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Monday, July 28, 2003

Fast Track Or Slow Roll?

A window was opened recently into the inner workings of Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) rulemaking, showing how it can take a year or more to process and publish a document. The illustrative case involves the FAA's plan to issue a notice of proposed rulemaking (NPRM) in January 2005 regarding actions to be taken for wiring system safety (see ASW, July 21). The NPRM will be the resulting "output" of a report submitted in August 2002 by the Aging Transport Systems Rulemaking Advisory Committee (ATSRAC) to the FAA. The procedural process moves in increments of months, not weeks.

Proposed Rulemaking Schedule for Wiring System Safety
Item
Date
Elapsed time
Complete economic evaluation. December 2003 16 months from delivery of ATSRAC report in August 2002
Final rulemaking team concurrence. February 2004 2 months
Associate administrator approval. March 2004 2 months
Administrator approval. May 2004 2 months
Secretary of Transportation approval. August 2004 3 months
Publish NPRM January 2005 5 months
Source: ATSRAC
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