N.J. Admin. Code § 16:54-7.1

Current through Register Vol. 56, No. 12, June 17, 2024

Section 16:54-7.1 - General operational standards

(a) Each licensed aeronautical facility shall prepare and maintain at the aeronautical facility, a facility operations manual which includes the following materials:

1. The facility operating hours and hours attended;

2. Emergency operations information, including:

i. Emergency notification procedures; and

ii. Notification list for use in emergencies with telephone numbers for the facility owner(s), the operator, the local fire department, police, ambulance or emergency medical service, nearest New Jersey State Police Barracks, the Bureau of Aeronautics, the appropriate FAA Flight Standards District Office, and the NTSB;

3. Emergency procedures to be used in the event of:

i. Fire;

ii. Police or security activity;

iii. Rescue or emergency medical service response; and

iv. Aircraft accident or incident reporting;

4. Facility inspection procedures;

5. Facility air traffic pattern(s);

6. Procedures to use in issuing or cancelling NOTAMs;

7. A directive from the airport management, which requires that all aircraft which are parked or stored at the aeronautical facility for more than a 24-hour period to utilize a two-lock system that secures or disables the aircraft to prevent operation of the aircraft. A two-lock security system shall be any system of two separate locking devices, which must both be unlocked and would individually have the effect of either securing the aircraft, denying access to the cockpit, or disabling or inactivating key parts of the aircraft engine or flight control systems. Under this paragraph, separate locking devices in a two-lock system can include any combination of keyed or coded aircraft entry door lock, cockpit door lock, locking hangar door, keyed magneto or starter switch, master power switch or battery cut-off, throttle or mixture lock, locking fuel cut-off, a flight control lock, propeller lock, chain or cable, a locking wheel lock or chock, locking tie-down cable, lock in-place pitot tube cover, "club" type devices for the control yoke, or other similar devices. The Bureau, with the concurrence of the Domestic Security Preparedness Task Force, shall be authorized to waive the provisions of this paragraph for airports that have airport security programs which have been approved by the Federal Transportation Security Agency under the provisions of Airport Security Program regulations at 49 CFR 1542.101et seq.; and

8. A directive from the airport management which requires that aircraft hangar doors have working keyed or coded locking devices and that hangar doors be closed and locked when they are unattended. The Bureau, with the concurrence of the Domestic Security Preparedness Task Force, shall be authorized to waive the provisions of this paragraph for airports that have airport security programs which have been approved by the Federal Transportation Security Agency under the provisions of Airport Security Program regulations at 49 CFR 1542.101et seq.

(b) For the purpose of issuing Notices to Airmen in an emergency, licensees shall additionally delegate NOTAM issuing authority to the Bureau. This delegation shall be made to the FAA Flight Service Station with jurisdiction for the facility.

(c) Reporting of accidents and incidents shall be accomplished as follows:

1. Licensees or their agents shall immediately report all aircraft accidents or incidents occurring on their aeronautical facility which cause any property damage or injury to any person, as well as all known aircraft accidents or incidents occurring nearby, to the local police and to the Bureau.

2. Licensees or their agents shall immediately notify the Bureau of any accident or incident which occurs on their aeronautical facility which affects the operational capability of the facility or requires the closure or shutdown of any portion of the facility.

3. These reporting requirements as outlined in (c)1 and 2 above do not relieve the operator or aircrew of any aircraft involved in an accident or incident from any responsibility to comply with notification provisions of FAA, State or NTSB regulations.

(d) Aeronautical facility air traffic patterns shall be established in accordance with the following procedures:

1. Licensees shall have all aeronautical facility air traffic flight patterns approved by both the FAA in accordance with 14 CFR Part 157 and by the Bureau.

2. Licensees of any aeronautical facility who wish to change the air traffic flight patterns shall concurrently submit to the Bureau and to the FAA, the proposed changes in accordance with 14 CFR Part 157.

i. The Bureau will evaluate the proposal, consider input from the appropriate governing body of the affected municipality(ies), and will either approve, modify, or reject the proposal. Airspace or safety factors will prevail over other considerations.

ii. The Bureau decision will be forwarded to the FAA for use in the 14 CFR Part 157 air traffic flight pattern determination.

iii. Aeronautical facilities may not implement any proposed air traffic flight pattern change until it has been approved by the Bureau and by the FAA.

(e) Licensees may establish noise abatement procedures for their facility as follows:

1. Any proposed noise abatement procedure or change to an existing noise abatement procedure shall be submitted to the Bureau for review, and consideration of input from the appropriate governing body of the affected municipality(ies).

2. Noise abatement procedures may not be implemented until they have been approved by the Bureau.

3. Any proposed noise abatement procedure which requires FAA approval must be approved by the FAA and by the Bureau prior to being implemented.

N.J. Admin. Code § 16:54-7.1

Amended by 48 N.J.R. 1684(a), effective 8/15/2016