Traveling by Air With Service Animals

Document Headings Document headings vary by document type but may contain the following: the agency or agencies that issued and signed a document the number of the CFR title and the number of each part the document amends, proposes to amend, or is directly related to the agency docket number / agency internal file number the RIN which identifies each regulatory action listed in the Unified Agenda of Federal Regulatory and Deregulatory Actions See the Document Drafting Handbook for more details. Department of Transportation Office of the Secretary 14 CFR Part 382 [Docket No. DOT-OST-2018-0068] RIN 2105-AE63 AGENCY: Office of the Secretary (OST), U.S. Department of Transportation (DOT). ACTION: Advance notice of proposed rulemaking. SUMMARY: The U.S. Department of Transportation (DOT or Department) is seeking comment on amending its Air Carrier Access Act (ACAA) regulation on transportation of service animals. The Department has heard from the transportation industry, as well as individuals with disabilities, that the current ACAA regulation could be improved to ensure nondiscriminatory access for individuals with disabilities, while simultaneously preventing instances of fraud and ensuring consistency with other Federal regulations. The Department recognizes the integral role that service animals play in the lives of many individuals with disabilities and wants to ensure that individuals with disabilities can continue using their service animals while also helping to ensure that the fraudulent use of other animals not qualified as service animals is deterred and animals that are not trained to behave properly in the public are not accepted for transport as service animals. ( printed page 23833) DATES: Comments should be filed by July 9, 2018. Late-filed comments will be considered to the extent practicable. ADDRESSES: You may file comments identified by the docket number DOT-OST-2018-0068 by any of the following methods: Federal eRulemaking Portal: Go to http://www.r…