81_FR_70569 81 FR 70372 - Proposed Revocation of Class E Airspace and Establishment of Class E Airspace; Ruston, LA

81 FR 70372 - Proposed Revocation of Class E Airspace and Establishment of Class E Airspace; Ruston, LA

DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION
Federal Aviation Administration

Federal Register Volume 81, Issue 197 (October 12, 2016)

Page Range70372-70373
FR Document2016-24658

This action proposes to remove Class E airspace extending upward from 700 feet above the surface at Ruston Municipal Airport, Ruston, LA, as the airport has closed and controlled airspace is no longer required. Class E airspace extending upward from 700 feet above the surface would be established at the new Ruston Regional Airport, Ruston, LA, for safety and management of instrument flight rules (IFR) operations at the airport.

Federal Register, Volume 81 Issue 197 (Wednesday, October 12, 2016) 
[Federal Register Volume 81, Number 197 (Wednesday, October 12, 2016)]
[Proposed Rules]
[Pages 70372-70373]
From the Federal Register Online  [www.thefederalregister.org]
[FR Doc No: 2016-24658]


========================================================================
Proposed Rules
                                                Federal Register
________________________________________________________________________

This section of the FEDERAL REGISTER contains notices to the public of 
the proposed issuance of rules and regulations. The purpose of these 
notices is to give interested persons an opportunity to participate in 
the rule making prior to the adoption of the final rules.

========================================================================


Federal Register / Vol. 81, No. 197 / Wednesday, October 12, 2016 / 
Proposed Rules

[[Page 70372]]



DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION

Federal Aviation Administration

14 CFR Part 71

[Docket No. FAA-2016-9151; Airspace Docket No. 16-ASW-15]


Proposed Revocation of Class E Airspace and Establishment of 
Class E Airspace; Ruston, LA

AGENCY: Federal Aviation Administration (FAA), DOT.

ACTION: Notice of proposed rulemaking (NPRM).

-----------------------------------------------------------------------

SUMMARY: This action proposes to remove Class E airspace extending 
upward from 700 feet above the surface at Ruston Municipal Airport, 
Ruston, LA, as the airport has closed and controlled airspace is no 
longer required. Class E airspace extending upward from 700 feet above 
the surface would be established at the new Ruston Regional Airport, 
Ruston, LA, for safety and management of instrument flight rules (IFR) 
operations at the airport.

DATES: Comments must be received on or before November 28, 2016.

ADDRESSES: Send comments on this proposal to the U.S. Department of 
Transportation, Docket Operations, West Building Ground Floor, Room 
W12-140, 1200 New Jersey Avenue SE., Washington, DC 20590; telephone 
(202) 366-9826, or 1-800-647-5527. You must identify FAA Docket No. 
FAA-2016-9151; Airspace Docket No. 16-ASW-15, at the beginning of your 
comments. You may also submit 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.
    FAA Order 7400.11A, 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 7400.11A at NARA, call 202-741-6030, or go to http://www.archives.gov/federal_register/code_of_federal-regulations/ibr_locations.html.
    FAA Order 7400.11, Airspace Designations and Reporting Points, is 
published yearly and effective on September 15.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Jeffrey Claypool, Federal Aviation 
Administration, Operations Support Group, Central Service Center, 10101 
Hillwood Parkway, Fort Worth, TX, 76177; telephone (817) 222-5711.

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 in the Ruston, LA, area.

Comments Invited

    Interested parties are invited to participate in this proposed 
rulemaking 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 and be submitted in 
triplicate to the address listed above. Commenters wishing the FAA to 
acknowledge receipt of their comments on this notice must submit with 
those comments a self-addressed, stamped postcard on which the 
following statement is made: ``Comments to Docket No. FAA-2016-9151/
Airspace Docket No. 16-ASW-15.'' 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 through the 
Internet at http://www.regulations.gov. Recently published rulemaking 
documents can also be accessed through the FAA's Web page at http://www.faa.gov/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 the 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 during normal 
business hours at the Federal Aviation Administration, Air Traffic 
Organization, Central Service Center, Operations Support Group, 10101 
Hillwood Parkway, Fort Worth, TX 76177.

Availability and Summary of Documents for Incorporation by Reference

    This document proposes to amend FAA Order 7400.11A, Airspace 
Designations and Reporting Points, dated August 3, 2016, and effective 
September 15, 2016. FAA Order 7400.11A is publicly available as listed 
in the ADDRESSES section of this document. FAA Order 7400.11A lists 
Class A, B, C, D, and E airspace areas, air traffic service routes, and 
reporting points.

[[Page 70373]]

The Proposal

    The FAA is proposing an amendment to Title 14 Code of Federal 
Regulations (14 CFR) Part 71 by removing Class E airspace at Ruston 
Municipal Airport, Ruston, LA, as the airport has been closed; 
therefore controlled airspace is no longer needed. Class E airspace 
extending upward from 700 feet above the surface within a 6.5-mile 
radius of Ruston Regional Airport, Ruston, LA would be established. 
Controlled airspace is necessary for the safety and management of 
standard instrument approach procedures for IFR operations at the 
airport.
    Class E airspace designations are published in paragraph 6005 of 
FAA Order 7400.11A, dated August 3, 2016, and effective September 15, 
2016, which is incorporated by reference in 14 CFR 71.1. The Class E 
airspace designations listed in this document will be published 
subsequently in the Order.

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 will only affect air traffic procedures and air navigation, it is 
certified that this rule, when promulgated, would 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 will be subject to an environmental analysis in 
accordance with FAA Order 1050.1F, ``Environmental Impacts: Policies 
and Procedures'' prior to any FAA final regulatory action.

List of Subjects in 14 CFR Part 71

    Airspace, Incorporation by reference, Navigation (air).

The Proposed Amendment

    Accordingly, pursuant to the authority delegated to me, 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

0
1. The authority citation for 14 CFR 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]

0
2. The incorporation by reference in 14 CFR 71.1 of FAA Order 7400.11A, 
Airspace Designations and Reporting Points, dated August 3, 2016, and 
effective September 15, 2016, is amended as follows:

Paragraph 6005. Class E Airspace Areas Extending Upward from 700 
feet or More Above the Surface of the Earth.
* * * * *

ASW LA E5 Ruston, LA [Removed]

* * * * *

ASW LA E5 Ruston, LA [New]

Ruston Regional Airport, LA
    (Lat. 32[deg]30'53'' N., long. 92[deg]35'18'' W.)
    That airspace extending upward from 700 feet above the surface 
within a 6.5-mile radius of the airport.

    Issued in Fort Worth, Texas, on October 3, 2016.
Walter Tweedy,
Acting Manager, Operations Support Group, ATO Central Service Center.
[FR Doc. 2016-24658 Filed 10-11-16; 8:45 am]
 BILLING CODE 4910-13-P

70372 Proposed Rules Federal Register Vol. 81, No. 197 Wednesday, October 12, 2016 This section of the FEDERAL REGISTER publications/. For further information, docket numbers and be submitted in contains notices to the public of the proposed you can contact the Airspace Policy triplicate to the address listed above. issuance of rules and regulations. The Group, Federal Aviation Commenters wishing the FAA to purpose of these notices is to give interested Administration, 800 Independence acknowledge receipt of their comments persons an opportunity to participate in the Avenue SW., Washington, DC 20591; on this notice must submit with those rule making prior to the adoption of the final rules. telephone: 202–267–8783. The Order is comments a self-addressed, stamped also available for inspection at the postcard on which the following National Archives and Records statement is made: ‘‘Comments to DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION Administration (NARA). For Docket No. FAA–2016–9151/Airspace information on the availability of FAA Docket No. 16–ASW–15.’’ The postcard Federal Aviation Administration Order 7400.11A at NARA, call 202–741– will be date/time stamped and returned 6030, or go to http://www.archives.gov/ to the commenter. 14 CFR Part 71 federal_register/code_of_federal- All communications received before [Docket No. FAA–2016–9151; Airspace regulations/ibr_locations.html. the specified closing date for comments Docket No. 16–ASW–15] FAA Order 7400.11, Airspace will be considered before taking action Designations and Reporting Points, is on the proposed rule. The proposal Proposed Revocation of Class E published yearly and effective on contained in this notice may be changed Airspace and Establishment of Class E September 15. in light of the comments received. A Airspace; Ruston, LA FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: report summarizing each substantive Jeffrey Claypool, Federal Aviation public contact with FAA personnel AGENCY: Federal Aviation Administration, Operations Support concerned with this rulemaking will be Administration (FAA), DOT. Group, Central Service Center, 10101 filed in the docket. ACTION: Notice of proposed rulemaking Hillwood Parkway, Fort Worth, TX, (NPRM). Availability of NPRMs 76177; telephone (817) 222–5711. SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: An electronic copy of this document SUMMARY: This action proposes to may be downloaded through the remove Class E airspace extending Authority for This Rulemaking Internet at http://www.regulations.gov. upward from 700 feet above the surface Recently published rulemaking The FAA’s authority to issue rules at Ruston Municipal Airport, Ruston, documents can also be accessed through regarding aviation safety is found in LA, as the airport has closed and the FAA’s Web page at http:// Title 49 of the United States Code. controlled airspace is no longer www.faa.gov/air_traffic/publications/ Subtitle I, Section 106 describes the required. Class E airspace extending airspace_amendments/. authority of the FAA Administrator. upward from 700 feet above the surface You may review the public docket Subtitle VII, Aviation Programs, would be established at the new Ruston containing the proposal, any comments describes in more detail the scope of the Regional Airport, Ruston, LA, for safety received, and any final disposition in agency’s authority. This rulemaking is and management of instrument flight person in the Dockets Office (see the promulgated under the authority rules (IFR) operations at the airport. ADDRESSES section for the address and described in Subtitle VII, Part, A, DATES: Comments must be received on Subpart I, Section 40103. Under that phone number) between 9:00 a.m. and or before November 28, 2016. section, the FAA is charged with 5:00 p.m., Monday through Friday, ADDRESSES: Send comments on this prescribing regulations to assign the use except federal holidays. An informal proposal to the U.S. Department of of airspace necessary to ensure the docket may also be examined during Transportation, Docket Operations, safety of aircraft and the efficient use of normal business hours at the Federal West Building Ground Floor, Room airspace. This regulation is within the Aviation Administration, Air Traffic W12–140, 1200 New Jersey Avenue SE., scope of that authority as it would Organization, Central Service Center, Washington, DC 20590; telephone (202) amend Class E airspace in the Ruston, Operations Support Group, 10101 366–9826, or 1–800–647–5527. You LA, area. Hillwood Parkway, Fort Worth, TX must identify FAA Docket No. FAA– 76177. 2016–9151; Airspace Docket No. 16– Comments Invited Interested parties are invited to Availability and Summary of ASW–15, at the beginning of your participate in this proposed rulemaking Documents for Incorporation by comments. You may also submit by submitting such written data, views, Reference comments through the Internet at http:// www.regulations.gov. You may review or arguments, as they may desire. This document proposes to amend the public docket containing the Comments that provide the factual basis FAA Order 7400.11A, Airspace proposal, any comments received, and supporting the views and suggestions Designations and Reporting Points, jstallworth on DSK7TPTVN1PROD with PROPOSALS any final disposition in person in the presented are particularly helpful in dated August 3, 2016, and effective Dockets Office between 9:00 a.m. and developing reasoned regulatory September 15, 2016. FAA Order 5:00 p.m., Monday through Friday, decisions on the proposal. Comments 7400.11A is publicly available as listed except Federal holidays. are specifically invited on the overall in the ADDRESSES section of this FAA Order 7400.11A, Airspace regulatory, aeronautical, economic, document. FAA Order 7400.11A lists Designations and Reporting Points, and environmental, and energy-related Class A, B, C, D, and E airspace areas, subsequent amendments can be viewed aspects of the proposal. air traffic service routes, and reporting online at http://www.faa.gov/air_traffic/ Communications should identify both points. VerDate Sep<11>2014 14:00 Oct 11, 2016 Jkt 241001 PO 00000 Frm 00001 Fmt 4702 Sfmt 4702 E:\FR\FM\12OCP1.SGM 12OCP1

Federal Register / Vol. 81, No. 197 / Wednesday, October 12, 2016 / Proposed Rules 70373 The Proposal PART 71—DESIGNATION OF CLASS A, ADDRESSES: Submit comments The FAA is proposing an amendment B, C, D, AND E AIRSPACE AREAS; AIR concerning the proposed rule through to Title 14 Code of Federal Regulations TRAFFIC SERVICE ROUTES; AND one of the following methods: REPORTING POINTS 1. Public participation portal: https:// (14 CFR) Part 71 by removing Class E cara.ecosystem-management.org/Public/ airspace at Ruston Municipal Airport, ■ 1. The authority citation for 14 CFR CommentInput?project=NP-1403. Ruston, LA, as the airport has been Part 71 continues to read as follows: 2. Facsimile: Fax to: 202–649–1172. closed; therefore controlled airspace is Authority: 49 U.S.C. 106(f), 106(g); 40103, Please identify your comments by no longer needed. Class E airspace 40113, 40120; E.O. 10854, 24 FR 9565, 3 CFR, including ‘‘RIN 0596–AD28’’ or extending upward from 700 feet above 1959–1963 Comp., p. 389. ‘‘planning rule amendment’’ on the the surface within a 6.5-mile radius of cover sheet or the first page. Ruston Regional Airport, Ruston, LA § 71.1 [Amended] 3. U.S. Postal Service: The mailing would be established. Controlled ■ 2. The incorporation by reference in address is: USDA Forest Service airspace is necessary for the safety and 14 CFR 71.1 of FAA Order 7400.11A, Planning Rule Comments, 2222 W. 2300 management of standard instrument Airspace Designations and Reporting S., Salt Lake City, UT 84119. approach procedures for IFR operations Points, dated August 3, 2016, and at the airport. effective September 15, 2016, is FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Class E airspace designations are amended as follows: Ecosystem Management Coordination published in paragraph 6005 of FAA staff’s Assistant Director for Planning Paragraph 6005. Class E Airspace Areas Andrea Bedell Loucks at 202–205–8336 Order 7400.11A, dated August 3, 2016, Extending Upward from 700 feet or More and effective September 15, 2016, which Above the Surface of the Earth. or Planning Specialist Regis Terney at is incorporated by reference in 14 CFR 202–205–1552. * * * * * 71.1. The Class E airspace designations SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: listed in this document will be ASW LA E5 Ruston, LA [Removed] * * * * * Background published subsequently in the Order. ASW LA E5 Ruston, LA [New] The mission of the Forest Service is Regulatory Notices and Analyses to sustain the health, diversity, and Ruston Regional Airport, LA productivity of the Nation’s forests and The FAA has determined that this (Lat. 32°30′53″ N., long. 92°35′18″ W.) regulation only involves an established That airspace extending upward from 700 grasslands to meet the needs of present body of technical regulations for which feet above the surface within a 6.5-mile and future generations. In frequent and routine amendments are radius of the airport. accomplishing this mission, the Agency necessary to keep them operationally Issued in Fort Worth, Texas, on October 3, is required by statute to develop land current, is non-controversial and 2016. management plans to guide unlikely to result in adverse or negative Walter Tweedy, management of the 154 national forests, comments. It, therefore: (1) Is not a 20 grasslands, and 1 prairie that Acting Manager, Operations Support Group, ‘‘significant regulatory action’’ under ATO Central Service Center. comprise the 193 million acre National Executive Order 12866; (2) is not a Forest System (NFS). [FR Doc. 2016–24658 Filed 10–11–16; 8:45 am] ‘‘significant rule’’ under DOT The National Forest Management Act BILLING CODE 4910–13–P Regulatory Policies and Procedures (44 required the Secretary of Agriculture to FR 11034; February 26, 1979); and (3) develop a planning rule ‘‘under the does not warrant preparation of a principles of the Multiple-Use DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE Sustained-Yield Act of 1960, that set[s] regulatory evaluation as the anticipated impact is so minimal. Since this is a Forest Service out the process for the development and routine matter that will only affect air revision of the land management plans, traffic procedures and air navigation, it 36 CFR Part 219 and the guidelines and standards’’ (16 is certified that this rule, when U.S.C. 1604(g)). The Secretary fulfilled promulgated, would not have a RIN 0596–AD28 this requirement by issuing a rule, significant economic impact on a codified at title 36, Code of Federal National Forest System Land Regulations, part 219 (36 CFR part 219), substantial number of small entities Management Planning under the criteria of the Regulatory which sets requirements for land Flexibility Act. AGENCY: Forest Service, USDA. management planning and content of ACTION: Notice of proposed rulemaking; plans. In 1979, the U.S. Department of Environmental Review Agriculture (Department) issued the first request for comment. This proposal will be subject to an regulations to comply with this environmental analysis in accordance SUMMARY: The U.S. Department of statutory requirement. The 1979 with FAA Order 1050.1F, Agriculture, Forest Service is proposing regulations were superseded by the ‘‘Environmental Impacts: Policies and to amend regulations pertaining to the 1982 planning rule. Procedures’’ prior to any FAA final National Forest System Land Numerous efforts were made over the regulatory action. Management Planning. The proposed past three decades to improve on the rule would amend the administrative 1982 planning rule. On November 9, List of Subjects in 14 CFR Part 71 procedures to amend land management 2000, the Department issued a new jstallworth on DSK7TPTVN1PROD with PROPOSALS Airspace, Incorporation by reference, plans developed or revised in planning rule that superseded the 1982 Navigation (air). conformance with the provisions under rule (65 FR 67514). Shortly after the a prior planning rule. issuance of the 2000 rule, a review of The Proposed Amendment DATES: Comments must be received in the rule found that it would be Accordingly, pursuant to the writing by November 14, 2016. The unworkable and recommended that a authority delegated to me, the Federal Agency will consider and place new rule should be developed. The Aviation Administration proposes to comments received after this date in the Department amended the 2000 rule so amend 14 CFR part 71 as follows: record only if practicable. that responsible officials could continue VerDate Sep<11>2014 14:00 Oct 11, 2016 Jkt 241001 PO 00000 Frm 00002 Fmt 4702 Sfmt 4702 E:\FR\FM\12OCP1.SGM 12OCP1


Document Created: 2016-10-12 00:55:41
Document Modified: 2016-10-12 00:55:41
CategoryRegulatory Information
CollectionFederal Register
sudoc ClassAE 2.7:
GS 4.107:
AE 2.106:
PublisherOffice of the Federal Register, National Archives and Records Administration
SectionProposed Rules
ActionNotice of proposed rulemaking (NPRM).
DatesComments must be received on or before November 28, 2016.
ContactJeffrey Claypool, Federal Aviation Administration, Operations Support Group, Central Service Center, 10101 Hillwood Parkway, Fort Worth, TX, 76177; telephone (817) 222-5711.
FR Citation81 FR 70372 
CFR AssociatedAirspace; Incorporation by Reference and Navigation (air)
2025 Federal Register | Disclaimer | Privacy Policy
USC | CFR | eCFR