Rule2024-30940
Regulatory Updates to BasicMed; Correction
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Published
December 27, 2024
Effective
December 27, 2024
Issuing agencies
Transportation DepartmentFederal Aviation Administration
Abstract
On November 18, 2024, the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) published a final rule titled "Regulatory Updates to BasicMed." That document implemented the provisions of sections 815 and 828 of the FAA Reauthorization Act of 2024. The final rule's revision to the part 61 authority citation that cites the 2024 FAA Reauthorization Act was erroneously overwritten by another rulemaking action revising part 61. This document corrects the amendatory instruction and revises the part 61 authority citation to be inclusive of the intended updates promulgated in the BasicMed final rule.
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[Federal Register Volume 89, Number 248 (Friday, December 27, 2024)]
[Rules and Regulations]
[Pages 105446-105447]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [<a href="http://www.gpo.gov">www.gpo.gov</a>]
[FR Doc No: 2024-30940]
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DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION
Federal Aviation Administration
14 CFR Part 61
[Docket No. FAA-2024-2580; Amdt. No. 61-158A]
RIN 2120-AM06
Regulatory Updates to BasicMed; Correction
AGENCY: Federal Aviation Administration (FAA), U.S. Department of
Transportation (DOT).
ACTION: Correcting amendment.
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SUMMARY: On November 18, 2024, the Federal Aviation Administration
(FAA) published a final rule titled ``Regulatory Updates to BasicMed.''
That document implemented the provisions of sections 815 and 828 of the
FAA Reauthorization Act of 2024. The final rule's revision to the part
61 authority citation that cites the 2024 FAA Reauthorization Act was
erroneously overwritten by another rulemaking action revising part 61.
This document corrects the amendatory instruction and revises the part
61 authority citation to be inclusive of the intended updates
promulgated in the BasicMed final rule.
DATES: This correction is effective December 27, 2024.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Bradley C. Zeigler, Federal Aviation
Administration, 800 Independence Avenue SW, Washington, DC 20591;
telephone: (202) 267-1100; email: <a href="/cdn-cgi/l/email-protection#7d3f0f1c19111804533e532718141a11180f3d1b1c1c531a120b"><span class="__cf_email__" data-cfemail="b5f7c7d4d1d9d0cc9bf69befd0dcd2d9d0c7f5d3d4d49bd2dac3">[email protected]</span></a>.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: On October 1, 2024, the FAA published the
final rule Removal of Expiration Date on a Flight Instructor
Certificate; Additional Qualification Requirements To Train Initial
Flight Instructor Applicants; and Other Provisions in the Federal
Register (89 FR 80020) (hereinafter the CFI rule). That final rule
removed the expiration date on flight instructor certificates to align
with other airman certificates. Additional amendments included updating
renewal requirements to recent experience requirements, introducing a
new method for establishing recent flight instructor experience, and
allowing instructors with a lapse of no more than three months to
reinstate privileges via an approved flight instructor refresher course
instead of a practical test. The final rule also added two new methods
for flight instructors to qualify to train initial applicants.
As part of the amendments made in the CFI rule, the FAA revised the
authority citation for part 61 by removing 49 U.S.C. 106(g) as that
paragraph had been removed and reserved as part of the FAA
Reauthorization Act of 2024. The final rule added section 820 of Public
Law 118-63 to the authority citation. Section 820 of the FAA
Reauthorization Act of 2024 required the FAA to promulgate the CFI
final rule within 18 months after the date of enactment of the Act, to
at a minimum, update part 61, Code of Federal Regulations, to remove
the expiration date on the flight instructor certificate and replace
the requirement that a flight instructor renews their flight instructor
certificate with appropriate recent experience requirements. The CFI
rule became effective on December 1, 2024.
Subsequently, on November 18, 2024, the FAA published the final
rule Regulatory Updates to BasicMed (89 FR 90572) (hereinafter the
BasicMed rule). That final rule implemented the provisions of sections
815 and 828 of the FAA Reauthorization Act of 2024. In the BasicMed
rule, the FAA revised the authority citation for part 61 by adding
sections 815 and 828 of Public Law 118-63 to the authority citation for
part 61. The BasicMed final rule became effective on the date of
publication, November 18, 2024.
However, when the CFI rule became effective on December 1, 2024,
and the authority citation for part 61 was revised in accordance with
the instructions contained in the CFI rule, those revisions
inadvertently removed the revisions made in the BasicMed final rule
which published after, but became effective before, the CFI rule.
Therefore, this correction revises the authority citation for part 61
to include both the revisions from the CFI rule and the BasicMed rule.
List of Subjects in 14 CFR Part 61
Aircraft, Airmen, Aviation safety, Reporting and recordkeeping
requirements.
PART 61--CERTIFICATION: PILOTS, FLIGHT INSTRUCTORS, AND GROUND
INSTRUCTORS
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1. The authority citation for part 61 is revised to read as follows:
Authority: 49 U.S.C. 106(f), 40113, 44701-44703, 44707, 44709-
44711, 44729, 44903, 45102-45103, 45301-45302; Sec. 2307, Pub. L.
114-190, 130 Stat. 615 (49 U.S.C. 44703 note); sec. 318, Pub. L.
115-254, 132 Stat. 3186 (49 U.S.C. 44703 note); sec. 820, Pub. L.
118-63, 138 Stat. 1330 (49 U.S.C. 44939 note); secs. 815 and 828,
Pub. L. 118-63, 138 Stat. 1328, 1336 (49 U.S.C. 44703 note).
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Issued under authority provided by 49 U.S.C. 106(f), 44701(a),
and 44703 in Washington, DC.
Brandon Roberts,
Executive Director, Office of Rulemaking.
[FR Doc. 2024-30940 Filed 12-26-24; 8:45 am]
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