80_FR_42204 80 FR 42068 - Proposed Amendment of Class E Airspace; Ponce, PR

80 FR 42068 - Proposed Amendment of Class E Airspace; Ponce, PR

DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION
Federal Aviation Administration

Federal Register Volume 80, Issue 136 (July 16, 2015)

Page Range42068-42069
FR Document2015-17272

This action proposes to amend Class E Airspace at Ponce, PR, as the PONCE VHF Omni-Directional Radio Range Tactical Air Navigation Aid, (VORTAC) has been decommissioned, requiring airspace redesign at Mercedita Airport. This action is necessary for the safety and management of instrument flight rules (IFR) operations at the airport.

Federal Register, Volume 80 Issue 136 (Thursday, July 16, 2015) 
[Federal Register Volume 80, Number 136 (Thursday, July 16, 2015)]
[Proposed Rules]
[Pages 42068-42069]
From the Federal Register Online  [www.thefederalregister.org]
[FR Doc No: 2015-17272]


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DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION

Federal Aviation Administration

14 CFR Part 71

[Docket No. FAA-2014-0967; Airspace Docket No. 14-ASO-19]


Proposed Amendment of Class E Airspace; Ponce, PR

AGENCY: Federal Aviation Administration (FAA), DOT.

ACTION: Notice of proposed rulemaking (NPRM).

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SUMMARY: This action proposes to amend Class E Airspace at Ponce, PR, 
as the PONCE VHF Omni-Directional Radio Range Tactical Air Navigation 
Aid, (VORTAC) has been decommissioned, requiring airspace redesign at 
Mercedita Airport. This action is necessary for the safety and 
management of instrument flight rules (IFR) operations at the airport.

DATES: Comments must be received on or before August 31, 2015.

ADDRESSES: Send comments on this rule to: U.S. Department of 
Transportation, Docket Operations, West Building Ground Floor, Room 
W12-140, 1200 New Jersey SE., Washington, DC 20590-0001; Telephone: 1-
800-647-5527; Fax: 202-493-2251. You must identify the Docket Number 
FAA-2014-0967; Airspace Docket No. 14-ASO-19, at the beginning of your 
comments. You may also submit and review received comments through the 
Internet at http://www.regulations.gov.
    You may review the public docket containing the proposal, any 
comments received, and any final disposition in person in the Dockets 
Office between 9:00 a.m. and 5:00 p.m., Monday through Friday, except 
Federal holidays. The Docket Office (telephone 1-800-647-5527), is on 
the ground floor of the building at the above address.
    FAA Order 7400.9Y, Airspace Designations and Reporting Points, and 
subsequent amendments can be viewed online at http://www.faa.gov/air_traffic/publications/. The Order is also available for inspection 
at the National Archives and Records Administration (NARA). For 
information on the availability of this proposed incorporation by 
reference material at NARA, call 202-741-6030, or go to http://www.archives.gov/federal_register/code_of_federal-regulations/ibr_locations.html.
    FAA Order 7400.9, Airspace Designations and Reporting Points, is 
published yearly and effective on September 15. For further 
information, you can contact the Airspace Policy and Regulations Group, 
Federal Aviation Administration, 800 Independence Avenue SW., 
Washington, DC, 20591; telephone: 202-267-8783.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: John Fornito, Operations Support 
Group, Eastern Service Center, Federal Aviation Administration, P.O. 
Box 20636, Atlanta, Georgia 30320; telephone (404) 305-6364.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:

Authority for This Rulemaking

    The FAA's authority to issue rules regarding aviation safety is 
found in Title 49 of the United States Code. Subtitle I, Section 106 
describes the authority of the FAA Administrator. Subtitle VII, 
Aviation Programs, describes in more detail the scope of the agency's 
authority. This rulemaking is promulgated under the authority described 
in Subtitle VII, Part, A, Subpart I, Section 40103. Under that section, 
the FAA is charged with prescribing regulations to assign the use of 
airspace necessary to ensure the safety of aircraft and the efficient 
use of airspace. This regulation is within the scope of that authority 
as it would amend Class E airspace at Mercedita Airport, Ponce, PR.

Comments Invited

    Interested persons are invited to comment on this rule by 
submitting such written data, views, or arguments, as they may desire. 
Comments that provide the factual basis supporting the views and 
suggestions presented are particularly helpful in developing reasoned 
regulatory decisions on the proposal. Comments are specifically invited 
on the overall regulatory, aeronautical, economic, environmental, and 
energy-related aspects of the proposal.
    Communications should identify both docket numbers (FAA Docket No. 
FAA-2014-0967; Airspace Docket No. 14-ASO-19) and be submitted in 
triplicate to the Docket Management System (see ADDRESSES section for 
address and phone number). You may also submit comments through the 
Internet at http://www.regulations.gov.
    Persons wishing the FAA to acknowledge receipt of their comments on 
this action must submit with those comments a self-addressed stamped 
postcard on which the following statement is made: ``Comments to Docket 
No. FAA-2014-0967; Airspace Docket No. 14-ASO-19.'' The postcard will 
be date/time stamped and returned to the commenter.
    All communications received before the specified closing date for 
comments will be considered before taking action on the proposed rule. 
The proposal contained in this notice may be changed in light of the 
comments received. A report summarizing each substantive public contact 
with FAA personnel concerned with this rulemaking will be filed in the 
docket.

Availability of NPRMs

    An electronic copy of this document may be downloaded from and 
comments submitted through http://www.regulations.gov. Recently 
published rulemaking documents can also be accessed through the FAA's 
Web page at http://www.faa.gov/airports_airtraffic/air_traffic/publications/airspace_amendments/.
    You may review the public docket containing the proposal, any 
comments received, and any final disposition in person in the Dockets 
Office (see the ADDRESSES section for address and phone number) between 
9:00 a.m. and 5:00 p.m., Monday through Friday, except Federal 
Holidays. An informal docket may also be examined between 8:00 a.m. and 
4:30 p.m., Monday through Friday, except Federal Holidays at the office 
of the Eastern Service Center, Federal Aviation Administration, Room 
350, 1701 Columbia Avenue, College Park, Georgia 30337.
    Persons interested in being placed on a mailing list for future 
NPRM's should contact the FAA's Office of Rulemaking, (202) 267-9677, 
to request a copy of Advisory circular No. 11-2A, Notice of Proposed 
Rulemaking distribution System, which describes the application 
procedure.

Availability and Summary of Documents for Incorporation by Reference

    This document proposes to amend FAA Order 7400.9Y, Airspace 
Designations and Reporting Points, dated August 6, 2014, and effective 
September 15, 2014. FAA Order 7400.9Y is publicly available as listed 
in the ADDRESSES section of this proposed rule. FAA Order 7400.9Y lists 
Class A, B, C, D, and E airspace areas, air traffic service routes, and 
reporting points.

The Proposal

    The FAA is considering an amendment to Title 14, Code of Federal

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Regulations (14 CFR) part 71 to amend Class E surface area airspace at 
Mercedita Airport, Ponce, PR. Airspace reconfiguration to within a 4.1-
mile radius of the airport is necessary due to the decommissioning of 
the Ponce VORTAC and cancellation of the VOR approach, and for 
continued safety and management of IFR operations at the airport.
    Class E Airspace Designated as Surface Areas are published in 
Paragraph 6002 of FAA Order 7400.9Y, dated August 6, 2014, and 
effective September 15, 2014, which is incorporated by reference in 14 
CFR 71.1. The Class E airspace designation listed in this document will 
be published subsequently in the Order.

Regulatory Notices and Analyses

    The FAA has determined that this proposed regulation only involves 
an established body of technical regulations for which frequent and 
routine amendments are necessary to keep them operationally current. 
It, therefore, (1) is not a ``significant regulatory action'' under 
Executive Order 12866; (2) is not a ``significant rule'' under DOT 
Regulatory Policies and Procedures (44 FR 11034; February 26, 1979); 
and (3) does not warrant preparation of a Regulatory Evaluation as the 
anticipated impact is so minimal.
    Since this is a routine matter that will only affect air traffic 
procedures and air navigation, it is certified that this proposed rule, 
when promulgated, will not have a significant economic impact on a 
substantial number of small entities under the criteria of the 
Regulatory Flexibility Act.

Environmental Review

    This proposal would be subject to an environmental analysis in 
accordance with FAA Order 1050.1E, ``Environmental Impacts: Policies 
and Procedures'' prior to any FAA final regulatory action.

Lists of Subjects in 14 CFR Part 71

    Airspace, Incorporation by reference, Navigation (air).

The Proposed Amendment

    In consideration of the foregoing, the Federal Aviation 
Administration proposes to amend 14 CFR part 71 as follows:

PART 71--DESIGNATION OF CLASS A, B, C, D, AND E AIRSPACE AREAS; AIR 
TRAFFIC SERVICE ROUTES; AND REPORTING POINTS

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1. The authority citation for Part 71 continues to read as follows:

    Authority: 49 U.S.C. 106(f), 106(g); 40103, 40113, 40120, E.O. 
10854, 24 FR 9565, 3 CFR, 1959-1963 Comp., p. 389.


Sec.  71.1  [Amended]

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2. The incorporation by reference in 14 CFR 71.1 of FAA Order 7400.9Y, 
Airspace Designations and Reporting Points, dated August 6, 2014, 
effective September 15, 2014, is amended as follows:

Paragraph 6002 Class E Airspace Designated as Surface Areas
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ASO PR E2 Ponce, PR [Amended]

Mercedita Airport, PR
    (Lat. 18[deg]00'30'' N., long. 66[deg]33'4'' W.)

    Within a 4.1-mile radius of Mercedita Airport. This Class E 
airspace is effective during the specific dates and times 
established in advance by a Notice to Airmen. The effective date and 
time will thereafter be continuously published in the Airport/
Facility Directory.

    Issued in College Park, Georgia, on July 6, 2015.
Gerald E. Lynch,
Acting Manager, Operations Support Group, Eastern Service Center, Air 
Traffic Organization.
[FR Doc. 2015-17272 Filed 7-15-15; 8:45 am]
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42068 Federal Register / Vol. 80, No. 136 / Thursday, July 16, 2015 / Proposed Rules For the Nuclear Regulatory Commission. http://www.archives.gov/federal_ postcard on which the following Annette L. Vietti-Cook, register/code_of_federal-regulations/ibr_ statement is made: ‘‘Comments to Secretary of the Commission. locations.html. Docket No. FAA–2014–0967; Airspace [FR Doc. 2015–17442 Filed 7–15–15; 8:45 am] FAA Order 7400.9, Airspace Docket No. 14–ASO–19.’’ The postcard BILLING CODE 7590–01–P Designations and Reporting Points, is will be date/time stamped and returned published yearly and effective on to the commenter. September 15. For further information, All communications received before you can contact the Airspace Policy and the specified closing date for comments DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION Regulations Group, Federal Aviation will be considered before taking action Federal Aviation Administration Administration, 800 Independence on the proposed rule. The proposal Avenue SW., Washington, DC, 20591; contained in this notice may be changed 14 CFR Part 71 telephone: 202–267–8783. in light of the comments received. A FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: John report summarizing each substantive [Docket No. FAA–2014–0967; Airspace public contact with FAA personnel Docket No. 14–ASO–19] Fornito, Operations Support Group, Eastern Service Center, Federal Aviation concerned with this rulemaking will be Proposed Amendment of Class E Administration, P.O. Box 20636, filed in the docket. Airspace; Ponce, PR Atlanta, Georgia 30320; telephone (404) Availability of NPRMs 305–6364. AGENCY: Federal Aviation An electronic copy of this document SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: may be downloaded from and Administration (FAA), DOT. ACTION: Notice of proposed rulemaking Authority for This Rulemaking comments submitted through http:// (NPRM). www.regulations.gov. Recently The FAA’s authority to issue rules published rulemaking documents can regarding aviation safety is found in also be accessed through the FAA’s Web SUMMARY: This action proposes to Title 49 of the United States Code. page at http://www.faa.gov/airports_ amend Class E Airspace at Ponce, PR, as Subtitle I, Section 106 describes the airtraffic/air_traffic/publications/ the PONCE VHF Omni-Directional authority of the FAA Administrator. airspace_amendments/. Radio Range Tactical Air Navigation Subtitle VII, Aviation Programs, You may review the public docket Aid, (VORTAC) has been describes in more detail the scope of the containing the proposal, any comments decommissioned, requiring airspace agency’s authority. This rulemaking is received, and any final disposition in redesign at Mercedita Airport. This promulgated under the authority person in the Dockets Office (see the action is necessary for the safety and described in Subtitle VII, Part, A, ADDRESSES section for address and management of instrument flight rules Subpart I, Section 40103. Under that phone number) between 9:00 a.m. and (IFR) operations at the airport. section, the FAA is charged with 5:00 p.m., Monday through Friday, DATES: Comments must be received on prescribing regulations to assign the use or before August 31, 2015. except Federal Holidays. An informal of airspace necessary to ensure the docket may also be examined between ADDRESSES: Send comments on this rule safety of aircraft and the efficient use of 8:00 a.m. and 4:30 p.m., Monday to: U.S. Department of Transportation, airspace. This regulation is within the through Friday, except Federal Holidays Docket Operations, West Building scope of that authority as it would at the office of the Eastern Service Ground Floor, Room W12–140, 1200 amend Class E airspace at Mercedita Center, Federal Aviation New Jersey SE., Washington, DC 20590– Airport, Ponce, PR. Administration, Room 350, 1701 0001; Telephone: 1–800–647–5527; Fax: Columbia Avenue, College Park, Georgia 202–493–2251. You must identify the Comments Invited 30337. Docket Number FAA–2014–0967; Interested persons are invited to Persons interested in being placed on Airspace Docket No. 14–ASO–19, at the comment on this rule by submitting a mailing list for future NPRM’s should beginning of your comments. You may such written data, views, or arguments, contact the FAA’s Office of Rulemaking, also submit and review received as they may desire. Comments that (202) 267–9677, to request a copy of comments through the Internet at provide the factual basis supporting the Advisory circular No. 11–2A, Notice of http://www.regulations.gov. views and suggestions presented are Proposed Rulemaking distribution You may review the public docket particularly helpful in developing System, which describes the application containing the proposal, any comments reasoned regulatory decisions on the procedure. received, and any final disposition in proposal. Comments are specifically person in the Dockets Office between invited on the overall regulatory, Availability and Summary of 9:00 a.m. and 5:00 p.m., Monday aeronautical, economic, environmental, Documents for Incorporation by through Friday, except Federal holidays. and energy-related aspects of the Reference The Docket Office (telephone 1–800– proposal. This document proposes to amend 647–5527), is on the ground floor of the Communications should identify both FAA Order 7400.9Y, Airspace building at the above address. docket numbers (FAA Docket No. FAA– Designations and Reporting Points, FAA Order 7400.9Y, Airspace 2014–0967; Airspace Docket No. 14– dated August 6, 2014, and effective Designations and Reporting Points, and ASO–19) and be submitted in triplicate September 15, 2014. FAA Order subsequent amendments can be viewed to the Docket Management System (see 7400.9Y is publicly available as listed in tkelley on DSK3SPTVN1PROD with PROPOSALS online at http://www.faa.gov/air_traffic/ ADDRESSES section for address and the ADDRESSES section of this proposed publications/. The Order is also phone number). You may also submit rule. FAA Order 7400.9Y lists Class A, available for inspection at the National comments through the Internet at B, C, D, and E airspace areas, air traffic Archives and Records Administration http://www.regulations.gov. service routes, and reporting points. (NARA). For information on the Persons wishing the FAA to availability of this proposed acknowledge receipt of their comments The Proposal incorporation by reference material at on this action must submit with those The FAA is considering an NARA, call 202–741–6030, or go to comments a self-addressed stamped amendment to Title 14, Code of Federal VerDate Sep<11>2014 17:07 Jul 15, 2015 Jkt 235001 PO 00000 Frm 00002 Fmt 4702 Sfmt 4702 E:\FR\FM\16JYP1.SGM 16JYP1

Federal Register / Vol. 80, No. 136 / Thursday, July 16, 2015 / Proposed Rules 42069 Regulations (14 CFR) part 71 to amend Authority: 49 U.S.C. 106(f), 106(g); 40103, Management (HFA–305), Food and Drug Class E surface area airspace at 40113, 40120, E.O. 10854, 24 FR 9565, 3 CFR, Administration, 5630 Fishers Lane, Rm. Mercedita Airport, Ponce, PR. Airspace 1959–1963 Comp., p. 389. 1061, Rockville, MD 20852. reconfiguration to within a 4.1-mile § 71.1 [Amended] FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: radius of the airport is necessary due to Chelsea Trull, Center for Veterinary ■ 2. The incorporation by reference in the decommissioning of the Ponce Medicine, Food and Drug 14 CFR 71.1 of FAA Order 7400.9Y, VORTAC and cancellation of the VOR Administration, 7519 Standish Pl., Airspace Designations and Reporting approach, and for continued safety and Rockville, MD 20855, 240–402–6729. Points, dated August 6, 2014, effective management of IFR operations at the SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Under the September 15, 2014, is amended as airport. Federal Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act follows: Class E Airspace Designated as (section 409(b)(5) (21 U.S.C. 348(b)(5)), Surface Areas are published in Paragraph 6002 Class E Airspace notice is given that a food additive Paragraph 6002 of FAA Order 7400.9Y, Designated as Surface Areas petition (FAP 2292) has been filed by dated August 6, 2014, and effective * * * * * Alzchem AG, Chemiepark Trostberg, September 15, 2014, which is ASO PR E2 Ponce, PR [Amended] Dr.-Albert-Frank-Str. 32, 83308, incorporated by reference in 14 CFR Trostberg, Germany. The petition Mercedita Airport, PR 71.1. The Class E airspace designation (Lat. 18°00′30″ N., long. 66°33′4″ W.) proposes to amend Title 21 of the Code listed in this document will be of Federal Regulations (CFR) in part 573 Within a 4.1-mile radius of Mercedita published subsequently in the Order. Airport. This Class E airspace is effective Food Additives Permitted in Feed and Regulatory Notices and Analyses during the specific dates and times Drinking Water of Animals (21 CFR part established in advance by a Notice to 573) to provide for the safe use of The FAA has determined that this Airmen. The effective date and time will guanidinoacetic acid as a substance that proposed regulation only involves an thereafter be continuously published in the spares arginine and serves as a established body of technical Airport/Facility Directory. precursor of creatine in diets for broiler regulations for which frequent and Issued in College Park, Georgia, on July 6, chickens and turkeys. The petitioner has routine amendments are necessary to 2015. requested a categorical exclusion from keep them operationally current. It, Gerald E. Lynch, preparing an environmental assessment therefore, (1) is not a ‘‘significant Acting Manager, Operations Support Group, or environmental impact statement regulatory action’’ under Executive Eastern Service Center, Air Traffic under 21 CFR 25.32(r). Order 12866; (2) is not a ‘‘significant Organization. Interested persons may submit either rule’’ under DOT Regulatory Policies [FR Doc. 2015–17272 Filed 7–15–15; 8:45 am] electronic or written comments and Procedures (44 FR 11034; February BILLING CODE 4910–13–P regarding this request for categorical 26, 1979); and (3) does not warrant exclusion to the Division of Dockets preparation of a Regulatory Evaluation Management (see DATES and as the anticipated impact is so minimal. ADDRESSES). It is only necessary to send DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND Since this is a routine matter that will one set of comments. Identify comments HUMAN SERVICES only affect air traffic procedures and air with the docket number found in navigation, it is certified that this Food and Drug Administration brackets in the heading of this proposed rule, when promulgated, will document. Received comments may be not have a significant economic impact 21 CFR Part 573 seen in the Division of Dockets on a substantial number of small entities Management between 9 a.m. and 4 p.m., under the criteria of the Regulatory [Docket No. FDA–2015–F–2337] Monday through Friday, and will be Flexibility Act. posted to the docket at http:// Alzchem AG; Filing of Food Additive Environmental Review Petition (Animal Use) www.regulations.gov. Dated: July 10, 2015. This proposal would be subject to an AGENCY: Food and Drug Administration, environmental analysis in accordance William T. Flynn, HHS. with FAA Order 1050.1E, Acting Director, Center for Veterinary ACTION: Notice of petition. Medicine. ‘‘Environmental Impacts: Policies and Procedures’’ prior to any FAA final [FR Doc. 2015–17379 Filed 7–15–15; 8:45 am] SUMMARY: The Food and Drug regulatory action. Administration (FDA) is announcing BILLING CODE 4164–01–P that Alzchem AG has filed a petition Lists of Subjects in 14 CFR Part 71 proposing that the food additive Airspace, Incorporation by reference, regulations be amended to provide for DEPARTMENT OF HOMELAND Navigation (air). the safe use of guanidinoacetic acid as SECURITY The Proposed Amendment a substance that spares arginine and serves as a precursor of creatine in diets Coast Guard In consideration of the foregoing, the for broiler chickens and turkeys. Federal Aviation Administration 33 CFR Part 100 DATES: Submit either electronic or proposes to amend 14 CFR part 71 as written comments on the petitioner’s [Docket Number USCG–2015–0400] follows: request for categorical exclusion from tkelley on DSK3SPTVN1PROD with PROPOSALS RIN 1625–AA08 PART 71—DESIGNATION OF CLASS A, preparing an environmental assessment B, C, D, AND E AIRSPACE AREAS; AIR or environmental impact statement by Special Local Regulations; Temporary TRAFFIC SERVICE ROUTES; AND August 17, 2015. Change for Recurring Marine Event in REPORTING POINTS ADDRESSES: Submit electronic the Fifth Coast Guard District comments to: http:// AGENCY: Coast Guard, DHS. ■ 1. The authority citation for Part 71 www.regulations.gov. Submit written ACTION: Notice of proposed rulemaking. continues to read as follows: comments to the Division of Dockets VerDate Sep<11>2014 17:07 Jul 15, 2015 Jkt 235001 PO 00000 Frm 00003 Fmt 4702 Sfmt 4702 E:\FR\FM\16JYP1.SGM 16JYP1


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PublisherOffice of the Federal Register, National Archives and Records Administration
SectionProposed Rules
ActionNotice of proposed rulemaking (NPRM).
DatesComments must be received on or before August 31, 2015.
ContactJohn Fornito, Operations Support Group, Eastern Service Center, Federal Aviation Administration, P.O. Box 20636, Atlanta, Georgia 30320; telephone (404) 305-6364.
FR Citation80 FR 42068 
CFR AssociatedAirspace; Incorporation by Reference and Navigation (air)
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