Controller complains about new procedure at facility where vehicles on the runway must be controled by local control instead of ground control.

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Attributes
ACN	232386
Time
Date	199301
Day	Fri
Local Time Of Day	0601 To 1200
Place
Locale Reference	airport : dlh
State Reference	MN
Altitude	agl bound lower : 0 agl bound upper : 0
Aircraft 1
Make Model Name	Any Unknown or Unlisted Aircraft Manufacturer
Person 1
Affiliation	government : faa
Function	controller : local
Qualification	controller : radar
Experience	controller non radar : 6 controller radar : 6
ASRS Report	232386
Person 2
Affiliation	government : faa
Function	oversight : supervisor
Qualification	other other : other
Events
Anomaly	other anomaly other
Independent Detector	other controllera
Resolutory Action	none taken : unable
Consequence	Other
Supplementary
Primary Problem	ATC Human Performance
Air Traffic Incident	other
Situations
ATC Facility	procedure or policy : unspecified

Narrative:

*A new procedure at facility requires that all vehicles on the runway be on local control frequency rather than ground control. Reporter feels that local control is too busy to handle the extra workload and should not be involved with this task.

Original NASA ASRS Text

Title: CTLR COMPLAINS ABOUT NEW PROC AT FACILITY WHERE VEHICLES ON THE RWY MUST BE CTLED BY LCL CTL INSTEAD OF GND CTL.

Narrative: *A NEW PROC AT FACILITY REQUIRES THAT ALL VEHICLES ON THE RWY BE ON LCL CTL FREQ RATHER THAN GND CTL. RPTR FEELS THAT LCL CTL IS TOO BUSY TO HANDLE THE EXTRA WORKLOAD AND SHOULD NOT BE INVOLVED WITH THIS TASK.

Data retrieved from NASA's ASRS site as of July 2007 and automatically converted to unabbreviated mixed upper/lowercase text. This report is for informational purposes with no guarantee of accuracy. See NASA's ASRS site for official report.