SIMULTANEOUS SVFR OPS BY FSS IN CLASS D AIRSPACE.

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DISCUSSING SPECIAL VFR OPS WITH LCL FSS; THEY INDICATED THEY CAN CLR SIMULTANEOUS SVFR OPS OUT OF ECHO SURFACE AREA (OR SIMULTANEOUS INTO) UTILIZING 7110.65H; 7-44B; LCL OPS. RESTRICTING SVFR RTE OF FLT. 7110.65H; CHAPTER 7; SECTION 5; PARAGRAPH 7-43; ALT ASSIGNMENT; IS INDICATED AS THE ONLY RESTR THAT CAN BE APPLIED TO SVFR OPS TO SEPARATE SVFR FROM OTHER ACFT IN THE SURFACE AREA. EXAMPLE - AT A VFR TWR LOCATION; SVFR ACFT #; CLRED TO ENTER SURFACE AREA FROM THE E; RESTRICTED TO REMAIN BTWN VOR 020 DEG RADIAL CLOCKWISE TO 160 DEG RADIAL. AT THE SAME TIME ACFT #2 CLRED INTO SURFACE AREA FROM THE W; RESTRICTED TO REMAIN BTWN VOR 200 DEG RADIAL CLOCKWISE TO THE 340 DEG RADIAL. TWR CTLR IS ANTICIPATING THEY WILL HAVE BOTH ACFT INSIGHT AS THEY APCH FROM THE E AND W PRIOR TO REACHING THE ARPT. (VOR LOCATED ON ARPT). THE 2 EXAMPLES LISTED ABOVE WOULD RESULT IN AN UNSAFE CTL OP IF APPLIED WITH LOW CEILINGS; ALSO COULD BE UNSAFE WITH CERTAIN VISIBILITY ONLY RESTRS. (-X 1 1/2 F) OR CHANGING WX CONDITIONS. ONLY WX RESTR FOR SVFR IS 1 M VISIBILITY AND REMAIN CLR OF CLOUDS. THE PREVAILING VISIBILITY AT THE ARPT COULD BE BTWN 1 MI TO 2 1/2 MI AND THERE COULD STILL BE 2 QUADRANTS WHERE THE VISIBILITY WAS LESS THAN 1 MI. CALLBACK CONVERSATION WITH RPTR REVEALED THE FOLLOWING INFO: RPTR STATED ACV FSS WAS THE FSS THAT CAN RUN SIMULTANEOUS OPS IN ACCORDANCE WITH CTLR HANDBOOK. ACV FACILITY MGR STATED THEY HAVE A LOA WITH THE CTR WHICH DEFINES THE CONDITIONS OF THE FSS CONDUCTING SVFR OPS.