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[76 Stat. 146]
PUBLIC LAW 87-000—MMMM. DD, 1962
[76 Stat. 146]

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60 Stat. 242.

PUBLIC LAW 87-528-JULY 10, 1962

[76 STAT.

"(2) shall be valid for not more than thirty days and may be extended for additional periods aggregating not more than sixty days; and "(3) shall not be deemed a license within the meaning of section 9(b) of the Administrative Procedure Act (5 U.S.C. 1008(b)). "PROCEDURE

Interim opera""XifTK 143.

72 Stat. 756. 49 USC 1371.

"(c) The Board shall by regulation establish procedures for the expeditious investigation and determination of requests for such special operating authorizations. Such procedures shall include written notice to air carriers certificated to provide service between the points involved, and shall provide for such opportunity to protest the application in writing, and at the Board's discretion to be heard orally in support of such protest, as will not unduly delay issuance of such special operating authorization, taking into account the degree of emergency involved. SEC. 7. (a) If any applicant who makes application under section 401(d)(3) of the Federal Aviation Act of 1958 for a certificate for supplemental air transportation within thirty days after the date of enactment of this Act shall show— (1) that it, or its predecessor in interest, was an air carrier authorized to furnish service between places within the United States under a certificate of public convenience and necessity issued by the Civil Aeronautics Board pursuant to order E-13436, adopted January 28, 1959, or order E-14196, adopted July 8, 1959, or that it was given interim authority to operate in interstate air transportation as a supplemental air carrier under Board order E-9744 of November 15, 1955, and has pending before the Board an application for certification as a supplemental air carrier which was filed prior to July 14, 1960; (2) that, during the period beginning on the date such certificate was issued or such interim operating authority was conferred by the Board and ending on the date of enactment of this Act, such applicant or his predecessor in interest lawfully performed (A) a substantial portion of the transportation authorized by such certificate or interim operating authority, (B) substantial operations in overseas or foreign air transportation, as a supplemental or large irregular air carrier, authorized by the Board, or (C) substantial operations for the Military Establishment of the United States authorized by the Board; (3) that such certificate or interim operating authority had not been revoked or otherwise terminated by the Board or had not otherwise expired prior to the enactment of this Act: Provided, That for the purposes of this section such certificate or operating authority shall be considered to have been revoked or terminated if the Board has issued a final order to that effect on or before the date of enactment of this Act, notwithstanding a pending judicial review of such order; and (4) that such certificate or interim operating authority is held by the original grantee or has been transferred to the applicant with Board approval pursuant to section 401(h) of the Federal Aviation Act of 1958: Provided, That a person who on the date of enactment of this Act had on file with the Board an application for the approval of transfer to him of a certificate for supplemental air transportation or interim operating authority, may be issued a new interim certificate or new interim operating authority under this section if the Board approves the transfer pursuant to section 401(h) of the Federal Aviation Act of 1958;

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