[Federal Register Volume 65, Number 135 (Thursday, July 13, 2000)]
[Proposed Rules]
[Page 43265]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 00-17790]


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DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION

Federal Aviation Administration

14 CFR Chapter 1

[Docket No. FAA-2000-7623]


Review of Existing Regulations

AGENCY: Federal Aviation Administration (FAA), DOT.

ACTION: Review of regulations; request for comments.

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SUMMARY: This notice invites you, as a member of the public, to tell 
us, the FAA, which regulations now in effect you believe we should 
amend, eliminate, or simplify. We are publishing this notice in 
response to Presidential Executive Order No. 12866, directing certain 
Federal agencies to periodically review their regulations. We need to 
ensure that they are consistent with statutory authority and are in the 
public interest. Your comments will assist us in conducting this review 
and in determining what actions we should take, if any.

DATES: Comments should be submitted on or before October 11, 2000.

ADDRESSES: Comments should be mailed or delivered in duplicate to: U.S. 
Department of Transportation Dockets, Docket No. [FAA-2000-7623], 400 
Seventh Street, SW., Room Plaza 401, Washington, DC 20590. Comments may 
be filed and examined in Room Plaza 401 between 10 a.m. and 5 p.m. 
weekdays, except Federal holidays. Comments also may be sent 
electronically to the Dockets Management System (DMS) at the following 
Internet address: htpp;//dms.dot.gov. Commenters who wish to file 
comments electronically should follow the instructions on the DMS web 
site.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Gerri Robinson, ARM-24, Office of 
Rulemaking, Federal Aviation Administration, 800 Independence Ave. SW., 
Washington, DC 20591; telephone (202) 267-9678, facsimile (202) 267-
5075.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: In recent years, the FAA conducted several 
regulatory reviews. In his 1992 State of the Union address, then-
President Bush called for a 90-day moratorium on and review of Federal 
regulations. We responded by asking for public comments on our 
regulatory program as part of that overall government review (57 FR 
4744, Feb. 7, 1992). Based on comments we received, we revised our 
regulatory agenda.
    In 1994, we did another public review (59 FR 1362, Jan. 10, 1994) 
responding to recommendations from the National Commission to Ensure a 
Strong Competitive Airline Industry. We were also responding to Vice 
President Gore's National Performance Review and acting on Department 
of Transportation (DOT) and FAA regulatory initiatives. We initiated 
that review of our regulations to reduce any unjustified burdens and as 
a result of that review we also revised our regulatory agenda and our 
priorities. At the same time, we announced a Regulatory Review Program 
to seek public input every three years (60 FR 44142, Aug. 24, 1995). 
After each review, we published a disposition of the comments.
    The most recent review in the 3-year review cycle was announced in 
the Federal Register on May 15, 1997 (62 FR 26894, May 15, 1997). As a 
result of the Review of Existing Rules, the FAA identified several 
issues that it determined would be addressed in future rulemaking 
projects and concluded the review with a general disposition of 
comments on October 22, 1998 (63 FR 56539, Oct. 22, 1998).

Three-Year Regulatory Review Program; Request for Comments

    As part of this ongoing Regulatory Review Program, you may submit a 
total of three regulations, in priority order, that you believe should 
be amended, revised, or eliminated. Our agency's goal is to identify 
regulations which impose unjustified regulatory burdens or are no 
longer necessary. We also want to identify regulations that need to be 
clarified or simplified, or overlap, duplicate, or conflict with other 
regulations. Also, please identify any regulations that have a 
significant economic burden on a substantial number of small entities 
that you consider no longer justified.
    To focus on areas of greatest interest, and to effectively manage 
FAA resources, we ask that you limit your comments to the issues you 
consider most urgent, and list them in priority order. We will review 
the issues addressed by all the commenters in light of our current 
regulatory agenda (64 FR 64682, November 22, 1999). We will consider 
your comments and adjust our regulatory priorities consistent with our 
statutory responsibilities. When we are done reviewing all comments, we 
will publish a summary and an explanation of how we will act on them, 
telling you how we will adjust our priorities.
    Finally, please give us any specific suggestions where the 
regulations could be redone to be performance-based rather than 
prescriptive and submit your suggested language.

    Issued in Washington DC, on July 7, 2000.
Thomas E. McSweeney,
Associate Administrator for Regulation and Certification.
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