Pub. L. 102-581, tit. I, sec. 112

AIRPORT DEVELOPMENT DEFINED.

EnactedYear: 1992Length: 415 wordsOfficial source
SEC. 112. AIRPORT DEVELOPMENT DEFINED. (a) Aircraft Deicing Equipment.— Section 503(a)(2)(B) of the Airport and Airway Improvement Act of 1982 (49 U.S.C. App. 2202(a)(2)(B)) is amended— (1) by striking “or” at the end of clause (v); (2) by inserting after clause (vi) the following: “(i) aircraft deicing equipment and structures (other than aircraft deicing fluids and storage facilities for such equipment and fluids); or “(ii) interactive training systems;”. (b) Control Tower and Navigational Aids Relocation; Meeting Mandates of Certain Federal Laws; Aircraft Deicing Facilities.—Section 503(a)(2) of such Act is further amended— (1) by striking “and” at the end of subparagraph (C); (2) by striking the period at the end of subparagraph (D) and inserting a semicolon; and (3) by adding at the end the following new subparagraphs: “(E) the relocation, after December 31, 1991, of an air traffic control tower and any navigational aid (including radar) if such relocation is necessary to carry out a project approved by the Secretary under this title; “(F) and if funded Dy a grant under this title, any construction, reconstruction, repair, or improvement of an airport (or any purchase of capital equipment for an airport) which is necessary for compliance with the responsibilities of the operator or owner of the airport under the Americans with Disabilities Act of 1990, the Clean Air Act, and the Federal Water Pollution Control Act with respect to the airport, other than construction or purchase of capital equipment which would primarily benefit a revenue producing area of the airport used by a nonaeronautical business; and “(G) any acquisition of land for, or work necessary to construct, a pad suitable for deicing aircraft prior to takeoff at a commercial service airport, including construction or reconstruction of paved areas, drainage collection structures, treatment and discharge systems, appropriate 106 STAT. 4881lighting, and paved access for deicing vehicles and aircraft, but excluding acquisition of aircraft deicing fluids and construction and reconstruction of storage facilities for aircraft deicing equipment and fluids.”. (c) Report.—Not later than 6 months after the date of the enactment of this Act, the Administrator of the Federal Aviation Administration shall report to the Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation of the Senate and the Committee on Public Works and Transportation of the House of Representatives on the cost and the feasibility of maintaining and operating navigational aids (including radar) for a transition period of up to 2 years at airports converting in whole or in part from military airports to civilian commercial or reliever airports.