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. 16-09-1 4 ANSWE R t o MOTIO N T O ACCEP TLATE-FILE D ANSWE R RDM , LL C V

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## ANSWE R RDM , LL C (RDM ) ask s tha t th e Directo rden yth e acceptanc e o fth e Motio n t o Accep t Late-File d Answe rfile d b yth e Stat e o fAlaska , Departmen to fTransportatio n an d Publi cFacilities , Te d Steven s Anchorag e Internationa l Airpor t(TSAIA)

. TSAI Aha s faile d t o sho wgoo d caus e fo rth e lat e file d pleading

. Th e reaso n given , i.e. , tha t th e Thanksgivin g Holiday , a n ankl e injur yan d a posta l cler k no t processin g th e Expres s Mai l for m quickl yenough , d o no thol d weight

. First , holiday s ar e no t include d whe n computin g th e tim e line s o fa filing

. Sectio n §16.17. b states , "Th e las to fa tim e perio d i s include d i n a computatio n o ftim e unles s i t i s a Saturday , Sunday , o rlega l holida yfo rth e FAA , i n whic h case , th e tim e perio d run s unti l th e en d o fth e da ytha t i s no t a Saturday , Sunday , o rlega l holiday. " Th e excus e tha tth e Thanksgivin g Holida yprevente d TSAI At o submi t thei rAnswe r o n tim e i s no t correct

. I fanything , th e Thanksgivin g Holida ygav e TSAI Aextr a time

. Second , a n ankl e injur yshoul d no t preven ta Departmen t th e siz e o fth e Attorne y General' s Offic e fo rth e Stat e o fAlask a fro m submittin g a n Answe ro n time

. As a Senio rAssistan tAttorne yGeneral , Joh n Steine rha s a staf fa thi s disposa l t o addres s th e RD M complaint

. Third , th e argumen t tha t Mr

. Steine rlos ttrac k o ftim e an d place s responsibilit yfo r hi s tardines s o n th e posta l cler k wh o processe d th e Answe rjus t pas tmidnigh t (meanin g tha t th e Answe rwa s no wtw o day s late ) i s no tjustification

. Rathe ri t i s a lac k o fprofessiona l integrit yo n Mr

. Steiner' s part

. Fourth , TSAI Aha s actuall yha d sinc e Septembe r25 , 200 9 t o prepar e thei rAnswe rt o RDM' s complaint

. O n Septembe r25 , 200 9 RD M submitte d it s origina l complain t agains t TSAI Aonl yt o hav e i tdismisse d withou t prejudic e becaus e i twa s incomplet e o n a fewrequirements

. Finally , th e prejudic e cause d b yfilin g th e Answe rtw o day s lat e i s ver ysignificant

. Tw o additiona l day s allowe d Mr

. Steine ran d hi s staf ft o stuf fthei rAnswe rful l o f selectiv e portion s o fmaterials , hal ftruths , an d vagarie s tha tavoi d addressin g th e rea l issu e o fth e complain t o fRDM , whic h i s tha tTSAI Aviolate d th e Airpor t Improvemen t Progra m (authorize d b yth e Airpor tan d Airwa yImprovemen tAc t o f 1982) , a s pertainin g t o Titl e 4 9 Unite d State s Cod e §4710 7 (a ) Genera l Writte n Assurance s becaus e TSAI Aha s engage d i n economi cdiscriminatio n an d ha s faile d t o

RD M V

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TLATE-FILE D ANSWE R
compl ywit h Federa l Gran t Assuranc e 22 , Economi cNondiscriminatio n an d Federa l Gran t Assuranc e 23 , Exclusiv e Rights

. A s reference d above , RDM' s origina l complain t (date d Septembe r25 , 2009 ) wa s dismisse d withou t prejudic e becaus e i t wa s incomplete

. Afte rtalkin g t o Ra yVeatch , o fth e FAA , i t becam e clea rtha t th e dismissa l wa s du e t o relativel ysmal l mistake s o n th e par t o fRD M i n it s filing

. Althoug h smal l an d relativel yinsignificant , RD M ha d no t followe d th e rule s prescribe d i n 1 4 C.F.R

. Par t 1 6 an d therefor e i t wa s dismisse d withou t prejudice

. RD M ask s tha t th e Directo rd o th e sam e fo rTSAIA

. Althoug h tw o day s i s a relativel yshor t tim e frame , TSAI Adi d no t adher e t o th e rule s prescribe d i n 1 4 C.F.R

. Par t 1 6 an d shoul d therefor e b e treate d a s RD M was , b yth e FAAdenyin g TSAIA' s MOTIO N T O ACCEP TLATE-FILE D ANSWER

. Accordingly , w e as k tha t th e Directo rdenie s TSAIA' s MOTIO N T O ACCEP TLATE
FILE D ANSWE R an d th e correspondin g ANSWE R t o RDM' s Complaint

. Sincerely , 

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