FAA Requests Public Comment on Possible Delegation of Certain Air Operator Certification Tasks

[Federal Register Volume 89, Number 234 (Thursday, December 5, 2024)] [Proposed Rules] [Pages 96621-96622] From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov] [FR Doc No: 2024-27782]

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DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION

Federal Aviation Administration

14 CFR Part 183

[Docket No. FAA-2024-2063]

FAA Requests Public Comment on Possible Delegation of Certain Air Operator Certification Tasks

AGENCY: Federal Aviation Administration (FAA), Department of Transportation.

ACTION: Request for comments.

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SUMMARY: The FAA issues this document to assess interest in and invite public comment on the possible expansion of FAA's delegation program to include new certification tasks that might be accomplished by individual designees or Organization Designation Authorization (ODA) holders. The expanded tasks being considered are certification of all commuter and on-demand operator types, excluding 10 or more passenger operations. The effort may require the FAA to initiate rulemaking corresponding with additional certification tasks for individual designees and a revision to policy for additional ODA authorized functions.

DATES: Comments must be received by February 3, 2025.

ADDRESSES: Send comments identified by docket number FAA-2024-2063, using any of the following methods: Federal eRulemaking Portal: Go to https://www.regulations.gov and follow the online instructions for sending your comments electronically. Electronic mail: Send comments to [email protected]. Mail: Send comments to Docket Operations, M-30, U.S. Department of Transportation (DOT), 1200 New Jersey Avenue SE, Room W12-140, West Building Ground Floor, Washington, DC 20590-0001. Hand Delivery or Courier: Take comments to Docket Operations in Room W12-140 of the West Building Ground Floor at 1200 New Jersey Avenue SE, Washington, DC, between 9 a.m., and 5 p.m., Monday through Friday, except Federal holidays. Fax: Fax comments to Docket Operations at (202) 493-2251. All comments received will be posted without change to https://www.regulations.gov. All comments, including attachments and other supporting material, will become part of the public record and subject to public disclosure. Confidential Business Information (CBI): CBI is commercial or financial information that is customarily and treated as private by its owner. Under the Freedom of Information Act (FOIA) (5 United States Code (U.S.C.) 552), CBI is exempt from public disclosure. If your comments in response to this Notice contain commercial or financial information that is customarily treated as private, that you actually treat as private, and that is relevant or responsive to this Notice, it is important that you clearly designate the submitted comments as CBI. Please mark each page of your submission containing CBI as ``PROPIN'' to indicate that it contains proprietary information. FAA will treat such marked submissions as confidential under FOIA and not place them in the public docket of this Notice. Submissions containing CBI should be sent to the individual listed in the FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT section.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Mr. Scott Geddie, Policy and Oversight Integration Section, AVS-64, AVS ODA Office, Federal Aviation Administration, by telephone at 405-954-6897 or by email at [email protected].