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a ticket agent, may not include ‘‘opt-out’’ 

provisions for additional optional 

services in connection with air 

transportation, an air tour, or air tour 

component that will automatically be 

added to the purchase if the consumer 

takes no other action. The consumer 

must affirmatively ‘‘opt in’’ (i.e., agree) to 

such a fee for the services before that fee 

is added to the total price for the air 

transportation-related purchase. The 

Department considers the use of ‘‘optout’’ provisions to be an unfair and 

deceptive practice in violation of 49 

U.S.C. 41712. 

21. A new § 399.85 is added to read 

as follows: 

§ 399.85 Notice of baggage fees and other 

fees. 

(a) If a U.S. or foreign air carrier has 

a Web site accessible for ticket 

purchases by the general public, the 

carrier must promptly and prominently 

disclose any increase in its fee for carryon or checked baggage and any change 

in the checked baggage allowance for a 

passenger on the homepage of the 

carrier’s Web site. Such notice must 

remain on the homepage for at least 

three months after the change becomes 

effective. 

(b) On all e-ticket confirmations for 

air transportation within, to or from the 

United States, including the summary 

page at the completion of an online 

purchase and a post-purchase e-mail 

confirmation, a U.S. or foreign air 

carrier must include information 

regarding the free passenger’s baggage 

allowance and/or the applicable fee for 

a carry-on bag and the first and second 

checked bag. 

(c) If a U.S. or foreign air carrier has 

a Web site where it advertises or sells 

air transportation, on its Web site the 

carrier must disclose information on 

fees for optional services that are 

charged to a passenger purchasing air 

transportation. Such disclosure must be 

clear, with a conspicuous link from the 

air carrier’s homepage to the fee 

disclosure. For purposes of this section, 

the term ‘‘optional services’’ is defined 

as any service the airline provides 

beyond the provision of passenger air 

transportation. Such fees include, but 

are not limited to, charges for checked 

or carry-on baggage, advance seat 

selection, in-flight beverages, snacks 

and meals, and seat upgrades. 

(d) The Department considers the 

failure to give the appropriate notice 

described in paragraphs (a), (b), and (c) 

of this section to be an unfair and 

deceptive practice within the meaning 

of 49 U.S.C. 41712. 

22. A new § 399.87 is added to read 

as follows: 

§ 399.87 Prohibition on post-purchase 

price increase. 

It is an unfair and deceptive practice 

within the meaning of 49 U.S.C. 41712 

for any seller of scheduled air 

transportation, or of a tour or tour 

component that includes scheduled air 

transportation to increase the price of 

that air transportation to a consumer, 

including but not limited to increase in 

the price of the seat, increase in the 

price for the carriage of passenger 

baggage, or increase in an applicable 

fuel surcharge, after the air 

transportation has been purchased by 

the consumer. 

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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE 

International Trade Administration 

19 CFR Part 351 

[Docket No. 100602237–0237–01] 

Import Administration IA ACCESS Pilot 

Program 

AGENCY: Import Administration, 

International Trade Administration, 

Department of Commerce. 

ACTION: Public notice and request for 

comments. 

SUMMARY: The Department of Commerce 

(the Department) is creating a pilot 

program to test an electronic filing 

system in certain antidumping (AD) and 

countervailing duty (CVD) proceedings. 

In addition, the Department is 

requesting comments from parties on 

this pilot program. 

DATES: Effective Date: The pilot program 

will be in effect from July 1, 2010, 

through September 30, 2010. 

Comments Due Date: Comments on 

the Department’s conduct of the pilot 

program for electronic filing should be 

submitted either electronically or 

manually no later than 30 days after the 

publication of this notice in the Federal 

Register. 

ADDRESSES: Written comments may be 

submitted by any of the following 

methods: 

• Federal eRulemaking Portal: http:// 

www.Regulations.gov. All comments 

must be submitted into Docket Number 

ITA–2010–XXXX. All comments should 

refer to RIN 0625–AA84. 

• Mail or Hand Delivery/Courier: 

Please submit the original and two 

copies of comments to the Secretary of 

Commerce, Attn: Evangeline Keenan, 

Import Administration, APO/Dockets 

Unit, Room 1870, U.S. Department of 

Commerce, Constitution Avenue and 

14th Street, NW., Washington, DC 

20230. 

• E-mail: Comments may be 

submitted electronically via e-mail to 

webmaster-support@ita.doc.gov. Please 

reference ‘‘IA ACCESS Pilot Comments’’ 

in the subject line of the e-mail. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Evangeline Keenan, Acting APO/ 

Dockets Unit Director, Import 

Administration, APO/Dockets Unit, 

Room 1870, U.S. Department of 

Commerce, Constitution Avenue and 

14th Street, NW., Washington, DC 

20230; telephone: (202) 482–9157. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 

Background 

The Department is undertaking a 

review of its regulations in AD and CVD 

proceedings governing the submission 

of information to the Department, 

currently 19 CFR part 351, subpart C, 

with a view to the adoption of rules and 

procedures that will implement an 

electronic filing system, which will be 

entitled Import Administration’s 

Antidumping and Countervailing Duty 

Centralized Electronic Service System 

(IA ACCESS). The Department’s current 

rules on the submission of information 

in AD and CVD proceedings, at 19 CFR 

351.303(c)(1), require that parties 

submit six paper copies of each 

submission to the Department. In 

developing IA ACCESS, the Department 

seeks to expand the public’s access to 

the Department’s AD and CVD 

proceedings by making all publicly filed 

documents available on the internet and 

to facilitate the electronic submission of 

documents to the Department in AD and 

CVD proceedings by allowing interested 

parties to file documents electronically. 

The Department envisions that such a 

system will create efficiencies in both 

the process and costs associated with 

filing and maintaining documents 

pertaining to AD and CVD proceedings. 

The pilot program will implement IA 

ACCESS on a small scale to allow the 

Department to evaluate and gain 

experience with operating an electronic 

filing system. Implementation of the full 

electronic filing system will be 

accomplished through a later 

rulemaking that will amend the 

Department’s regulations; the 

Department also intends to provide 

more detailed procedures for IA 

ACCESS in a document separate from 

the regulations, which the Department 

intends to publish on its Web site prior 

to issuing regulations creating IA 

ACCESS. IA ACCESS will be 

implemented in three separate phases, 

or releases, with each phase 


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implementing an additional feature of 

IA ACCESS. These phases will allow (1) 

The electronic submission of 

documents, (2) the electronic release of 

public documents, and (3) the electronic 

release of business proprietary 

documents to authorized applicants. 

Each phase will be preceded by a pilot 

program designed to test and evaluate 

the functionality of that release. 

IA ACCESS Pilot Program on Electronic 

Filing 

The Department is creating an IA 

ACCESS pilot program for electronic 

submission of documents to enable it to 

evaluate and gain experience with 

operating an electronic filing system 

before amending its existing regulations. 

The pilot program will test the 

functionality of submitting documents 

electronically in IA ACCESS. This pilot 

program will run from July 1, 2010, 

through September 30, 2010, and will be 

in effect for interested parties 

participating in the AD and CVD 

proceedings enumerated below. In order 

to utilize the IA ACCESS pilot program, 

parties will need access to an internet 

connection and will be required to 

follow the instructions on using the 

system enumerated in the ‘‘IA ACCESS 

Pilot User Guide,’’ which the 

Department will publish on its Web site 

at http://www.trade.gov/ia prior to the 

start of the pilot. The Department will 

also waive the filing requirements in 19 

CFR 351.303(c)(1) for parties 

participating in the pilot. In place of 

these requirements, where parties have 

filed a document electronically through 

IA ACCESS, parties need only submit 

one signed original and one copy of a 

public document or one signed original 

and two public versions of a business 

proprietary document. Except for this 

modification to the filing requirements 

in 19 CFR 351.303(c)(1), all other filing 

requirements under the Department’s 

regulations will remain in effect under 

the pilot program. This pilot program 

only concerns the electronic submission 

of documents, and pilot programs for 

other releases (i.e., the electronic release 

of public and business proprietary 

documents) will be conducted at a later 

date. Parties to AD and CVD 

proceedings not enumerated below must 

continue to follow the Department’s 

current regulations governing the 

submission of information to the 

Department. 

The IA ACCESS pilot program will be 

in effect for interested parties 

participating in the following 

proceedings: 

AD Proceedings 

A–201–822: Stainless Steel Sheet and 

Strip in Coils from Mexico— 

Administrative Review 07/01/08–06/ 

30/09; 

A–201–836: Light-Walled Rectangular 

Pipe and Tube from Mexico— 

Administrative Review 01/30/08–7/ 

31/09; 

A–351–828: Certain Hot-Rolled FlatRolled Carbon Quality Steel Products 

from Brazil—Administrative Review 

03/01/08–02/28/09; 

A–351–828: Certain Hot-Rolled FlatRolled Carbon Quality Steel Products 

from Brazil—Administrative Review 

03/01/09–02/28/10; 

A–357–812: Honey from Argentina— 

Administrative Review 12/01/08–11/ 

30/09; 

A–421–811: Carboxymethylcellulose 

from the Netherlands— 

Administrative Review 07/01/08–06/ 

30/09; 

A–570–836: Glycine from the People’s 

Republic of China—Administrative 

Review 03/01/09–02/28/10; 

A–570–916: Laminated Woven Sacks 

from the People’s Republic of China— 

Administrative Review 01/31/08–07/ 

31/09; 

A–570–922: Raw Flexible Magnets from 

the People’s Republic of China—New 

Shipper Review (Jingzhou Meihou 

Flexible Magnet Company, Ltd.) 09/ 

01/09–02/28/10; 

A–570–924: Polyethylene Terephthalate 

(Pet) Film from the People’s Republic 

of China—Administrative Review 11/ 

06/08–10/31/09; 

A–570–964: Seamless Refined Copper 

Pipe and Tube from the People’s 

Republic of China—Investigation; 

A–588–857: Welded Large Diameter 

Line Pipe from Japan—Administrative 

Review 12/01/08–11/30/09; 

CVD Proceedings 

C–570–968: Aluminum Extrusions from 

the People’s Republic of China— 

Investigation; 

C–580–818: Corrosion-Resistant Steel 

Flat Products from the Republic of 

Korea—Administrative Review 01/01/ 

2008–12/31/2008. 

The Department will contact the 

parties to these proceedings 

individually concerning their 

participation in the pilot prior to the 

program’s commencement. Participants 

should be prepared to provide feedback 

and suggestions for the improvement of 

IA ACCESS after completion of the pilot 

program. 

Request for Comments 

The Department also requests public 

comments on the Department’s 

proposed conduct of the IA ACCESS 

pilot program described above. 

Comments must be filed no later than 30 

days after the publication of this notice 

in the Federal Register. Comments may 

be submitted either electronically or in 

paper form to the address specified 

above. The Department will consider all 

comments received before the close of 

the comment period in developing and 

implementing the IA ACCESS pilot 

program. Comments received after the 

end of the comment period may be 

considered, if possible, but their 

consideration cannot be assured. The 

Department will not accept comments 

accompanied by a request that part or 

all of the material be treated 

confidentially because of its business 

proprietary nature or for any other 

reason. Such comments will be returned 

to the persons submitting the comments 

and will not be considered by the 

Department. All comments responding 

to this notice will be a matter of public 

record and will be available for 

inspection and copying at Import 

Administration’s Central Records Unit, 

Room 1117, on the Federal eRulemaking 

Portal at www.Regulations.gov, and in 

Portable Document Format (PDF) on the 

Department’s Web site at http:// 

www.trade.gov/ia/. Comments 

submitted electronically need not also 

be submitted in hard copy. 

Persons wishing to submit written 

comments in hard copy should file one 

signed original and two copies of each 

set of comments to the address specified 

above. Persons wishing to comment 

electronically should submit comments 

to the Federal eRulemaking Portal at 

http://www.Regulations.gov as specified 

above or via e-mail to webmastersupport@ita.doc.gov. Any questions 

concerning file formatting, document 

conversion, access on the Internet, or 

other electronic filing issues should be 

addressed to Andrew Lee Beller, Import 

Administration Webmaster, at (202) 

482–0866, e-mail address: webmastersupport@ita.doc.gov. 

Dated: May 28, 2010. 

Paul Piquado, 

Acting Deputy Assistant Secretary for Import 

Administration. 

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