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14 CFR Ch. I (1–1–19 Edition) 

§ 136.41 

establish an air tour management plan 
for any national park or tribal land for 
which such a plan is not in effect when-
ever a person applies for authority to 
conduct a commercial air tour oper-
ation over the park. The air tour man-
agement plan shall be developed by 
means of a public process in accord-
ance with paragraph (d) of this section. 
The objective of any air tour manage-
ment plan is to develop acceptable and 
effective measures to mitigate or pre-
vent the significant adverse impacts, if 
any, of commercial air tour operations 
upon the natural and cultural re-
sources, visitor experiences, and tribal 
lands. 

(b) 

Environmental determination. 

In es-

tablishing an air tour management 
plan under this section, the Adminis-
trator and the Director shall each sign 
the environmental decision document 
required by section 102 of the National 
Environmental Policy Act of 1969 (42 
U.S.C. 4332) which may include a find-
ing of no significant impact, an envi-
ronmental assessment, or an environ-
mental impact statement and the 
record of decision for the air tour man-
agement plan. 

(c) 

Contents. 

An air tour management 

plan for a park— 

(1) May prohibit commercial air tour 

operations in whole or in part; 

(2) May establish conditions for the 

conduct of commercial air tour oper-
ations, including, but not limited to, 
commercial air tour routes, maximum 
number of flights per unit of time, 
maximum and minimum altitudes, 
time of day restrictions, restrictions 
for particular events, intrusions on pri-
vacy on tribal lands, and mitigation of 
noise, visual, or other impacts; 

(3) Shall apply to all commercial air 

tour operations within 

1

⁄

2

mile outside 

the boundary of a national park; 

(4) Shall include incentives (such as 

preferred commercial air tour routes 
and altitudes, and relief from caps and 
curfews) for the adoption of quiet tech-
nology aircraft by commercial air tour 
operators conducting commercial air 
tour operations at the park; 

(5) Shall provide for the initial allo-

cation of opportunities to conduct 
commercial air tour operations if the 
plan includes a limitation on the num-

ber of commercial air tour operations 
for any time period; and 

(6) Shall justify and document the 

need for measures taken pursuant to 
paragraphs (c)(1) through (c)(5) of this 
section and include such justification 
in the record of decision. 

(d) 

Procedure. 

In establishing an 

ATMP for a national park or tribal 
lands, the Administrator and Director 
shall— 

(1) Hold at least one public meeting 

with interested parties to develop the 
air tour management plan; 

(2) Publish the proposed plan in the 

F

EDERAL

R

EGISTER

for notice and com-

ment and make copies of the proposed 
plan available to the public; 

(3) Comply with the regulations set 

forth in 40 CFR 1501.3 and 1501.5 
through 1501.8 (for the purposes of com-
plying with 40 CFR 1501.3 and 1501.5 
through 1501.8, the Federal Aviation 
Administration is the lead agency and 
the National Park Service is a cooper-
ating agency); and 

(4) Solicit the participation of any 

Indian tribe whose tribal lands are, or 
may be, overflown by aircraft involved 
in a commercial air tour operation 
over the park or tribal lands to which 
the plan applies, as a cooperating agen-
cy under the regulations referred to in 
paragraph (d)(3) of this section. 

(e) 

Amendments. 

The Administrator, 

in cooperation with the Director, may 
make amendments to an air tour man-
agement plan. Any such amendments 
will be published in the F

EDERAL

R

EG

-

ISTER

for notice and comment. A re-

quest for amendment of an ATMP will 
be made in accordance with § 11.25 of 
this chapter as a petition for rule-
making. 

[Doc. No. FAA–2001–8690, 67 FR 65667, Oct. 25, 
2002. Redesignated by Amdt. 136–1, 72 FR 
6912, Feb. 13, 2007] 

§ 136.41

Interim operating authority. 

(a) 

General. 

Upon application for op-

erating authority, the Administrator 
shall grant interim operating author-
ity under this section to a commercial 
air tour operator for commercial air 
tour operations over a national park or 
tribal land for which the operator is an 
existing commercial air tour operator. 

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