COURT ORDERS FAA TO MOVE ON REGULATING AIR TOURS OVER NATIONAL PARKS
June 24, 2020
On May 1, 2020, the U.S. Court of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit ordered the FAA and the National Park Service (NPS) to comply with a law passed in 2000 that seeks to strengthen oversight of air tours at national parks. The court said NPS and FAA have two years to require parks with commercial sightseeing flights to have management plans or voluntary agreements establishing rules with all of their operators. The lawsuit, brought by the groups Public Employees for Environmental Responsibility (PEER) and Hawaii Island Coalition Malama Pono, asked the court to order mandatory deadlines for adoption of air tour limits covering seven national parks as the FAA and NPS have allegedly failed to do so since the law was passed.
If you have any questions, please contact Evelyn Sahr (esahr@eckertseamans.com or 202-659-6622); Drew Derco (dderco@eckertseamans.com or 202-659-6665), or Andy Orr (aorr@eckertsemans.com or 202-659-6625).
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