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.

Effects:

None

Prompting action: Statute

Legal Deadline:

None

Rulemaking Project Initiated: 07/26/1990

Dates for ANPRM:

Milestone	Originally Scheduled Date	New Projected Date	Actual Date
To OST	07/30/2004		08/12/2004
To OMB	08/30/2004	09/13/2004	09/14/2004
OMB Clearance	09/13/2004	11/01/2004	10/29/2004
Publication Date	09/22/2004	11/08/2004	11/29/2004
End of Comment Period	12/21/2004	01/08/2005	03/28/2005
Publication Date for Extension of Comment Period			03/28/2005
End of Extended Comment Period			07/28/2005

Explanation for any delay:

Unanticipated issues requiring further analysis

Federal Register Citation for ANPRM: 69 FR 69245

Office of the Secretary

65.

Fees and Charges for Special Services

Red

Popular Title: Fees for Special Services

RIN 2105-AC47

Stage: Final Rule

Previous Stage: NPRM: Publication Date 01/21/1999; End of Comment Period 03/02/1999.

Abstract: This rulemaking revises 14 CFR Part 389 to bring the fees we charge to beneficiaries of certain economic, aviation-related licensing services in line with the costs incurred to provide those services. It also removes or updates obsolete provisions and organizational references included in the existing regulations. This rulemaking was recently upgraded to significant.

Effects:

None

Prompting action: None

Legal Deadline:

None

Rulemaking Project Initiated: 09/02/1998

Dates for Final Rule:

Milestone	Originally Scheduled Date	New Projected Date	Actual Date
To OST	09/24/2004		09/23/2004
Returned to Mode			11/17/2004
Resubmitted to OST			12/07/2004
To OMB	01/31/2005		02/03/2005
OMB Clearance	04/27/2005	05/03/2005	05/06/2005
Publication Date	04/30/2005	05/10/2005

Explanation for any delay:

Additional coordination necessary

Federal Register Citation for Final Rule: None

Office of the Secretary

66.

Aviation Data Requirements Review and Modernization Program

Red

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.

Effects:

None

Prompting action: None

Legal Deadline:

None

Rulemaking Project Initiated: 04/15/1998

Dates for NPRM:

Milestone	Originally Scheduled Date	New Projected Date	Actual Date
To OST	01/30/2004	05/31/2004	05/31/2004
Returned to Mode			06/15/2004
Resubmitted to OST		07/12/2004	07/26/2004
To OMB	03/04/2004	09/07/2004	09/29/2004
OMB Clearance	06/04/2004	12/07/2004	12/30/2004
Publication Date	06/12/2004	02/15/2005	02/17/2005
End of Comment Period	08/12/2004	04/15/2005	04/18/2005

Explanation for any delay:

Unanticipated impacts requiring further analysis

Federal Register Citation for NPRM: 70 FR 8140

Office of the Secretary

67.

Nondiscrimination on the Basis of Disability in Air Travel

Red

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.

Effects:

None

Prompting action: Statute

Legal Deadline:

None

Rulemaking Project Initiated: 04/05/2000

Dates for NPRM:

Milestone	Originally Scheduled Date	New Projected Date	Actual Date
To OST	04/26/2004		04/26/2004
To OMB	06/15/2004	06/25/2004	06/28/2004
OMB Clearance	09/15/2004	09/28/2004	09/24/2004
Publication Date	09/22/2004	10/29/2004	11/04/2004
End of Comment Period	11/22/2004	12/29/2005	02/02/2005

Explanation for any delay:

Additional coordination necessary

Federal Register Citation for NPRM: 69 FR 64363

Office of the Secretary

68.

Review of Data Filed by Certificated or Commuter Air Carriers to Support Continuing Fitness Determinations Involving Citizenship Issues

Red

Popular Title: Fitness

RIN 2105-AD25

Stage: NPRM

Previous Stage: ANPRM: Publication Date 7/30/03; End of Comment Period 9/29/03.

Abstract: This rulemaking would clarify and codify procedures that may be used during continuing fitness reviews of U.S. carriers when citizenship is at issue. It would add a new paragraph to 14 CFR 204.5 that explains that if, the Department determines that more public procedures are needed during the course of a continuing fitness review to resolve issues relating to the carrier's citizenship, it will be done on a case-by-case basis; it would also provide examples of what these procedures may be.

Effects:

None

Prompting action: None

Legal Deadline:

None

Rulemaking Project Initiated: 02/13/2003

Dates for NPRM:

Milestone	Originally Scheduled Date	New Projected Date	Actual Date
To OST	01/18/2005		11/18/2004
To OMB	02/18/2005		02/09/2005
Withdrawn from OMB			06/14/2005
OMB Clearance	05/18/2005	06/18/2005
Publication Date	05/25/2005	06/25/2005
End of Comment Period	07/25/2005	08/25/2005

Explanation for any delay:

Additional coordination necessary

Federal Register Citation for NPRM: None

Office of the Secretary

69.

Petition of the National Air Carrier Association for Rulemaking

Red

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.

Effects:

None

Prompting action: None

Legal Deadline:

None

Rulemaking Project Initiated: 03/21/2002

Dates for NPRM:

Milestone	Originally Scheduled Date	New Projected Date	Actual Date
To OST	04/19/2004		04/19/2004
Returned to Mode			05/03/2004
Resubmitted to OST			06/21/2004
Returned to Mode/2			07/02/2004
Resubmitted to OST/3			08/12/2004
To OMB	07/26/2004		09/14/2004
OMB Clearance	10/26/2004	12/14/2004	12/14/2004
Publication Date	11/02/2004	12/30/2004	01/21/2005
End of Comment Period	01/03/2005	03/02/2005	03/22/2005

Explanation for any delay:

Unanticipated impacts requiring further analysis

Federal Register Citation for NPRM: 70 FR 3158

Office of the Secretary

70.

Navigation of Foreign Civil Aircraft within the United States (14 CFR Part 375)

Red

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.

Effects:

None

Prompting action: None

Legal Deadline:

None

Rulemaking Project Initiated: 05/16/2003

Dates for NPRM:

Milestone	Originally Scheduled Date	New Projected Date	Actual Date
To OST	03/22/2004		03/29/2004
Returned to Mode			06/15/2004
Resubmitted to OST		07/02/2004	06/30/2004
To OMB	05/26/2004	07/30/2004	07/21/2004
OMB Clearance	08/26/2004	11/01/2004	11/12/2004
Publication Date	09/09/2004	02/15/2005	02/07/2005
End of Comment Period	11/10/2004	04/15/2005	04/08/2005

Explanation for any delay:

Additional coordination necessary

Federal Register Citation for NPRM: 70 FR 6382

Office of the Secretary

71.

Accomodations in Air Travel for Deaf and Hard of Hearing Individuals

Yellow

Popular Title: Deaf, Hard of Hearing, and Deaf-Blind (DHHB)

RIN 2105-AD41

Stage: NPRM

Previous Stage:None

Abstract: This rulemaking would expand accomodations provided to deaf, hard of hearing, and deaf-blind air travelers under the Air Carrier Access Act. The purpose of this rulemaking would be to improve access for air travelers who are deaf, hard of hearing and deaf-blind during all phases of air travel, from the airport to the flight itself. This rule would apply to certain foreign and domestic air carriers. It responds to a petition for rulemaking.

Effects:

None

Prompting action: None

Legal Deadline:

None

Rulemaking Project Initiated: 05/11/2004

Dates for NPRM:

Milestone	Originally Scheduled Date	New Projected Date	Actual Date
To OST	03/01/2005		03/15/2005
To OMB	04/29/2005	06/29/2005
OMB Clearance	07/29/2005	09/29/2005
Publication Date	08/07/2005	10/07/2005
End of Comment Period		12/07/2005

Explanation for any delay:

Additional coordination necessary

Federal Register Citation for NPRM: None

Office of the Secretary

72.

Display of Joint Operations in Carrier-Owned Computer Reservations Systems Regulations (Part 256)

Green

Popular Title: Huey Rule

RIN 2105-AD44

Stage: Final Rule

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)).

Effects:

None

Prompting action: None

Legal Deadline:

None

Rulemaking Project Initiated: 01/31/2004

Dates for Final Rule:

Milestone	Originally Scheduled Date	Actual Date
To OST	06/22/2005	06/14/2005
To OMB	07/22/2005
OMB Clearance	10/21/2005
Publication Date	11/04/2005

Explanation for any delay:

N/A

Federal Register Citation for Final Rule: None