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14 CFR Ch. I (1–1–24 Edition) 

§ 152.7 

§ 152.7 Certifications. 

(a) Subject to such terms and condi-

tions as the Administrator may pre-
scribe, a sponsor or a planning agency 
may submit, with respect to any provi-
sion of this part implementing a statu-
tory or administrative requirement im-
posed on the sponsor or planning agen-
cy under the AADA, a certification 
that the sponsor or planning agency 
has complied or will comply with the 
provision, instead of making the show-
ing required. 

(b) The Administrator exercises dis-

cretion in determining whether to ac-
cept a certification. 

(c) Acceptance by the Administrator 

of a certification from a sponsor or 
planning agency may be rescinded by 
the Administrator at any time if, in 
the Administrator’s opinion, it is nec-
essary to do so. 

(d) If the Administrator determines 

that it is necessary, the sponsor or 
planning agency, on request, shall 
show compliance with any requirement 
for which a certification was accepted. 

§ 152.9 Forms. 

Any form needed to comply with this 

part may be obtained at any FAA Re-
gional Office or Airports District Of-
fice. 

§ 152.11 Incorporation by reference. 

(a) 

Mandatory standards. 

The advisory 

circulars listed in appendix B to this 
part are incorporated into this part by 
reference. The Director, Office of Air-
port Standards, determines the scope 
and content of the technical standards 
to be included in each advisory circular 
in appendix B, and may add to, or de-
lete from, appendix B any advisory cir-
cular or part thereof. Except as pro-
vided in paragraph (c) of this section, 
these guidelines are mandatory stand-
ards. 

(b) 

Modification of standards. 

When 

necessary to meet local conditions, any 
technical standard set forth in appen-
dix B may be modified for individual 
projects, if it is determined that the 
modifications will provide an accept-
able level of safety, economy, dura-
bility, and workmanship. The deter-
mination and modification may be 
made by the Director, Office of Airport 
Standards, or the appropriate Regional 

Director, in instances where the au-
thority has not been specifically re-
served by the Director, Office of Air-
port Standards. 

(c) 

State standards. 

Standards estab-

lished by a state for airport develop-
ment at general aviation airports in 
the state may be the standards applica-
ble to those airports when they have 
been approved by the Director, Office 
of Airport Standards, or the appro-
priate Regional Director, in instances 
where approval authority has not been 
specifically reserved by the Director, 
Office of Airport Standards. 

(d) 

Availability of advisory circulars. 

The advisory circulars listed in appen-
dix B may be inspected and copied at 
any FAA Regional Office or Airports 
District Office. Copies of the circulars 
that are available free of charge may 
be obtained from any of those offices or 
from the FAA Distribution Unit, M– 
443.1, Washington, DC 20590. Copies of 
the circulars that are for sale may be 
bought from the Superintendent of 
Documents, U.S. Government Printing 
Office, Washington, DC 20402. 

Subpart B—Eligibility Requirements 

and Application Procedures 

S

OURCE

: Docket No. 19430, 45 FR 34786, May 

22, 1980, unless otherwise noted. 

§ 152.101 Applicability. 

This subpart contains requirements 

and application procedures applicable 
to airport development and planning 
projects. 

§ 152.103 Sponsors: Airport develop-

ment. 

(a) To be eligible to apply for a 

project for airport development with 
respect to a particular airport the fol-
lowing requirements must be met: 

(1) Each sponsor must be a public 

agency authorized by law to submit the 
project application; 

(2) If a sponsor is the holder of an air-

port operating certificate issued for the 
airport under part 139 of this chapter, 
it must be in compliance with the re-
quirements of part 139. 

(3) When any of the following agree-

ments is applicable to an airport which 

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§ 152.109 

the sponsor owns or controls, the spon-
sor must have complied with the agree-
ment, or show to the satisfaction of the 
Administrator that it will comply or, 
for reasons beyond its control, cannot 
comply with the agreement: 

(i) Each grant agreement made with 

it under the Federal Airport Act (49 
U.S.C. 1101 

et seq.

), or the AADA. 

(ii) Each convenant in a conveyance 

to it under section 16 of the Federal 
Airport Act or section 23 of the AADA. 

(iii) Each convenant in a conveyance 

to it of surplus airport property under 
section 13(a) of the Surplus Property 
Act (50 U.S.C. App 1622(g)) or under 
Regulation 16 of the War Assets Ad-
ministration. 

(4) The sponsor, in the case of a sin-

gle sponsor, or one or more of the co-
sponsors must have, or be able to ob-
tain— 

(i) Funds to pay all estimated costs 

of the project that are not to be born 
by the United States; and 

(ii) Satisfactory property interests in 

the lands to be developed or used as 
part of, or in connection with, the air-
port as it will be after the project is 
completed. 

(b) Another public agency may act as 

agent of the public agency that is to 
own and operate the airport, for the 
purpose of channeling grant funds in 
accordance with state or local law, 
without becoming a sponsor. 

§ 152.105 Sponsors and planning agen-

cies: Airport planning. 

(a) To be eligible to apply for a 

project for airport planning— 

(1) If the project is for airport master 

planning— 

(i) Each sponsor must be a public 

agency and meet the requirements of 
§ 152.103(a)(3); and 

(ii) The sponsor, in the case of a sin-

gle sponsor, or one or more cosponsors 
must be legally able to implement the 
planning, within the existing or pro-
posed airport boundaries, that results 
from the project study. 

(2) If the project is for airport system 

planning, each sponsor must be a plan-
ning agency. 

(b) Another public agency or plan-

ning agency may act as agent of an-
other public agency or planning agen-
cy, for the purpose of channeling grant 

funds in accordance with state or local 
law, without becoming a sponsor. 

§ 152.107 Project eligibility: Airport de-

velopment. 

(a) Except in the case of approved 

stage development, each project for 
airport development must provide for— 

(1) Development of an airport or unit 

of an airport that is safe, useful, and 
usable; or, 

(2) An additional facility that in-

creases the safety, usefulness, and 
usability of an airport. 

(b) Unless otherwise authorized by 

the Administrator, a project for airport 
development must involve more than 
$25,000 in United States funds. 

(c) The development included in a 

project for airport development must— 

(1) In the opinion of the Adminis-

trator, be ‘‘airport development’’ as de-
fined in § 152.3; 

(2) Be identified as airport develop-

ment in the mandatory standards in-
corporated into this part by § 152.11; 
and 

(3) Be described in an approved air-

port layout plan. 

(d) The airport involved in a project 

for airport development must be in-
cluded in the current NASP. 

(e) In complying with paragraph (a) 

of this section, the sponsor must— 

(1) Own, acquire, or agree to acquire 

control over, or a property interest in, 
runway clear zones that the Adminis-
trator considers adequate; and 

(2) Provide for approach and runway 

lighting systems satisfactory to the 
Administrator. 

§ 152.109 Project eligibility: Airport 

planning. 

(a) 

Airport master planning. 

A pro-

posed project for airport master plan-
ning is not approved unless— 

(1) The location of the existing or 

proposed airport is included in the cur-
rent NASP; 

(2) In the opinion of the Adminis-

trator, the proposed planning would 
promote the effective location of public 
airports and the development of an 
adequate NASP; 

(3) The project is airport master 

planning as defined in § 152.3;