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Popular Title: Accessibility-passenger vessels | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
RIN 2105-AB87 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
Stage: ANPRM | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
Previous Stage:None | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
Abstract: The Department's Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA) final rule, published September 6, 1991, reserved portions of the rule concerning passenger vessels. The ADA covers passenger vessels, but issuing accessibility requirements for vessels involves complex issues unlike those affecting land transportation. This rulemaking would address these issues and propose feasible requirements to make passenger vessels accessible to, and usable by, individuals with disabilities. Timing of this rulemaking is dependent on action by the Architectural and Transportation Barriers Compliance Board (Access Board) to adopt accessibility guidelines for passenger vessels. The Access Board plans to publish an ANPRM and Notice of Availability in the summer of 2004. DOT is preparing a concurrent ANPRM. | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Prompting action: Statute | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Rulemaking Project Initiated: 07/26/1990 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Federal Register Citation for ANPRM: None |
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Popular Title: Aviation Data | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
RIN 2105-AC71 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Stage: NPRM | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Previous Stage: ANPRM: Publication Date 07/15/1998; End of Comment Period 09/14/1998; End of Reply Comment Period 10/13/1998. | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Abstract: This rulemaking requested public comments from reporting carriers and aviation data users on the nature, scope, source, and means for collecting, processing, and distributing airline traffic, fare, and financial data. Specifically, it invited comments on whether existing airline traffic, fare, and financial data should be amended, supplemented, or replaced; whether selected forms and reports should be retained, modified, or eliminated; whether the Department should require all aviation data to be filed electronically; and how the aviation data system should be reengineered to enhance efficiency and to reduce costs for both the Department and the airline industry. | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Prompting action: None | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Rulemaking Project Initiated: 04/15/1998 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Federal Register Citation for NPRM: None |
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Popular Title: Uniform Administrative Requirements | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
RIN 2105-AC83 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
Stage: Final Rule | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
Previous Stage: Interim Final Rule: Publication Date 03/16/2000; End of Comment Period 05/15/2000. | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
Abstract: This rulemaking action implemented changes to OMB Circular A-110 that were issued by OMB on October 8, 1999, providing uniform guidance for administering grants to institutions of higher education, hospitals, and other nonprofit organizations. The change provides guidance on making data produced under awards available to the public. The regulation is essentially a word-for-word issuance of the requirements in OMB Circular A-110. An Interim Final Rule was issued because of the limited ability to change the requirements from those in the Circular. | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Prompting action: None | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Rulemaking Project Initiated: 12/01/1999 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Federal Register Citation for Final Rule: None |
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Popular Title: ACAA - Foreign Carriers | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
RIN 2105-AC97 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
Stage: NPRM | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
Previous Stage:None | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
Abstract: This rulemaking would add coverage under the Air Carrier Access Act to foreign air carriers and comprehensively update and revise 14 CFR Part 382. It would also clarify or propose new provisions in such areas as movable aisle armrests, preboarding announcements, and accessibility of carrier web sites. This rulemaking has been upgraded to significant. | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Prompting action: Statute | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Rulemaking Project Initiated: 04/05/2000 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Federal Register Citation for NPRM: None |
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Popular Title: Fitness | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Stage: Undetermined | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
Previous Stage: ANPRM: Publication Date 7/30/03; End of Comment Period 9/29/03. | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
Abstract: In response to a report by the Inspector General of the Department of Transportation, the Department is asking for comments on two issues relating to air carrier continuing fitness determinations involving citizenship issues. First, the Inspector General identified a list of criteria the Department typically uses to determine actual control of an air carrier when evaluating the citizenship of an air carrier during a continuing fitness review. The Department is seeking comment on whether there are any other factors or criteria the Department routinely considers in its evaluations that should be added to this list. Second, the Department seeks comments on the need for a regulatory change to the requirements of 14 CFR part 204 applicable to certificated and commuter air carriers proposing to undergo a substantial change in operations, ownership, or management that may impact their U.S. citizenship status. The Inspector General found that the Department's informal process is not well-suited to complex, contentious, and controversial cases involving citizenship determinations and suggested that the Department allow greater transparency and public participation in such matters, including public notice when such a review is initiated and completed, as well as public access to information filed with the Department during such reviews. There is no next stage at this point because OST is currently reviewing filed comments. The Department is considering what, if any, additional action to take in this rulemaking. | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Prompting action: None | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Rulemaking Project Initiated: 02/13/2003 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Federal Register Citation for Undetermined: None |
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Popular Title: NACA Petition for Rulemaking | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
RIN 2105-AD38 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Stage: NPRM | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Previous Stage:None | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Abstract: The Department seeks comment on a proposal to revise its rules on charter operations. This proposal arises from a petition filed by the National Air Carrier Association (NACA). NACA seeks to make changes to the definitions and standards the Department uses to determine whether to grant or deny foreign air carrier requests to conduct certain types of international charter flights in 14 CFR Part 212. The Department grants NACA's petition, and proposes to make some, but not all of the changes sought by NACA. The Department proposes to make revisions to definitions in Part 212 relating to charter types, and to modify the Department's current charter application form so as to require updated reciprocity information as well as numbers of U.S.-homeland services vs. U.S.-non-homeland services. The Department does not anticipate adopting NACA's requests to impose a reciprocity standard that ensures substantially equivalent opportunities for U.S. carriers in the homeland of the applicant, or to accord U.S. carriers a right of first refusal over foreign carrier requests to conduct certain U.S.-originating charter operations. At the request of OMB, this rulemaking has been reclassified as significant. | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Prompting action: None | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Rulemaking Project Initiated: 03/21/2002 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Federal Register Citation for NPRM: None |
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Popular Title: Foreign Civil Aircraft | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
RIN 2105-AD39 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Stage: NPRM | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Previous Stage:None | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Abstract: Part 375 of the Department's regulations, 14 CFR Part 375 provides for the operation in the United States of foreign civil aircraft that are not engaged in common carriage. Persons or entities seeking to operate foreign civil aircraft within the United States involving the carriage of persons, property and mail for remuneration or hire must obtain a foreign aircraft permit from the Department under that Part. On May 16, 2003, the National Business Aircraft Association (NBAA), a trade association that represents many business aircraft operators throughout the United States, wrote to the Department requesting a policy determination that certain types of operations that its representative companies might perform using U.S.-registered foreign civil aircraft (such as carriage of a company's own officials and guests, or aircraft time-sharing, interchange or joint ownership arrangements between companies) do not, in fact, constitute operations for remuneration or hire within the meaning of Part 375. The NBAA noted that a favorable response would eliminate the need for the companies involved to secure a permit for such operations. This rulemaking would amend 14 CFR Part 375 to clarify those circumstances under which companies operating U.S.-registered foreign civil aircraft are not deemed to be involved in air commerce for remuneration or hire and, therefore, are not required under Part 375 to obtain a foreign aircraft permit. At the request of OMB, this rulemaking has been reclassified as significant. | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Prompting action: None | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Rulemaking Project Initiated: 05/16/2003 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Federal Register Citation for NPRM: None |
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Popular Title: Huey Rule | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Stage: NPRM | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
Previous Stage: None | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
Abstract: This rulemaking would terminate rules prohibiting airlines that own, control, or operate a computer reservations system from denying access to the system to two or more airlines whose flights share a single designator code and from discriminating against any airline because the airline uses the same designator code as another airline. This action would be consistent with the Department's determination that its comprehensive rules governing the operation of airline computer reservations systems should be terminated (see 69 Fed. Reg. 976 (January 7, 2004)). | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Prompting action: None | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Rulemaking Project Initiated: 01/31/2004 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Federal Register Citation for NPRM: None |