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specifying the necessary performance
requirements.
Because the changes in this technical
amendment result in no substantive
change, we find good cause exists under
5 U.S.C. 553(d)(3) to make the
amendment effective in less than 30
days.
List of Subjects in 14 CFR part 91
Air traffic control, Aircraft, Airports,
Aviation safety.
The Amendment
In consideration of the foregoing, the
Federal Aviation Administration
amends chapter I of title 14, Code of
Federal Regulations as follows:
PART 91—GENERAL OPERATING
AND
FLIGHT RULES
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1. The authority citation for part 91
continues to read as follows:
Authority:
49 U.S.C. 106(f), 106(g), 1155,
40101, 40103, 40105, 40113, 40120,
44101,
44111, 44701, 44704, 44709, 44711,
44712,
44715, 44716, 44717, 44722, 46306,
46315,
46316, 46504, 46506–46507, 47122,
47508,
47528–47531, 47534, articles 12 and 29
of the
Convention on International Civil
Aviation
(61 Stat. 1180), (126 Stat. 11).
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2. In § 91.225, revise paragraphs (a)
and (b) to read as follows:
§ 91.225 Automatic Dependent
Surveillance-Broadcast (ADS–B) Out
equipment and use.
(a) After January 1, 2020, and unless
otherwise authorized by ATC, no
personmay operate an aircraft in Class A
airspace unless the aircraft has
equipment installed that—
(1) Meets the performance
requirements in TSO–C166b, Extended
Squitter Automatic Dependent
Surveillance-Broadcast (ADS–B) and
Traffic Information Service-Broadcast
(TIS–B) Equipment Operating on the Radio
Frequency of 1090 Megahertz
(MHz); and
(2) Meets the requirements of
§ 91.227.
(b) After January 1, 2020, and unless
otherwise authorized by ATC, no person
may operate an aircraft below 18,000
feet MSL and in airspace described in
paragraph (d) of this section unless the
aircraft has equipment installed that—
(1) Meets the performance
requirements in—
(i) TSO–C166b; or
(ii) TSO–C154c, Universal Access
Transceiver (UAT) Automatic
Dependent Surveillance-Broadcast
(ADS–B) Equipment Operating on the
Frequency of 978 MHz;
(2) Meets the requirements of
§ 91.227.