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DOT/FAA RIN: 2120-AM13 Publication ID: Spring 2025 
Title: ●Use of Certain Restricted Category Aircraft for the Transport of Firefighters for Wildfire Suppression 
Abstract:

This advance notice of proposed rulemaking (ANPRM) seeks comment on a proposal to amend 14 CFR parts 91 and 119 to allow restricted category aircraft to transport firefighters under certain circumstances, thereby aligning FAA regulations with section 360 of the FAA reauthorization Act of 2024. FAA regulations do not currently permit firefighters to be transported aboard restricted category aircraft to perform ground wildfire suppression. This revision, if proposed, would allow certain restricted category aircraft to transport firefighters during wildfire suppression operations. Section 360 also prohibits the rule from allowing surplus military aircraft to be used in the manner described.

 
Agency: Department of Transportation(DOT)  Priority: Substantive, Nonsignificant 
RIN Status: First time published in the Unified Agenda Agenda Stage of Rulemaking: Prerule Stage 
Major: No  Unfunded Mandates: No 
EO 14192 Designation: Other 
CFR Citation: 14 CFR 21    14 CFR 91    14 CFR 119   
Legal Authority: 49 U.S.C. 106(f)    Pub. L. 118-63   
Legal Deadline:
Action Source Description Date
Final  Statutory  Final Rule, Statutory, November 14, 2025 (sec. 360 of Pub. L. 118-63)  11/14/2025 
Timetable:
Action Date FR Cite
ANPRM  10/00/2025 
Regulatory Flexibility Analysis Required: No  Government Levels Affected: None 
Small Entities Affected: No  Federalism: No 
Included in the Regulatory Plan: No 
RIN Data Printed in the FR: No 
Agency Contact:
Glen McElroy
Aviation Safety Analyst
Department of Transportation
Federal Aviation Administration
800 Independence Avenue SW,
Washington, DC 20591-0001
Phone:848 232-6332
Email: glen.a.mcelroy@faa.gov