FAA REOPENS COMMENT PERIOD FOR PROPOSED AIRPORT SMS RULE
September 24, 2021
On August 24, 2021, FAA reopened a comment period for the Safety Management System for Certificated Airports Supplemental Notice of Proposed Rulemaking (SNPRM) originally published July 14, 2016. Under the SNPRM, available here, the FAA revised proposed applicability of the rule so that a Safety Management System (SMS) is only required for a certificated airport classified as a small, medium, or large hub airport in the National Plan of Integrated Airport Systems; serving international air traffic; or having more than 100,000 total annual operations. The FAA also proposed changes that would extend the implementation period from 18 to 24 months; require submission of an implementation plan within 12 months instead of 6 months of the effective date of the final rule; modify the training requirements; ensure consistency among various FAA SMS initiatives, and reduce the implementation burden. The original comment period closed on September 12, 2016, but FAA has now reopened and extended the comment period until September 23, 2021. Interested parties may comment via the regulations.gov portal for the SNPRM (link above), mail, or fax.
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