Transport Canada’s

Airport Regulatory Plan

Facility, Operations & Airport Managers Conference - June 4th 2012

Presentation Overview

• Major Regulatory Initiatives

– TP 312 5th Edition Review Project

– CAR 306 Water Aerodrome Regulations

– Runway End Safety Areas (RESA)

– Winter Maintenance Regulations

– SMS

• Guidance Material Initiatives (Advisory Circulars)

• CARAC Modernization

TP312 Review Project

• Drafting of TP312E 5th edition – completed July

2011

• Review by regulatory affairs – August 2012

• Translation – November 2012

• QA review of TP312E / TP312F 5th Edition –

February 2013

TP312 – 5th Edition

•National consultation (“road show”) – Spring 2013 (presentations in each region over a 3 week period; 1-2 days per region) • Consultation period (stakeholders will have 4 months after close of last session to submit formal written comments on the package) • Disposition of Comments – September 2013 • CARAC Technical Committee to deal with the disposition of comments– Spring 2014 • Goal: TP publication – Fall 2014

Water Aerodromes

CAR 306

• Currently with DOJ

• Expecting pre-publication in Canada Gazette I within the

next 6 months

RESA

• September 2011 – Second consultation with

CARAC

– Initial package modified to reduce impact on

northern operations

• North of 60th parallel chosen for relief of smaller aircraft

• Relief consistent with Approach Ban regulations, Airports Capital

Assistance Program (ACAP), and the certification relief provided

by the FAA for the State of Alaska.

• Package accepted by the CARAC Technical Committee with

dissents

RESA (continued)

– TC commitments to stakeholders • 3-5 year implementation period following publication in Canada

Gazette II

• Independent risk analysis

• Broaden North of 60th relief to include aircraft with less than 31

passenger seats (Consistent with FAA airport certification

requirements for the State of Alaska)

• Development of guidance material on RESA construction,

maintenance, and arrestor systems

• Detailed airport questionnaire to assist TC in the development of

an implementation strategy, and a more detailed Cost/Benefit

Analysis

• Development of an Implementation Strategy in consideration of

the risk assessment and airport questionnaires

Winter Maintenance Regulation

• Pre-published in Canada Gazette I in 2009

• January 2012 CARC Decision to return to CG1 for

consultation

• Review of Disposition of Comments

Advisory Circulars (2011/12)

• Designation of International Airports

• Photometric Measurements of Visual Aids

• PAPI / ILS Maintenance and Calibration

• PAPI Flight Check

• Runway Grooving

• Aerodrome Aeronautical Information

• Magnetic Variation changes (Epoch)

Advisory Circulars (continued)

• Use of Engineered Material Arrestor Systems

(EMAS)

• RESA Construction and Maintenance

• Procedures for the Development and

Submission of ICAO Type A Charts

• Changes to Runway Surface Condition

Reporting - SNOWTAM

SNOWTAM

• Move from text based NOTAMJ to data based

SNOWTAM

• Fewer opportunities for errors

• Information in system quicker

• Will permit reporting CRFI by runway thirds

• Introduces some constraints on how the observer

reports runway conditions

Other

• SMS implementation is complete in Group 1 and

Group 2 airports

• Assessments in Group 1 complete by Fall 2012

• Assessments in Group 2 complete by Fall 2013

• Issues: completeness of documentation

Upcoming changes to Rulemaking

• CARAC modernization

• Focus Group Approach to TSB Recommendations

• Drafting style changes: NPAs to Notice of Intent

Questions?