Federal Aviation Administration March 14, 2014 – Federal Register Recent Federal Regulation Documents

The National Parks Air Tour Management Act (NPATMA) requires the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) and National Park Service (NPS) to develop an air tour management plan for units of the national park system where an operator has requested authority to provide commercial air tours. The FAA Modernization and Reform Act of 2012 amended various provisions of NPATMA. One provision exempted national park units with 50 or fewer annual flights from the provisions of NPATMA and requires FAA and NPS to jointly publish a list of exempt parks. By Federal Register notice (See 77 FR 75254, December 19, 2012), FAA and NPS published an initial list of exempt parks in 2012. This notice provides the annual updated list of parks that are exempt from the provisions of the NPATMA.

This action re-opens and extends the comment period for the notice of intent to rule on the request to release deed restrictions at Yellowstone Airport under the provisions of Title 49, U.S.C. 47125 that was published on January 28, 2014. Comments received regarding this notice have requested that the FAA extend the comment period to allow time for full consideration of the proposed ruling.