[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: 14CFR298.21] [Page 256-257] TITLE 14--AERONAUTICS AND SPACE CHAPTER II--OFFICE OF THE SECRETARY, DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION (AVIATION PROCEEDINGS) PART 298--EXEMPTIONS FOR AIR TAXI AND COMMUTER AIR CARRIER OPERATIONS--Table of Contents Subpart C--Registration and Reregistration for Exemption Sec. 298.21 Filing for registration by air taxi operators and commuter air carriers. (a) Every air taxi operator (whether or not he is also a commuter air carrier as defined in this part) who plans to commence operations under this part shall register with the Department not later than 30 days prior to the commencement of such operations, unless, upon a showing of good cause satisfactory to the Director, Office of Aviation Analysis, registration within a lesser period of time is allowed. (b) The registration of an air taxi operator or commuter air carrier shall remain in effect until it is amended by the carrier or canceled by the Department. (c) Registration by all commuter air carriers, and by those air taxi operators with a mailing address in any U.S. State or Territory except Alaska, shall be accomplished by filing with the Department's Office of Aviation Analysis (or with the Department's Alaska Aviation Field Office, 222 West Seventh Street, Box 27, Anchorage, Alaska 99513, for air taxi operators that are not also commuter air carriers and that have a mailing address in the State of Alaska) the following: (1) OST Form 4507, executed in duplicate.\6\ This form shall be certified by a responsible official and shall include the following information: --------------------------------------------------------------------------- \6\ OST Form 4507 is filed as part of the original document and can be obtained from the Office of Aviation Analysis, Special Authorities Division. --------------------------------------------------------------------------- (i) The name of the carrier and its mailing address; (ii) The carrier's principal place of business, if different from its mailing address, and its area code and telephone number; (iii) The carrier's FAA certificate number, if any, and the address and telephone number of the carrier's local FAA office; (iv) The type of service the carrier will offer (scheduled passenger, scheduled cargo, mail under a U.S. Postal Service contract, on-demand passenger, on-demand cargo, or other service such as air ambulance operations, firefighting or seasonal operations); (v) A list of the aircraft that the carrier proposes to operate, or, in the case of an amendment to the registration, the aircraft that it is currently operating in its air taxi or commuter air carrier operations, and the aircraft type, FAA registration number and passenger capacity of each aircraft; (vi) For initial registration, the proposed date of commencement of air taxi or commuter air carrier operations; (vii) For amendments, whether the carrier has carried passengers in foreign air transportation during the previous 12 months; (viii) Whether the carrier is a U.S. citizen; (2) A certificate of insurance which is currently effective (or in case of initial registration, is to become effective), as defined in part 205 of this chapter; (3) An 8 (in the case of commuters, 670) dollar registration filing fee in the form of a check, draft, or postal money order payable to the Department of Transportation. (4) For air taxi operators that (i) are commuter air carriers, (ii) engage in foreign air transportation, or (iii) participate in an interline agreement, a signed counterpart of Agreement 18900 (OST Form 4523), which may be the revised registration form (OST Form 4507)), as required by part 203 of this chapter. These forms can be obtained from the Office of Aviation Analysis, Special Authorities Division. (d) No air taxi operator shall provide scheduled passenger service as a commuter air carrier at an eligible place unless it has registered with the Department as a commuter air carrier and has been found by the Department [[Page 257]] to be fit, willing, and able to conduct such service. (The reporting requirements contained in paragraph (c)(2) were approved by the Office of Management and Budget under control number 3024-0007. The reporting requirements contained in paragraph (c)(1) were approved under control number 3024-0008. The reporting requirements contained in paragraph (c)(4) were approved under control number 3024-0064.) [ER-929, 40 FR 42855, Sept. 17, 1975, as amended by ER-954, 41 FR 25890, June 23, 1976; 41 FR 27314, July 2, 1976; 41 FR 28786, July 13, 1976; ER-1208, 46 FR 8444, Jan. 27, 1981; ER-1213, 46 FR 12478, Feb. 17, 1981; ER-1318, 48 FR 3718, Jan. 27, 1983; ER-1333, 48 FR 8051, Feb. 25, 1983; 49 FR 28240, July 11, 1984; Docket No. 47939, 57 FR 40103, 40104, Sept. 2, 1992; 60 FR 43528, Aug. 22, 1995]