The FAA is continuing to decommission systems and migrate documents to its Dynamic Regulatory System (DRS). On Aug. 16, the agency retired the following databases within the Regulatory Guidance Library (RGL):
- Emergency Airworthiness Directives (EAD)
- Airworthiness Directives (AD)
- Airworthiness Directives: Biweekly (AD Biweekly)
These AD documents will only be available on the DRS, but users may still receive notifications about published ADs and EADs. New notification subscriptions may be made via the FAA GovDelivery Service and selecting any applicable categories; existing subscriptions will continue without any needed action. Other notifications and distributions of Emergency ADs will also remain unaffected.
The FAA will continue to provide mailed copies of the AD Biweekly, which is a paid subscription of all ADs issued in the Federal Register over the previous 2-week period. The AD Biweekly is printed and mailed by the Government Printing Office (GPO).
For assistance using new features of the DRS, the FAA provides the following resources:
(1) General DRS Help & Training (click here).
(2) EAD Search Guide PDF (click here).
(3) AD Search Guide PDF (click here).
(4) AD Biweekly Search Guide PDF (click here).
