A coalition of seven aviation stakeholder organizations has\nformally submitted comments to the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency\u2019s (EPA)\nproposed endangerment finding of lead in aviation gasoline (avgas). The\ncoalition reaffirmed its support for removing lead from avgas through a safe\nand smart transition.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
In its comments, the coalition emphasized that it is in the\npublic interest to eliminate lead from avgas and outlined industry\u2019s continued\nwork on an unleaded replacement that meets the safety performance needs of the\nU.S. fleet of piston aircraft as well as FAA regulatory requirements. Ongoing\ndevelopment and deployment of potential safe and market-viable high-octane\nunleaded replacement fuels are making headway and are strongly supported by a\ncollaborative industry-government initiative.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
The comments highlight the progress of the four current\ndevelopers working towards possible high-octane replacement fuels, which\ninclude one that has received a Supplemental Type Certificate (STC) for its\nunleaded fuel. The comments also underscore that aviation safety depends on an\norderly, nationally synchronized transition to unleaded avgas, while\nemphasizing how the premature removal of an essential fuel that many aircraft\nrequire for safe operation would compromise the safety, efficiency and economic\nviability of the U.S. general aviation industry and transportation\ninfrastructure. <\/p>\n\n\n\n
The coalition urges the EPA, in coordination with the FAA,\nto ensure that any final finding and follow-on regulatory actions align with\nthe development and deployment of a viable unleaded avgas alternative.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Additionally, the coalition supports the comments submitted\nby the Eliminate Aviation Gasoline Lead Emissions (EAGLE) initiative, an\nindustry-government partnership working to facilitate the successful transition\nto lead-free avgas for piston aircraft by the end of 2030 without compromising\nthe safe and efficient operation of the general aviation fleet.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
The aviation stakeholder organizations making up the\ncoalition include the Aircraft Owners and Pilots Association (AOPA),\nExperimental Aircraft Association (EAA), General Aviation Manufacturers\nAssociation (GAMA), Helicopter Association International (HAI), National Air\nTransportation Association (NATA), National Business Aviation Association\n(NBAA) and American Petroleum Institute (API).<\/p>\n\n\n\n
To view the coalition\u2019s submitted comments, CLICK HERE<\/a>. To view EAGLE\u2019s comments, CLICK HERE<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" A coalition of seven aviation stakeholder organizations has formally submitted comments to the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency\u2019s (EPA) proposed endangerment finding of lead in aviation gasoline (avgas). The coalition reaffirmed its support for removing lead from avgas through a safe and smart transition. In its comments, the coalition emphasized that it is in the public […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[115],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-24575","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-national-news"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/stateaviationjournal.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/24575","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/stateaviationjournal.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/stateaviationjournal.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/stateaviationjournal.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/stateaviationjournal.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=24575"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/stateaviationjournal.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/24575\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":24576,"href":"https:\/\/stateaviationjournal.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/24575\/revisions\/24576"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/stateaviationjournal.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=24575"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/stateaviationjournal.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=24575"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/stateaviationjournal.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=24575"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}