[Federal Register Volume 61, Number 99 (Tuesday, May 21, 1996)]
[Proposed Rules]
[Pages 25420-25421]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 96-12739]



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DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION
14 CFR Part 158

[Docket No. 27791; Notice No. 96-3A]
RIN 2120-AF69


Passenger Facility Charges

AGENCY: Federal Aviation Administration, DOT.

ACTION: Advance notice of proposed rulemaking (ANPRM); extension of 
comment period.

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SUMMARY: This document announces an extension of the comment period on 
The ANPRM entitled, ``Passenger Facility Charges'' (61 FR 16678; April 
16, 1996). This comment period is extended from May 16, 1996, until 
August 16, 1996. The extension responds to the request of the Air 
Transport Association of America (ATA) and is needed to permit ATA, and 
other affected parties, additional time to develop comments responsive 
to the ANPRM.

DATES: The comment period is being extended from May 16, 1996, to 
August 16, 1996.

ADDRESSES: As stated in Notice No. 96-3, comments should be mailed or 
delivered in triplicate, to: Federal Aviation Administration, Office of 
the Chief Counsel, Attn: Rules Docket (AGC-200), Docket No. 27791, 800 
Independence Avenue, SW., Washington, DC 20591. Comments delivered must 
be marked Docket No. 27791. Comments may be examined in Room 915G on 
weekdays, except Federal holidays, between 8:30 a.m. and 5:00 p.m.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
Sheryl Scarborough, Passenger Facility Charge Branch (App-530), 
Airports Financial Assistance Division, Office of Airports Planning and 
Programming, Federal Aviation Administration, 800 Independence Avenue, 
SW., Washington, DC 20591; telephone (202) 267-8825.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: On April 16, 1996, the Federal Aviation 
Administration (FAA) issued Notice No. 96-3, entitled ``Passenger 
Facility

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Charges'' that sought public comment on changes to several sections of 
Title 14, Code of Federal Regulations, Part 158 that deal with the 
collection, handling, and remittance of PFC's. The notice specified the 
quantity and quality of airline cost data necessary for the FAA to 
determine an adequate rate of airline compensation. In addition, the 
notice included several proposed modifications to part 158 that would 
allow air carriers to be compensated based on PFC's collected; would 
implement the statutory prohibition (FAA Authorization Act of 1994) on 
collection of PFC's from passengers traveling on frequent flyer awards; 
and clarified various terms. Finally, the notice requested comments on 
several proposals dealing with ways to safeguard PFC revenue in the 
event of carrier bankruptcy.
    By a request dated April 23, 1996, ATA asked that the comment 
period be extended 90 days to allow interested parties to respond 
adequately to the complex issues in the notice. ATA states that in 
light of the demands that the cost data guidance will place upon 
responding carriers and the carrier response rate that the FAA has 
established, an extension is needed to permit the submission of the 
information in the detail and to the extent that the FAA wishes.
    The FAA has determined that an extension of the comment period will 
allow ATA and its members additional time for a more thorough review of 
applicable issues and questions raised by the ANPRM, and the drafting 
of responsive comments.
    In order, therefore, to give all interested persons additional time 
to complete their comments, the FAA finds that it is in the public 
interest to extend the comment period.
    Accordingly, the comment period will close on August 16, 1996.

    Issued in Washington, DC, on May 16, 1996.
Paul L. Galis,
Director, Office of Airport Planning and Programming.
[FR Doc. 96-12739 Filed 5-16-96; 3:32 pm]
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