Roy Smith wrote:

Some approaches have a note, "Procedure NA at night except by prior
arrangement for runway lights". Let's say I make this prior arrangement
(presumably by talking to the airport manager and having him leave the
lights on for me), how do I deal with ATC?

When I ask for the approach, is the controller going to ask me if I have
made "prior arrangement" for the lights? Is my say-so good enough for him,
or does he need to get some official notice from the airport manager saying
it's OK to let him run the approach?

As has been said here many times, ATC is neither a regulatory nor legal
interpretation entity. If he even asks, which is problematical, you tell him
it's been taken care of.

The only time ATC gets involved with authorizations for an approach is to deny
its use at night when it is not authorized at night. Or, to deny its use when
the airport is officially known to his ATC facility to be closed. Or, to
temporarily deny its use when there is a traffic conflict. Or, to deny its use
when the basic facility for ground-based-navigation is NOTAMed OTS.

And, he is not supposed to clear you for an approach that requires equipment
that you apparently do not have, as indicated by your equipment suffix.

That's about it. In the final analysis the regulatory requirements,
authorizations and limitations of the Part 97 IAP are between you and the
regulators at the FAA. Neither controllers nor ATC facilities are regulators
or regulatory functions of the FAA.