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TEXT OF EMAIL TO: F4IFinancials.support@dot.gov MUST INCLUDE ATTACHED MOTION WITH EMAIL 

## , RE: Federal Express Corporation's Amended Form 41 Schedule B.43 Motion ofFederal Express Corporation For Confidential Treatment Pursuant to Rule 12 Docket No. 97.2494

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to notifYyou thatFederal Express Corporation has transmitted tothe Department its Amended Form 41 report for the Year quarter ended September 30, 2013, which includes confidential material requiring special handling. Included with that report is a copy of its Schedule B-7 Airframe and Aircraft Engine Acquisitions and Retirements, along with the attached Motion for Confidential Treatment ofthat Schedule. We are very grateful for your efforts to maintain the confidentiality of this sensitive material. Please do not hesitate to call me should youhave any questions with respect tothis filing.
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Senior Attorney Regulatory Affairs Phone: (901) 434.8632 FAX: (901) 434-9289 E-Mail: cefelts@fedex.comBEFORE THE

.DEPARTMENT OFTRANSPORTATION BUREAU OFTRANSPORTATION STATISTICS

WASHINGTOf'l, D.C.

Motion of 

### FEDERAL EXPRESS CORPORATION for Confidential Treatment ofDocuments under Rule 12ofthe Ru1esofPractice of the Department ofl'ransportation, 14CFR 302.12 (Amended Form 41; Schedule B-7) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) Docket OST.97-2494

MOTION OFFEDERAL EXPRESS CORPORATION FOR CONFIDENTIAL TREATMENT PURSUANT TO RULE 12

Communications with respect to this dOculnentshould be sentto:
Courtney E. Felts Senior Attorney FEDERAL EXPRESS CORPORATION 3620 Hacks CrossRoad, Bldg. B Memphis, TN 38125 (901) 434-8632 (901)434-9289

October 28, 2013BEFORE THE DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION BUREAU OFTRANSPORTATION STATISTICS

WASHINGTON, D.C.

Motion of ) ) FEDERAL EXPRESS CORPORATION ) for Confidential Treatment ofDocuments ) under Rule 12ofthe Rules ofPractice of ) the Department ofTransportation, ) 14CFR 302.12 (Amended Form 41; ScheduleB-7) ) ------------_.) Docket OST-97-2494

MOTION OFFEDERAL EXPRESS CORPORATION FOR CONFIDENTIAL TREATMENT PURSUANT TO RULE 12
Federal Express Corporation (Federal Express) hereby submits this motion to withhold from public disclosure certain information contained in its Amended Form 41, Schedule B-7, Airframe andAircraft Engine Acquisitions and Retirements Report forthe Quarter ended September 30, 2013. As required by the Depal1ment's procedures outlined in aFederal Register notice dated July 16,2010, 75 Fed. Reg 41579-41597, Federal Express has transmitted Schedule B-7unredacted with therest ofthatAmended Form 41 Report. Asrequired in that notice, Federal Express has also sent anemail toF41Financials.Support@dot.gov, attaching acopy of this motion and seeking special handling ofthe Schedule B-7 information.MotionofFedExExpress DocketOST-97-2494 Page2of3
1. By letters dated August 23, 1994andJune 5, 1995,Mr. James W. Mitchell, former Director, Office ofAirline Statistics, Research and Special Programs Administration, granted the motions ofDelta AirLines, Inc. andAmerican Airlines, Inc.,respectively, for confidential treatment ofinformation thatis substantially the same asthat for which FedEx Express seeks confidential treatment here. Acting under delegated authority, Mr. Mitchell determined onbehalf ofthe Department that the aircraft cost information contained in Schedules B-7 andB-43 is confidential and competitively sensitive. He concluded that Exemptions 3 and4 ofthe Freedom ofInformation Act (SU.S.C. 

## 9 S52(b)(3) and (4» authorize the Department to withhold this financial information. Further, heraled that the Department should denypublic access to this confidential financial information for tenyears. The Bureau confirmed its finding of competitive sensitivityin 2004. 69Fed. Reg. 62309 (October 25, 2004). For thereasons stated in those letters, the Department should also grant confidential treatment tothe data submitted under seal withthis motion for atleast ten years.
2. United Parcel Service Company andUnited AirLines sought further extension ofthe confidential period in 2004. The Bureau soughtpublic comment ontheir requests in Docket BTS

- 2004...: 19380. Should theBureau grantthose requests, FedEx seeks similar treatment.Motion ofFedEx Express Docket OST-97-2494 Page 3 of3

WHEREFORE, Federal Express respectfully moves the Department and the
Bureau to withhold the fmancial information contained in its Schedule B-7 Report
for the Quarter ended September 30, 2013, filed concurrently herewith under seal,
from public disclosure for aperiod of at least ten (10) years, through September 30,
2023, pursuant to 14 C.F.R. !l302.12, and to grant such other relief as may be appropriate.

Respectfully submitted,

Courtney E. Felts Senior Attorney FEDERAL EXPRESS CORPORATIONAlRFRAMEAND AIRCRAFT ENGINEACQUlSIT10NS 

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