Rulemakings with "Regulatory Flexibility Analysis" Effects

DOT Rulemakings with "Regulatory Flexibility Analysis" Effects as of 09/25/2012

Acquisition Services

The Acquisition Services Division provides cross-cutting support to the Heads of Contracting Activity, internal stakeholders, and external customers (Transportation Safety Institute (TSI) and the Surface Transportation Board (STB)).  This Division provides a full range of...

Digital Government Strategy

https://www.whitehouse.gov/sites/whitehouse.gov/files/omb/memoranda/2017/m-17-06.pdf

About Us

The Office of Aviation Consumer Protection: Assists, educates and protects aviation consumers by, among other things, reviewing and responding to consumer complaints about air travel, publishing the U.S. Department of Transportation’s monthly Air Travel Consumer Report, and ensuring the...

Aircraft Disinsection Requirements

Disinsection is permitted under international law in order to protect public health, agriculture and the environment. The World Health Organization and the International Civil Aviation Organization stipulate two approaches for aircraft disinsection--either spray the aircraft cabin, with an...

Use of Passenger-Supplied Electronic Respiratory Assistive Devices On Aircraft

This notice provides further guidance for foreign and U.S. carriers (carriers) and the traveling public regarding the obligation of carriers under the Air Carrier Access Act (ACAA) and its implementing regulation, 14 CFR Part 382 (Part 382), to allow the use of four types of passenger-supplied...

Inflation Adjustments to Montreal Convention Liability Limits

This notice provides guidance to U.S. and certain foreign air carriers on inflation adjustments to liability limits of air carriers and foreign air carriers under the Montreal Convention (Convention). The adjustments affect limits on liability for damages for passenger death or injury, delay in...

Additional Guidance on Airfare and Air Tour Price Advertisements

This notice provides additional guidance to airlines and ticket agents that market prices for air transportation, air tours, or tour components in connection with air transportation regarding the full fare advertising rule. It describes several airline and ticket agent practices that the Office...

Guidance on the Use of Rounding in Air Fare Advertisements

This notice is intended to provide guidance to air carriers, foreign air carriers, and ticket agents regarding compliance with the full-fare disclosure mandate of the Department’s recent consumer rule, “Enhancing Airline Consumer Protections” (14 CFR 399.84, 76 Fed. Reg. 23110, 23166, Apr. 25,...

The Rights of Small Entities To Enforcement Fairness and Policy Against Retaliation

DOT has a policy regarding the rights of small entities to regulatory enforcement fairness and an explicit policy against retaliation for exercising these rights. The policy is as stated below.

Our objective is to ensure a fair regulatory...