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Purpose of This Notice.

The General Aviation and Commercial Division, (AFS-800) will no longer issue U.S. or foreign operators North American Free Trade Agreement Processing (NAFTA) Specialty Air Service (SAS) operating authority after the most recent revisions to Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) Order 8900.1, Flight Standards Information Management System (FSIMS), Volume 12, Chapter 1, Section 4, and Advisory Circular (AC) 00-60, North American Free Trade Agreement and Specialty Air Services Operations. For U.S. operators, this function will become the responsibility of the Flight Standards District Office (FSDO) where the operator is based. For Canadian or Mexican operators, responsibility will be with the FSDO where the first operation is planned to take place. AFS-800 will retain responsibility for overall NAFTA SAS policy and procedures. This notice ensures that field offices understand that they are now authorized to issue NAFTA authorizations in the Web-based Operations Safety System (WebOPSS) and discusses how to process an incoming NAFTA authorization request. The notice also provides guidance regarding how to correctly transfer an electronic WebOPSS operator data file between offices (certificate-holding district office (CHDO) codes).