81_FR_86135 81 FR 85906 - Refunding Baggage Fees for Delayed Checked Bags

81 FR 85906 - Refunding Baggage Fees for Delayed Checked Bags

DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION
Office of the Secretary

Federal Register Volume 81, Issue 229 (November 29, 2016)

Page Range85906-85906
FR Document2016-28681

This action extends the comment period for an Advance Notice of Proposed Rulemaking on refunding baggage fees for delayed checked bags that was published in the Federal Register on October 31, 2016. The Department of Transportation is extending the period for persons to submit comments on this rulemaking from November 30, 2016, to January 17, 2017. This extension is in response to a petition by Airlines for America.

Federal Register, Volume 81 Issue 229 (Tuesday, November 29, 2016)
[Federal Register Volume 81, Number 229 (Tuesday, November 29, 2016)]
[Proposed Rules]
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[FR Doc No: 2016-28681]


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DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION

Office of the Secretary

14 CFR Part 259

[Docket No. DOT-OST-2016-0208]
RIN 2105-AE53


Refunding Baggage Fees for Delayed Checked Bags

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

ACTION: Extension of comment period on advance notice of proposed 
rulemaking.

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SUMMARY: This action extends the comment period for an Advance Notice 
of Proposed Rulemaking on refunding baggage fees for delayed checked 
bags that was published in the Federal Register on October 31, 2016. 
The Department of Transportation is extending the period for persons to 
submit comments on this rulemaking from November 30, 2016, to January 
17, 2017. This extension is in response to a petition by Airlines for 
America.

DATES: Comments should be filed by January 17, 2017. Late-filed 
comments will be considered to the extent practicable.

ADDRESSES: You may file comments identified by the docket number DOT-
OST-2016-0208 by any of the following methods:
     Federal eRulemaking Portal: go to http://www.regulations.gov and follow the online instructions for submitting 
comments.
     Mail: Docket Management Facility, U.S. Department of 
Transportation, 1200 New Jersey Ave. SE., West Building Ground Floor, 
Room W12-140, Washington, DC 20590-0001.
     Hand Delivery or Courier: West Building Ground Floor, Room 
W12-140, 1200 New Jersey Ave. SE., between 9:00 a.m. and 5:00 p.m. ET, 
Monday through Friday, except Federal holidays.
     Fax: (202) 493-2251.
    Instructions: You must include the agency name and docket number 
DOT-OST-2016-0208 or the Regulatory Identification Number (RIN) for the 
rulemaking at the beginning of your comment. All comments received will 
be posted without change to http://www.regulations.gov, including any 
personal information provided.
    Privacy Act: Anyone is able to search the electronic form of all 
comments received in any of our dockets by the name of the individual 
submitting the comment (or signing the comment, if submitted on behalf 
of an association, business, labor union, etc.). You may review DOT's 
complete Privacy Act statement in the Federal Register published on 
April 11, 2000 (65 FR 19477-78), or you may visit http://DocketsInfo.dot.gov.
    Docket: For access to the docket to read background documents and 
comments received, go to http://www.regulations.gov or to the street 
address listed above. Follow the online instructions for accessing the 
docket.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Clereece Kroha, Senior Trial Attorney, 
Office of Aviation Enforcement and Proceedings, U.S. Department of 
Transportation, 1200 New Jersey Ave. SE., Washington, DC 20590, 202-
366-9342, 202-366-7152 (fax), [email protected] (email).

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: On October 31, 2016, the Department of 
Transportation published an Advance Notice of Proposed Rulemaking 
(ANPRM) to solicit public comment on how to appropriately implement a 
statutory requirement in recent legislation for airlines to refund 
checked baggage fees when they fail to deliver the bags in a timely 
manner. Specifically, the Department seeks comment on how to define a 
baggage delay, and the appropriate method for providing the refund for 
delayed baggage. See 81 FR 75347 (October 31, 2016). Comments on the 
matters discussed in the ANPRM were to be received 30 days after 
publication or by November 30, 2016.
    On November 15, 2016, we received a petition from Airlines for 
America (A4A) for a 48-day extension of the comment period for this 
rulemaking. According to the petition, the extension is appropriate 
because the ANPRM concerns a requirement that implicates several 
operational and financial disciplines within the airlines, which will 
require the assessment of how internal information systems should be 
re-worked. A4A also indicates that additional time is needed in order 
to coordinate comments from different member carriers. Further, A4A 
points out that the current comment period is effectively diminished by 
the Thanksgiving holiday and an extension into December would be 
similarly diminished by the Christmas holiday season because many 
personnel would take extended vacations during these time periods. We 
received no comments on A4A's petition for extension.
    After carefully considering A4A's petition, we have decided to 
grant the extension of 48 days (January 17, 2017), for the public to 
comment on the ANPRM.

    Issued this 18th day of November, 2016, in Washington, DC.
Judith S. Kaleta,
Deputy General Counsel.
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                                                    This section of the FEDERAL REGISTER                    OST–2016–0208 or the Regulatory                       internal information systems should be
                                                    contains notices to the public of the proposed          Identification Number (RIN) for the                   re-worked. A4A also indicates that
                                                    issuance of rules and regulations. The                  rulemaking at the beginning of your                   additional time is needed in order to
                                                    purpose of these notices is to give interested          comment. All comments received will                   coordinate comments from different
                                                    persons an opportunity to participate in the            be posted without change to http://                   member carriers. Further, A4A points
                                                    rule making prior to the adoption of the final
                                                                                                            www.regulations.gov, including any                    out that the current comment period is
                                                    rules.
                                                                                                            personal information provided.                        effectively diminished by the
                                                                                                               Privacy Act: Anyone is able to search              Thanksgiving holiday and an extension
                                                    DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION                            the electronic form of all comments                   into December would be similarly
                                                                                                            received in any of our dockets by the                 diminished by the Christmas holiday
                                                    Office of the Secretary                                 name of the individual submitting the                 season because many personnel would
                                                                                                            comment (or signing the comment, if                   take extended vacations during these
                                                    14 CFR Part 259                                         submitted on behalf of an association,                time periods. We received no comments
                                                                                                            business, labor union, etc.). You may                 on A4A’s petition for extension.
                                                    [Docket No. DOT–OST–2016–0208]                          review DOT’s complete Privacy Act                        After carefully considering A4A’s
                                                    RIN 2105–AE53                                           statement in the Federal Register                     petition, we have decided to grant the
                                                                                                            published on April 11, 2000 (65 FR                    extension of 48 days (January 17, 2017),
                                                    Refunding Baggage Fees for Delayed                      19477–78), or you may visit http://                   for the public to comment on the
                                                    Checked Bags                                            DocketsInfo.dot.gov.                                  ANPRM.
                                                                                                               Docket: For access to the docket to                  Issued this 18th day of November, 2016, in
                                                    AGENCY:  Office of the Secretary (OST),                 read background documents and                         Washington, DC.
                                                    Department of Transportation (DOT).                     comments received, go to http://                      Judith S. Kaleta,
                                                    ACTION: Extension of comment period on                  www.regulations.gov or to the street                  Deputy General Counsel.
                                                    advance notice of proposed rulemaking.                  address listed above. Follow the online               [FR Doc. 2016–28681 Filed 11–28–16; 8:45 am]
                                                                                                            instructions for accessing the docket.
                                                    SUMMARY:   This action extends the                                                                            BILLING CODE 4910–9X–P
                                                                                                            FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
                                                    comment period for an Advance Notice
                                                    of Proposed Rulemaking on refunding                     Clereece Kroha, Senior Trial Attorney,
                                                    baggage fees for delayed checked bags                   Office of Aviation Enforcement and                    POSTAL REGULATORY COMMISSION
                                                    that was published in the Federal                       Proceedings, U.S. Department of
                                                    Register on October 31, 2016. The                       Transportation, 1200 New Jersey Ave.                  39 CFR Part 3015
                                                    Department of Transportation is                         SE., Washington, DC 20590, 202–366–
                                                                                                                                                                  [Docket No. RM2017–1; Order No. 3624]
                                                    extending the period for persons to                     9342, 202–366–7152 (fax),
                                                    submit comments on this rulemaking                      clereece.kroha@dot.gov (email).                       Competitive Postal Products
                                                    from November 30, 2016, to January 17,                  SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: On
                                                                                                            October 31, 2016, the Department of                   AGENCY: Postal Regulatory Commission.
                                                    2017. This extension is in response to a
                                                    petition by Airlines for America.                       Transportation published an Advance                   ACTION:Advance notice of proposed
                                                                                                            Notice of Proposed Rulemaking                         rulemaking.
                                                    DATES: Comments should be filed by
                                                                                                            (ANPRM) to solicit public comment on
                                                    January 17, 2017. Late-filed comments                                                                         SUMMARY:   The Commission is initiating
                                                                                                            how to appropriately implement a
                                                    will be considered to the extent                                                                              a review to determine whether
                                                                                                            statutory requirement in recent
                                                    practicable.                                                                                                  competitive products provide the
                                                                                                            legislation for airlines to refund checked
                                                    ADDRESSES:   You may file comments                                                                            appropriate minimum contribution to
                                                                                                            baggage fees when they fail to deliver
                                                                                                                                                                  the Postal Service’s institutional costs.
                                                    identified by the docket number DOT–                    the bags in a timely manner.
                                                                                                                                                                  This advance notice informs the public
                                                    OST–2016–0208 by any of the following                   Specifically, the Department seeks                    of the docket’s initiation, invites public
                                                    methods:                                                comment on how to define a baggage                    comment, and takes other
                                                      • Federal eRulemaking Portal: go to                   delay, and the appropriate method for                 administrative steps.
                                                    http://www.regulations.gov and follow                   providing the refund for delayed
                                                                                                                                                                  DATES: Comments are due: January 23,
                                                    the online instructions for submitting                  baggage. See 81 FR 75347 (October 31,
                                                    comments.                                                                                                     2017. Reply Comments are due: March
                                                                                                            2016). Comments on the matters
                                                      • Mail: Docket Management Facility,                                                                         9, 2017.
                                                                                                            discussed in the ANPRM were to be
                                                    U.S. Department of Transportation, 1200                 received 30 days after publication or by              ADDRESSES: Submit comments
                                                    New Jersey Ave. SE., West Building                      November 30, 2016.                                    electronically via the Commission’s
                                                    Ground Floor, Room W12–140,                                On November 15, 2016, we received                  Filing Online system at http://
                                                    Washington, DC 20590–0001.                              a petition from Airlines for America                  www.prc.gov. Those who cannot submit
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                                                      • Hand Delivery or Courier: West                      (A4A) for a 48-day extension of the                   comments electronically should contact
                                                    Building Ground Floor, Room W12–140,                    comment period for this rulemaking.                   the person identified in the FOR FURTHER
                                                    1200 New Jersey Ave. SE., between 9:00                  According to the petition, the extension              INFORMATION CONTACT section by
                                                    a.m. and 5:00 p.m. ET, Monday through                   is appropriate because the ANPRM                      telephone for advice on filing
                                                    Friday, except Federal holidays.                        concerns a requirement that implicates                alternatives.
                                                      • Fax: (202) 493–2251.                                several operational and financial                     FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
                                                      Instructions: You must include the                    disciplines within the airlines, which                David A. Trissell, General Counsel, at
                                                    agency name and docket number DOT–                      will require the assessment of how                    202–789–6820.


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CategoryRegulatory Information
CollectionFederal Register
sudoc ClassAE 2.7:
GS 4.107:
AE 2.106:
PublisherOffice of the Federal Register, National Archives and Records Administration
SectionProposed Rules
ActionExtension of comment period on advance notice of proposed rulemaking.
DatesComments should be filed by January 17, 2017. Late-filed comments will be considered to the extent practicable.
ContactClereece Kroha, Senior Trial Attorney, Office of Aviation Enforcement and Proceedings, U.S. Department of Transportation, 1200 New Jersey Ave. SE., Washington, DC 20590, 202- 366-9342, 202-366-7152 (fax), [email protected] (email).
FR Citation81 FR 85906 
RIN Number2105-AE53

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