14 CFR § 73.17 - Controlling agency.

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title: "14 CFR § 73.17 - Controlling agency."
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title_name: "Aeronautics and Space"
section_number: "73.17"
section_name: "Controlling agency."
chapter_name: "FEDERAL AVIATION ADMINISTRATION, DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION"
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subchapter_name: "AIRSPACE"
part_number: "73"
part_name: "SPECIAL USE AIRSPACE"
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authority: "49 U.S.C. 106(f), 106(g); 40103, 40113, 40120; E.O. 10854, 24 FR 9565, 3 CFR, 1959-1963 Comp., p. 389."
regulatory_source: "46 FR 779, Jan. 2, 1981, unless otherwise noted."
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# 73.17 Controlling agency.

For the purposes of this part, the controlling agency is the FAA facility that may authorize transit through or flight within a restricted area in accordance with a joint-use letter issued under § 73.15.