National Parks Air Tour Management Act
Subtitle: more flexibility and better enforcement needed : report to Congressional requesters
By: United States Government Accountability Office
Contributors: United States. Congress. Senate. Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation; United States. Congress. Senate. Committee on Energy and Natural Resources; United States. Congress. Senate. Committee on Energy and Natural Resources. Subcommittee on National Parks
Publisher: U.S. Government Accountability Office
Published: 2006
Place of publication: Washington, D.C
Language: eng
Number of pages: 63
Subjects: Evaluation; National parks and reserves; Management; Noise control; Government policy; Sightseeing business; Noise; United States. National Park Service; United States; United States. Federal Aviation Administration
Other titles: More flexibility and better enforcement needed
Description: The Government Accountability Office (GAO) was asked to determine the status of Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) and the National Park Service's implementation of the National Parks Air Tour Management Act of 2000; assess how the air tour operators and national parks have been affected by implementation; and identify what issues, if any, need to be addressed to improve implementation. GAO recommends that Congress consider amending the act to give the agencies authority to determine which parks should develop plans, which would allow more cost-effective implementation. GAO also recommends that FAA take several actions to improve compliance, enforcement, and implementation. In commenting on the draft report, the Departments of Transportation and the Interior generally agreed with our recommendations.
Notes: Cover title.

"January 2006."

List of requesters: the Honorable Daniel Inouye, Co-chairman, Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation, United States Senate; the Honorable Jeff Bingaman, Ranking Minority Member, Committee on Energy and Natural Resources, United States Senate; the Honorable Daniel K. Akaka, Ranking Minority Member, Subcommittee on National Parks, Committee on Energy and Natural Resources, United States Senate; the Honorable Lamar Alexander; the Honorable John McCain, United States Senate.

Includes "Highlights of GAO-06-263."

"GAO-06-263."

Includes bibliographical references.

Also available via Internet from the GAO web site (http://www.gao.gov/).  Address as of 3/13/06: http://www.gao.gov/new.items/d06263.pdf.