Served: September 22, 2004

UNITED STATES OF AMERICA

DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION

OFFICE OF THE SECRETARY

WASHINGTON, D.C.

Issued by the Department of Transportation

on the 22nd day of September, 2004

INTRA ALASKA BUSH SERVICE MAIL RATES

	

Docket OST-2003-14694





NOTICE

On August 5, 2004, pursuant to Rule 302.11, the Department granted the
Consolidated Carriers and Peninsula Airways an additional extension
until September 3, 2004, to submit initial comments to Orders 2004-3-34,
2004-6-3, 2004-6-4, and 2004-7-11, establishing bush linehaul mail
rates, with rebuttals due 15 days thereafter, on September 20.  On
September 17, ERA Aviation requested a 30-day extension, to October 20,
for rebuttals.  ERA notes that the Department previously granted
Peninsula two separate one-month extensions for initial comments, and
Peninsula’s initial comments were extensive and challenging to
analyze.  

We received rebuttal comments from Peninsula and the Postal Service on
September 20, but no party has objected to us granting ERA’s request
for an extension.  Accordingly, we will grant ERA’s request that we
extend the deadline for rebuttal comments to October 20, 2004.  

By:

KARAN K. BHATIA

Assistant Secretary for Aviation

    and International Affairs

(SEAL)

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