[Code of Federal Regulations]
[Title 14, Volume 4]
[Revised as of January 1, 2002]
From the U.S. Government Printing Office via GPO Access
[CITE: 14CFR272.8]

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                     TITLE 14--AERONAUTICS AND SPACE
 
   CHAPTER II--OFFICE OF THE SECRETARY, DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION 
                         (AVIATION PROCEEDINGS)
 
PART 272--ESSENTIAL AIR SERVICE TO THE FREELY ASSOCIATED STATES--Table of Contents
 
Sec. 272.8  Obligation to continue service.

    (a) If the Department finds that a proposed termination, suspension, 
or reduction in service by an air carrier or Freely Associated State Air 
Carrier will, or may, reduce service to an eligible Freely Associated 
State place below the level of essential air service to such place, 
whether or not the Department has previously determined the level of 
essential air service to such place, the Department may direct the air 
carrier or Freely Associated State Air Carrier concerned to maintain 
service to such place at a level the Department determines will ensure 
essential air service to such place, pending the commencement of 
alternative service as required to maintain the level of essential air 
service previously, or thereafter, determined by the Department.
    (b) During any period the Department requires an air carrier or 
Freely Associated State Air Carrier to maintain a level of service 
proposed to be terminated, suspended or reduced, following the filing of 
a 90 day notice in accordance with Sec. 272.7, the Department will 
provide for the payment of compensation to such carrier for any losses 
incurred by that carrier as a result of such required continuation of 
service in accordance with the procedures set forth in part 271 of this 
chapter. If the carrier is already receiving compensation pursuant to 
Sec. 272.9 of this part, the Department will continue to direct

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payment of such compensation during any period the carrier is required 
to maintain service. Such payments shall be made by the Department of 
Interior from funds appropriated for this purpose.
    (c) The Department will review its order from time to time and will 
revise the level of required service as necessary to maintain only the 
level of essential air service determined by the Department for that 
place, considering all other service to such place in accordance with 
Sec. 272.6(a)(3).
    (d) During the period any such air carrier or Freely Associated 
State Air Carrier is required to maintain service under this section, 
the Department will make every effort to obtain alternative service, 
with compensation if necessary, as required to maintain essential air 
service to such place.

[Amdt. No. 272-1, 52 FR 5443, Feb. 23, 1987, as amended at 60 FR 43525, 
Aug. 22, 1995]