Notice That the Department Will No Longer Issue Formal SFRL Update Orders, in Light of the Recently Issued Final Rule Exempting Carriers From Their Statutory Duty To File International Air Cargo Tariffs. We Are Publishing This Notice in Its Entirety as an Appendix to This Document

DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION

Office of the Secretary

Notice That the Department Will No Longer Issue Formal SFRL

Update Orders, in Light of the Recently Issued Final Rule Exempting

Carriers From Their Statutory Duty To File International Air Cargo

Tariffs. We Are Publishing This Notice in Its Entirety as an Appendix

to This Document

DATED: Issued in Washington, DC December 13, 1995.

Patrick V. Murphy,

Acting Assistant Secretary for Aviation and International Affairs.

Attachment

United States of America, Department of Transportation, Office of the

Secretary, Washington, DC

NOTICE: Issuing of Formal SFRL Update Orders Discontinued.

The Department issued a final rule, November 30, 1995, exempting

all U.S. and foreign air carriers from their statutory duty to file

international air cargo tariffs, subject to the reimposition of the

duty in specific cases when consistent with the public interest (60

FR 61472).

In light of this development, the Department will no longer be

issuing periodic formal orders updating the Standard Foreign Rate

Level (SFRL) for each geographic area (Atlantic, Latin America and

Pacific). However, as stated in our October 24, 1994, Notice of

Proposed Rulemaking, the Department will continue to recalculate the

SFRL cost indices. This will continue to establish benchmark levels

that would be considered reasonable, and that could be used to

resolve any complaints against rates in any rate categories covered

by the SFRL.

These SFRL cost indices will be available from the Department

upon request. Persons who desire this information may telephone the

Department at 202-366-2435 or write to the Department at the

following address:

U.S. Department of Transportation; Office of the Secretary;

Office of International Aviation, X-43; 400 7th Street S.W.;

Washington DC 20590.

This notice shall be published in the Federal Register and shall

be served on all certificated air carriers and all foreign air

carriers.

Dated: December 13, 1995.

Patrick V. Murphy for Mark L. Gerchick,

Acting Assistant Secretary for Aviation and International Affairs.

[FR Doc. 95-30915 Filed 12-20-95; 8:45 am]

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