FOIA Electronic Reading Room - Category One

Final Opinions/Orders in Adjudicated Cases

Aviation, Hazardous Materials, and Motor Carrier-Related Decisions

Decisions by ALJs and/or the Assistant Secretary for Aviation and International Affairs [1996-present]

These decisions are located in Regulations.gov unless otherwise indicated.  To facilitate searching Regulations.gov, docket numbers, applicable statutes, or other descriptive terms (subjects) are provided.

Tips for Finding ALJ Decisions in Regulations.gov

• Aviation Safety Civil Penalty Decisions
• Hazardous Materials Safety Civil Penalty Decisions
• Motor Carrier Safety Civil Penalty Decisions
• Airport-Airline Fees/Rates and Charges Decisions (49 USC 47129; 14 CFR part 302, subpart E)
  • Los Angeles Airport
    • Asst. Sec’y Final Decision DOT-OST-1997-2329-0012 (LAX II)
    • ALJ Recommended Decision DOT-OST-2007-27331-0184 (LAX III)
    • Asst. Sec’y Final Decision DOT-OST-2007-27331-0198 (LAX III)
    • Asst. Sec’y Order DOT-OST-2007-27331-0204 (LAX III)
  • Miami Airport
    • ALJ Recommended Decision DOT-OST-1996-1965-0122
    • Asst. Sec’y Order DOT-OST-1996-1965-0138
  • Newark Airport
    • Asst. Sec’y Order DOT-OST-2000-7285-0015
    • ALJ Recommended Decision DOT-OST-2005-20407-0116
    • Asst. Sec’y Final Decision DOT-OST-2005-20407-0129
    • Asst. Sec’y Order DOT-OST-2005-20407-0133
• Airline Fitness/Citizenship Decisions (49 USC chapters 411, 413)
  • DHL/ASTAR
    • ALJ Recommended Decision DOT-OST-2002-13089-0594
    • Asst. Sec’y Order DOT-OST-2002-13089-0605
  • Trans Borinquen Air, Inc.
    • Asst. Sec’y Order DOT-OST-1999-6173-0002 & -0006
    • Asst. Sec’y Order DOT-OST-2000-6777-0003 & -0007
  • Virgin America, Inc.
    • Asst. Sec’y Orders DOT-OST-2005-23307-15160 & -15161

Decisions by the Assistant Secretary for Aviation and International Affairs [1996-present]

These decisions are located in Regulations.gov unless otherwise indicated.  To facilitate searching Regulations.gov, applicable statutes or other descriptive terms (subjects) are provided.

• Aviation Economic Violation Enforcement Proceedings (14 CFR 302.402 et seq.)
• Aviation Economic Orders [1996-2002] and Decisions [1996-present] (subjects include routes, domestic air carrier fitness, slot exemption (Washington Nat’l Airport, 49 USC 41719), Essential Air Service (EAS) (49 USC 41731-42), Small Community Air Service Development Program (SCASDP) (49 USC 41743), Alaska and international mail rates (49 USC chapter 419, 14 CFR Part 302), air carrier permit/exemption (49 USC 40109, 41301-07, 14 CFR Part 204 & Part 302, subparts B and C), and anti-trust immunity (49 USC 41308-09, 14 CFR Part 204)
  • Sun Country Airlines (slot exemptions) DOT-OST-2000-7182-1800
  • BWI Airport (SCASDP) DOT-OST-2009-0149-0474
• Airline Prices/Routes/Services Preemption Decisions (49 USC 41713)
  • Tinicum Township (Privilege Fee/Anti-Head Tax) DOT-OST-2007-29341-0015
  • Hawaiian Airlines DOT-OST-2006-2561-0190
  • Love Field DOT-OST-1998-4363-0100 & -0116

Decisions by the Deputy General Counsel [1996-present]

These decisions are located in Regulations.gov.  To facilitate searching Regulations.gov, descriptive terms (subjects) are provided, with direct links to the 2009 Consent Orders and 2010 Consent Orders.

• Aviation Enforcement Consent Orders (subjects include unauthorized operations, consumer protection/advertising, discrimination/disability, and reporting)

Joint Decisions by the Secretary of Transportation and the FAA Administrator [2010-present]

• Aviation Economic Decisions
  • Delta/US Airways (slot exemptions) FAA-2010-0109-0077

Other Decisions

• Disadvantaged Business Enterprise Certification Appeal Decisions [2007-present]*
• Administrative Wage Garnishment Decision - March 2010
• Administrative Wage Garnishment Decision - 3/12/2010
• Administrative Wage Garnishment Decision - 9/29/2010
• Administrative Wage Garnishment Decision - 10/19/2010

* Personal privacy information has been redacted from these decisions based on FOIA Exemption 6.