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 108 STAT. 1200 PUBLIC LAW 103-272—JULY 5, 1994 (B) to enhance participation of those inspectors and engineers in those inspections; and (3) a program to ensure that air carriers demonstrate to the Administrator their commitment and technical competence to ensure the airworthiness of aircraft that the carriers operate. (d) FOREIGN AIR TRANSPORTATION. —(1) The Administrator shall take all possible steps to encourage governments of foreign countries and relevant international organizations to develop standards and requirements for inspections and reviews that— (A) will ensure the continuing airworthiness of aging aircraft used by foreign air carriers to provide foreign air transportation to and from the United States; and (B) will provide passengers of those foreign air carriers with the same level of safety that will be provided passengers of air carriers by carrying out this section. (2) Not later than September 30, 1994, the Administrator shall report to Congress on carrying out this subsection. § 44718. Structures interfering with air commerce (a) NOTICE.— By regulation or by order when necessary, the Secretary of Transportation shall require a person to give adequate public notice, in the form and way the Secretary prescribes, of the construction, alteration, establishment, or expansion, or the proposed construction, alteration, establishment, or expansion, of a structure or sanitary landfill when the notice will promote— (1) safety in air commerce; and (2) the efficient use and preservation of the navigable airspace and of airport traffic capacity at public-use airports. (b) STUDIES.— (1) Under regulations prescribed by the Secretary, if the Secretary decides that constructing or altering a structure may result in an obstruction of the navigable airspace or an interference with air navigation facilities and equipment or the navigable airspace, the Secretary shall conduct an aeronautical study to decide the extent of any adverse impact on the safe and efficient use of the airspace, facilities, or equipment. In conducting the study, the Secretary shall consider factors relevant to the efficient and effective use of the navigable airspace, including— (A) the impact on arrival, departure, and en route procedures for aircraft operating under visual flight rules; (B) the impact on arrival, departure, and en route procedures for aircraft operating under instrument flight rules; (C) the impact on existing public-use airports and aeronautical facilities; (D) the impact on planned public-use airports and aeronautical facilities; and (E) the cumulative impact resulting from the proposed construction or alteration of a structure when combined with the impact of other existing or proposed structures. Reports. (2) On completing the study, the Secretary shall issue a report disclosing completely the extent of the adverse impact on the safe and efficient use of the navigable airspace that the Secretary finds will result from constructing or altering the structure. (c) BROADCAST APPLICATIONS AND TOWER STUDIES.— In carrying out laws related to a broadcast application and conducting an aeronautical study related to broadcast towers, the Administrator of the Federal Aviation Administration and the Federal Communica-

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