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        <PUBLICATION>
            <PUBLICATION_ID>201410</PUBLICATION_ID>
            <PUBLICATION_TITLE>The Regulatory Plan and the Unified Agenda of Federal Regulatory and Deregulatory Actions</PUBLICATION_TITLE>
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        <AGENCY>
            <CODE>2105</CODE>
            <NAME>Office of the Secretary</NAME>
            <ACRONYM>OST</ACRONYM>
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        <PARENT_AGENCY>
            <CODE>2100</CODE>
            <NAME>Department of Transportation</NAME>
            <ACRONYM>DOT</ACRONYM>
        </PARENT_AGENCY>
        <RULE_TITLE>Enhanced Consumer Protections for Charter Air Transportation </RULE_TITLE>
        <ABSTRACT><![CDATA[The U.S. Department of Transportation (Department) is seeking comment on the following proposals to strengthen the legal protections provided to consumers for charter air transportation: (1) enumerating certain prohibited unfair and deceptive practices by air taxis registered with the Department under 14 CFR part 298 and, as recommended by the National Transportation Safety Board (NTSB), requiring air taxis that sell charter air transportation, but rely on others to perform that air transportation, to disclose, among other things, at the time an air charter contract is arranged and anytime thereafter if such information changes, the name of the direct air carrier actually operating that service and any other name in which that direct air carrier holds itself out to the public; (2) creating a new class of indirect air carriers (i.e., air charter brokers) to provide single entity charter air transportation of passengers aboard large and small aircraft, establishing required disclosures for air charter brokers to give to their customers, and enumerating certain prohibited unfair and deceptive practices by air charter brokers; (3) codifying the exemption authority granted in 1983 to the class of indirect air carriers that provide air ambulance services, and establishing required disclosures by such carriers to the public; and (4) making clear and codifying that the air services performed under contract with the Federal Government are in common carriage.]]></ABSTRACT>
        <PRIORITY_CATEGORY>Substantive, Nonsignificant</PRIORITY_CATEGORY>
        <RIN_STATUS>Previously Published in The Unified Agenda</RIN_STATUS>
        <RULE_STAGE>Final Rule Stage</RULE_STAGE>
        <MAJOR>No</MAJOR>
        <UNFUNDED_MANDATE_LIST>
            <UNFUNDED_MANDATE>No</UNFUNDED_MANDATE>
        </UNFUNDED_MANDATE_LIST>
        <CFR_LIST>
            <CFR>14 CFR 298</CFR>
        </CFR_LIST>
        <LEGAL_AUTHORITY_LIST>
            <LEGAL_AUTHORITY>49 USC 329</LEGAL_AUTHORITY>
            <LEGAL_AUTHORITY>49 USC ch 401, 411, and 417</LEGAL_AUTHORITY>
            <LEGAL_AUTHORITY>49 USC 106(g), ch 447 and 451</LEGAL_AUTHORITY>
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        <RPLAN_ENTRY>No</RPLAN_ENTRY>
        <TIMETABLE_LIST>
            <TIMETABLE>
                <TTBL_ACTION>ANPRM</TTBL_ACTION>
                <TTBL_DATE>01/26/2007</TTBL_DATE>
                <FR_CITATION>72 FR 3773</FR_CITATION>
            </TIMETABLE>
            <TIMETABLE>
                <TTBL_ACTION>ANPRM Comment Period End</TTBL_ACTION>
                <TTBL_DATE>03/27/2007</TTBL_DATE>
            </TIMETABLE>
            <TIMETABLE>
                <TTBL_ACTION>NPRM</TTBL_ACTION>
                <TTBL_DATE>09/30/2013</TTBL_DATE>
                <FR_CITATION>78 FR 59880</FR_CITATION>
            </TIMETABLE>
            <TIMETABLE>
                <TTBL_ACTION>NPRM Comment Period End</TTBL_ACTION>
                <TTBL_DATE>11/29/2013</TTBL_DATE>
            </TIMETABLE>
            <TIMETABLE>
                <TTBL_ACTION>Final Rule</TTBL_ACTION>
                <TTBL_DATE>12/00/2014</TTBL_DATE>
            </TIMETABLE>
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        <RFA_REQUIRED>No</RFA_REQUIRED>
        <SMALL_ENTITY_LIST>
            <SMALL_ENTITY>No</SMALL_ENTITY>
        </SMALL_ENTITY_LIST>
        <GOVT_LEVEL_LIST>
            <GOVT_LEVEL>None</GOVT_LEVEL>
        </GOVT_LEVEL_LIST>
        <FEDERALISM>No</FEDERALISM>
        <ENERGY_AFFECTED>No</ENERGY_AFFECTED>
        <FURTHER_INFO_URL>www.regulations.gov</FURTHER_INFO_URL>
        <PUBLIC_COMMENT_URL>www.regulations.gov</PUBLIC_COMMENT_URL>
        <PRINT_PAPER>No</PRINT_PAPER>
        <INTERNATIONAL_INTEREST>No</INTERNATIONAL_INTEREST>
        <AGENCY_CONTACT_LIST>
            <CONTACT>
                <FIRST_NAME>Blane</FIRST_NAME>
                <LAST_NAME>Workie</LAST_NAME>
                <MIDDLE_NAME>A</MIDDLE_NAME>
                <TITLE>Principal Deputy Assistant General Counsel</TITLE>
                <AGENCY>
                    <CODE>2105</CODE>
                    <NAME>Office of the Secretary</NAME>
                    <ACRONYM>OST</ACRONYM>
                </AGENCY>
                <PHONE>202 366-9342</PHONE>
                <TDD_PHONE>202 755-7687</TDD_PHONE>
                <FAX>202 366-7152</FAX>
                <EMAIL>blane.workie@dot.gov</EMAIL>
                <MAILING_ADDRESS>
                    <STREET_ADDRESS>1200 New Jersey Avenue, SE,</STREET_ADDRESS>
                    <CITY>Washington</CITY>
                    <STATE>DC</STATE>
                    <ZIP>20590</ZIP>
                </MAILING_ADDRESS>
            </CONTACT>
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