RTTF - Residential Through The Fence Operations at PML
An RTTF plain is needed at PML - continued
FAA Releases Interim Residential TTF Policy
The FAA Airports Division announced the long-awaited residential through-the-fence (TTF) access agreements policy that will help standardize how such agreements are approved across the country.
They issued it as an interim policy to publish it in the Federal Register on Friday; March 18th.n undertakes a policy review in 2014.
Prior to September 2009, the FAA policy was that GA public-use airports receiving federal AIP grants could enter into residential TTF access agreements based on the needs of their community and pilot population. Under the interim policy, no new residential TTF access agreements will be permitted.
The current interim policy outlines specific timetables for airports with existing residential TTF access agreements to be formally grandfathered under the program.
The FAA Airport District Offices (ADO) will, after being trained on the new approval process, have 30 days to implement the new policy in their geographic regions.
After implementation, they will have 45 days to notify airports in their geographic areas of the need to become certified as existing residential TTF access airports.
After notification, these airports have 90 days to submit their certification paperwork to the FAA.(It should be noted that Tuolumne County has submitted their certification for both airports.)
The airports will then be required to submit a TTF accelated airport operations area.igss plan by the start of fiscal year (FY) 2013 (October 1, 2012) if applying for federal Airport Improvement Plan (AIP) funding for that fiscal year, or as an absolute deadline, if not applying for (FY) 2013 AIP funds, no later than the start of (FY) 2014 (October 1, 2013). (These dates are subject to further verification.)
The FAA will review the certification paperwork on a case-by-case basis as each airport is unique.
The term Residential TTF access from the FAA's perspective is where residential property next to or on an airport where the aircraft owners are allowed to taxi between their residential property and, or a federally-obobligated airport operations area.
This new policy does not restrict recreational aircraft owners who live away from the airport and trailer that aircraft to the airport, going through an existing airport access gate in order to go flying. This type of aeronautical activity is not considered to be a residential TTF access agreement issue.
TCAN asked the question; "Is PML bound by federal funding obligations?"
Jim Thomas has stated, "This is a tricky question because the FAA grant money that the county received was used to purchase real property and avigation easements for the PML Airport."
We also asked the question; "Does the Tuolumne County Board of Supervisors need to draft a plan for RTTF use and policies?"
Mr. Thomas further reported that Tuolumne County has told the FAA that they will submit an "Access Plan" for PML Airport.
Please send your comments to joe@tcaviation.us.
Click on link below to FAA Compliance RTTF File