FDC 4/5555 ZDC SPECIAL NOTICE ...
EFFECTIVE IMMEDIATELY UNTIL FURTHER NOTICE.
PURSUANT TO 14 CFR SECTION 99.7, SPECIAL SECURITY
INSTRUCTIONS, THE FOLLOWING PROCEDURES ARE IN EFFECT:
A. ANY PERSON OPERATING AN AIRCRAFT WITHIN THE WASHINGTON, DC
METROPOLITAN AREA AIR DEFENSE IDENTIFICATION ZONE (DC ADIZ),
IMMEDIATELY UPON BECOMING AWARE OF AN INABILITY TO COMPLY WITH THE
REQUIREMENT TO CONTINUOUSLY TRANSMIT THE ATC ASSIGNED TRANSPONDER
CODE, SHALL EXIT THE DC ADIZ BY FLYING THE MOST DIRECT COURSE TO
OUTSIDE THE LATERAL LIMITS OF THE DC ADIZ.
B. ANY PERSON OPERATING AN AIRCRAFT OUTSIDE THE DC ADIZ, IF AWARE
OF AN INABILITY TO COMPLY WITH THE REQUIREMENT TO CONTINUOUSLY
TRANSMIT THE ATC ASSIGNED TRANSPONDER CODE SHALL NOT ENTER THE DC
ADIZ.
C. AEROMEDICAL, LAW ENFORCEMENT, AND MILITARY AIRCRAFT ENGAGED IN
AN OPERATION THAT, IF TERMINATED WOULD JEOPARDIZE HUMAN LIFE,
COMPROMISE NATIONAL SECURITY, OR RESULT IN A SIGNIFICANT COMPROMISE
TO LAW ENFORCEMENT EFFORTS, ARE EXEMPT. UPON REQUEST, THE PILOT
WILL BE REQUIRED TO PROVIDE JUSTIFICATION AT THE COMPLETION OF THE
FLIGHT.