80_FR_28634 80 FR 28538 - Prohibition of Fixed-Wing Special Visual Flight Rules Operations at Washington-Dulles International Airport; Withdrawal

80 FR 28538 - Prohibition of Fixed-Wing Special Visual Flight Rules Operations at Washington-Dulles International Airport; Withdrawal

DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION
Federal Aviation Administration

Federal Register Volume 80, Issue 96 (May 19, 2015)

Page Range28538-28539
FR Document2015-12047

The FAA is withdrawing a previously published direct final rule that would have prohibited fixed-wing special visual flight rules operations at Washington-Dulles International Airport. The FAA is withdrawing this action because it has received an adverse comment.

Federal Register, Volume 80 Issue 96 (Tuesday, May 19, 2015) 
[Federal Register Volume 80, Number 96 (Tuesday, May 19, 2015)]
[Rules and Regulations]
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From the Federal Register Online  [www.thefederalregister.org]
[FR Doc No: 2015-12047]


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DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION

Federal Aviation Administration

14 CFR Part 91

[Docket No. FAA-2015-0190; Amdt. No. 91-337]
RIN 2120-AK69


Prohibition of Fixed-Wing Special Visual Flight Rules Operations 
at Washington-Dulles International Airport; Withdrawal

AGENCY: Federal Aviation Administration (FAA), DOT.

ACTION: Direct final rule; withdrawal.

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SUMMARY: The FAA is withdrawing a previously published direct final 
rule that would have prohibited fixed-wing special visual flight rules 
operations at Washington-Dulles International Airport. The FAA is 
withdrawing this action because it has received an adverse comment.

DATES: The direct final rule published on March 26, 2015, at 80 FR 
15887, is withdrawn, effective May 19, 2015.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: For technical questions concerning 
this action, contact David Maddox, Airspace Policy and Regulation 
Group, AJV-113, Federal Aviation Administration, 800 Independence 
Avenue SW., Washington, DC 20591; telephone (202) 267-8783; email 
david.maddox@faa.gov.
    For legal questions concerning this action, contact Robert Frenzel, 
Office of the Chief Counsel, AGC-200, Federal Aviation Administration, 
800 Independence Avenue SW., Washington, DC 20591; telephone (202) 267-
3073; email robert.frenzel@faa.gov.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 

Background

    On March 26, 2015 (80 FR 15887), the FAA published in the Federal 
Register a direct final rule prohibiting fixed-wing special visual 
flight rules (SVFR) operations at Washington-Dulles International 
Airport (IAD). The direct final rule was to become effective on May 26, 
2015.

Reason for Withdrawal

    The FAA is withdrawing the direct final rule because the agency 
received

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an adverse comment to the rule and is required by 14 CFR 11.31(c) to 
withdraw a direct final rule if the agency receives any adverse comment 
or notice of intent to file any adverse comment. We received a comment 
from an individual pilot who objected to the prohibition of fixed-wing 
SVFR operations at IAD. The commenter stated that the blanket 
prohibition of SVFR was inappropriate and unnecessary. The commenter 
further stated that he had personally used SVFR twice in the last few 
years to land at IAD to participate in an event at the Smithsonian 
National Air and Space Museum's Steven F. Udvar-Hazy Center, which is 
located adjacent to IAD. The commenter further suggested that the IAD 
control tower should approve or disapprove SVFR operations on a case-
by-case basis.
    The FAA has determined that the comment meets the requirements for 
consideration as an adverse comment per Sec.  11.31(a). In accordance 
with the provisions of Sec.  11.31(c), the FAA withdraws the direct 
final rule.

Conclusion

    Withdrawal of Amendment No. 91-337 does not preclude the FAA from 
issuing rulemaking on the subject in the future, nor does it commit the 
agency to any future course of action. The agency may also make any 
future necessary changes to the Code of Federal Regulations through a 
notice of proposed rulemaking with opportunity for public comment. 
Therefore, the FAA withdraws Amendment No. 91-337 published at 80 FR 
15887, March 26, 2015.

    Issued under authority provided by 49 U.S.C. 106(f), 44701(a), 
and 44703 in Washington, DC, on May 13, 2015.
Jodi S. McCarthy,
Director, Airspace Services.
[FR Doc. 2015-12047 Filed 5-18-15; 8:45 am]
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28538 Federal Register / Vol. 80, No. 96 / Tuesday, May 19, 2015 / Rules and Regulations described in Subtitle VII, Part A, Class D airspace area is effective during the Issued in Seattle, Washington, on May 8, Subpart I, Section 40103. Under that specific dates and times established in 2015. section, the FAA is charged with advance by a Notice to Airmen. The effective Christopher Ramirez, prescribing regulations to assign the use date and time will thereafter be continuously Acting Manager, Operations Support Group, of airspace necessary to ensure the published in the Airport/Facility Directory. Western Service Center. safety of aircraft and the efficient use of Paragraph 6002 Class E airspace designated [FR Doc. 2015–12019 Filed 5–18–15; 8:45 am] airspace. This regulation is within the as surface areas. BILLING CODE 4910–13–P scope of that authority as it amends * * * * * controlled airspace at Tri-Cities Airport, Pasco, WA. ANM WA E2 Pasco, WA [Modified] DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION Environmental Review Pasco, Tri-Cities Airport, WA Federal Aviation Administration (Lat. 46°15′53″ N., long. 119°07′09″ W.) The FAA has determined that this That airspace extending upward from the 14 CFR Part 91 action qualifies for categorical exclusion surface within a 4.3-mile radius of Tri-Cities under the National Environmental [Docket No. FAA–2015–0190; Amdt. No. 91– Airport and that airspace within 4.8-mile Policy Act in accordance with FAA 337] radius of the airport from the 256° bearing Order 1050.1E, ‘‘Environmental from the airport clockwise to the 11° bearing RIN 2120–AK69 Impacts: Policies and Procedures,’’ from the airport and that airspace within a paragraph 311a. This airspace action is Prohibition of Fixed-Wing Special 5.8-mile radius of the airport from the 11° not expected to cause any potentially bearing from the airport clockwise to the 83° Visual Flight Rules Operations at significant environmental impacts, and bearing from the airport and within 5.8-mile Washington-Dulles International no extraordinary circumstances exist radius of the airport from 213° bearing Airport; Withdrawal that warrant preparation of an clockwise to the 256° bearing from the environmental assessment AGENCY: Federal Aviation airport. This Class D airspace area is effective Administration (FAA), DOT. Lists of Subjects in 14 CFR Part 71 during the specific dates and times ACTION: Direct final rule; withdrawal. established in advance by a Notice to Airspace, Incorporation by reference, Airmen. The effective date and time will SUMMARY: The FAA is withdrawing a Navigation (air). thereafter be continuously published in the previously published direct final rule Adoption of the Amendment: Airport/Facility Directory. that would have prohibited fixed-wing In consideration of the foregoing, the Paragraph 6004 Class E airspace areas special visual flight rules operations at Federal Aviation Administration designated as an extension to Class D or Washington-Dulles International amends 14 CFR part 71 as follows: Class E surface area. Airport. The FAA is withdrawing this * * * * * action because it has received an PART 71—DESIGNATION OF CLASS A, adverse comment. B, C, D, AND E AIRSPACE AREAS; AIR ANM WA E4 Pasco, WA [Removed] DATES: The direct final rule published TRAFFIC SERVICE ROUTES; AND Paragraph 6005 Class E airspace areas on March 26, 2015, at 80 FR 15887, is REPORTING POINTS extending upward from 700 feet or more withdrawn, effective May 19, 2015. above the surface of the earth. FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: For ■ 1. The authority citation for Part 71 * * * * * technical questions concerning this continues to read as follows: action, contact David Maddox, Airspace Authority: 49 U.S.C. 106(f), 106(g) 40103, ANM WA E5 Pasco, WA [Modified] Policy and Regulation Group, AJV–113, 40113, 40120; E.O. 10854, 24 FR 9565, 3 CFR, Pasco, Tri-Cities Airport, WA Federal Aviation Administration, 800 1959–1963 Comp., p. 389. (Lat. 46°15′53″ N., long. 119°07′09″ W.) Independence Avenue SW., § 71.1 [Amended] That airspace extending upward from 700 Washington, DC 20591; telephone (202) feet above the surface within 7.8-mile radius 267–8783; email david.maddox@ ■ 2. The incorporation by reference in of the Tri-Cities Airport, and that airspace faa.gov. 14 CFR 71.1 of FAA Order 7400.9Y, For legal questions concerning this within an 11-mile radius of the airport from Airspace Designations and Reporting action, contact Robert Frenzel, Office of the 265° bearing from the airport clockwise Points, dated August 6, 2014, and the Chief Counsel, AGC–200, Federal to 16° bearing from the airport, and that effective September 15, 2014, is Aviation Administration, 800 airspace from the 54° bearing from the airport amended as follows: clockwise to the 112° from the airport, and Independence Avenue SW., Paragraph 5000 Class D Airspace. that airspace 3.5 miles either side of the 35° Washington, DC 20591; telephone (202) * * * * * bearing of the airport extending from the 11- 267–3073; email robert.frenzel@faa.gov. mile radius to 13 mile northeast of the SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: ANM WA D Pasco, WA [Modified] airport, and that airspace and that airspace Pasco, Tri-Cities Airport, WA 4.0 miles either side of the 133° bearing Background (Lat. 46°15′53″ N., long. 119°07′09″ W.) extending from the airport to 13 miles On March 26, 2015 (80 FR 15887), the That airspace extending upward from the southeast of the airport, and that airspace 4 FAA published in the Federal Register surface to and including 2,900 feet MSL miles southeast and 9 miles northwest of the a direct final rule prohibiting fixed-wing within a 4.3-mile radius of Tri-Cities Airport, 226° bearing from the airport extending from special visual flight rules (SVFR) and that airspace within a 4.8-mile radius of the airport 15 miles southwest; that airspace operations at Washington-Dulles the airport from the 256° bearing from the extending upward from 1,200 feet above the International Airport (IAD). The direct tkelley on DSK3SPTVN1PROD with RULES airport clockwise to the 11° bearing from the airport, and that airspace within a 5.8-mile surface bounded by a line beginning at lat. final rule was to become effective on radius of the airport from the 11° bearing 45°49′00″ N., long. 118°00′00″ W.; to lat. May 26, 2015. from the airport clockwise to the 83° bearing 45°49′00″ N., long. 119°45′00″ W.; to lat. 47°00′00″ N., long. 119°45′00″ W.; to lat. Reason for Withdrawal from the airport, and within a 5.8-mile radius of the airport from the 213° bearing clockwise 47°00′00″ N., long. 118°00′00″ W.; thence to The FAA is withdrawing the direct to the 256° bearing from the airport. This the point of origin. final rule because the agency received VerDate Sep<11>2014 16:52 May 18, 2015 Jkt 235001 PO 00000 Frm 00002 Fmt 4700 Sfmt 4700 E:\FR\FM\19MYR1.SGM 19MYR1

Federal Register / Vol. 80, No. 96 / Tuesday, May 19, 2015 / Rules and Regulations 28539 an adverse comment to the rule and is DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE • The Regulatory Impact Review/ required by 14 CFR 11.31(c) to Initial Regulatory Flexibility Analysis withdraw a direct final rule if the National Oceanic and Atmospheric (RIR/IRFA), and the Categorical agency receives any adverse comment or Administration Exclusion prepared for this action notice of intent to file any adverse (collectively referred to as the comment. We received a comment from 15 CFR Part 902 ‘‘Analysis’’); an individual pilot who objected to the • The Harvest Specifications prohibition of fixed-wing SVFR 50 CFR Part 680 Supplemental Information Report (SIR) operations at IAD. The commenter [Docket No. 130820737–5408–02] prepared for the final 2015 and 2016 stated that the blanket prohibition of harvest specifications; RIN 0648–BD61 • The Final Environmental SVFR was inappropriate and Assessment/Final RIR/IRFA for unnecessary. The commenter further Fisheries of the Exclusive Economic Amendment 83 to the Fishery stated that he had personally used SVFR Zone Off Alaska; Bering Sea and Management Plan for Groundfish of the twice in the last few years to land at IAD Aleutian Islands Crab Rationalization Gulf of Alaska (GOA FMP) Allocation of to participate in an event at the Program; Amendment 45; Pacific Cod Pacific Cod Among Sectors in the Smithsonian National Air and Space Sideboard Allocations in the Gulf of Western and Central GOA; and Museum’s Steven F. Udvar-Hazy Center, Alaska • The Alaska Groundfish Harvest which is located adjacent to IAD. The AGENCY: National Marine Fisheries Specifications Final Environmental commenter further suggested that the Service (NMFS), National Oceanic and Impact Statement (Harvest IAD control tower should approve or Atmospheric Administration (NOAA), Specifications EIS). disapprove SVFR operations on a case- Commerce. Written comments regarding the by-case basis. ACTION: Final rule. burden-hour estimates or other aspects The FAA has determined that the of the collection of information comment meets the requirements for SUMMARY: NMFS publishes regulations requirements contained in this final rule consideration as an adverse comment to implement Amendment 45 to the may be submitted by mail to NMFS, per § 11.31(a). In accordance with the Fishery Management Plan for Bering Alaska Region, P.O. Box 21668, Juneau, Sea/Aleutian Islands King and Tanner AK 99802–1668, Attn: Ellen Sebastian, provisions of § 11.31(c), the FAA Crabs (Crab FMP). Amendment 45 Records Officer; in person at NMFS, withdraws the direct final rule. establishes, for a limited period of time, Alaska Region, 709 West 9th Street, Conclusion a process for NMFS to permanently Room 420A, Juneau, AK; or by email to remove Pacific cod catch limits, known OIRA_submission@omb.eop.gov or fax Withdrawal of Amendment No. 91– as sideboard limits, which are to 202–395–5806. 337 does not preclude the FAA from applicable to certain hook-and-line FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: issuing rulemaking on the subject in the catcher/processors in the Central and Rachel Baker, 907–586–7228 future, nor does it commit the agency to Western Gulf of Alaska (GOA) SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: This final any future course of action. The agency Regulatory Areas. This action authorizes rule implements Amendment 45 to the may also make any future necessary NMFS to remove these Pacific cod Crab FMP. The king and Tanner crab changes to the Code of Federal sideboard limits in the Central and/or fisheries in the exclusive economic zone Regulations through a notice of Western GOA if each eligible participant (EEZ) of the Bering Sea and Aleutian proposed rulemaking with opportunity in the hook-and-line catcher/processor Islands are managed under the Crab for public comment. Therefore, the FAA sector in a regulatory area signs and FMP. While the groundfish fisheries in withdraws Amendment No. 91–337 submits a request that NMFS remove the the EEZ of the Gulf of Alaska are published at 80 FR 15887, March 26, sideboard limit. Each eligible managed primarily under the Fishery 2015. participant will be required to submit Management Plan for Groundfish of the the request to NMFS within 1 year of Gulf of Alaska (GOA FMP), some Issued under authority provided by 49 the date of publication of this final rule. U.S.C. 106(f), 44701(a), and 44703 in aspects of groundfish fishing in the Gulf This action is necessary to provide of Alaska are managed under the Crab Washington, DC, on May 13, 2015. participants in the Central and Western FMP. Jodi S. McCarthy, GOA hook-and-line catcher/processor NMFS published the Notice of Director, Airspace Services. sectors with an opportunity to Availability for Amendment 45 in the [FR Doc. 2015–12047 Filed 5–18–15; 8:45 am] cooperatively coordinate harvests of Federal Register on February 2, 2015 BILLING CODE 4910–13–P Pacific cod through private arrangement (80 FR 5499), with a 60-day comment to the participants’ mutual benefit, period that ended April 3, 2015. The which would remove the need for Secretary approved Amendment 45 on sideboard limits in these regulatory April 29, 2015, after accounting for areas. This action is intended to information from the public, and promote the goals and objectives of the determining that Amendment 45 is Crab FMP, the Magnuson-Stevens consistent with the Crab FMP, the Fishery Conservation and Management Magnuson-Stevens Act, and other Act (Magnuson-Stevens Act), and other applicable law. NMFS published a applicable law. proposed rule for Amendment 45 on tkelley on DSK3SPTVN1PROD with RULES DATES: Effective June 18, 2015. February 12, 2015 (80 FR 7817). The 30- ADDRESSES: Electronic copies of the day comment period on the proposed following documents may be obtained rule ended March 16, 2015. NMFS from http://www.regulations.gov or from received one comment letter during the the NMFS Alaska Region Web site at comment periods on Amendment 45 http://alaskafisheries.noaa.gov: and the proposed rule. A summary of VerDate Sep<11>2014 16:52 May 18, 2015 Jkt 235001 PO 00000 Frm 00003 Fmt 4700 Sfmt 4700 E:\FR\FM\19MYR1.SGM 19MYR1


Document Created: 2015-12-15 15:29:24
Document Modified: 2015-12-15 15:29:24
CategoryRegulatory Information
CollectionFederal Register
sudoc ClassAE 2.7:
GS 4.107:
AE 2.106:
PublisherOffice of the Federal Register, National Archives and Records Administration
SectionRules and Regulations
ActionDirect final rule; withdrawal.
DatesThe direct final rule published on March 26, 2015, at 80 FR 15887, is withdrawn, effective May 19, 2015.
ContactFor technical questions concerning this action, contact David Maddox, Airspace Policy and Regulation Group, AJV-113, Federal Aviation Administration, 800 Independence Avenue SW., Washington, DC 20591; telephone (202) 267-8783; email [email protected]
FR Citation80 FR 28538 
RIN Number2120-AK69
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