[Federal Register Volume 65, Number 200 (Monday, October 16, 2000)]
[Notices]
[Page 61211]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 00-26514]


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DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION

Federal Aviation Administration

[Docket No. FAA-2000-8080]


Draft Advisory Circular (AC) No. 120-29A, Criteria for Approval 
of Non-Precision, Category I and Category II Weather Minima for 
Takeoff, Approach, and Landing

AGENCY: Federal Aviation Administration, DOT.

ACTION: Notice of availability of a draft advisory circular.

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SUMMARY: This notice announces the availability of a draft AC which 
provides an acceptable means, but not the only means, of obtaining and 
maintaining approval of operations in Non-Precision, Category I and II 
Weather Minima, including installation and approval of associated 
aircraft systems. It includes additional or revised Category I and II 
criteria for use in conjunction with heads-up displays, use of required 
navigation performance, satellite navigation sensors, and `engine 
inoperative' Category II criteria. This draft AC would replace AC 120-
29, dated September 25, 1970, and represents the first steps of 
harmonization efforts of the Federal Aviation Administration, the 
European Joint Aviation Authority, and other regulatory authorities.

DATES: Comments on the draft AC must be received on or before October 
31, 2000.

ADDRESSES: Address your comments to the Docket Management System, U.S. 
Department of Transportation, Room Plaza 401, 400 Seventh Street, SW., 
Washington, DC 20590-0001. You must identify the docket number FAA-
2000-8080 at the beginning of your comments, and you should submit two 
copies of your comments. If you wish to receive confirmation that FAA 
received your comments, include a self-addressed, stamped postcard.
    You may also submit comments through the Internet to http://dms.dot.gov. You may review the public docket containing comments to 
this AC in person in the Dockets Office between 9 a.m. and 5 p.m., 
Monday through Friday, except Federal holidays. The Dockets Office is 
on the plaza level of the NASSIF Building at the Department of 
Transportation at the above address. Also, you may review public 
dockets on the Internet at http://dms.dot.gov.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Richard Temple, Flight Technologies 
and Procedures Division (AFS-400), Room 1132, Federal Aviation 
Administration, 600 Independence Ave., SW., Washington, DC 20591; 
telephone: (202) 267-5824.

Availability of the Advisory Circular

    You can get an electronic copy using the Internet by taking the 
following steps:
    (1) Go to the search function of the Department of Transportation's 
electronic Docket Management System (DMS) web page (http://dms.dot.gov/search).
    (2) On the search page type in the last four digits of the Docket 
number shown at the beginning of this notice. Click on ``search.''
    (3) On the next page, which contains the Docket summary information 
for the Docket you selected, click on the document number of the item 
you wish to view.
    You can also get an electronic copy using the Internet through 
FAA's web page at http://www.faa/gov/AVR/afs/afs410/afs410.htm.

Background

    An initial draft of this AC was received from the Aviation 
Rulemaking Advisory committee (ARAC) in August 1998 and a notice of 
availability was published in the Federal Register in October 1998. The 
notice of availability stated that the FAA was reviewing the ARAC 
recommendation and that it may make revisions to the document before it 
is issued. The notice also stated that if the FAA decides to make any 
substantive changes in the draft AC, the revised document would be made 
available again for comment before final issuance. Subsequently, an 
internal FAA coordination process began in January 2000 and was 
completed in September 2000. This draft revision incorporates changes 
resulting from that review, as well as the ARAC recommendations and are 
the first steps toward international all weather operations criteria 
harmonization taken by the FAA, JAA and several other regulatory 
authorities. Comments received in response to this notice will be 
considered before a final AC is issued. This draft AC should be 
reviewed in conjunction with the regulatory requirements of 14 CFR 
parts 121, 125, and 135, as applicable. This draft AC would not change, 
add, or delete any regulatory requirement or authorize any deviation 
from parts 121, 125, or 135.

    Issued in Washington, DC on October 6, 2000.
L. Nicholas Lacey,
Director, Flight Standards.
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