14 CFR § 377.5 - Procedure to obtain Department interpretation.
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identifier: "/us/cfr/t14/s377.5"
source: "ecfr"
legal_status: "authoritative_unofficial"
title: "14 CFR § 377.5 - Procedure to obtain Department interpretation."
title_number: 14
title_name: "Aeronautics and Space"
section_number: "377.5"
section_name: "Procedure to obtain Department interpretation."
chapter_name: "OFFICE OF THE SECRETARY, DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION (AVIATION PROCEEDINGS)"
subchapter_number: "D"
subchapter_name: "SPECIAL REGULATIONS"
part_number: "377"
part_name: "CONTINUANCE OF EXPIRED AUTHORIZATIONS BY OPERATION OF LAW PENDING FINAL DETERMINATION OF APPLICATIONS FOR RENEWAL THEREOF"
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currency: "2026-04-05"
last_updated: "2026-04-05"
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generator: "[email protected]"
authority: "49 U.S.C. Chapters 401, 461; 5 U.S.C. 558, 559."
cfr_part: "377"
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# 377.5 Procedure to obtain Department interpretation.
(a) The Department will determine upon written request by the holder of a temporary authorization or by any competitively affected air carrier or foreign air carrier, or upon its own initiative, whether the temporary authorization is a “license with reference to an activity of a continuing nature” within the meaning of 5 U.S.C. 558(c).
(b) A written request for such a Department determination shall be filed at least 60 days before the deadline set forth in § 377.10 for a timely renewal application.
(c) The filing of such a written request shall not affect the timeliness requirements for renewal applications that are set forth in § 377.10 or any other applicable Department rule or order.
[SPR-184, 47 FR 7212, Feb. 18, 1982, as amended by Doc. No. DOT-OST-2014-0140, 84 FR 15940, Apr. 16, 2019]