	           UNITED STATES OF AMERICA

      DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION

             OFFICE OF THE SECRETARY

                  WASHINGTON, D.C.

_______________________________

In the Matter of

Petitions for Reconsideration of Order 2002-12-11

(2002/2003 Hong Kong Fifth-Freedom All-Cargo Frequency Proceeding)

Docket OST-2002-14049

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								Served:  December 18, 2002

NOTICE ESTABLISHING RESPONSE DATES

On December 10, 2002, the Department issued Order 2002-12-11,
instituting the 2002/2003 Hong Kong Fifth-Freedom All-Cargo Frequency
Proceeding, Docket OST-2002-14049, establishing a procedural schedule
for the proceeding and attaching an evidence request for the use of the
parties in the case.  Under the established procedures, petitions for
reconsideration of Order 2002-12-11 were to be filed December 17, 2002,
and Direct Exhibits are to be filed January 7, 2003.

 

The Department received three petitions for reconsideration of its
instituting order on December 17, 2002.  Polar Air Cargo, Inc. requests
reconsideration of certain portions of the evidence request attached as
Appendix A to Order 2002-12-11, and also requests that December 19,
2002, be established as an answer date for its petition.  Federal
Express filed two separate petitions, one seeking reconsideration of
technical issues in the instituting order and another requesting that
the Secretary of Transportation reconsider the Department’s
interpretation of the U.S.-Hong Kong Memorandum of Understanding.

Under the Department’s regulations, 14 CFR 302.14, answers to each of
the petitions filed December 17, 2002, would be due on December 27,
2002.  In order to establish more expeditiously a record to resolve the
issues raised, we have decided to establish Monday, December 23, 2002,
as the due date for answers to the petitions, and Friday, December 27,
2002, as the due date for replies.

In view of the above, answers to the petitions for reconsideration of
Order 2002-12-11 shall be filed by December 23, 2002, and replies shall
be filed by December 27, 2002. 

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We will serve this Notice on all parties to this proceeding by email or
facsimile and will authorize the parties to serve their responses by
facsimile or email.

By:

							READ C. VAN DE WATER

							Assistant Secretary for Aviation

   and International Affairs

(SEAL)

Dated:  December 18, 2002

An electronic version of this notice is available on the World Wide Web
at 

http://dms.dot.gov//reports/reports_aviation.asp

