[Code of Federal Regulations]
[Title 14, Volume 1]
[Revised as of January 1, 2004]
From the U.S. Government Printing Office via GPO Access
[CITE: 14CFR16.1]

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                     TITLE 14--AERONAUTICS AND SPACE
 
CHAPTER I--FEDERAL AVIATION ADMINISTRATION, DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION
 
PART 16--RULES OF PRACTICE FOR FEDERALLY-ASSISTED AIRPORT ENFORCEMENT 
PROCEEDINGS--Table of Contents
 
                      Subpart A--General Provisions
 
Sec. 16.1  Applicability and description of part.


    (a) General. The provisions of this part govern all proceedings 
involving Federally-assisted airports, except for disputes between U.S. 
and foreign air carriers and airport proprietors concerning the 
reasonableness of airport fees covered by 14 CFR part 302, whether the 
proceedings are instituted by order of the FAA or by filing with the FAA 
a complaint, under the following authorities:
    (1) 49 U.S.C. 40103(e), prohibiting the grant of exclusive rights 
for the use of any landing area or air navigation facility on which 
Federal funds have been expended (formerly section 308 of the Federal 
Aviation Act of 1958, as amended).
    (2) Requirements of the Anti-Head Tax Act, 49 U.S.C. 40116.
    (3) The assurances contained in grant-in-aid agreements issued under 
the Federal Airport Act of 1946, 49 U.S.C. 1101 et seq (repealed 1970).
    (4) The assurances contained in grant-in-aid agreements issued under 
the Airport and Airway Development Act of 1970, as amended, 49 U.S.C. 
1701 et seq.
    (5) The assurances contained in grant-in-aid agreements issued under 
the Airport and Airway Improvement Act of 1982 (AAIA), as amended, 49 
U.S.C. 47101 et seq., specifically section 511(a), 49 U.S.C. 47107(a) 
and (b).
    (6) Section 505(d) of the Airport and Airway Improvement Act of 
1982, as amended, 49 U.S.C. 47113.
    (7) Obligations contained in property deeds for property transferred 
pursuant to section 16 of the Federal Airport Act (49 U.S.C. 1115), 
section 23 of the Airport and Airway Development Act (49 U.S.C. 1723), 
or section 516 of the Airport and Airway Improvement Act (49 U.S.C. 
47125).
    (8) Obligations contained in property deeds for property transferred 
under the Surplus Property Act (49 U.S.C. 47151-47153).
    (b) Other agencies. Where a grant assurance concerns a statute, 
executive order, regulation, or other authority that provides an 
administrative process for the investigation or adjudication of 
complaints by a Federal agency other than the FAA, persons shall use the 
administrative process established by those authorities. Where a grant 
assurance concerns a statute, executive order, regulation, or other 
authority that enables a Federal agency other than the FAA to 
investigate, adjudicate, and enforce compliance under those authorities 
on its own initiative, the FAA may defer to that Federal agency.

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    (c) Other enforcement. If a complaint or action initiated by the FAA 
involves a violation of the 49 U.S.C. subtitle VII or FAA regulations, 
except as specified in paragraphs (a)(1) and (a)(2) of this section, the 
FAA may take investigative and enforcement action under 14 CFR part 13, 
``Investigative and Enforcement Procedures.''
    (d) Effective date. This part applies to a complaint filed with the 
FAA and to an investigation initiated by the FAA on or after December 
16, 1996.