From the EAA website:
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November 20, 2008 ? The U.S. Department of Homeland Security announced The Advance Information on Private Aircraft Arriving and Departing the United States final rule on Monday, November 17, with an effective date of December 18, 2008, and a compliance date of May 18, 2009.
Along with the Washington D.C. Air Defense Identification Zone (ADIZ), which is reportedly about to be made permanent, and the Transportation Security Administration?s Large Aircraft Security Program (LASP) looming large on the horizon, it appears that much of general aviation will have new and troublesome federal regulations promulgated in the final days of the outgoing administration.
This latest set of security regulations comes from the Bureau of Customs and Border Protection (CBP) and elevates requirements for private aircraft entering or departing the United States to a level similar to those of commercial airliners. The rule requires private aircraft operators or their designees to electronically transmit advance notice and passenger/crew manifest information through CBP?s Electronic Advance Passenger Information System, or eAPIS, no later than 60 minutes before departing a U.S. airport for a foreign location or departing a foreign airport for a U.S. destination. Flights would be authorized to proceed only after vetting passenger and crew manifests through the terrorist watch list.
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