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t o f Documents unde r Rule 1 2 of

th e Rule s of

Practic e o f th e Departmen

t of Transportation , 1 4 CF R302.1 2 (Amende

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

MOTIO N O F FEDERA

L EXPRES S CORPORATIO N FO RCONFIDENTIA

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T T O RUL E 1 2 Communication s wit

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Februar y 1,201 2BEFOR E TH E DEPARTMEN

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N BUREA U O F TRANSPORTATIO

N STATISTIC S WASHINGTON , D.C . Motion of FEDERAL EXPRES S CORPORATIO N fo r Confidentia

l Treatmen

t of Documents unde r Rule 1 2 of

the Rule s of

Practic e o f th e Departmen

t o f Transportation , 1 4 CF R302.1 2 (Amende

d For m41 ; Schedul

e B-7 ) Docke t OST-97-249 4

Februar y 1,201 2 MOTIO

N O F FEDERA

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E 1 2 Federa l Expres s Corporation (Federa l Express ) hereb

y submit s thi s motio n to withhol d frompubli c disclosur

e certain information contained i n it s Amende

d For m41 , Schedule B-7 , Airfram e an d Aircraf t Engin e Acquisition s an

d Retirement s Repor

t fo r the quarte r ende d Decembe r 30,2011 , submitted herewit h unde r sea l pursuan t t o Rule 1 2 o

f th e Rule s of

Practic e o f th e Departmen

t of Transportatio n (the 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 Bureau 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-availabl e copie s o f th e report .Motio n 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 an d Jun e 5,1995 , Mr . Jame s W . Mitchell , former Director , Offic e o f

Au-line Statistics , Researc h an d Specia l Program s Administration , grante d th e motion s o f

Delt aAi r Lines , Inc . an d America n Airlines , Inc. , respectively , for confidentia l treatmen t

o f informatio n tha t

i s substantiall y th e sam e a s tha t for whic h FedE x Expres s seek s confidential treatmen t here . Actin g unde r

delegate d authority , Mr . Mitchel l determine d o n behal f o f th e Departmen t

tha t th e aircraf

t cos t informatio n containe d i n Schedule s B- 7 an d B-4 3 i s confidential an d competitivel y sensitive . H e conclude d that Exemption s 3 an d 4 o f

th e Freedo mo f

Informatio n Ac t ( 5 U.S.C . § 552(b)(3 ) an d (4) ) authoriz e th e Departmen t t o withhol d thi s financial information . Further , h e rule d tha t th e Departmen t

shoul d den y publi c acces s t o thi s confidentia l financial informatio n fo r te n years . Th e Bureau confirme d it s finding o f competitiv e sensitivity i n 2004 . 6 9 Fed . Reg . 6230 9 (Octobe r 25,2004) . Fo r th e reason s state d i n thos e letters , th e Departmen t shoul d als o gran t

confidentia l treatmen t t o th e dat asubmitte d under seal with thi s motio n for

at leas t te n years . 2 . Unite d Parce l Servic e Compan y an d Unite d Ai r Line s sough t

fiirther extensio n o f

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 i n Docke t BT S - 200 4 - 19380 . Shoul d th e Burea u gran t thos e requests, FedE x seek s similar

treatment .Motion of FedE x Expres s Docke t OST-97-249 4 Pag e 3 of 3 WHEREFORE , Federa

l Expres s respectfull

y move s th e Departmen

t an d th e Burea u to withhol d the financial informatio n containe d in it s Schedule B- 7 Repor t fo r the quarte r ended Decembe

r 30,2011 , filed concurrentl

y herewit h unde r seal , fro mpubli c disclosur

e fo r aperio d of

a t leas t te n (10 ) years , through Decembe r 30 , 2021 , pursuan

t to 1 4 C.F.R . § 302.12 , an

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

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