116 Federal Elimination of This rulemaking would 3 11/10/2014 SB: N, IC: N, 07/2013 Aviation the Air Traffic eliminate the requirement for SLT: N Administration Control Tower air traffic control tower Costs/benefits: Operator operators to hold a Control Cost-savings to be Certificate for Tower Operator (CTO) determined. Controllers certificate if the individual Progress status: Who Hold a holds an FAA Credential FR in FAA Federal with a tower rating issued by coordination. Aviation the Administrator. The FAA Administration currently issues the CTO and Credential the Credential with a tower With a Tower rating to qualified FAA Rating (RRR) controllers who work in FAA towers. The requirements of this Credentialing program encompass the underlying qualifications of the CTO certificate. The intended effect of this action is to reduce the FAA´s requirement of administering overlapping programs. 117 Federal Reciprocal This rulemaking extend 2 10/24/2014 SB: N, IC: N, 01/2014 Aviation Waivers of the waiver of claims for all SLT: N Administration Claims for the customers involved in a Costs/benefits: Non-Party launch or reentry, amend the This rule would Customer requirement describing reduce cost Beneficiaries, which entities are required to burdens of all Signature of sign the statutorily-mandated parties signing Waivers of waiver of claims, and add a cross-waivers, as Claims by new waiver template for the well the FAA, Commercial customer´s use. This because the FAA Space rulemaking would ease the has to review any Transportation administrative burden on the cross-waiver the Customers. customers, licensees, customer has
116 Federal Aviation Administration Elimination of the Air Traffic Control Tower Operator Certificate for Controllers Who Hold a Federal Aviation Administration Credential With a Tower Rating (RRR) This rulemaking would eliminate the requirement for air traffic control tower operators to hold a Control Tower Operator (CTO) certificate if the individual holds an FAA Credential with a tower rating issued by the Administrator. The FAA currently issues the CTO and the Credential with a tower rating to qualified FAA controllers who work in FAA towers. The requirements of this Credentialing program encompass the underlying qualifications of the CTO certificate. The intended effect of this action is to reduce the FAA´s requirement of administering overlapping programs. 3 11/10/2014 SB: N, IC: N, SLT: N Costs/benefits: Cost-savings to be determined. Progress status: FR in FAA coordination. 07/2013 117 Federal Aviation Administration Reciprocal Waivers of Claims for Non-Party Customer Beneficiaries, Signature of Waivers of Claims by Commercial Space Transportation Customers. This rulemaking extend the waiver of claims for all the customers involved in a launch or reentry, amend the requirement describing which entities are required to sign the statutorily-mandated waiver of claims, and add a new waiver template for the customer´s use. This rulemaking would ease the administrative burden on the customers, licensees, 2 10/24/2014 SB: N, IC: N, SLT: N Costs/benefits: This rule would reduce cost burdens of all parties signing cross-waivers, as well the FAA, because the FAA has to review any cross-waiver the customer has 01/2014