Rule2025-03850
Enforcement Policy Regarding “Foreign Air Operator Certificates Issued by a Regional Safety Oversight Organization”
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Published
March 11, 2025
Issuing agencies
Transportation DepartmentFederal Aviation Administration
Abstract
This notice announces that the FAA will not take enforcement action against regulated entities for failing to comply with the final rule titled "Foreign Air Operator Certificates Issued by a Regional Safety Oversight Organization" until March 20, 2025.
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[Federal Register Volume 90, Number 46 (Tuesday, March 11, 2025)]
[Rules and Regulations]
[Page 11669]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [<a href="http://www.gpo.gov">www.gpo.gov</a>]
[FR Doc No: 2025-03850]
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DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION
Federal Aviation Administration
14 CFR Part 129
[Docket No.: FAA-2024-0176; Amdt. No. 129-55]
RIN 2120-AL93
Enforcement Policy Regarding ``Foreign Air Operator Certificates
Issued by a Regional Safety Oversight Organization''
AGENCY: Federal Aviation Administration (FAA), U.S. Department of
Transportation (DOT).
ACTION: Notice of enforcement discretion.
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SUMMARY: This notice announces that the FAA will not take enforcement
action against regulated entities for failing to comply with the final
rule titled ``Foreign Air Operator Certificates Issued by a Regional
Safety Oversight Organization'' until March 20, 2025.
DATES: As of March 11, 2025, the enforcement for the rule published
December 17, 2024, at 89 FR 101870, is delayed to March 20, 2025.
ADDRESSES: Electronic Access and Filing: This document, the notice of
proposed rulemaking (NPRM), all comments received, the final rule, the
other rulemaking-specific documents in the docket, and all background
material may be viewed online at <a href="http://www.regulations.gov">www.regulations.gov</a> using the docket
number listed above. Electronic retrieval help and guidelines are
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FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Tim Shaver, International Program
Division/International Operations Branch, Federal Aviation
Administration, 800 Independence Avenue SW, Washington, DC 20591;
telephone (202) 267-1704; email <a href="/cdn-cgi/l/email-protection#05716c682b766d64736077456364642b626a73"><span class="__cf_email__" data-cfemail="e195888ccf928980978493a1878080cf868e97">[email protected]</span></a>.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: On December 17, 2024, the FAA issued a final
rule titled ``Foreign Air Operator Certificates Issued by a Regional
Safety Oversight Organization'' that was published in the Federal
Register at 89 FR 101870. The final rule allowed the FAA to review and,
if acceptable to the Administrator, recognize as valid air operator
certificates issued by a Regional Safety Oversight Organization to
foreign air carriers when the State of the Operator is a member of that
Regional Safety Oversight Organization, for purposes of evaluating
foreign applicants for operating specifications. The final rule became
effective on January 16, 2025.
On January 20, 2025, the President issued a memorandum titled
``Regulatory Freeze Pending Review,'' 90 FR 8249 (Jan. 28, 2025), to
direct executive departments and agencies to consider postposing for 60
days the effective date for any rules that had been published in the
Federal Register but had not taken effect for the purpose of reviewing
any questions of fact, law, and policy that the rules may raise. While
not explicitly subject to the President's memorandum, the FAA is
providing notice that it will exercise its enforcement discretion and
not enforce the provisions of the FAA's final rule titled ``Foreign Air
Operator Certificates Issued by a Regional Safety Oversight
Organization'' until March 20, 2025, to allow the officials appointed
or designated by the President to review the final rule to ensure that
it is consistent with the law and Administration policies.
Issued in Washington, DC.
Taneesha Dobyne Marshall,
Assistant Chief Counsel for Aviation Litigation, Federal Aviation
Administration.
[FR Doc. 2025-03850 Filed 3-10-25; 8:45 am]
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