81_FR_39298 81 FR 39182 - Amendment of Class E Airspace; Little Rock, AR

81 FR 39182 - Amendment of Class E Airspace; Little Rock, AR

DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION
Federal Aviation Administration

Federal Register Volume 81, Issue 116 (June 16, 2016)

Page Range39182-39183
FR Document2016-14071

This action amends Class E airspace at Little Rock Air Force Base (AFB), Little Rock, AR. Airspace reconfiguration is necessary due to closure of the air traffic control tower and associated approaches at Dennis F. Cantrell Field, Conway, AR. Dennis F. Cantrell Field is being removed from the airspace designation and legal description as it is no longer needed to describe the boundaries of Little Rock AFB. This action is necessary to ensure continued safety within the National Airspace System (NAS). Additionally, the geographic coordinates for Little Rock AFB and Saline County Airport, Benton, AR, are being adjusted.

Federal Register, Volume 81 Issue 116 (Thursday, June 16, 2016) 
[Federal Register Volume 81, Number 116 (Thursday, June 16, 2016)]
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[FR Doc No: 2016-14071]


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DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION

Federal Aviation Administration

14 CFR Part 71

[Docket No. FAA-2015-3085; Airspace Docket No. 15-ASW-2]


Amendment of Class E Airspace; Little Rock, AR

AGENCY: Federal Aviation Administration (FAA), DOT.

ACTION: Final rule.

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SUMMARY: This action amends Class E airspace at Little Rock Air Force 
Base (AFB), Little Rock, AR. Airspace reconfiguration is necessary due 
to closure of the air traffic control tower and associated approaches 
at Dennis F. Cantrell Field, Conway, AR. Dennis F. Cantrell Field is 
being removed from the airspace designation and legal description as it 
is no longer needed to describe the boundaries of Little Rock AFB. This 
action is necessary to ensure continued safety within the National 
Airspace System (NAS). Additionally, the geographic coordinates for 
Little Rock AFB and Saline County Airport, Benton, AR, are being 
adjusted.

DATES: Effective 0901 UTC, September 15, 2016. The Director of the 
Federal Register approves this incorporation by reference action under 
Title 1, Code of Federal Regulations, part 51, subject to the annual 
revision of FAA Order 7400.9 and publication of conforming amendments.

ADDRESSES: FAA Order 7400.9Z, Airspace Designations and Reporting 
Points, and subsequent amendments can be viewed online at http://www.faa.gov/air_traffic/publications. For further information, you can 
contact the Airspace Policy Group, Federal Aviation Administration, 800 
Independence Avenue SW., Washington, DC 20591; telephone: 202-267-8783. 
The Order is also available for inspection at the National Archives and 
Records Administration (NARA). For information on the availability of 
FAA Order 7400.9Z 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 CONTACT: Rebecca Shelby, Central Service 
Center, Operations Support Group, Federal Aviation Administration, 
Southwest Region, 10101 Hillwood Parkway, Fort Worth, TX 76177; 
telephone: 817-222-5857.

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 amends Class E airspace at Little Rock AFB, Little Rock, AR.

History

    On March 7, 2016, the FAA published in the Federal Register a 
notice of proposed rulemaking (NPRM) to amend the Class E airspace at 
Little Rock Air Force Base, AR. The air traffic control tower at Dennis 
F. Cantrell Field, Conway, AR, has closed thereby removing Dennis F. 
Cantrell Field from the description for Little Rock AFB, (81 FR 11692), 
Docket No. FAA-2015-3085. Additionally, geographic coordinates for 
Little Rock AFB and Saline County Airport, Benton, AR, are adjusted. 
Interested parties were invited to participate in this rulemaking 
effort by submitting written comments on the proposal to the FAA. No 
comments were received.
    Class E airspace designations are published in paragraph 6005 of 
FAA

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Order 7400.9Z, dated August 6, 2015, and effective September 15, 2015, 
which is incorporated by reference in 14 CFR part 71.1. The Class E 
airspace designations listed in this document will be published 
subsequently in the Order.

Availability and Summary of Documents for Incorporation by Reference

    This document amends FAA Order 7400.9Z, Airspace Designations and 
Reporting Points, dated August 6, 2015, and effective September 15, 
2015. FAA Order 7400.9Z is publicly available as listed in the 
ADDRESSES section of this document. FAA Order 7400.9Z lists Class A, B, 
C, D, and E airspace areas, air traffic service routes, and reporting 
points.

The Rule

    This action amends Title 14, Code of Federal Regulations (14 CFR), 
Part 71 by amending Class E airspace at Little Rock Air Force Base 
(AFB), AR. The air traffic control tower at Dennis Cantrell Field, 
Conway, AR, has closed, and approaches cancelled. This action removes 
Dennis F. Cantrell Field, Conway, AR, from the airspace designation and 
regulatory text for Little Rock AFB, as they are no longer needed to 
define its boundaries. Additionally, geographic coordinates for Little 
Rock AFB, are changed from (lat. 34[deg]54'59'' N., long. 
92[deg]08'47'' W.) to (lat. 34[deg]55'03'' N., long. 92[deg]08'42'' W.) 
and Saline County Airport, Benton, AR, coordinates are changed from 
(lat. 34[deg]33'23'' N., long. 92[deg]36'25'' W.) to (lat. 
34[deg]35'25'' N., long. 92[deg]28'46'' W.). These minor adjustments 
reflect the current information in the FAA's aeronautical database.

Regulatory Notices and Analyses

    The FAA has determined that this regulation only involves an 
established body of technical regulations for which frequent and 
routine amendments are necessary to keep them operationally current, is 
non-controversial and unlikely to result in adverse or negative 
comments. 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 only affects air traffic procedures and air navigation, it is 
certified that this rule, when promulgated, does not have a significant 
economic impact on a substantial number of small entities under the 
criteria of the Regulatory Flexibility Act.

Environmental Review

    The FAA has determined that this action qualifies for categorical 
exclusion under the National Environmental Policy Act in accordance 
with FAA Order 1050.1F, ``Environmental Impacts: Policies and 
Procedures'' paragraph 5-6.5a. This airspace action is not expected to 
cause any potentially significant environmental impacts, and no 
extraordinary circumstances exist that warrant preparation of an 
environmental assessment.

List of Subjects in 14 CFR Part 71

    Airspace, Incorporation by reference, Navigation (air).

Adoption of the Amendment

    In consideration of the foregoing, the Federal Aviation 
Administration amends 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 7400.9Z, 
Airspace Designations and Reporting Points, dated August 6, 2015, and 
effective September 15, 2015, is amended as follows:

Paragraph 6005 Class E Airspace Areas Extending Upward From 700 
Feet or More Above the Surface of the Earth.

* * * * *

ASW AR E5 Little Rock, AR [Amended]

Little Rock AFB, AR
    (Lat. 34[deg]55'03'' N., long. 92[deg]08'42'' W.)
Little Rock, Adams Field, AR
    (Lat. 34[deg]43'46'' N., long. 92[deg]13'29'' W.)
Benton, Saline County Airport, AR
    (Lat. 34[deg]35'25'' N., long. 92[deg]28'46'' W.)

    That airspace extending upward from 700 feet above the surface 
bounded within a 20-mile radius of Little Rock AFB, and within a 22-
mile radius of Adams Field Airport and within a 6.3-mile radius of 
Saline County Airport.

    Issued in Fort Worth, TX, on June 7, 2016.
Walter Tweedy,
Acting Manager, Operations Support Group, ATO Central Service Center.
[FR Doc. 2016-14071 Filed 6-15-16; 8:45 am]
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39182 Federal Register / Vol. 81, No. 116 / Thursday, June 16, 2016 / Rules and Regulations the crop disaster in 2012. Further, the for the purposes of determining an information, you can contact the order provides numerous alternatives optimum supply volume, will be 55 Airspace Policy Group, Federal Aviation for the use of restricted fruit, such as million pounds. Administration, 800 Independence handler diversion, for complying with ■ 3. Section 930.256 is revised to read Avenue SW., Washington, DC 20591; the recommended restriction. Therefore, as follows: telephone: 202–267–8783. The Order is as stated in the RFA, it is not also available for inspection at the anticipated that this action will unduly § 930.256 Free and restricted percentages National Archives and Records burden growers or handlers. for the 2015–16 crop year. Administration (NARA). For Additional concerns raised in the The percentages for tart cherries information on the availability of FAA comments pertain to pending litigation handled by handlers during the crop Order 7400.9Z at NARA, call 202–741– or issues not applicable to the proposed year beginning on July 1, 2015, which 6030, or go to http://www.archives.gov/ rule. shall be free and restricted, respectively, federal_register/code_of_federal- Accordingly, no changes will be made are designated as follows: Free regulations/ibr_locations.html. to the rule as proposed, based on the percentage, 80 percent and restricted FAA Order 7400.9, Airspace comments received. percentage, 20 percent. Designations and Reporting Points is A small business guide on complying Dated: June 13, 2016. published yearly and effective on with fruit, vegetable, and specialty crop Dana Coale, September 15. marketing agreements and orders may Associate Administrator, Agricultural FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: be viewed at: http://www.ams.usda.gov/ Marketing Service. Rebecca Shelby, Central Service Center, rules-regulations/moa/small-businesses. [FR Doc. 2016–14333 Filed 6–15–16; 8:45 am] Operations Support Group, Federal Any questions about the compliance BILLING CODE 3410–02–P Aviation Administration, Southwest guide should be sent to Antoinette Region, 10101 Hillwood Parkway, Fort Carter at the previously mentioned Worth, TX 76177; telephone: 817–222– address in the FOR FURTHER INFORMATION 5857. DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION CONTACT section. SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: After consideration of all relevant Federal Aviation Administration matter presented, including the Authority for This Rulemaking information and recommendation 14 CFR Part 71 The FAA’s authority to issue rules submitted by the Committee and other regarding aviation safety is found in available information, it is hereby found [Docket No. FAA–2015–3085; Airspace Docket No. 15–ASW–2] Title 49 of the United States Code. that this rule, as hereinafter set forth, Subtitle I, Section 106 describes the will tend to effectuate the declared authority of the FAA Administrator. Amendment of Class E Airspace; Little policy of the Act. Subtitle VII, Aviation Programs, Rock, AR It is further found that good cause describes in more detail the scope of the exists for not postponing the effective AGENCY: Federal Aviation agency’s authority. This rulemaking is date of this rule until 30 days after Administration (FAA), DOT. promulgated under the authority publication in the Federal Register (5 ACTION: Final rule. described in Subtitle VII, Part A, U.S.C. 553) because handlers are already Subpart I, Section 40103. Under that shipping tart cherries from the 2015–16 SUMMARY: This action amends Class E airspace at Little Rock Air Force Base section, the FAA is charged with crop. Further, handlers are aware of this prescribing regulations to assign the use rule, which was recommended at a (AFB), Little Rock, AR. Airspace reconfiguration is necessary due to of airspace necessary to ensure the public meeting. Also, a 30-day comment safety of aircraft and the efficient use of period was provided for in the proposed closure of the air traffic control tower and associated approaches at Dennis F. airspace. This regulation is within the rule. scope of that authority as it amends Cantrell Field, Conway, AR. Dennis F. List of Subjects in 7 CFR Part 930 Cantrell Field is being removed from the Class E airspace at Little Rock AFB, airspace designation and legal Little Rock, AR. Marketing agreements, Reporting and recordkeeping requirements, Tart description as it is no longer needed to History cherries. describe the boundaries of Little Rock On March 7, 2016, the FAA published For the reasons set forth in the AFB. This action is necessary to ensure in the Federal Register a notice of preamble, 7 CFR part 930 is amended as continued safety within the National proposed rulemaking (NPRM) to amend follows: Airspace System (NAS). Additionally, the Class E airspace at Little Rock Air the geographic coordinates for Little Force Base, AR. The air traffic control PART 930—TART CHERRIES GROWN Rock AFB and Saline County Airport, tower at Dennis F. Cantrell Field, IN THE STATES OF MICHIGAN, NEW Benton, AR, are being adjusted. Conway, AR, has closed thereby YORK, PENNSYLVANIA, OREGON, DATES: Effective 0901 UTC, September removing Dennis F. Cantrell Field from UTAH, WASHINGTON, AND 15, 2016. The Director of the Federal the description for Little Rock AFB, (81 WISCONSIN Register approves this incorporation by FR 11692), Docket No. FAA–2015–3085. reference action under Title 1, Code of Additionally, geographic coordinates for ■ 1. The authority citation for part 930 Federal Regulations, part 51, subject to continues to read as follows: Little Rock AFB and Saline County the annual revision of FAA Order Airport, Benton, AR, are adjusted. jstallworth on DSK7TPTVN1PROD with RULES Authority: 7 U.S.C. 601–674. 7400.9 and publication of conforming Interested parties were invited to amendments. participate in this rulemaking effort by ■ 2. Section 930.151 is revised to read as follows: ADDRESSES: FAA Order 7400.9Z, submitting written comments on the Airspace Designations and Reporting proposal to the FAA. No comments § 930.151 Desirable carry-out inventory. Points, and subsequent amendments can were received. For the crop year beginning on July 1, be viewed online at http://www.faa.gov/ Class E airspace designations are 2015, the desirable carry-out inventory, air_traffic/publications. For further published in paragraph 6005 of FAA VerDate Sep<11>2014 13:07 Jun 15, 2016 Jkt 238001 PO 00000 Frm 00008 Fmt 4700 Sfmt 4700 E:\FR\FM\16JNR1.SGM 16JNR1

Federal Register / Vol. 81, No. 116 / Thursday, June 16, 2016 / Rules and Regulations 39183 Order 7400.9Z, dated August 6, 2015, number of small entities under the DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND and effective September 15, 2015, which criteria of the Regulatory Flexibility Act. HUMAN SERVICES is incorporated by reference in 14 CFR Environmental Review Food and Drug Administration part 71.1. The Class E airspace designations listed in this document The FAA has determined that this will be published subsequently in the action qualifies for categorical exclusion 21 CFR Part 1 Order. under the National Environmental [Docket No. FDA–2011–N–0179] Availability and Summary of Policy Act in accordance with FAA Documents for Incorporation by Order 1050.1F, ‘‘Environmental Prior Notice of Imported Food Reference Impacts: Policies and Procedures’’ Questions and Answers (Edition 3); paragraph 5–6.5a. This airspace action Guidance for Industry; Availability This document amends FAA Order is not expected to cause any potentially 7400.9Z, Airspace Designations and AGENCY: Food and Drug Administration, significant environmental impacts, and HHS. Reporting Points, dated August 6, 2015, no extraordinary circumstances exist and effective September 15, 2015. FAA that warrant preparation of an ACTION: Notice of availability. Order 7400.9Z is publicly available as environmental assessment. listed in the ADDRESSES section of this SUMMARY: The Food and Drug document. FAA Order 7400.9Z lists List of Subjects in 14 CFR Part 71 Administration (FDA or we) is Class A, B, C, D, and E airspace areas, announcing the availability of a air traffic service routes, and reporting Airspace, Incorporation by reference, guidance for industry entitled ‘‘Prior points. Navigation (air). Notice of Imported Food Questions and Answers (Edition 3): Guidance for The Rule Adoption of the Amendment Industry.’’ The guidance provides This action amends Title 14, Code of In consideration of the foregoing, the updated information pertaining to prior Federal Regulations (14 CFR), Part 71 by Federal Aviation Administration notice of imported food under the amending Class E airspace at Little Rock amends 14 CFR part 71 as follows: Federal Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act Air Force Base (AFB), AR. The air traffic (the FD&C Act), as amended by the Food control tower at Dennis Cantrell Field, PART 71—DESIGNATION OF CLASS A, Safety Modernization Act (FSMA) on Conway, AR, has closed, and B, C, D, AND E AIRSPACE AREAS; AIR January 4, 2011. The guidance is approaches cancelled. This action TRAFFIC SERVICE ROUTES; AND intended to help the food industry and removes Dennis F. Cantrell Field, REPORTING POINTS others comply with prior notice Conway, AR, from the airspace requirements. designation and regulatory text for Little ■ 1. The authority citation for part 71 DATES: Submit either electronic or Rock AFB, as they are no longer needed continues to read as follows: written comments on FDA guidances at to define its boundaries. Additionally, Authority: 49 U.S.C. 106(f), 106(g); 40103, any time. geographic coordinates for Little Rock 40113, 40120; E.O. 10854, 24 FR 9565, 3 CFR, ADDRESSES: You may submit comments AFB, are changed from (lat. 34°54′59″ 1959–1963 Comp., p. 389. as follows: N., long. 92°08′47″ W.) to (lat. 34°55′03″ § 71.1 [Amended] Electronic Submissions N., long. 92°08′42″ W.) and Saline County Airport, Benton, AR, ■ 2. The incorporation by reference in Submit electronic comments in the coordinates are changed from (lat. 14 CFR 71.1 of FAA Order 7400.9Z, following way: 34°33′23″ N., long. 92°36′25″ W.) to (lat. Airspace Designations and Reporting • Federal eRulemaking Portal: http:// 34°35′25″ N., long. 92°28′46″ W.). These Points, dated August 6, 2015, and www.regulations.gov. Follow the minor adjustments reflect the current effective September 15, 2015, is instructions for submitting comments. information in the FAA’s aeronautical amended as follows: Comments submitted electronically, database. including attachments, to http:// Paragraph 6005 Class E Airspace Areas www.regulations.gov will be posted to Regulatory Notices and Analyses Extending Upward From 700 Feet or More Above the Surface of the Earth. the docket unchanged. Because your The FAA has determined that this comment will be made public, you are regulation only involves an established * * * * * solely responsible for ensuring that your body of technical regulations for which ASW AR E5 Little Rock, AR [Amended] comment does not include any frequent and routine amendments are Little Rock AFB, AR confidential information that you or a necessary to keep them operationally (Lat. 34°55′03″ N., long. 92°08′42″ W.) third party may not wish to be posted, current, is non-controversial and Little Rock, Adams Field, AR such as medical information, your or unlikely to result in adverse or negative (Lat. 34°43′46″ N., long. 92°13′29″ W.) anyone else’s Social Security number, or comments. It, therefore: (1) Is not a Benton, Saline County Airport, AR confidential business information, such ‘‘significant regulatory action’’ under (Lat. 34°35′25″ N., long. 92°28′46″ W.) as a manufacturing process. Please note Executive Order 12866; (2) is not a That airspace extending upward from 700 that if you include your name, contact ‘‘significant rule’’ under DOT feet above the surface bounded within a 20- information, or other information that Regulatory Policies and Procedures (44 mile radius of Little Rock AFB, and within identifies you in the body of your FR 11034; February 26, 1979); and (3) a 22-mile radius of Adams Field Airport and within a 6.3-mile radius of Saline County comments, that information will be does not warrant preparation of a Airport. posted on http://www.regulations.gov. jstallworth on DSK7TPTVN1PROD with RULES regulatory evaluation as the anticipated • If you want to submit a comment impact is so minimal. Since this is a Issued in Fort Worth, TX, on June 7, 2016. with confidential information that you routine matter that only affects air traffic Walter Tweedy, do not wish to be made available to the procedures and air navigation, it is Acting Manager, Operations Support Group, public, submit the comment as a certified that this rule, when ATO Central Service Center. written/paper submission and in the promulgated, does not have a significant [FR Doc. 2016–14071 Filed 6–15–16; 8:45 am] manner detailed (see ‘‘Written/Paper economic impact on a substantial BILLING CODE 4910–13–P Submissions’’ and ‘‘Instructions’’). VerDate Sep<11>2014 13:07 Jun 15, 2016 Jkt 238001 PO 00000 Frm 00009 Fmt 4700 Sfmt 4700 E:\FR\FM\16JNR1.SGM 16JNR1


Document Created: 2016-06-16 00:37:22
Document Modified: 2016-06-16 00:37:22
CategoryRegulatory Information
CollectionFederal Register
sudoc ClassAE 2.7:
GS 4.107:
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PublisherOffice of the Federal Register, National Archives and Records Administration
SectionRules and Regulations
ActionFinal rule.
DatesEffective 0901 UTC, September 15, 2016. The Director of the Federal Register approves this incorporation by reference action under Title 1, Code of Federal Regulations, part 51, subject to the annual revision of FAA Order 7400.9 and publication of conforming amendments.
ContactRebecca Shelby, Central Service Center, Operations Support Group, Federal Aviation Administration, Southwest Region, 10101 Hillwood Parkway, Fort Worth, TX 76177; telephone: 817-222-5857.
FR Citation81 FR 39182 
CFR AssociatedAirspace; Incorporation by Reference and Navigation (air)
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