ; a nd

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p r e s c r i bed by t h e D ep a rt m en t

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