virsight hearing - Motor Vehicle Hazard Archive Project

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justify maintenance of a bomb range to demonstrate the effects of
various types of hazardous materials on aircraft, truck or marine
structures; TSI has access to two explosive ranges. Dedicated displays
of wreckage sit€s that provide valuable hands-on training experience
have been made possible at TSI through the combined efforts
of several agencies. Within the year, these wreckage layouts
will be housed in a large metal building, providing even great€r
training opportunities. This is made possible by effectively pooling
the training nesources of federal agencies.
Tasking other agencies with the requirement to train NTSB personnel
would overburden their training programs, requiring them
to hire additional personnel and acquire expertise in fields outside
their responsibilities. No single program at TSI could fulfill our
needs, and the management of a piecemeal training program would
be inefficient. By establishing a viable NTSB program at TSI, both
agencies benefit, at no additional co6t to the student and minimal
co6t to the government.
If you have additional questions, please do not hesitate to contact
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Respectfully yours,
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Jnr Bunnrtr, Cheirman
The Board operates under a reimbursable agreement with the
Federal Aviation Administration. However, in an October 22, 1986
memorandum an FAA lawyer raised some questions about this
agreement. He said:
Crediting of NTSB Appropri.ation-The second area of
concern is the language in paragraph V.b. which authorizes
the FAA to credit to the NTSB operations appropriation
thoee tuitions collected by TSI for training conducted
by NTE|B. Ttre crediting of tuitions is apparently conditioned
on the exist€nce of specific Iegislative authority permitting
NTSB to credit its appropriation in this manner.
Based on the information that I have received from your
office, it appears that such enabling legislation hag not
been signed into law. In the abeence of the specific legislative
authority, it appears that the frnal Agreerrent should
not contain the language of paragraph V.b. The FAA
should not agree to crediting NTSB's appropriation in the
absence of epecifrc legal authority to do so. I should point
out that the FAA credits its appropriation under the authority
of Section 313(d) of the Federal Aviation Act of
1958 (49 U.S.C. Section 1354(d)), which explicitly permita
such crediting. Crediting NTSB's appropriation is not le
gally supportable without similar legislative authority.
The Committee amendment clarifies section 4 of ILR. 11 and provides
the authority needed by the Board to address this problem. It
authorizes the Board to continue to use the DOI's. training school
in Oklahoma on a reimbursable basis. It directs the Secretary of
DOT to make the school available to the Board and to other safety
entities that are governmental or nongovernmental. However, such
use by non-Federal personnel must be covered by a fee suffrcient to
cover applicable costs. The fee would go directly to the DOT and it
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