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Federal Aviation Administration, DOT 

§ 91.871 

(4) After December 31, 1998, at least 75 

percent of the fleet of a new entrant 
must comply with Stage 3 noise levels. 

(b) New entrant foreign air carriers. 
(1) A new entrant foreign air carrier 

initiating part 129 operations on or be-
fore December 31, 1994, may initiate 
service without regard to the percent-
age of its fleet composed of Stage 3 air-
planes. 

(2) After December 31, 1994, at least 25 

percent of the fleet on U.S. operations 
specifications of a new entrant foreign 
air carrier must comply with Stage 3 
noise levels. 

(3) After December 31, 1996, at least 50 

percent of the fleet on U.S. operations 
specifications of a new entrant foreign 
air carrier must comply with Stage 3 
noise levels. 

(4) After December 31, 1998, at least 75 

percent of the fleet on U.S. operations 
specifications of a new entrant foreign 
air carrier must comply with Stage 3 
noise levels. 

(c) Calculations resulting in fractions 

may be rounded to permit the contin-
ued operation of the next whole num-
ber of Stage 2 airplanes. 

[Doc. No. 26433, 56 FR 48659, Sept. 25, 1991, as 
amended by Amdt. 91–252, 61 FR 66185, Dec. 
16, 1996] 

§ 91.869

Carry-forward compliance. 

(a) Any operator that exceeds the re-

quirements of paragraph (b) of § 91.865 
of this part on or before December 31, 
1994, or on or before December 31, 1996, 
may claim a credit that may be applied 
at a subsequent interim compliance 
date. 

(b) Any operator that eliminates or 

modifies more Stage 2 airplanes pursu-
ant to § 91.865(b) than required as of De-
cember 31, 1994, or December 31, 1996, 
may count the number of additional 
Stage 2 airplanes reduced as a credit 
toward— 

(1) The number of Stage 2 airplanes it 

would otherwise be required to reduce 
following a subsequent interim compli-
ance date specified in § 91.865(b); or 

(2) The number of Stage 3 airplanes it 

would otherwise be required to operate 
in its fleet following a subsequent in-
terim compliance date to meet the per-

centage requirements specified in 
§ 91.865(d). 

[Doc. No. 26433, 56 FR 48659, Sept. 25, 1991; 56 
FR 65783, Dec. 18, 1991] 

§ 91.871

Waivers from interim compli-

ance requirements. 

(a) Any U.S. operator or foreign air 

carrier subject to the requirements of 
§ 91.865 or 91.867 of this subpart may re-
quest a waiver from any individual 
compliance requirement. 

(b) Applications must be filed with 

the Secretary of Transportation at 
least 120 days prior to the compliance 
date from which the waiver is re-
quested. 

(c) Applicants must show that a 

grant of waiver would be in the public 
interest, and must include in its appli-
cation its plans and activities for modi-
fying its fleet, including evidence of 
good faith efforts to comply with the 
requirements of § 91.865 or § 91.867. The 
application should contain all informa-
tion the applicant considers relevant, 
including, as appropriate, the fol-
lowing: 

(1) The applicant’s balance sheet and 

cash flow positions; 

(2) The composition of the applicant’s 

current fleet; and 

(3) The applicant’s delivery position 

with respect to new airplanes or noise- 
abatement equipment. 

(d) Waivers will be granted only upon 

a showing by the applicant that com-
pliance with the requirements of 
§ 91.865 or 91.867 at a particular interim 
compliance date is financially onerous, 
physically impossible, or techno-
logically infeasible, or that it would 
have an adverse effect on competition 
or on service to small communities. 

(e) The conditions of any waiver 

granted under this section shall be de-
termined by the circumstances pre-
sented in the application, but in no 
case may the term extend beyond the 
next interim compliance date. 

(f) A summary of any request for a 

waiver under this section will be pub-
lished in the F

EDERAL

R

EGISTER

, and 

public comment will be invited. Unless 
the Secretary finds that circumstances 
require otherwise, the public comment 
period will be at least 14 days. 

[Doc. No. 26433, 56 FR 48660, Sept. 25, 1991] 

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