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DE P ART M EN T O F TRAN SP O RTAT I O N

O F F I C E O F T H E S ECRETAR Y

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I ssued by t he D epa r t m ent o f T r a nsp o rt a t i on on June 11 , 2012

N O T I C E O F ACT I O N TA K E N

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T h i s s e r v es a s n o t i ce t o t h e pub l i c o f t h e a c t i o n s d es c r i bed b e l o w

, t a k en by t he D e pa rt m ent o f f i c i a l i n d i c a t ed

( no a d d i ti o n al con f ir m i ng o r der w i l l be i s sued i n t h i s m a t t e r )

.

A pp li c a t i on o f EVERGREEN INTERNATIONAL AIRLINES, INC (Evergreen) fi l ed 6 / 6 / 1 2 f o r:

X X Exe m p ti on und e r 49 U .S. C

. 40109 t o p r o v i de t he f o ll o w i ng se r v i c es:

Schedu l ed f o re i gn a i r t r a nspo rt a t i on o f p rop e r t y a nd m a i l from any po i n t or p o i n t s behind the

United States, via the United States and i n t e r m ed i a t e p o i n t s , t o a n y po i n t or po i n t s i n B r a z il and

beyo n d. Evergreen a l so re ques t s a u t h o r i t y t o i n t eg r ate t hese se r v i c es w i t h it s e x i s ti n g e x e m p t i on

a n d cer t i fi c a t e a u t ho r i t y. 1

X X A ll oc a t i on of two fr eque n c i e s t hat a r e c u rr e n tl y a v a i l a b l e f or U

. S

. - B r a z i l a l l

- ca r g o se r v i ce s

.

A pp li c ant r e ps: David Heffernan (202) 663

- 6000

DO T A na l y s t : Darren Jaffe (202) 366

- 2512

D ISP O SI T I O N

X X G ra n t ed, i n par t , e x e m p t i on a u t ho r it y t o Evergreen , balanced dismissed ( su b j e c t t o con d i t i o n s, s ee

r e m a r k s b e l o w )

X X G ran t ed

, a ll o c a ti o n o f two f req u en c i es t o Evergreen ( su b j e c t t o co n d i ti o ns, see

b e l o w )

T he abo v e a c t i on g r an t i ng e xe m p ti on a u t h o r i t y t o Evergreen w as e f f ec t i v e w hen t a k en: June 11

, 201 2

, t h r ou g h June 11

, 2 01 4

.

T he abo v e a c t i on a l l oc a t i n g fr eque n c i e s t o Evergreen was e f f ec t i v e w hen t a k en: June 11

, 2 01 2 , and wi l l

r e m a i n i n e f f e c t i n de f i n i t e l y , su b j e ct t o t he co nd i t i o n s b e l o w

.

T he abo v e a c t i on d i s m i ss i n g t he ba l ance of t he app l i ca n t s’ r e que s t s w a s e ff e c t i v e w hen t a k e n :

June 11

, 201 2

.

A c ti on t aken b y: P a u l L

. G re t ch, D i r e c t or

O ff i ce o f I n t e rna t i on a l A v i a t i on

1 The applicant’s initial proposed routes are: (i) Houston, Texas

- Miami, Florida

- Manaus, Brazil

- Sao Paulo (Viracopos), Brazil

- Bogota,

Colombia

- Barranquilla, Colombia (fuel stop only)

- Houston, Texas (one flight per week); and (ii) Houston, Texas

- Miami, Florida

Manaus, Brazil

- Rio de Janiero , Brazil

- Bogota, Colomb ia

- Barranquilla, Colombia (fuel stop only)

- Houston, Texas (one flight per week).

Based on market conditions, Evergreen may substitute routings, as noted in the application.X X T he a u t ho r it y gra n t e d i s c o n s i s t e n t w i t h t h e a v i a t i on a g re e m e n t b et w een t he U n i t ed S t a t es a n d

B ra z i l

, as a m ended , and the Memorandum of Consultations signed March 19, 2011

.

Except t o t he ex t ent exe m p t ed or w a i v ed, t h i s au t ho r it y i s s u b j ect t o t he t e r m s, cond i t i ons, and

li m it a t i ons ind i c a t e d :

X X Evergreen’s ce r t i f i ca t es o f pub l i c co n ve n i en c e a n d nece s s i t y

X X S t anda r d E x e m p t i on C ond i t i ons ( a t t a c h e d)

C ond i t i ons: C on s i s t e n t wi t h o u r s t and a r d p r a c t i ce, t he fr e q uen c i e s a ll o ca t ed he r e a r e su b j e c t t o our s t a nd a r d

90

- d a y do r m ancy cond it i o n

, w he r e i n any f r eq u ency n o t op e r a t ed f or a p e ri od of 9 0 da y s ( on c e i n au g u r a t ed

and f o r any r e ason o t h er t h an s e ason a l u se )

, w i l l be d e e m ed do r m ant and t he a ll oc a t i on as t o t h a t f

r eq u ency

w il l ex p ir e a u t o m a ti c a ll y a nd the f r equ e ncy w il l r e v e r t t o t he D e p a r t m ent f or r e a ll oca t i on.

I n add iti on, con s i s t e n t wi t h our p r a c t i ce i n a w a r d i ng U

. S.

- B r a z i l f r e q u e n c i es, w e w i l l r e qu i r e th a t Evergreen

i n a u g ura t e s e r v i ce wi t h t h e f r eq u en c i es a l l o ca t e d h e r e wi t h i n 90 d a y s of its p r op o sed s t a rtu p d a t e

, June 15,

2012. F a i l u r e t o i nau g ur a t e se r v i c e wi t h a n e w l y a ll o c a t ed fr e quency w it h i n 90 da y s of t he p r op o s e d s t a rt up

d a t e w i l l r e s u l t in t he unused f r equ e ncy r e v e r t i ng t o t h e D ep a rt m en t

. W i t h o u r a c t i on h e r e, t h e r e a r e 25 U .S.

-

B r a z i l a ll

- ca r g o f r e q uen c i e s a v a i l a b l e f or a l l oc a t i on to U

. S

. c a r r i e r s f or i m m ed i a t e ope r a t i on s ( See N o t i ce

I n v iting A pp li c a t i o n s d a t ed A p r i l 6, 2011 )

.

Remarks: We dismiss th at portion of the applicants’ request that seeks authority to conduct operations from

points behind the United States as s uch authority is inherent in the authority that we award U.S. air carriers to

per form foreign air transportation. Also, w ith respect to Evergreen’s request for route inte gration authority,

we note that by Order 2010

- 12

- 24, the Department renewed Evergreen’s blanket route integration certificate.

Therefore, we dismiss this portion of Evergreen’s request as well

.

O n t he b as i s of d a t a o f f i c i a l l y no ti c ea b l e u nder R u l e 2 4 ( g ) of t he D e p a r t m en t ' s r egu l a ti o n s, w e f ound t he

app l i ca n t s qu a l i fi e d t o p r o v i de t he exe m p ti on se r v i c es au t h o r i z e d.

U nder a u t h o r i t y as s i g ned b y t he D epa r t m ent i n i t s r e g u l a ti o n s, 14 C FR P a r t 385, w e f ound t h a t ( 1) o ur a c t i o n

w as con s i s t e n t wi t h D e p a r t m ent pol i c y ; ( 2) g r a nt o f t h e au t ho r it y w as c o n s i s t ent w it h t he p ub l i c i n t e r e s t ; a nd

( 3 ) g r a n t o f t h e a u t h o r i t y w o u l d n o t c on s t i t u t e a m a j or r e g u l a t o r y a c ti on und e r t h e Ene r g y Po li cy and

C onse r v a t i on A c t o f 1975. T o t he ex t ent not g r a n t ed or d i s m i sse d

, w e de n i ed a l l re ques t s i n t h e r e f e r e n ced

D oc k e t s. W e m ay a mend, m od if y , or r e v o k e t he a u t h o r i t y g r an t ed i n t h i s N o t i ce a t a n y ti m e w it h ou t h e a ring

at o u r d i s c r e t i on.

Pe r so n s e n t i t l ed t o p e t i t i on t he D e p a r t m ent f o r r e v i ew of t h e a c t i o n s set f o rt h i n t h i s N o t i c e under t he

D epa r t m en t’ s r e g u l a ti o n s, 1 4 C FR §385.30, m ay fil e t h e i r pe t i t i o n s wi t h i n se v en (7 ) da y s a f t e r t h e d a t e of

i ss u ance of t h i s N o t i c e. T h i s a c t i on w as e f f e c ti v e w h e n t a k en, a n d t h e f i l i ng of a pe t i t i on f or r e v i ew wi l l n ot

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s c h e dul e d op e ra tions, if a utho r i z e d ) ;

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r e g ul a tions of oth e r U. S

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