Nondiscrimination on the Basis of Disability in Air Travel

• Date: December 10, 2009
• Source: www.regulations.gov

An advocacy group representing users of psychiatric service dogs has petitioned the Department to eliminate a provision of the Department of Transportation's Air Carrier Access regulation. The provision in question permits air carriers to require documentation and 48 hours' advance notice for users of psychiatric service animals. In this document, the Department is seeking comment on the group's petition and related questions. This document is not a notice of proposed rulemaking. The Department has not decided whether to grant the petition by initiating rulemaking action or to deny the petition and retain the provisions without change. The Department will publish a document in [[Page 47903]] the Federal Register regarding the determination of the petition.

DATES: Comments in response to this request must be received by December 17, 2009.