14 CFR § 302.707 - Procedure for fixing temporary mail rates.

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title: "14 CFR § 302.707 - Procedure for fixing temporary mail rates."
title_number: 14
title_name: "Aeronautics and Space"
section_number: "302.707"
section_name: "Procedure for fixing temporary mail rates."
chapter_name: "OFFICE OF THE SECRETARY, DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION (AVIATION PROCEEDINGS)"
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subchapter_name: "PROCEDURAL REGULATIONS"
part_number: "302"
part_name: "RULES OF PRACTICE IN PROCEEDINGS"
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authority: "39 U.S.C. 5402; 42 U.S.C. 4321, 49 U.S.C. Subtitle I and Chapters 401, 411, 413, 415, 417, 419, 461, 463, and 471."
regulatory_source: "Docket No. OST-97-2090, 65 FR 6457, Feb. 9, 2000, unless otherwise noted."
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# 302.707 Procedure for fixing temporary mail rates.

At any time during the pendency of a proceeding for the determination of final mail rates, the DOT decisionmaker, upon his or her own initiative, or on petition by the air carrier whose rates are in issue or by the U.S. Postal Service, may fix temporary rates of compensation for the transportation of mail subject to downward or upward adjustment upon the determination of final mail rates.