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Federal Aviation Administration, DOT

§ 11.40

about DOT’s—including FAA’s—regu-
latory activities. DOT assigns a regula-
tion identifier number (RIN) to each
individual rulemaking proceeding in
the semiannual agenda. This number
appears on all rulemaking documents
published in the F

EDERAL

EGISTER

and makes it easy for you to track
those rulemaking proceedings in both
the F

EDERAL

EGISTER

and the semi-

annual regulatory agenda.

[Doc. No. 1999–6622, 65 FR 50863, Aug. 21, 2000,
as amended at 72 FR 68474, Dec. 5, 2007]

§ 11.35

Does FAA include sensitive se-

curity information and proprietary
information in the Federal Docket
Management System (FDMS)?

(a)

Sensitive security information. You

should not submit sensitive security
information to the rulemaking docket,
unless you are invited to do so in our
request for comments. If we ask for
this information, we will tell you in
the specific document how to submit
this information, and we will provide a
separate non-public docket for it. For
all proposed rule changes involving
civil aviation security, we review com-
ments as we receive them, before they
are placed in the docket. If we find that
a comment contains sensitive security
information, we remove that informa-
tion before placing the comment in the
general docket.

(b)

Proprietary information. When we

are aware of proprietary information
filed with a comment, we do not place
it in the docket. We hold it in a sepa-
rate file to which the public does not
have access, and place a note in the
docket that we have received it. If we
receive a request to examine or copy
this information, we treat it as any
other request under the Freedom of In-
formation Act (5 U.S.C. 552). We proc-
ess such a request under the DOT pro-
cedures found in 49 CFR part 7.

[Doc. No. 1999–6622, 65 FR 50863, Aug. 21, 2000,
as amended at 72 FR 68474, Dec. 5, 2007]

§ 11.37

Where can I find information

about an Airworthiness Directive,
an airspace designation, or a peti-
tion handled in a region?

The FAA includes most documents

concerning Airworthiness Directives,
airspace designations, or petitions han-
dled in a region in the electronic dock-

et. If the information isn’t in the dock-
et, contact the person listed under

FOR

FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT

in the F

EDERAL

EGISTER

document

about the action.

§ 11.38

What public comment proce-

dures does the FAA follow for Spe-
cial Conditions?

Even though the Administrative Pro-

cedure Act does not require notice and
comment for rules of particular appli-
cability, FAA does publish proposed
special conditions for comment. In the
following circumstances we may not
invite comment before we issue a spe-
cial condition. If we don’t, we will in-
vite comment when we publish the
final special condition.

(a) The FAA considers prior notice to

be impracticable if issuing a design ap-
proval would significantly delay deliv-
ery of the affected aircraft. We con-
sider such a delay to be contrary to the
public interest.

(b) The FAA considers prior notice to

be unnecessary if we have provided pre-
vious opportunities to comment on
substantially identical proposed spe-
cial conditions, and we are satisfied
that new comments are unlikely.

§ 11.39

How may I participate in FAA’s

rulemaking process?

You may participate in FAA’s rule-

making process by doing any of the fol-
lowing:

(a) File written comments on any

rulemaking document that asks for
comments, including an ANPRM,
NPRM, SNPRM, a final rule with re-
quest for comments, or a direct final
rule. Follow the directions for com-
menting found in each rulemaking doc-
ument.

(b) Ask that we hold a public meeting

on any rulemaking, and participate in
any public meeting that we hold.

that asks us to adopt, amend, or repeal
a regulation.

§ 11.40

Can I get more information

about a rulemaking?

You can contact the person listed

under

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION

CONTACT

in the preamble of a rule.

That person can explain the meaning

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§ 11.41

and intent of a proposed rule, the tech-
nical aspects of a document, the termi-
nology in a document, and can tell you
our published schedule for the rule-
making process. We cannot give you in-
formation that is not already available
to other members of the public. The
Department of Transportation policy
regarding public contacts during rule-
making appears at 49 CFR 5.19.

[Docket No. FAA–1999–6622, 65 FR 50863, Aug.
21, 2000, as amended at 84 FR 71717, Dec. 27,
2019]

RITTEN

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§ 11.41

Who may file comments?

Anyone may file written comments

about proposals and final rules that re-
quest public comments.

§ 11.43

What information must I put in

my written comments?

(a) Your written comments must be

in English and must contain the fol-
lowing:

(1) The docket number of the rule-

making document you are commenting
on, clearly set out at the beginning of
your comments.

(2) Your name and mailing address,

and, if you wish, other contact infor-
mation, such as a fax number, tele-
phone number, or e-mail address.

(3) Your information, views, or argu-

ments, following the instructions for
participation in the rulemaking docu-
ment on which you are commenting.

(b) You should also include all mate-

rial relevant to any statement of fact
or argument in your comments, to the
extent that the material is available to
you and reasonable for you to submit.
Include a copy of the title page of the
document. Whether or not you submit
a copy of the material to which you
refer, you should indicate specific
places in the material that support
your position.

§ 11.45

Where and when do I file my

comments?

(a) Send your comments to the loca-

tion specified in the rulemaking docu-
ment on which you are commenting. If
you are asked to send your comments
to the Federal Document Management
System, you may send them in either
of the following ways:

(1) By mail to: U.S. Department of

Transportation, Docket Operations,
West Building Ground Floor, Room
W12–140, 1200 New Jersey Avenue, SE.,
Washington, DC 20590.

(2) Through the Internet to

http://

www.regulations.gov.

(3) In any other manner designated

by FAA.

(b) Make sure that your comments

reach us by the deadline set out in the
rulemaking document on which you
are commenting. We will consider late-
filed comments to the extent possible
only if they do not significantly delay
the rulemaking process.

tronic comments if they are frivolous,
abusive, or repetitious. We may reject
comments you file electronically if you
do not follow the electronic filing in-
structions at the Federal Docket Man-
agement System Web site.

[Doc. No. 1999–6622, 65 FR 50863, Aug. 21, 2000,
as amended at 72 FR 68474, Dec. 5, 2007]

§ 11.47

May I ask for more time to file

my comments?

Yes, if FAA grants your request for

more time to file comments, we grant
all persons the same amount of time.
We will notify the public of the exten-
sion by a document in the F

EDERAL

EGISTER

. If FAA denies your request,

we will notify you of the denial. To ask
for more time, you must file a written
or electronic request for extension at
least 10 days before the end of the com-
ment period. Your letter or message
must—

(a) Show the docket number of the

rule at the top of the first page;

(b) State, at the beginning, that you

are requesting an extension of the com-
ment period;

for the extension and that an extension
is in the public interest;

(d) Be sent to the address specified

for comments in the rulemaking docu-
ment on which you are commenting.

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