FAA Regulatory Review Currently Underway
 
December 18, 2007
 
David J. Harrington- New York

On November 7, 2007, the FAA announced that it is requesting comments from the public to identify any FAA regulations currently in effect that it should amend, remove or simplify. For many years, the FAA has maintained an active regulatory review program, the last major review occurring in February 2004. According to the FAA, since 1992 the FAA has completed five rounds of regulatory review and has received more than 1,300 comments.

As part of its ongoing review process, the FAA is inviting any interested party to identify three regulations, in priority order, that it believes the FAA should amend or eliminate. In order to focus on areas of greatest interest, and to effectively manage agency resources, the FAA requests that commentators limit the three issues they believe are the most urgent, and to list them in priority order when submitting. Specific suggestions where rules could be developed as performance-based rather than prescriptive, and specific plain-language suggestions as to how those regulations should be written are encouraged. At the end of the process, the FAA will publish a summary and general disposition of the comments received and, where appropriate, how the FAA will adjust its regulatory priorities.

Comments, identified by Docket Number FAA-2007-29291, are due by January 16, 2008, and may be submitted (1) on-line at www.regulations.gov, (2) by mail or by hand to Docket Management Facility, U.S. Dept. of Transportation, 1200 New Jersey Ave., S.E., West Bldg Ground Fl., Room W12-140, Washington, D.C. 20590, or (3) by fax to the Docket Management Facility at 202-493-2251.
As they say, speak now or forever hold your peace!

For more information, email David Harrington at david.harrington@hklaw.com or call toll free, 1-888-688-8500.