---
kind: "section"
citation: "14 C.F.R. § 91.869"
title: "14"
number: "91.869"
heading: "Carry-forward compliance."
url: "https://uscodex.org/cfr/14/91.869"
---

# §91.869. Carry-forward compliance.

- (a) Any operator that exceeds the requirements of [paragraph (b)](/cfr/14/91.865.md?p=b) of § 91.865 of this part on or before December 31, 1994, or on or before December 31, 1996, may claim a credit that may be applied at a subsequent interim compliance date.
- (b) Any operator that eliminates or modifies more Stage 2 airplanes pursuant to [§ 91.865(b)](/cfr/14/91.865.md?p=b) than required as of December 31, 1994, or December 31, 1996, may count the number of additional Stage 2 airplanes reduced as a credit toward—
  - (1) The number of Stage 2 airplanes it would otherwise be required to reduce following a subsequent interim compliance date specified in [§ 91.865(b)](/cfr/14/91.865.md?p=b); or
  - (2) The number of Stage 3 airplanes it would otherwise be required to operate in its fleet following a subsequent interim compliance date to meet the percentage requirements specified in [§ 91.865(d)](/cfr/14/91.865.md?p=d).

## Notes

### Amendments

[Docket 26433, 56 FR 48659, Sept. 25, 1991; 56 FR 65783, Dec. 18, 1991]

### Source

Source: Docket 18334, 54 FR 34321, Aug. 18, 1989, unless otherwise noted.

### Authority

Authority: 49 U.S.C. 106(f), 40101, 40103, 40105, 40113, 40120, 44101, 44111, 44701, 44704, 44709, 44711, 44712, 44715,44716, 44717, 44722, 44740, 46306, 46315, 46316, 46504, 46506-46507, 47122, 47508,47528-47531, 47534; Pub. L. 112-95, 126 Stat. 11; Pub. L. 114-190, 130 Stat. 615 (49 U.S.C. 44703 note); sec. 828, Pub. L. 118-63, 138 Stat. 1330 (49 U.S.C. 44703 note); articles 12 and 29 of the Convention on International Civil Aviation, 61 Stat. 1180.

### Amendments

[Docket 26433, 56 FR 48659, Sept. 25, 1991; 56 FR 65783, Dec. 18, 1991]