issuance of airport operating certificates

issuance of airport operating certificates Sec. 19. (a) Section 612 of the Federal Aviation Act of 1958 (49 U.S.C. 1432) is amended by adding at the end thereof the following new subsection: “exemption “(c) The Administrator may exempt any operator of an air carrier airport enplaning annually less than one-quarter of 1 percent of the total number of passengers enplaned at all air carrier airports from the requirements imposed by subsection (b) of this section relating to firefighting and rescue equipment if he finds that such requirements are, or would be, unreasonably costly, burdensome, or impractical.”. (b) That portion of the table of contents contained in the first section of such Act which appeals under the side heading “Sec. 612. Airport operating certificates.” is amended by adding at the end thereof the following: “(c) Exemption.”.