[Federal Register: August 16, 2004 (Volume 69, Number 157)]
[Notices]
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DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION
Federal Aviation Administration (FAA)
[Docket No. FAA-2004-16944]
Operating Limitations at Chicago O'Hare International Airport;
Extension of Request for Written Information
ACTION: Extension of request for information.
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SUMMARY: This action extends the period during which interested persons
may submit written information, including data and views, in response
to a notice that the FAA published on August 2, 2004. In that document,
the FAA announced that it would hold a meeting beginning on August 4 to
discuss flight reductions at Chicago's O'Hare International Airport
(O'Hare) to reduce overscheduling and flight delays during peak hours
of operation at that airport. In addition, the notice invited
interested persons to submit written information on such schedule
reductions. Since the meeting commenced on August 4, the FAA has
continued discussions with air carriers that attended the meeting. The
FAA is extending the period for filing written information to afford
interested parties additional time to submit information while the
discussions continue.
DATES: Written information must be received on or before 12 p.m. on
August 13, 2004.
ADDRESSES: You may send written information, identified by docket
number FAA-2004-16944, by any of the following methods:
DOT Docket Web site: Go to http://dms.dot.gov and follow
the instructions for submitting information electronically.
Fax: 1-202-493-2251.
Mail: Docket Management System; U.S. Department of
Transportation, 400 Seventh Street, SW., Nassif Building, Room PL-401,
Washington, DC 20590-001. If sent by mail, information is to be
submitted in two copies. Persons wishing to receive confirmation of
receipt of their written submission should include a self-addressed
stamped postcard.
Hand Delivery: Docket Management System, Room PL-401 on
the plaza level of the Nassif Building, 400 Seventh Street, SW.,
Washington, DC, between 9 a.m. and 5 p.m., Monday through Friday,
except Federal holidays.
For more information on this proceeding, see the SUPPLEMENTARY
INFORMATION section of this document.
Instructions: You must include the agency name and docket number
FAA-2004-16944 for this notice at the beginning of the information that
you submit. Note that the information received will be posted without
change to http://dms.dot.gov, including any personal information
provided.
Docket: To read background documents or review information
received, go to http://dms.dot.gov at any time or to Room PL-401 on the
plaza level of the Nassif Building, 400 Seventh Street, SW.,
Washington, DC, between 9 a.m. and 5 p.m., Monday through Friday,
except Federal holidays.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Gerry Shakley, System Operations, Air
Traffic Organization, Federal Aviation Administration, 800 Independence
Ave., SW., Washington, DC 20591; telephone (202) 267-9424, facsimile:
(202) 267-7277; e-mail: gerry.shakley@faa.gov.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
Background
On July 28, 2004, the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) issued
a notice announcing that it would conduct a meeting to discuss flight
reductions at O'Hare to reduce over scheduling and flight delays during
peak hours at the airport (69 FR 46201; August 2, 2004). The FAA also
invited the submission of written information from interested person on
such schedule reductions. The FAA plans to issue a decision on delay
reductions in a final order. The meeting began on August 4 and is
continuing. It was open to all scheduled carriers, regardless of
whether they currently serve O'Hare. The FAA originally solicited
written information filed on or before August 11, 2004.
Extension of Request for Information
Discussions with the air carriers regarding their scheduled
operations at O'Hare are continuing. The FAA designated a short period
for submitting information, as the FAA has previously indicated its
intentions to address this issue as soon as possible to accommodate the
implementation of the air carriers' November 2004 schedules. Given that
the discussions are
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continuing, the FAA finds that it would benefit the public and the
agency to keep the public docket open for as long as possible to afford
interested persons more time to submit written information.
The FAA will provide actual notice to all parties that attended the
meeting. The FAA has determined that extension of the period for
submitting written information is consistent with the public interest,
and that good cause exists for taking this action. Accordingly, the
period is extended until 12 p.m. on August 13, 2004.
We will consider all information we receive on or before the
extended closing date. We will consider information filed late if it is
possible to do so without incurring expense or delay.
Public Availability and Confidentiality of Information
Except as provided below, we will file in the docket without change
all information we receive. The docket is available for public
inspection before and after its closing date. If you wish to review the
docket in person, go to the address in the ADDRESSES section of this
preamble between 9 a.m. and 5 p.m., Monday through Friday, except
Federal holidays. You may also review the docket via the Internet at
the Web address in the ADDRESSES section.
Proprietary or Confidential Business Information: As a result of
the written information's availability to the public, do not file with
the docket information that you consider to be proprietary or
confidential business information. Send or deliver this information
directly to the person identified in the FOR FURTHER INFORMATION
CONTACT section of this document. In addition, please mark the
information that you consider proprietary or confidential. If you send
the information on a disk or CD-ROM, mark the outside of the disk or CD
ROM and also identify electronically within the disk or CD-ROM the
specific information that is proprietary or confidential.
Under 14 CFR 11.35(b), when we are aware of proprietary information
filed with a submission, we do not place it in the docket. We hold it
in a separate file to which the public does not have access, and place
a note in the docket that we have received it. If we receive a request
to examine or copy this information, we treat it as any other request
under the Freedom of Information Act (5 U.S.C. 552). We process such a
request under the DOT procedures found in 49 CFR part 7.
Privacy Act: Using the search function of our docket Web site,
anyone can find and read the information received in any docket,
including the name of the individual submitting the information or
signing on behalf of a submitting organization. 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://dms.dot.gov.
Issued in Washington, DC, on August 11, 2004.
Andrew B. Steinberg,
Chief Counsel.
[FR Doc. 04-18722 Filed 8-11-04; 4:48 am]
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