Federal Aviation Administration, DOT

Section 137.17

(b) In a public emergency, a person
conducting agricultural aircraft operations under this part may, to the extent necessary, deviate from the operating rules of this part for relief and
welfare activities approved by an agency of the United States or of a State or
local government.
(c) Each person who, under the authority of this section, deviates from a
rule of this part shall, within 10 days
after the deviation send to the responsible Flight Standards office a complete report of the aircraft operation
involved, including a description of the
operation and the reasons for it.
[Doc. No. 1464, 30 FR 8106, June 24, 1965, as
amended by Amdt. 137-13, 54 FR 39294, Sept.
25, 1989; Docket FAA-2018-0119, Amdt. 137-17,
83 FR 9175, Mar. 5, 2018]

Section 137.3

Definition of terms.

For the purposes of this part - 
Agricultural aircraft operation means
the operation of an aircraft for the purpose of (1) dispensing any economic
poison, (2) dispensing any other substance intended for plant nourishment,
soil treatment, propagation of plant
life, or pest control, or (3) engaging in
dispensing activities directly affecting
agriculture, horticulture, or forest
preservation, but not including the dispensing of live insects.
Economic poison means (1) any substance or mixture of substances intended for preventing, destroying, repelling, or mitigating any insects, rodents, nematodes, fungi, weeds, and
other forms of plant or animal life or
viruses, except viruses on or in living
man or other animals, which the Secretary of Agriculture shall declare to
be a pest, and (2) any substance or mixture of substances intended for use as a
plant regulator, defoliant or desiccant.
[Doc. No. 1464, 30 FR 8106, June 24, 1965, as
amended by Amdt. 137-3, 33 FR 9601, July 2,
1968]

Subpart B - Certification Rules
Section 137.11

Certificate required.

(a) Except as provided in paragraphs
(c) and (d) of this section, no person
may conduct agricultural aircraft operations without, or in violation of, an

agricultural aircraft operator certificate issued under this part.
(b) Notwithstanding part 133 of this
chapter, an operator may, if he complies with this part, conduct agricultural aircraft operations with a rotorcraft with external dispensing equipment in place without a rotorcraft external-load operator certificate.
(c) A Federal, State, or local government conducting agricultural aircraft
operations with public aircraft need
not comply with this subpart.
(d) The holder of a rotorcraft external-load operator certificate under part
133 of this chapter conducting an agricultural aircraft operation, involving
only the dispensing of water on forest
fires by rotorcraft external-load means,
need not comply with this subpart.
[Doc. No. 1464, 30 FR 8106, June 24, 1965, as
amended by Amdt. 137-3, 33 FR 9601, July 2,
1968; Amdt. 137-6, 41 FR 35060, Aug. 19, 1976]

Section 137.15

Application for certificate.

An application for an agricultural
aircraft operator certificate is made on
a form and in a manner prescribed by
the Administrator, and filed with the
responsible Flight Standards office for
the area in which the applicant-s home
base of operations is located.
[Doc. No. 1464, 30 FR 8106, June 24, 1965, as
amended by Amdt. 137-13, 54 FR 39294, Sept.
25, 1989; Docket FAA-2018-0119, Amdt. 137-17,
83 FR 9175, Mar. 5, 2018]

Section 137.17

Amendment of certificate.

(a) An agricultural aircraft operator
certificate may be amended - 
(1) On the Administrator-s own initiative, under section 609 of the Federal
Aviation Act of 1958 (49 U.S.C. 1429) and
part 13 of this chapter; or
(2) Upon application by the holder of
that certificate.
(b) An application to amend an agricultural aircraft operator certificate is
submitted on a form and in a manner
prescribed by the Administrator. The
applicant must file the application
with the responsible Flight Standards
office for the area in which the applicant-s home base of operations is located at least 15 days before the date
that it proposes the amendment become effective, unless a shorter filing
period is approved by that office.

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