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DOT/FAA RIN: 2120-AJ97 Publication ID: Spring 2013 
Title: Rules of Practice for Federally-Assisted Airport Enforcement Proceedings (RRR) 
Abstract: This action would update, simplify, and streamline rules of practice and procedure for filing and adjudicating complaints against federally-assisted airports. It would improve efficiency by enabling parties to file submissions with the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) electronically, and by incorporating modern business practices into how the FAA handles complaints. This rulemaking is necessary to reflect changes in applicable laws and regulations, and to apply lessons learned since the existing rules were implemented in 1996. The intended effects of this action are to improve the efficiency of the complaint and investigation processes, and clarify process requirements for persons involved in complaint proceedings. Small businesses, including general aviation operators and aviation service businesses such as fixed base operators (FBOs), charter providers, and aircraft management companies, who are often involved in complaints, would benefit from this rule because it would decrease time spent and volume of paper documents needed to process complaints by allowing parties to file electronically. 
Agency: Department of Transportation(DOT)  Priority: Substantive, Nonsignificant 
RIN Status: Previously published in the Unified Agenda Agenda Stage of Rulemaking: Final Rule Stage 
Major: No  Unfunded Mandates: No 
CFR Citation: 14 CFR 16   
Legal Authority: 49 USC 106(g)    49 USC 1110    49 USC 1111    49 USC 1115    49 USC 1116    49 USC 1718(a)    49 USC 1718(b)    49 USC 1719    49 USC 1723    49 USC 1726    49 USC 1727    49 USC 322    49 USC 40103(e)    49 USC 40113    49 USC 40116    49 USC 44502(b)    49 USC 46101    49 USC 46104    49 USC 46110    49 USC 47104    49 USC 47106(e)    49 USC 47107    49 USC 47108    49 USC 47111(d)    49 USC 47122    49 USC 47123    49 USC 47124    49 USC 47125    49 USC 47151    49 USC 47152    49 USC 47153    49 USC 48103   
Legal Deadline:
Action Source Description Date
Final  Statutory  Final rule  10/07/2013 
Timetable:
Action Date FR Cite
NPRM  03/05/2012  77 FR 13027   
Correction  04/04/2012  77 FR 20319   
Comment Period End  05/04/2012 
NPRM Comment Period Reopened  05/17/2012  77 FR 29444   
Comment Period End  06/07/2012 
Final Rule  08/00/2013 
Additional Information: SB: Y, IC: N, SLT: Y Anticipated costs/benefits: The rulemaking adds no costs. Small businesses, including general aviation operators and aviation service businesses such as fixed base operators (FBOs), charter providers, and aircraft management companies, who are often involved in complaints, would benefit from this rule because it would decrease time spent and volume of paper documents needed to process complaints by allowing parties to file electronically. A new option allowing a respondent to file a motion to dismiss or a motion for summary judgment would potentially reduce the length of the proceedings. Because the rule does not involve widespread, mandated information collection/record keeping, it does not have ICR implications. The FAA is analyzing comments to the NPRM.
Regulatory Flexibility Analysis Required: No  Government Levels Affected: None 
Small Entities Affected: No  Federalism: No 
Included in the Regulatory Plan: No 
RIN Information URL: www.regulations.gov   Public Comment URL: www.regulations.gov  
RIN Data Printed in the FR: No 
Agency Contact:
Jessie DiGregory
Department of Transportation
Federal Aviation Administration
800 Independence Ave, SW,
Washington, DC 20591
Phone:202 267-3414
Email: jessie.digregory@faa.gov