Does anyone know the exact restrictions you need to maintain from powerplants to comply with FDC NOTAM 1/3352 and 3/1665? (I've copied them below).
I've asked with the folks at the Cleveland FSDO what proximity means, and they don't know. They were not familiar with the NOTAM or who polices them.
We're part of a global flight experiment studying atmospheric qualities from the US through Europe. We are tasked, along with other aircraft, to track emissions from several powerplants through the atmosphere as they progress downwind and upward into the atmosphere. No one can give us an answer to how close is "Proximity" or "Vicinity."
If you're curious http://www.al.noaa.gov/ICARTT/
I can't get an answer from the Fed's so I thought I'd ask you guys.
Thanks in advance.
UALHammer
!FDC 1/3352 FDC ... SPECIAL NOTICE ...
FLIGHT RESTRICTIONS EFFECTIVE IMMEDIATELY UNTIL FURTHER NOTICE,
PURSUANT TO 14 CFR 99.7, SPECIAL SECURITY INSTRUCTIONS, OPERATIONS
WITHIN THE TERRITORIAL AIRSPACE OF THE U.S. THIS IS A RESTATEMENT
OF A PREVIOUS ADVISORY. PILOTS ARE ADVISED TO AVOID THE AIRSPACE
ABOVE, OR IN PROXIMITY TO, SITES SUCH AS NUCLEAR POWER PLANTS,
POWER PLANTS, DAMS, REFINERIES, INDUSTRIAL COMPLEXES, MILITARY
FACILITIES AND OTHER SIMILAR FACILITIES. PILOT SHOULD NOT CIRCLE AS
TO LOITER IN THE VICINITY OF SUCH FACILITIES.
!FDC 3/1655 FDC ...SPECIAL NOTICE... FLIGHT RESTRICTIONS.
EFFECTIVE IMMEDIATELY UNTIL FURTHER NOTICE, PURSUANT TO 14 CFR
SECTION 99.7, SPECIAL SECURITY INSTRUCTIONS, PILOTS CONDUCTING
FLIGHT OPERATIONS WITHIN THE TERRITORIAL AIRSPACE OF THE U.S. ARE
ADVISED TO AVOID THE AIRSPACE ABOVE OR IN PROXIMITY TO ALL NUCLEAR
POWER PLANTS. PILOTS SHOULD NOT CIRCLE OR LOITER IN THE VICINITY OF
SUCH FACILITIES. PILOTS WHO DO SO CAN EXPECT TO BE INTERVIEWED BY
LAW ENFORCEMENT PERSONNEL AT THEIR DESTINATION AIRPORT AND THE
PILOT'S NAME MAY BE ADDED TO THE TRANSPORTATION SECURITY
ADMINISTRATION (TSA) INCIDENT REPORTING SYSTEM.
I've asked with the folks at the Cleveland FSDO what proximity means, and they don't know. They were not familiar with the NOTAM or who polices them.
We're part of a global flight experiment studying atmospheric qualities from the US through Europe. We are tasked, along with other aircraft, to track emissions from several powerplants through the atmosphere as they progress downwind and upward into the atmosphere. No one can give us an answer to how close is "Proximity" or "Vicinity."
If you're curious http://www.al.noaa.gov/ICARTT/
I can't get an answer from the Fed's so I thought I'd ask you guys.
Thanks in advance.
UALHammer
!FDC 1/3352 FDC ... SPECIAL NOTICE ...
FLIGHT RESTRICTIONS EFFECTIVE IMMEDIATELY UNTIL FURTHER NOTICE,
PURSUANT TO 14 CFR 99.7, SPECIAL SECURITY INSTRUCTIONS, OPERATIONS
WITHIN THE TERRITORIAL AIRSPACE OF THE U.S. THIS IS A RESTATEMENT
OF A PREVIOUS ADVISORY. PILOTS ARE ADVISED TO AVOID THE AIRSPACE
ABOVE, OR IN PROXIMITY TO, SITES SUCH AS NUCLEAR POWER PLANTS,
POWER PLANTS, DAMS, REFINERIES, INDUSTRIAL COMPLEXES, MILITARY
FACILITIES AND OTHER SIMILAR FACILITIES. PILOT SHOULD NOT CIRCLE AS
TO LOITER IN THE VICINITY OF SUCH FACILITIES.
!FDC 3/1655 FDC ...SPECIAL NOTICE... FLIGHT RESTRICTIONS.
EFFECTIVE IMMEDIATELY UNTIL FURTHER NOTICE, PURSUANT TO 14 CFR
SECTION 99.7, SPECIAL SECURITY INSTRUCTIONS, PILOTS CONDUCTING
FLIGHT OPERATIONS WITHIN THE TERRITORIAL AIRSPACE OF THE U.S. ARE
ADVISED TO AVOID THE AIRSPACE ABOVE OR IN PROXIMITY TO ALL NUCLEAR
POWER PLANTS. PILOTS SHOULD NOT CIRCLE OR LOITER IN THE VICINITY OF
SUCH FACILITIES. PILOTS WHO DO SO CAN EXPECT TO BE INTERVIEWED BY
LAW ENFORCEMENT PERSONNEL AT THEIR DESTINATION AIRPORT AND THE
PILOT'S NAME MAY BE ADDED TO THE TRANSPORTATION SECURITY
ADMINISTRATION (TSA) INCIDENT REPORTING SYSTEM.