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Table of Contents
Federal Aviation Administration
1. Improved
Water Survival Equipment
2. Retrofit
of Improved Seats in Air Carrier Transport Category Airplanes
3. Drug
Enforcement Assistance
5. Corrosion
Prevention and Control Program
6. National
Air Tour Safety Standards
7. Revision
of Emergency Evacuation Demonstration Procedures to Improve Participant Safety
8. Flight
Crewmember Duty Limitations and Rest Requirements
9. False
and Misleading Statements Regarding Aircraft Parts
10. Noise
Limitations for Aircraft Operations in the Vicinity of Grand Canyon National
Park
11. Licensing
and Safety Requirements for Launch
13. Policy
Regarding Airport Rates and Charges
14. Training
in the Recognition of Hazardous Material
15. Revisions
to Digital Flight Data Recorder Regulations for B-737 Airplanes and for Part
125 Operators
16. Collision
Avoidance Systems for Cargo Airplanes
19. Air
Tour Operations in State of Hawaii
21. Flight
Simulation Device Qualification
22. Certification
of Aircraft and Airmen for the Operation of Light-Sport Aircraft
23. Revisions
to Passenger Facility Charge Rule for Compensation to Air Carriers
24. Transponder
Continuous Operation
25. Reduced
Vertical Separation Minimum in United States Domestic Airspace
26. Security
Considerations for the Flightdeck on Foreign Operated Transport Category
Airplanes
28. Ineligibility
for an Airman Certificate Based on Security Grounds
29. Revisions
to Cockpit Voice Recorder and Digital Flight Data Recorder Regulations
30. Flight
Deck Security on Large Cargo Airplanes
31. Flightcrew
Compartment Access and Door Designs
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Popular
Title: Flotation
Devices |
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RIN
2120-AC72 |
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Stage: Withdrawal |
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Publication Date 06/30/1988; End of Comment Period 11/28/1988. |
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Abstract: This rulemaking would implement the
requirement in the Airport and Airway Safety Act of 1987 that the Department
initiate rulemaking to consider standards for life preservers and rafts. |
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action: Statute |
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Rulemaking
Project Initiated:
12/30/1987 |
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Dates
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Citation for Withdrawal : None |
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Title: Retrofit
of Improved Seats |
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RIN
2120-AC84 |
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Stage: SNPRM |
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Previous
Stage: NPRM:
Publication Date 05/17/88; End of Comment Period 10/14/88; Reopening of
Comment Period 10/30/98; End of Reopened Comment Period 01/09/99. |
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Abstract: This rulemaking implements a
congressional mandate of the Airport and Airway Safety Act of 1987 that the
Department initiate rulemaking by April 28, 1988, to consider requiring all
air carrier aircraft to replace existing seats with new designs that would be
more crashworthy. |
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Rulemaking
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12/30/1987 |
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Federal
Register
Citation for SNPRM:
67 FR 62293 |
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Title: Drug Enf
Assistance |
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RIN
2120-AD16 |
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Publication Date 03/12/1990; End of Comment Period 05/11/1990. |
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Abstract: This rulemaking would revise
certain requirements covering registration of aircraft, certification of
pilots, and penalties associated with registration and certification
violations. This rulemaking would also respond to the Federal Aviation Administration
Drug Enforcement Act of 1988 (the Act). The revised requirements would assist
law enforcement agencies' efforts to stop drug trafficking in general
aviation aircraft. The FAA is currently considering seeking modifications to
the Act. |
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Rulemaking
Project Initiated:
11/18/1988 |
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Dates
for Undetermined:
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Federal
Register Citation
for Undetermined:
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Popular
Title: Aging
Aircraft |
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RIN
2120-AE42 |
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Stage: Interim Final Rule |
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Previous
Stage: NPRM: Publication
Date 10/05/1993; End of Comment Period 02/02/1994; Reopening Comment Period
02/08/1994; End of Reopened Comment Period 3/04/1994. NPRM/2: Publication
Date 4/02/1999; End of Comment Period 8/02/1999; Reopening of Comment Period
8/18/1999; End of Reopened Comment Period 10/08/1999. |
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Abstract: This rulemaking requires
airplanes operated under Title 14, Code of Federal Regulations (14 CFR) part
121, U.S.-registered multiengine airplanes operated under 14 CFR part 129,
and multiengine airplanes used in scheduled operations under 14 CFR part 135
to undergo inspections and records reviews by the Administrator or a
designated representative after their 14th year in service and at specified
intervals thereafter. These inspections and records reviews will ensure that
the maintenance of these airplanes' age-sensitive parts and components has
been adequate and timely. The final rule also prohibits operation of these
airplanes after specified deadlines unless damage-tolerance-based inspections
and procedures are included in their maintenance or inspection programs.
Operators of airplanes initially certificated with nine or fewer passenger
seats, however, may incorporate service-history-based inspections instead of
damage-tolerance-based inspections and procedures in those airplanes'
maintenance or inspection programs. This final rule does not apply to
airplanes operated between any point within the State of Alaska and any other
point within the State of Alaska. This rule represents a critical step toward
compliance with the Aging Aircraft Safety Act of 1991 and helps to ensure the
continuing airworthiness of aging airplanes operating in scheduled service. |
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Rulemaking
Project Initiated:
10/28/1991 |
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Dates
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Federal
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Citation for Interim Final Rule: 67 FR 72725 |
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Title: Corrosion
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RIN
2120-AE92 |
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Abstract: This rulemaking would require
that the maintenance or inspection programs for all airplanes operated under part
121 of Title 14, Code of Federal Regulations, all U.S. -registered
multiengine airplanes operated in common carriage by foreign air carriers or
foreign persons under 14 CFR part 129, and all multiengine airplanes used in
scheduled operations under 14 CFR part 135 include FAA-approved corrosion
prevention and control programs. Such programs are needed because existing
maintenance and inspection programs may not provide comprehensive, systematic
measures to prevent and control corrosion. The rulemaking would form a part
of the FAA's response to the Aging Aircraft Safety Act of 1991. These actions
are intended to control the detrimental effects of corrosion and the
resulting airplane structural material loss. |
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Rulemaking
Project Initiated:
10/28/1991 |
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Dates
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Federal
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Citation for NPRM:
67 FR 62142 |
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Title: Air Tour
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Abstract: In this rulemaking, the FAA will respond
to NTSB recommendations. FAA is seeking information on air tour and
sightseeing operations that are currently allowed to operate under less
stringent regulations than those applied to other types of commercial
operations. Over the past decade, the number of these operations, and the
number of accidents and incidents associated with these operations, have
increased. Hot air balloons and gliders would not be included. (Note: This
rulemaking was formerly called "Sightseeing Operations.") |
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Rulemaking
Project Initiated:
04/25/1994 |
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Dates
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Federal
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Citation for NPRM:
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Title: Emergency
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RIN 2120-AF21 |
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Stage: Undetermined |
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Previous
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Publication Date 07/18/1995; Correction 08/25/1995; End of Comment Period
10/16/1995. |
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Abstract: This final rule would improve participant
safety during full-scale emergency evacuation demonstrations of transport
category airplanes by permitting certain alternative procedures that would
allow a person conducting the demonstrations to react more readily should a
mishap occur. The rule would not impose any additional cost. The purpose of
the rule is to make full-scale emergency evacuation demonstrations safer for
participants, to codify exisiting practices, and to ensure that each operator
demonstrates the effectiveness of crewmember training by conducting at least
a partial evacuation demonstration. FAA was originally scheduled to publish a
Final Rule by 04/09/03, but it is now considering a non-regulatory solution.
If FAA decides to pursue a non-regulatory approach, it will withdraw the
rulemaking. |
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Rulemaking
Project Initiated:
05/08/1995 |
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Dates
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Federal
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Citation for Undetermined: None |
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Title: Flight
Crewmember Duty Time |
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RIN
2120-AF63 |
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Stage: Undetermined |
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Previous
Stage: NPRM: Publication
Date 12/20/1995; End of Comment Period 03/19/1996; Comment Period Extended
3/20/1996; End of Extended Comment Period 6/19/1996. |
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Abstract: This rulemaking would amend the
pilot rest and duty requirements for pilots by ensuring they receive adequate
rest opportunities while assigned to reserve status and by preventing lengthy
duty periods that could contribute to acute and cumulative fatigue. The
rulemaking would propose a definition of "rest period." FAA earlier
had planned to publish an SNPRM by 3/31/02. |
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Rulemaking
Project Initiated:
11/28/1995 |
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Dates
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Citation for Undetermined: None |
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Title: False
Statements Plane Parts |
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RIN
2120-AG08 |
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Stage: NPRM |
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Abstract: This action proposes additional
rules that would prohibit certain false or misleading statements regarding
civil aircraft, airframes, aircraft engines, propellers, appliances,
component parts, and materials, including standard parts, that are used, or
may be used, on civil aircraft. The proposal would also permit increased
inspection by the FAA of records regarding the quality of aircraft parts. |
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action: None |
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Rulemaking
Project Initiated:
08/22/1994 |
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Federal
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Citation for NPRM:
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Title: GCNP Phaseout
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RIN
2120-AG34 |
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Stage: SNPRM |
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Publication Date 12/31/1996; End of Comment Period 03/31/1997. |
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Abstract: This rulemaking would establish noise
efficiency limitations for certain aircraft operations at Grand Canyon
National Park (GCNP). It would establish standards for quiet technology that
are reasonably achievable, as mandated by Congress. The standards for quiet
technology would help the National Park Service (NPS) achieve its statutory
mandate to provide for the substantial restoration of natural quiet and
experience in the GCNP. |
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action: None |
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Rulemaking
Project Initiated:
12/31/1996 |
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Dates
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Federal
Register
Citation for SNPRM:
68 FR 14275 |
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Title: Licensing
Space Launches |
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RIN
2120-AG37 |
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Stage: SNPRM/2 |
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Previous
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Publication Date 10/25/2000; End of Comment Period 2/22/2001. SNPRM:
Publication Date 07/30/2002; End of Comment Period 10/28/2002. |
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Abstract: This rulemaking would amend the
commercial space transportation regulations governing licensing and safety
requirements for launch from Federal and non-Federal launch sites. |
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action: None |
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Rulemaking
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01/17/1999 |
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Citation for SNPRM/2: None |
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Title: Child
Restraint Systems |
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RIN 2120-AG43 |
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Publication Date 02/18/1998; End of Comment Period 6/18/1998. |
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Abstract: This rulemaking would consider
the use of child restraint systems in aircraft during all phases of flight
(i.e., taxi, takeoff, landing, or any other time the seat belt sign is
illuminated). Specifically, the agency would consider information about
existing child restraint systems, the development of new and improved child
restraint systems, and the ease with which existing or new child restraint
systems can be used. The Department is currently considering and coordinating
options for appropriate action. |
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action: None |
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Rulemaking
Project Initiated:
10/29/1997 |
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Dates
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Citation for Undetermined: None |
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Title: Airport
Rates |
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Stage: Withdrawal |
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Previous
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Publication Date 08/12/1998; End of Comment Period 10/13/1998; End of
Extended Comment Period: 03/01/1999. |
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Abstract: In June 1996, the FAA adopted a
policy for evaluating the reasonableness of landing fees and other charges
paid by air carriers to airports. The current action is to consider
replacement provisions for the portions of the 1996 Policy Statement vacated
by the US Court of Appeals for the DC Circuit. The Court disallowed a portion
of the policy that had to do with historic cost valuation of airport
property. FAA has determined that the issues in this policy statement should
be addressed in conjunction with the issues involved in congestion pricing in
airports. |
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action: None |
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Rulemaking
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08/01/1997 |
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Dates
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Citation for Withdrawal : 68 FR 6530 |
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Title: Hazmat
Training Requirements |
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Abstract: This rulemaking would propose to
amend its hazardous materials (hazmat) training requirements for air carriers
and commercial operators certificated to operate under part 121 or part 135.
In addition, the rulemaking would propose that repair stations certificated
under part 145 document for the FAA that persons handling hazmat for transportation
have been trained as required by the Deparment of Transportation's Hazardous
Materials Regulations (HMRs). The FAA is updating its regulations because
hazmat transport and the aviation industry have changed significantly since
the FAA promulgated its hazmat training standards to ensure uniform
compliance with training requirements. |
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Prompting
action: None |
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Rulemaking
Project Initiated:
02/18/1999 |
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Federal
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Citation for NPRM:
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Popular
Title: Digital
Flight Data Recorder/B-737 |
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RIN
2120-AG87 |
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Stage: Final Rule |
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Date 11/18/1999; End of Comment Period 12/20/1999. |
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Abstract: The rulemaking would amend the
digital flight data recorder (DFDR) regulations for transport category
airplanes to add a requirement for all Boeing 737 (B-737) series airplanes to
record additional flight data parameters. It is based on safety
recommendations issued by the National Transportation Safety Board (NTSB)
following the investigations of two accidents and other incidents involving
B-737 aircraft. |
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Prompting
action: None |
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Rulemaking
Project Initiated:
02/15/1999 |
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Dates
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Federal
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Citation for Final Rule: None |
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Popular
Title: TCAS
Collision |
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RIN
2120-AG90 |
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Stage: Final Rule |
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Publication Date 11/01/2001; End of Comment Period 12/31/2001. |
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Abstract: This rulemaking would require the
installation and use of a traffic alert and collision avoidance system on certain
cargo airplanes. |
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Prompting
action: None |
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Rulemaking
Project Initiated:
11/22/1999 |
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Dates
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Federal
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Citation for Final Rule: 68 FR 15884 |
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Popular
Title:
Therm/Acoustic |
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RIN
2120-AG91 |
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Stage: Final Rule |
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Previous
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Date 09/20/2000; End of Comment Period 01/18/2001. |
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Abstract: This action would establish new
flammability standards. They address flame progagation and entry of an
external fire into the airplane. The new standards are intended to reduce the
incidence and severity of cabin fires, particularly those in inaccessible
areas where thermal/acoustic insulation materials are typically installed.
They would also provide an increased level of safety in post-crash fires by
delaying entry of flames into the cabin. The new standards would apply to new
type designs and newly manufactured airplanes. |
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Prompting
action:
Secretarial/Head of Operating Administration Decision |
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Rulemaking
Project Initiated:
11/22/1999 |
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Dates
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Register
Citation for Final Rule: None |
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Title: Part
139-Certification of Airports |
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RIN
2120-AG96 |
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Stage: Final Rule |
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Previous
Stage: NPRM:
Publication Date 06/21/2000; Correction 08/21/2000; Comment Period Extended
08/22/2000; End of Comment Period 09/19/2000; End of Extended Comment Period
11/03/2000. |
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Abstract: This rule would revise the airport
certification regulation and establish certification requirements for
airports serving scheduled air carrier operations in aircraft designed for
more than 9 passenger seats but less than 31 passenger seats. In addtion,
this rule would amend a section of an air carrier operation regulation to
conform with changes to airport certification requirements. The FAA
Reauthorization Act of 1996 authorized the FAA to certificate airports (with
the exception of those in Alaska) that serve scheduled passenger operations
of air carriers operating aircraft designed for more than 9 passenger seats
but fewer than 31. The Aviation Investment and Reform Act for the 21st
Century mandated that the FAA issue an NPRM on operating certificates for
such airports within 60 days (of April 5, 2000) and a final rule 1 year after
the close of the NPRM comment period . |
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Prompting
action: Statute |
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Rulemaking
Project Initiated:
09/30/1999 |
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Dates
for Final Rule:
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Federal
Register
Citation for Final Rule: None |
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Popular
Title: Air Tour
Operations in Hawaii |
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RIN
2120-AH02 |
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Stage: Undetermined |
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Previous
Stage:None |
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Abstract: This rulemaking would extend SFAR
71, which established certain procedural, operational and equipment requirements
for air tour operators in the State of Hawaii. The FAA intends to issue a
national air tour safety proposal in the near future, but until that
rulemaking becomes final, there is a need to extend SFAR 71 to ensure the
continuing safe environment for conducting air tours in Hawaii. During the 9
year period between 1982 and 1991, there were 11 air tour accidents with 24
fatalities in Hawaii. The apparent causes of the accidents ranged from engine
power loss to encounters with adverse weather. On September 26, 1994, the FAA
published an emergency final rule as SFAR 71. The rule established additional
operating procedures, including minimum safe altitudes (and associated
increases in visual flight rules weather minimums), minimum equipment
requirements and operational limitations for air tour aircraft in the State
of Hawaii. SFAR 71 was subsequently extended until October 26, 2003. |
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Effects:
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Prompting
action: None |
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Rulemaking
Project Initiated:
09/26/1994 |
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Dates
for Undetermined:
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Federal
Register
Citation for Undetermined: None |
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Popular
Title: Fractional |
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RIN
2120-AH06 |
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Stage: Final Rule |
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Previous
Stage: NPRM:
Publication Date 7/18/01; End of Comment Period 10/16/01. |
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Abstract: This rulemaking would update and revise
the regulations governing operations by aircraft in fractional ownership
programs. This action is undertaken because the FAA has determined that
current regulations do not adequately define fractional ownership programs
and do not clearly allocate responsibility and authority for safety and
compliance with the regulations. The revisions would define fractional
ownership programs and their various participants, allocate responsibility
and authority for safety of flight operations for purposes of compliance with
the regulations, and ensure that fractional ownership program aircraft
operations maintain a high level of safety. Elements of this rulemaking would
provide in certain of the regulations applicable to fractional ownership
programs a level of safety equivalent to certain regulations that apply to
on-demand operators. The rulemaking would also change some regulations that
apply to on-demand operators meeting certain criteria to permit these
operators an alternate means of compliance for certain commercial operations. |
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Effects:
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Prompting
action: None |
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Rulemaking
Project Initiated:
10/06/1999 |
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Dates
for Final Rule:
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Federal
Register
Citation for Final Rule: None |
21. |
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Popular
Title: Simulator
Qualification (Part 60) |
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RIN
2120-AH07 |
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Stage: NPRM |
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Previous
Stage:None |
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Abstract: This rulemaking would amend the FAA
regulations to establish flight simulation device qualification requirements
for all certificate holders in a new part. The basis of these requirements
currently exists in different parts of the FAA's regulations and in advisory
circulars. The changes would consolidate and update flight simulation device
requirements. |
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Effects:
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Prompting
action: None |
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Rulemaking
Project Initiated:
04/01/1998 |
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Dates
for NPRM:
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Federal
Register
Citation for NPRM:
67 FR 60284 |
22. |
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Popular
Title:
Light-Sport Aircraft Certification |
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RIN
2120-AH19 |
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Stage: Final Rule |
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Previous
Stage: NPRM:
Publication Date 02/05/2002; End of Comment Period 05/06/2002. |
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Abstract: This rulemaking would establish requirements
for the certification, operation, and maintenance of light-sport aircraft,
including powered parachutes and weight-shift-control aircraft. For the
operation of light-sport aircraft, the rulemaking would establish a sport
pilot certificate and a flight instructor certificate with a sport pilot
rating. It would also establish requirements for student pilots and private
pilots to operate these aircraft, and to revise the recreational pilot
certificate to align it with privileges proposed for the new sport pilot
certificate. It would also establish a new repairman certificate with ratings
for individuals who would inspect and maintain light-sport aircraft. In
addition, it would create a new category of special airworthiness certificate
for light-sport aircraft that meet a consensus standard. This action is
necessary to address advances in sport and recreational aviation technology,
gaps in the existing regulations, and several petitiions for rulemaking. The
intended effect of this action is to provide a safe and economical means to
certificate light-sport aircraft and the pilots who fly them. |
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Effects:
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Prompting
action: None |
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Rulemaking
Project Initiated:
05/14/2001 |
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Dates
for Final Rule:
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Federal
Register
Citation for Final Rule: None |
23. |
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Popular
Title: Passenger
Facility Charge |
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RIN
2120-AH43 |
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Stage: Final Rule |
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Previous
Stage: NPRM: Publication
Date 11/27/2002; End of Comment Period 01/13/2003; Publication Date for
Extension of Comment Period 01/14/2003; End of Extended Comment Period
02/12/2003. |
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Abstract: This rulemaking would amend the
passenger facility charge (PFC) regulation by changing the amount and unit of
collection that a carrier may retain for collecting and handling (including
remitting) PFC revenue. It would allow carriers to keep $0.10 of each PFC
they collect in calendar years 2002 through 2004. From 2005 forward, the
amount would increase to $0.11 for each PFC collected. This action is
necessary to implement the statutory requirement that the Secretary of
Transportation (whose authority has been delegated to the Administrator of
FAA) establish by regulation a uniform amount that carriers may retain that
reflects the average necessary and reasonable expenses for collecting and
handling PFCs. |
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Effects:
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Prompting
action: Statute |
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Rulemaking
Project Initiated:
11/30/2000 |
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Dates
for Final Rule:
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Federal
Register
Citation for Final Rule: None |
24. |
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Popular
Title: Transponder
Continuous Operation |
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RIN
2120-AH67 |
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Stage: NPRM |
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Previous
Stage:None |
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Abstract: This rulemaking would amend the
instrument and equipment requirements for airplanes operated in domestic, flag,
and supplemental operations. Specifically, the rulemaking would require
affected airplanes to have the capability to help assure immediate activation
of the designated air traffic control (ATC) hijack alert code, and continuous
transmission of that code to ATC during a hijack situation. This action would
respond to the heightened threat to U.S. civil aviation. The FAA believes
that this capability would help provide ATC personnel with more time to
initiate a national security response to a potential airplane hijack
situation. |
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Effects:
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Prompting
action:
Secretarial/Head of Operating Administration Decision |
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Rulemaking
Project Initiated:
10/01/2001 |
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Dates
for NPRM:
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Federal
Register
Citation for NPRM:
68FR1942 |
25. |
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Popular
Title: Domestic
RVSM |
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RIN
2120-AH68 |
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Stage: Final Rule |
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Previous
Stage: NPRM:
Publication Date 05/10/2002; End of Comment Period 08/08/2002. |
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Abstract: This rulemaking would permit
Reduced Vertical Separation Minimum flights in the airspace over the
contiguous 48 States of the United States and Alaska and that portion of the
Gulf of Mexico where the FAA provides air traffic services. This reduction of
vertical separation minima would only be applied between those aircraft that
meet stringent altimeter and auto-pilot performance requirements. This
rulemaking would enhance airspace capacity and to assist aircraft operators
to save fuel and time. |
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Effects:
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Prompting
action: None |
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Rulemaking
Project Initiated:
03/13/2002 |
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Dates
for Final Rule:
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Federal
Register Citation
for Final Rule:
None |
26. |
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Popular
Title: Flightdeck
Security (Part 129) |
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RIN 2120-AH70 |
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Stage: Final Rule/2 |
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Previous
Stage: Final
Rule: Publication Date 06/21/2002. |
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Abstract: This final rule amends a previous
rule requiring improved flightdeck security and operational and procedures changes
to prevent unauthorized access to the flightdeck on passenger-carrying
aircraft operated by foreign carriers under the provisions of part 129. This
final rule is intended to ensure that the same flightdeck security
enhancements apply to foreign air carriers as apply to U.S. air carriers.
Because this rule was issued without prior notice and comment to address
imminent security concerns, it contains a request for public comments |
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Effects:
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Prompting
action: None |
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Rulemaking
Project Initiated:
01/15/2002 |
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Dates
for Final Rule/2:
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Federal
Register
Citation for Final Rule/2: 67 FR 79822 |
27. |
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Popular
Title: Crawford
Texas Airspace |
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RIN
2120-AH83 |
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Stage: Final Rule |
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Previous
Stage:None |
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Abstract: This rule would require that
notice be filed with FAA for the construction of any new object or the
alteration of any existing object in the vicinity of the private residence of
the President of the United States that would exceed 50 feet AGL and is
within existing prohibited airspace surrounding the President¿s private
residence. This rule is being adopted for purposes of national defense and
will assist in protecting the President of the United States. |
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Effects:
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Prompting
action: None |
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Rulemaking
Project Initiated:
03/26/2001 |
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Dates
for Final Rule:
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Federal
Register
Citation for Final Rule: None |
28. |
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Popular
Title: Cert.
Revocation for Security |
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RIN
2120-AH84 |
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Stage: Disposition of Comments |
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Previous
Stage: Final Rule:
Publication Approved 01/21/2003; Publication Date 01/24/2003; End of Comment
Period 03/25/2003. Final Rule with Request for Comments: Publication Approved
01/21/2003; Publication Date 01/24/2003; End of Comment Period 03/25/2003. |
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Abstract: This rule would expressly provide
the authority to revoke a pilot certificate or deny an application for a
pilot certificate based on a written determination by the Under Secretary of
Transportation for Security that an individual poses a security risk related
to aviation. This rule would address the security concerns of who should hold
a pilot certificate issued by the Federal Aviation Administration and is
necessary to enhance security in air transporation. This rulemaking
complements the TSA Revocation Rulemakings (2110-AA14 and 2110-AA17). |
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Effects:
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Prompting
action: None |
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Rulemaking
Project Initiated:
09/11/2001 |
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Dates
for Disposition of Comments:
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Federal
Register Citation
for Disposition of Comments: None |
29. |
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Popular
Title: Cockpit
Voice Recorder |
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RIN 2120-AH88 |
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Stage: NPRM |
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Previous
Stage:None |
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Abstract: This rulemaking would amend the
cockpit voice recorder (CVR) and digital flight data recorder (DFDR)
regulations for certain air carriers, operators, and aircraft manufacturers. It
would increase the duration of CVR and flight data recorder (FDR) recordings;
increase the data recording rate of certain DFDR paramaters; require physical
separation of the DFDR and CVR; improve the reliability of the power supply
to both the CVR and DFDR; and, if data-link communication equipment is
installed, require that all data-link communication equipment is installed,
require that all data-link communications received by an aircraft be
recorded. |
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Effects:
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Prompting
action: None |
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Rulemaking
Project Initiated:
08/30/1999 |
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Dates
for NPRM:
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Federal
Register
Citation for NPRM:
None |
30. |
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Popular
Title: Large Cargo
Airplanes |
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RIN
2120-AH96 |
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Stage: Final Rule with Request for
Comments |
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Previous
Stage:None |
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Abstract: This action would provide an
optional means of compliance to operators of all cargo airplanes that are
required to have a reinforced security flightdeck door by April 9, 2003. This
rule would allow those operators to either install reinforced doors or adopt
enhanced procedures approved by the Transportation Security Administration. |
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Effects:
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Prompting
action:
Secretarial/Head of Operating Administration Decision |
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Rulemaking
Project Initiated:
11/10/2002 |
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Dates
for Final Rule with Request for Comments:
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Federal
Register
Citation for Final Rule with Request for Comments: None |
31. |
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Popular
Title: Flightcrew
Doors |
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RIN
2120-AH97 |
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Stage: Final Rule |
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Previous
Stage: SFAR 92-4
(final rule) published 03/19/2002 |
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Abstract: This action supersedes Special Federal
Aviation Regulation (SFAR) 92-4, which was published on March 19, 2002, to
allow operators to quickly modify the flightcrew compartment door to delay or
deter unauthorized entry to the flightcrew compartment. This action
temporarily authorizes variances from existing design standards for the doors
and certain operational rules associated with the modifications. It allows
for approval for return to service of modified airplanes without prior
approved data if the modification constitutes a major alteration. This action
prohibits the possession of flightdeck compartment door keys by other than
the flightcrew during flight, unless the flightdeck door has an internal
flightdeck locking device installed, operative, and in use. This action
removes the requirement for all-cargo transport category airplanes and a
limited number of passenger airplanes to have reinforced doors beyond April
9, 2003, and alows them to continue using internal locking mechanisms. FAA
inadvertantly listed this rule under the incorrect RIN. The next report will
reflect the correct RIN, 2120-AH97. |
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Effects:
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Prompting
action: Statute |
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Rulemaking
Project Initiated:
02/27/2003 |
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Dates
for Final Rule:
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Federal
Register
Citation for Final Rule: None |