Notice2024-05879
Notice of Availability for Proposed Voluntary Agreement at Lake Mead National Recreation Area
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Published
March 20, 2024
Issuing agencies
Transportation DepartmentFederal Aviation Administration
Abstract
The FAA, in cooperation with the National Park Service (NPS), has initiated development of a voluntary agreement pursuant to the National Parks Air Tour Management Act of 2000 (the Act) and its implementing regulations. The Act allows the FAA and NPS to enter into voluntary agreements with commercial air tour operators. A voluntary agreement manages commercial air tour operations over a national park by establishing conditions for the conduct of the commercial air tour operations. Implementation of a voluntary agreement helps protect park resources and the visitor experience without compromising aviation safety or the air traffic control system. This notice announces the public availability of the proposed voluntary agreement for Lake Mead National Recreation Area.
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[Federal Register Volume 89, Number 55 (Wednesday, March 20, 2024)]
[Notices]
[Page 19947]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [<a href="http://www.gpo.gov">www.gpo.gov</a>]
[FR Doc No: 2024-05879]
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DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION
Federal Aviation Administration
Notice of Availability for Proposed Voluntary Agreement at Lake
Mead National Recreation Area
AGENCY: Federal Aviation Administration (FAA), Transportation.
ACTION: Notice of availability
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SUMMARY: The FAA, in cooperation with the National Park Service (NPS),
has initiated development of a voluntary agreement pursuant to the
National Parks Air Tour Management Act of 2000 (the Act) and its
implementing regulations. The Act allows the FAA and NPS to enter into
voluntary agreements with commercial air tour operators. A voluntary
agreement manages commercial air tour operations over a national park
by establishing conditions for the conduct of the commercial air tour
operations. Implementation of a voluntary agreement helps protect park
resources and the visitor experience without compromising aviation
safety or the air traffic control system. This notice announces the
public availability of the proposed voluntary agreement for Lake Mead
National Recreation Area.
DATES: Comments are due by 10:59 p.m. PDT April 19, 2024.
ADDRESSES: Comments will be received on the NPS Planning, Environment
and Public Comment System (PEPC) website. The PEPC website for the Park
is: <a href="https://parkplanning.nps.gov/LakeMeadAirToursVA">https://parkplanning.nps.gov/LakeMeadAirToursVA</a>.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Sandra Fox, <a href="/cdn-cgi/l/email-protection#eb988a858f998ac592c58d8493ab8d8a8ac58c849d"><span class="__cf_email__" data-cfemail="91e2f0fff5e3f0bfe8bff7fee9d1f7f0f0bff6fee7">[email protected]</span></a>;
(202) 267-0928.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The FAA is issuing this notice pursuant to
the National Parks Air Tour Management Act of 2000 (Pub. L. 106-181
(<a href="https://www.govinfo.gov/link/plaw/106/public/181?link-type=html">https://www.govinfo.gov/link/plaw/106/public/181?link-type=html</a>)) and
its implementing regulations contained in title 14, Code of Federal
Regulations, part 136, subpart B, National Parks Air Tour Management.
The Act requires that commercial air tour operators conducting or
intending to conduct commercial air tours over a unit of the National
Park system apply to the FAA for operating authority before engaging in
that activity. The Act further requires the FAA and the NPS to
establish an air tour management plan (ATMP) for each National Park
System unit for which one or more commercial air tour applications have
been submitted unless that unit is exempt from this requirement. As an
alternative to an ATMP, the FAA and the NPS may enter into a voluntary
agreement with a commercial air tour operator who has applied to
conduct commercial air tour operations over a national park including
an operator that has interim operating authority for the park or a new
entrant commercial air tour operator. Voluntary agreements must address
the management issues necessary to protect the resources and visitor
use of the park without compromising aviation safety or the air traffic
control system. A voluntary agreement may also include conditions for
the conduct of air tour operations and provisions to ensure the
stability of and compliance with the voluntary agreement. Each
voluntary agreement reflects the provisions and conditions appropriate
for the national park to which the agreement applies.
Individual voluntary agreements will be established with each
operator for the Park. Part 135 operators who have been granted interim
operating authority for the Parks are included in this voluntary
agreement and operators who have applied for authority to conduct tours
of the Park are also considered.
Written comments on the proposed voluntary agreement can be
submitted via PEPC. Comments will not be accepted by fax, email, or any
other way than as specified above. All written comments become part of
the official record. Before including your address, phone number, email
address, or other personal identifying information in your comment, you
should be aware that your entire comment, including your personal
identifying information, may be made publicly available at any time.
While you can ask us in your comment to withhold your personal
identifying information from public review, we cannot guarantee that we
will be able to do so.
Issued in Washington, DC, on March 15, 2024.
Sandra Fox,
Environmental Protection Specialist, Office of Environment and Energy.
[FR Doc. 2024-05879 Filed 3-19-24; 8:45 am]
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