# Filing a Pre-dispute.
**AGENCY:**
Federal Aviation Administration (FAA), DOT.
**ACTION:**
Final rule.
**SUMMARY:**
On November 1, 2016, the FAA Office of Dispute Resolution for Acquisition (ODRA), which is now part of the FAA Office of Adjudication, relocated to a new address different from the one listed in its Procedural Regulations. This rule updates the address for ODRA filings by hand delivery, courier or other form of in-person delivery and the address for ODRA filings by U.S. Mail. The telephone and facsimile numbers are unchanged.
**DATES:**
This rule is effective March 21, 2017.
**FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:**
Marie A. Collins, Administrative Judge and Dispute Resolution Officer, FAA Office of Dispute Resolution for Acquisition, AGC-70, 600 Independence Avenue SW., Room 2W100, Washington, DC 20591, telephone number (202) 267-3290, facsimile (202) 267-3720.
**SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:**
The new address for ODRA filings by hand delivery, courier or other form of in-person delivery is: 600 Independence Avenue SW., Room 2W100, Washington, DC 20591. The new address for ODRA filings by U.S. Mail is: 800 Independence Avenue SW., Washington, DC 20591 [Attention: AGC-70, Wilbur Wright Bldg., Room 2W100].
**List of Subjects in 14 CFR Part 17**
Administrative practice and procedure, Authority delegations (Government agencies), Government contracts.
**The Amendment**
For the reasons discussed in the preamble, 14 CFR part 17 is amended as follows:
**PART 17—PROCEDURES FOR PROTESTS AND CONTRACT DISPUTES**
**14 CFR Part 17**
1. The authority citation for part 17 continues to read as follows:
**Authority:**
5 U.S.C. 570-581, 49 U.S.C. 106(f)(2), 40110, 40111, 40112, 46102, 46014, 46105, 46109, and 46110.
**17 CFR Part 17**
2. In § 17.15, revise paragraph (b) to read as follows:
§ 17.15
(b) Protests shall be filed with the ODRA, AGC-70, Federal Aviation Administration, telephone (202) 267-3290 as follows:
(1) 600 Independence Avenue SW., Room 2W100, Washington, DC 20591 for filing by hand delivery, courier or other form of in-person delivery;
(2) 800 Independence Avenue SW., Washington, DC 20591 [Attention: AGC-70, Wilbur Wright Bldg., Room 2W100] for filing by U.S. Mail; or
(3) Numbers (202) 267-3720 or alternate (202) 267-1293 for filing by facsimile.
**14 CFR Part 17**
3. In § 17.27, revise paragraph (b) to read as follows:
§ 17.27
(b) Contract Disputes shall be filed with the ODRA, AGC-70, Federal Aviation Administration, telephone (202) 267-3290 as follows:
(1) 600 Independence Avenue SW., Room 2W100, Washington, DC 20591 for filing by hand delivery, courier or other form of in-person delivery;
(2) 800 Independence Avenue SW., Washington, DC 20591 [Attention: AGC-70, Wilbur Wright Bldg., Room 2W100] for filing by U.S. Mail; or
(3) Numbers (202) 267-3720 or alternate (202) 267-1293 for filing by facsimile.
**14 CFR Part 17**
4. In § 17.59, revise paragraph (b) to read as follows:
§ 17.59
(b) Pre-disputes shall be filed with the ODRA, AGC-70, Federal Aviation Administration, telephone (202) 267-3290 as follows:
(1) 600 Independence Avenue SW., Room 2W100, Washington, DC 20591 for filing by hand delivery, courier or other form of in-person delivery;
(2) 800 Independence Avenue SW., Washington, DC 20591 [Attention: AGC-70, Wilbur Wright Bldg., Room 2W100] for filing by U.S. Mail; or
(3) Numbers (202) 267-3720 or alternate (202) 267-1293 for filing by facsimile.
Issued in Washington, DC, on March 13, 2017.
Anthony N. Palladino,
Director and Administrative Judge, Office of Dispute Resolution for Acquisition.