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DOT/FAA RIN: 2120-AK54 Publication ID: Spring 2016 
Title: Changes to the Application Requirements for Operations in Reduced Vertical Separation Minimum Airspace (RVSM Appendix G) RRR 
Abstract:

This rulemaking would revise the FAA´s requirements for an application to operate in Reduced Vertical Separation Minimum (RVSM) airspace. This action is necessary to eliminate the considerable burden and expense of developing, processing, and approving RVSM maintenance programs. The intended effect of this action is that an RVSM applicant would no longer be required to develop and submit an RVSM maintenance program solely for the purpose of an RVSM authorization.

 
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 91   
Legal Authority: 126 stat 11    49 U.S.C. 106(f)    49 U.S.C. 106(g)    49 U.S.C. 1155    49 U.S.C. 40103    49 U.S.C. 40113    49 U.S.C. 40120    49 U.S.C. 44101    49 U.S.C. 44111    49 U.S.C. 44701    49 U.S.C. 44704    49 U.S.C. 44711    49 U.S.C. 44712    49 U.S.C. 44715    49 U.S.C. 44716    49 U.S.C. 44717    49 U.S.C. 44722    49 U.S.C. 46306    49 U.S.C. 46315    49 U.S.C. 46316    49 U.S.C. 46504    49 U.S.C. 46506    49 U.S.C. 46507    49 U.S.C. 47122    49 U.S.C. 47508    49 U.S.C. 47528    49 U.S.C. 47529    49 U.S.C. 47530    49 U.S.C. 47531    49 U.S.C. 47534    61 stat 1180   
Legal Deadline:  None
Timetable:
Action Date FR Cite
NPRM  05/28/2015  80 FR 30394   
NPRM Comment Period End  07/27/2015 
Final Rule  06/00/2016 
Additional Information: Current regulations require part 91 operators to submit for FAA approval an RVSM maintenance program for each aircraft applying to operate in RVSM. This rule eliminates the requirement for a maintenance program because other, independent FAA airworthiness regulations continue to be required to maintain RVSM equipment in airworthy condition. It is estimated that the current cost to operators for developing a maintenance program for FAA approval is $5,000 per application. This rule relieves operators of that cost. Without this rule, it is projected that 74,000 maintenance programs would be submitted to the FAA for approval over the next five years. Thus, over the next 5 years, the projected costs savings from this rulemaking is $77 million ($68 million per year).
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:
Charles Fellows
Department of Transportation
Federal Aviation Administration
800 Independence Avenue, SW,
Washington, DC 20591
Phone:202 267-1706
Email: charles.fellows@faa.gov