[Code of Federal Regulations]
[Title 14, Volume 2]
[Revised as of January 1, 2007]
From the U.S. Government Printing Office via GPO Access
[CITE: 14CFR136.1]

[Page 1155]
 
                     TITLE 14--AERONAUTICS AND SPACE
 
CHAPTER I--FEDERAL AVIATION ADMINISTRATION, DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION 
                               (CONTINUED)
 
PART 136_NATIONAL PARKS AIR TOUR MANAGEMENT--Table of Contents
 
Sec.  136.1  Applicability.




Sec.  
136.1 Applicability.
136.3 Definitions.
136.5 Prohibition of commercial air tour operations over the Rocky 
          Mountain National Park.
136.7 Overflights of national parks and tribal lands.
136.9 Air tour management plans (ATMP).
136.11 Interim operating authority.

    Authority: 49 U.S.C. 106(g), 40113, 40119, 44101, 44701, 44701-
44702, 44705, 44709-44711, 44713, 44716-44717, 44722, 44901, 44903-
44904, 44912, 46105.

    Source: Docket No. FAA-2001-8690, 67 FR 65667, Oct. 25, 2002, unless 
otherwise noted.


    (a) This part restates and paraphrases several sections of the 
National Parks Air Tour Management Act of 2000, including section 803 
(codified at 49 U.S.C. 40128) and sections 806 and 809. This part 
clarifies the requirements for the development of an air tour management 
plan for each park in the national park system where commercial air tour 
operations are flown.
    (b) Except as provided in paragraph (c) of this section, this part 
applies to each commercial air tour operator who conducts a commercial 
air tour operation over--
    (1) A unit of the national park system;
    (2) Tribal lands as defined in this part; or
    (3) Any area within one-half mile outside the boundary of any unit 
of the national park system.
    (c) This part does not apply to a commercial air tour operator 
conducting a commercial air tour operation--
    (1) Over the Grand Canyon National Park;
    (2) Over that portion of tribal lands within or abutting the Grand 
Canyon National Park;
    (3) Over any land or waters located in the State of Alaska; or
    (4) While flying over or near the Lake Mead Recreation Area, solely 
as a transportation route, to conduct a commercial air tour over the 
Grand Canyon National Park.