Section 3. Military NAVAIDs
4-3-1. POLICY
Military NAVAID proposals may affect airspace or
airport utilization and the availability of interference
protected frequencies. Consequently, military proposals involving the establishment or relocation of
military NAVAIDs are forwarded to the service area
office for nonrulemaking studies. Such proposals
should contain the following information:
a. Site of the NAVAIDs using geographical
coordinates to the nearest hundredth of a second.
b. Equipment type.
c. Power output.
d. Frequency range.
e. Any other pertinent information.
4-3-2. COORDINATION WITH MILITARY
The service area office is authorized to coordinate
with the originating military organization to obtain
any additional information needed for the nonrulemaking study.
4-3-3. EVALUATION BY TECHNICAL
OPERATIONS SERVICES OFFICE
The regional Frequency Management Office shall
evaluate the military proposal to determine frequency
availability and frequency protection. This evaluation shall be provided to the responsible service area
office.
4-3-4. CIRCULARIZATION
If the frequency evaluation report is favorable, the
service area office shall complete coordination with
the appropriate Airports, Flight Standards, and other
Technical Operations service area offices, and the
FPO. If appropriate, circularize the proposal to user
groups and other interested persons for comment. If
the public comments indicate further discussion is
warranted, then consideration should be given to
holding an informal airspace meeting to discuss the
proposal.
4-3-5. DETERMINATION RESPONSIBILITY
The responsibility to determine the acceptability of
the military proposal is delegated to the service area
office after coordination with the FPO, Technical
Operations service area office, Flight Standards, and
Airports Divisions. Any problems with, or objections
to, the proposal shall be resolved at the regional/service area office level prior to issuance of the decision.
The determination shall be issued in memorandum
form stating that the FAA has "no objections" or
"objects" to the installation of the NAVAID. Airports
Divisions are cautioned to ensure that site locations
for the establishment or relocation of NAVAIDs on
obligated airports are in accordance with FAA
approved Airport Layout Plans. Any restrictions or
reasons why the proposal is objectionable shall be
clearly set forth in the memorandum.
4-3-6. NOTIFICATION AND DISTRIBUTION
The appropriate service area office shall normally
address the determination to the military organization
that originated the proposal. When the request for the
study originated from FAA headquarters, then the
determination should be directed to the office
requesting the study or relayed to the Military
Command through FAA/Department of Defense
(DOD) coordination procedures. Forward copies of
the memorandum to ARN-1, the Technical
Operations ATC Spectrum Engineering Services,
Spectrum Assignment and Engineering Services, and
those regional/service area offices that participated in
the study.
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