298.50—Application.
        
        (a) 
         Any person desiring to provide air transportation as a commuter air carrier must first obtain a Commuter Air Carrier Authorization. This shall be accomplished by filing with the Department—
    
    
    
        
        (2) 
         Data in accordance with  part 204 of this chapter to support a determination by the Department that the person is “fit, willing, and able” to operate the proposed commuter service; and
    
    
        
        (3) 
         A $670 filing fee in the form of a check, draft, or postal money order payable to the Department of Transportation.
    
    
        
        (b) 
         An executed original and two true copies of an application for a Commuter Air Carrier Authorization shall be filed with Department of Transportation Dockets, 1200 New Jersey Avenue, SE., Washington, DC 20590.