[Code of Federal Regulations]
[Title 14, Volume 2]
[Revised as of January 1, 2003]
From the U.S. Government Printing Office via GPO Access
[CITE: 14CFR139.329]

[Page 790]
 
                     TITLE 14--AERONAUTICSAND SPACE
 
CHAPTER I--FEDERAL AVIATION ADMINISTRATION, DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION 
                               (CONTINUED)
 
PART 139--CERTIFICATION AND OPERATIONS: LAND AIRPORTS SERVING CERTAIN 
AIR CARRIERS--Table of Contents
 
                          Subpart D--Operations
 
Sec. 139.329  Ground vehicles.

    Each certificate holder shall--
    (a) Limit access to movement areas and safety areas only to those 
ground vehicles necessary for airport operations;
    (b) Establish and implement procedures for the safe and orderly 
access to, and operation on, the movement area and safety areas by 
ground vehicles, including provisions identifying the consequences of 
noncompliance with the procedures by an employee, tenant, or contractor;
    (c) When an air traffic control tower is in operation, ensure that 
each ground vehicle operating on the movement area is controlled by one 
of the following:
    (1) Two-way radio communications between each vehicle and the tower,
    (2) An escort vehicle with two-way radio communications with the 
tower to accompany any vehicle without a radio, or
    (3) Measures acceptable to the Administrator for controlling 
vehicles, such as signs, signals, or guards, when it is not 
operationally practical to have two-way radio communications with the 
vehicle or an escort vehicle;
    (d) When an air traffic control tower is not in operation, provide 
adequate procedures to control ground vehicles on the movement area 
through prearranged signs or signals;
    (e) Ensure that each employee, tenant, or contractor who operates a 
ground vehicle on any portion of the airport that has access to the 
movement area is familiar with the airport's procedures for the 
operation of ground vehicles and the consequences of noncompliance; and
    (f) On request by the Administrator, make available for inspection 
any record of accidents or incidents on the movement areas involving air 
carrier aircraft and/or ground vehicles.

[Doc. No. 24812, 52 FR 44282, Nov. 18, 1987, as amended by Amdt. 139-17, 
55 FR 48214, Nov. 19, 1990]