80 FR 49312 - Advisory Committee for Aviation Consumer Protection

DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION
Office of the Secretary

Federal Register Volume 80, Issue 158 (August 17, 2015)

This notice announces the ninth meeting of the Advisory Committee for Aviation Consumer Protection.

[Federal Register Volume 80, Number 158 (Monday, August 17, 2015)]
[Notices]
[Page 49312]
From the Federal Register Online  [www.thefederalregister.org]
[FR Doc No: 2015-20190]


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 DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION

Office of the Secretary

[Docket No. DOT-OST-2012-0087]


Advisory Committee for Aviation Consumer Protection

AGENCY: Office of the Secretary (OST), Department of Transportation 
(DOT).

ACTION: Notice of ninth meeting of advisory committee.

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SUMMARY: This notice announces the ninth meeting of the Advisory 
Committee for Aviation Consumer Protection.

DATES: The ninth meeting of the advisory committee is scheduled for 
September 1, 2015, from 10:00 a.m. to 12:00 p.m., Eastern Time.

ADDRESSES: The meeting will be held in the Media Center (located on the 
lobby level of the West Building) at the U.S. Department of 
Transportation (DOT) headquarters, 1200 New Jersey Avenue SE., 
Washington, DC. Attendance is open to the public up to the room's 
capacity of 100 attendees. Since space is limited and access to the DOT 
headquarters building is controlled for security purposes, any member 
of the general public who plans to attend this meeting must notify the 
registration contact identified below no later than August 25, 2015.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: To register to attend the meeting, 
please contact Amy Przybyla, Research Analyst, CENTRA Technology, Inc., 
[email protected]; 703-894-6962. For other information 
please contact Amna Arshad, Senior Attorney, Office of Aviation 
Enforcement and Proceedings, [email protected]; U.S. Department of 
Transportation, 1200 New Jersey Ave. SE., Washington, DC, 20590; 202-
366-9342 (phone), 202-366-5944 (fax).

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: On May 24, 2012, the Secretary, as mandated 
by Section 411 of the FAA Modernization and Reform Act of 2012 (Pub. L. 
112-95, 126 Stat. 11 (2012)), established the Advisory Committee for 
Aviation Consumer Protection. The committee's charter, drafted in 
accordance with the Federal Advisory Committee Act, as amended, 5 
U.S.C. App. 2, sets forth policies for the operation of the advisory 
committee and is available on the Department's Web site at http://www.facadatabase.gov/committee/charters.aspx?cid=2448&aid=47.
    The ninth meeting of the committee is scheduled to take place from 
10:00 a.m. to 12:00 p.m. Eastern Time on September 1, 2015, in the 
Media Center at the DOT headquarters, 1200 New Jersey Avenue SE., 
Washington, DC 20590. The committee will discuss the recommendations 
submitted to it during the past three public meetings on the following 
subjects: Voice calls, government-imposed taxes and fees, airline 
mergers and consolidations, space allocated per passenger on aircraft, 
airline frequent flyer programs, airline change/cancellation fees, 
mandatory hotel resort fees, and baggage allowances, fees and 
interlining. The committee will also provide its preliminary 
recommendations to the Department which will form the basis for a 
report to the Secretary on improvements to existing aviation consumer 
protection programs. This meeting will be open to the public and 
comments by members of the public are invited. Attendance will 
necessarily be limited by the size of the meeting room (maximum 100 
attendees). We ask that any member of the general public who plans to 
attend the ninth meeting notify the registration contact noted above no 
later than August 25, 2015. Additionally, DOT will stream the event 
live on the Internet and provide a link to the recorded webcast for 
future viewing at www.dot.gov/airconsumer/ACACP.
    Members of the public may present written comments at any time. The 
docket number referenced above (DOT-OST-2012-0087, available at https://www.regulations.gov) has been established for committee documents 
including any written comments that may be filed.
    Persons with a disability who plan to attend the meeting and 
require special accommodations, such as an interpreter for the hearing 
impaired, should notify the registration contact noted above no later 
than August 25, 2015.
    Notice of this meeting is being provided in accordance with the 
Federal Advisory Committee Act and the General Services Administration 
regulations covering management of Federal advisory committees. (41 CFR 
part 102-3.)

    Issued in Washington, DC, on August 11, 2015.
Blane A. Workie,
Assistant General Counsel for Aviation Enforcement & Proceedings, U.S. 
Department of Transportation.
[FR Doc. 2015-20190 Filed 8-14-15; 8:45 am]
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