Section 156.7

14 CFR Ch. I (1-1-19 Edition)

in writing, a participating State shall
not delegate or relinquish, either expressly or by implication, any State
authority, rights, or power that would
interfere with the State-s ability to
comply with the terms of a State block
grant agreement.
Section 156.7 Enforcement of State block
grant agreements and other related
grant assurances.
The Administrator may take any action, pursuant to the authority of the
Airport and Airway Improvement Act
of 1982, as amended, to enforce the
terms of a State block grant agreement
including any terms imposed upon subsequent recipients of State block
agreement funds.

PART 157 - NOTICE OF CONSTRUCTION, ALTERATION, ACTIVATION,
AND DEACTIVATION OF AIRPORTS
Sec.
157.1
157.2
157.3
157.5
157.7
157.9

Applicability.
Definition of terms.
Projects requiring notice.
Notice of intent.
FAA determinations.
Notice of completion.

AUTHORITY: 49 U.S.C. 106(g), 40103, 40113,
44502.
SOURCE: Docket No. 25708, 56 FR 33996, July
24, 1991, unless otherwise noted.

Section 157.1

Applicability.

This part applies to persons proposing to construct, alter, activate, or
deactivate a civil or joint-use (civil/
military) airport or to alter the status
or use of such an airport. Requirements
for persons to notify the Administrator
concerning certain airport activities
are prescribed in this part. This part
does not apply to projects involving:
(a) An airport subject to conditions
of a Federal agreement that requires
an approved current airport layout
plan to be on file with the Federal
Aviation Administration; or
(b) An airport at which flight operations will be conducted under visual
flight rules (VFR) and which is used or
intended to be used for a period of less
than 30 consecutive days with no more
than 10 operations per day.

(c) The intermittent use of a site
that is not an established airport,
which is used or intended to be used for
less than one year and at which flight
operations will be conducted only
under VFR. For the purposes of this
part, intermittent use of a site means:
(1) The site is used or is intended to
be used for no more than 3 days in any
one week; and
(2) No more than 10 operations will be
conducted in any one day at that site.
Section 157.2 Definition of terms.
For the purpose of this part:
Airport means any airport, heliport,
helistop, vertiport, gliderport, seaplane
base, ultralight flightpark, manned
balloon launching facility, or other aircraft landing or takeoff area.
Heliport means any landing or takeoff
area intended for use by helicopters or
other rotary wing type aircraft capable
of vertical takeoff and landing profiles.
Private use means available for use by
the owner only or by the owner and
other persons authorized by the owner.
Private use of public lands means that
the landing and takeoff area of the proposed airport is publicly owned and the
proponent is a non-government entity,
regardless of whether that landing and
takeoff area is on land or on water and
whether the controlling entity be local,
State, or Federal Government.
Public use means available for use by
the general public without a requirement for prior approval of the owner or
operator.
Traffic pattern means the traffic flow
that is prescribed for aircraft landing
or taking off from an airport, including
departure and arrival procedures utilized within a 5-mile radius of the airport for ingress, egress, and noise
abatement.
Section 157.3 Projects requiring notice.
Each person who intends to do any of
the following shall notify the Administrator in the manner prescribed in
Section 157.5:
(a) Construct or otherwise establish a
new airport or activate an airport.
(b) Construct, realign, alter, or activate any runway or other aircraft landing or takeoff area of an airport.
(c) Deactivate, discontinue using, or
abandon an airport or any landing or

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