81 FR 70649 - Proposed Amendment of Class E Airspace, Barter Island, AK
DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION
Federal Aviation Administration Federal Register Volume 81, Issue 198 (October 13, 2016)
Federal Aviation Administration
Federal Register Volume 81, Issue 198 (October 13, 2016)
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| FR Document | 2016-24625 |
[Federal Register Volume 81, Number 198 (Thursday, October 13, 2016)] [Proposed Rules] [Pages 70649-70650] From the Federal Register Online [www.thefederalregister.org] [FR Doc No: 2016-24625] ----------------------------------------------------------------------- DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION Federal Aviation Administration 14 CFR Part 71 [Docket No. FAA-2016-9173; Airspace Docket No. 16-AAL-2] Proposed Amendment of Class E Airspace, Barter Island, AK AGENCY: Federal Aviation Administration (FAA), DOT. ACTION: Notice of proposed rulemaking (NPRM). ----------------------------------------------------------------------- SUMMARY: This action proposes to modify Class E airspace at Barter Island LRRS Airport, Barter Island, AK because the North Slope Borough is relocating the airport. The FAA found modification of this airspace and adjustment of the airport's geographic coordinates necessary for the 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, 1200 New Jersey Avenue SE., West Building Ground Floor, Room W12-140, Washington, DC 20590; telephone: 1-800-647-5527, or (202) 366-9826. You must identify FAA Docket No. FAA-2016-9173; Airspace Docket No. 16-AAL-2, 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: Tom Clark, Federal Aviation Administration, Operations Support Group, Western Service Center, 1601 Lind Avenue SW., Renton, WA 98057; telephone (425) 203-4511. 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 Barter Island LRRS Airport, Barter Island, AK. 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. Persons 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-2016-9173/ Airspace Docket No. 16-AAL-2.'' 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 Northwest Mountain Regional Office of the Federal Aviation Administration, Air Traffic Organization, Western Service Center, Operations Support Group, 1601 Lind Avenue SW., Renton, WA 98057. [[Page 70650]] Availability and Summary of Documents Proposed 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. The Proposal The FAA is proposing an amendment to Title 14 Code of Federal Regulations (14 CFR) Part 71 by modifying Class E airspace extending upward from 700 feet above the surface at Barter Island LRRS Airport, Barter Island, AK. The North Slope Borough is relocating the airport approximately 2 miles southwest to address oceanic erosion issues at this remote location. The airspace would be modified to a 6.4-mile radius of the airport. Modification of the airspace is necessary for the safety and management of IFR operations at the airport. Additionally, the airport's geographic coordinates would be updated to lat. 70[deg]06'47'' N., long. 143[deg]39'13'' W. 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. * * * * * AAL AK E5 Barter Island, AK [Modified] Barter Island LRRS Airport, AK (Lat. 70[deg]06'47'' N., long. 143[deg]39'13'' W.) That airspace extending upward from 700 feet above the surface within a 6.4-mile radius of Barter Island LRRS Airport, and that airspace extending upward from 1,200 feet above the surface within a 83-mile radius of Barter Island LRRS Airport, excluding that airspace east of 141[deg] west longitude and excluding that airspace that extends beyond 12 miles of the shoreline. Issued in Seattle, Washington, on October 3, 2016. Richard Roberts, Acting Manager, Operations Support Group, Western Service Center. [FR Doc. 2016-24625 Filed 10-12-16; 8:45 am] BILLING CODE 4910-13-P
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identified in an RC step, must be done to ADDRESSES: Send comments on this amend Class E airspace at Barter Island
comply with the AD. If a step or substep is proposal to the U.S. Department of LRRS Airport, Barter Island, AK.
labeled ‘‘RC Exempt,’’ then the RC Transportation, Docket Operations, 1200
requirement is removed from that step or Comments Invited
substep. An AMOC is required for any
New Jersey Avenue SE., West Building
deviations to RC steps, including substeps Ground Floor, Room W12–140, Interested parties are invited to
and identified figures. Washington, DC 20590; telephone: 1– participate in this proposed rulemaking
(ii) Steps not labeled as RC may be 800–647–5527, or (202) 366–9826. You by submitting such written data, views,
deviated from using accepted methods in must identify FAA Docket No. FAA–
accordance with the operator’s maintenance or arguments, as they may desire.
2016–9173; Airspace Docket No. 16–
or inspection program without obtaining Comments that provide the factual basis
AAL–2, at the beginning of your
approval of an AMOC, provided the RC steps, supporting the views and suggestions
comments. You may also submit
including substeps and identified figures, can presented are particularly helpful in
still be done as specified, and the airplane comments through the Internet at http://
www.regulations.gov. You may review developing reasoned regulatory
can be put back in an airworthy condition.
the public docket containing the decisions on the proposal. Comments
(i) Related Information proposal, any comments received, and are specifically invited on the overall
(1) For more information about this AD, any final disposition in person in the regulatory, aeronautical, economic,
contact Scott Craig, Aerospace Engineer, Dockets Office between 9:00 a.m. and environmental, and energy-related
Cabin Safety and Environmental Systems aspects of the proposal.
Branch, ANM–150S, FAA, Seattle ACO, 1601
5:00 p.m., Monday through Friday,
Lind Avenue SW., Renton, WA 98057–3356; except federal holidays. Communications should identify both
phone 425–917–6592; fax 425–917–6590; FAA Order 7400.11A, Airspace docket numbers and be submitted in
email: michael.s.craig@faa.gov. Designations and Reporting Points, and triplicate to the address listed above.
(2) For service information identified in subsequent amendments can be viewed Persons wishing the FAA to
this AD, contact Boeing Commercial online at http://www.faa.gov/air_traffic/ acknowledge receipt of their comments
Airplanes, Attention: Data & Services on this notice must submit with those
Management, P. O. Box 3707, MC 2H–65,
publications/. For further information,
Seattle, WA 98124–2207; telephone 206– you can contact the Airspace Policy comments a self-addressed, stamped
544–5000, extension 1; fax 206–766–5680; Group, Federal Aviation postcard on which the following
Internet https://www.myboeingfleet.com. You Administration, 800 Independence statement is made: ‘‘Comments to
may view this referenced service information Avenue SW., Washington, DC 20591; Docket No. FAA–2016–9173/Airspace
at the FAA, Transport Airplane Directorate, telephone: 202–267–8783. The Order is Docket No. 16–AAL–2.’’ The postcard
1601 Lind Avenue SW., Renton, WA. For also available for inspection at the
information on the availability of this
will be date/time stamped and returned
National Archives and Records to the commenter.
material at the FAA, call 425–227–1221.
Administration (NARA). For
Issued in Renton, Washington, on All communications received before
information on the availability of FAA
September 27, 2016. the specified closing date for comments
Order 7400.11A at NARA, call 202–741–
Dionne Palermo, 6030, or go to http://www.archives.gov/ will be considered before taking action
Acting Manager, Transport Airplane federal_register/code_of_federal- on the proposed rule. The proposal
Directorate, Aircraft Certification Service. regulations/ibr_locations.html. contained in this notice may be changed
[FR Doc. 2016–24508 Filed 10–12–16; 8:45 am] in light of the comments received. A
FAA Order 7400.11, Airspace
BILLING CODE 4910–13–P report summarizing each substantive
Designations and Reporting Points, is
public contact with FAA personnel
published yearly and effective on
September 15. concerned with this rulemaking will be
DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION filed in the docket.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Tom
Federal Aviation Administration Clark, Federal Aviation Administration, Availability of NPRMs
Operations Support Group, Western
14 CFR Part 71 An electronic copy of this document
Service Center, 1601 Lind Avenue SW.,
may be downloaded through the
[Docket No. FAA–2016–9173; Airspace Renton, WA 98057; telephone (425)
203–4511. Internet at http://www.regulations.gov.
Docket No. 16–AAL–2] Recently published rulemaking
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: documents can also be accessed through
Proposed Amendment of Class E
Airspace, Barter Island, AK Authority for This Rulemaking the FAA’s Web page at http://
www.faa.gov/air_traffic/publications/
AGENCY: Federal Aviation The FAA’s authority to issue rules airspace_amendments/.
Administration (FAA), DOT. regarding aviation safety is found in
Title 49 of the United States Code. You may review the public docket
ACTION: Notice of proposed rulemaking
Subtitle I, Section 106 describes the containing the proposal, any comments
(NPRM). received, and any final disposition in
authority of the FAA Administrator.
SUMMARY: This action proposes to Subtitle VII, Aviation Programs, person in the Dockets Office (see the
modify Class E airspace at Barter Island describes in more detail the scope of the ADDRESSES section for the address and
LRRS Airport, Barter Island, AK because agency’s authority. This rulemaking is phone number) between 9:00 a.m. and
the North Slope Borough is relocating promulgated under the authority 5:00 p.m., Monday through Friday,
the airport. The FAA found described in Subtitle VII, Part, A, except federal holidays. An informal
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modification of this airspace and Subpart I, Section 40103. Under that docket may also be examined during
adjustment of the airport’s geographic section, the FAA is charged with normal business hours at the Northwest
coordinates necessary for the safety and prescribing regulations to assign the use Mountain Regional Office of the Federal
management of Instrument Flight Rules of airspace necessary to ensure the Aviation Administration, Air Traffic
(IFR) operations at the airport. safety of aircraft and the efficient use of Organization, Western Service Center,
DATES: Comments must be received on airspace. This regulation is within the Operations Support Group, 1601 Lind
or before November 28, 2016. scope of that authority as it would Avenue SW., Renton, WA 98057.
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Availability and Summary of Environmental Review DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE
Documents Proposed for Incorporation
by Reference This proposal will be subject to an International Trade Administration
environmental analysis in accordance
This document proposes to amend with FAA Order 1050.1F, 19 CFR Part 360
FAA Order 7400.11A, Airspace ‘‘Environmental Impacts: Policies and
Designations and Reporting Points, [Docket Number: 160803687–6687–01]
Procedures’’ prior to any FAA final
dated August 3, 2016, and effective RIN 0625–AB09
regulatory action.
September 15, 2016. FAA Order
7400.11A is publicly available as listed List of Subjects in 14 CFR Part 71 Steel Import Monitoring and Analysis
in the ADDRESSES section of this System
document. FAA Order 7400.11A lists Airspace, Incorporation by reference,
Class A, B, C, D, and E airspace areas, Navigation (air). AGENCY: Enforcement and Compliance,
air traffic service routes, and reporting International Trade Administration,
The Proposed Amendment Commerce.
points.
ACTION: Proposed rule and request for
The Proposal Accordingly, pursuant to the
comments.
authority delegated to me, the Federal
The FAA is proposing an amendment Aviation Administration proposes to SUMMARY: The Department of Commerce
to Title 14 Code of Federal Regulations amend 14 CFR part 71 as follows: (the Department) publishes this
(14 CFR) Part 71 by modifying Class E
proposed rule to request public
airspace extending upward from 700 PART 71—DESIGNATION OF CLASS A, comments on proposed modifications to
feet above the surface at Barter Island B, C, D, AND E AIRSPACE AREAS; AIR the regulations for the Steel Import
LRRS Airport, Barter Island, AK. The TRAFFIC SERVICE ROUTES; AND Monitoring and Analysis (SIMA) System
North Slope Borough is relocating the REPORTING POINTS that would extend the system until
airport approximately 2 miles southwest
March, 2022. Extension of the authority
to address oceanic erosion issues at this
■ 1. The authority citation for 14 CFR for the SIMA System will ensure the
remote location. The airspace would be
Part 71 continues to read as follows: Department’s ability to track as early as
modified to a 6.4-mile radius of the
possible certain steel mill imports into
airport. Modification of the airspace is Authority: 49 U.S.C. 106(f), 106(g), 40103,
40113, 40120; E.O. 10854, 24 FR 9565, 3 CFR,
the United States and make the import
necessary for the safety and
1959–1963 Comp., p. 389.
data publicly available approximately
management of IFR operations at the
five weeks in advance of the full public
airport. Additionally, the airport’s
§ 71.1 [Amended] trade data release by the Bureau of the
geographic coordinates would be
Census. Having such access to
updated to lat. 70°06′47″ N., long. ■ 2. The incorporation by reference in information about steel imports
143°39′13″ W. 14 CFR 71.1 of FAA Order 7400.11A, provides the public with greater
Class E airspace designations are Airspace Designations and Reporting knowledge to evaluate current market
published in paragraph 6005 of FAA Points, dated August 3, 2016, and conditions.
Order 7400.11A, dated August 3, 2016, effective September 15, 2016, is
and effective September 15, 2016, which DATES: Comments must be submitted on
amended as follows:
is incorporated by reference in 14 CFR or before 5 p.m. November 14, 2016.
71.1. The Class E airspace designations Paragraph 6005 Class E Airspace Areas ADDRESSES: As specified above, to be
listed in this document will be Extending Upward From 700 Feet or More assured of consideration, comments
published subsequently in the Order. Above the Surface of the Earth. must be received no later than 30 days
* * * * * after the publication of this notice in the
Regulatory Notices and Analyses Federal Register. All comments must be
AAL AK E5 Barter Island, AK [Modified]
The FAA has determined that this submitted through the Federal
regulation only involves an established Barter Island LRRS Airport, AK eRulemaking Portal at http://
body of technical regulations for which (Lat. 70°06′47″ N., long. 143°39′13″ W.) www.regulations.gov, into Docket
frequent and routine amendments are That airspace extending upward from 700 Number ITA–2016–0008, unless the
necessary to keep them operationally feet above the surface within a 6.4-mile commenter does not have access to the
current, is non-controversial and radius of Barter Island LRRS Airport, and Internet. Commenters that do not have
unlikely to result in adverse or negative that airspace extending upward from 1,200 access to the Internet may submit the
comments. It, therefore: (1) Is not a feet above the surface within a 83-mile radius original and two copies of each set of
‘‘significant regulatory action’’ under of Barter Island LRRS Airport, excluding that comments by mail or hand delivery/
Executive Order 12866; (2) is not a airspace east of 141° west longitude and courier. Please address the written
‘‘significant rule’’ under DOT excluding that airspace that extends beyond comments to the Secretary of
Regulatory Policies and Procedures (44 12 miles of the shoreline. Commerce, Attention: Steven Presing,
FR 11034; February 26, 1979); and (3) Issued in Seattle, Washington, on October Director for Industry Support and
does not warrant preparation of a 3, 2016. Analysis, Enforcement and Compliance,
regulatory evaluation as the anticipated Richard Roberts, Room 2845, Enforcement and
impact is so minimal. Since this is a Compliance, U.S. Department of
Acting Manager, Operations Support Group,
routine matter that will only affect air Commerce, Constitution Avenue and
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Western Service Center.
traffic procedures and air navigation, it 14th Street NW., Washington, DC 20230.
[FR Doc. 2016–24625 Filed 10–12–16; 8:45 am]
is certified that this rule, when The Department will not accept
promulgated, would not have a BILLING CODE 4910–13–P comments accompanied by a request
significant economic impact on a that part or all of the material be treated
substantial number of small entities confidentially because of its business
under the criteria of the Regulatory proprietary nature or for any other
Flexibility Act. reason. All comments responding to this
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| Section | Proposed Rules | |
| Action | Notice of proposed rulemaking (NPRM). | |
| Dates | Comments must be received on or before November 28, 2016. | |
| Contact | Tom Clark, Federal Aviation Administration, Operations Support Group, Western Service Center, 1601 Lind Avenue SW., Renton, WA 98057; telephone (425) 203-4511. | |
| FR Citation | 81 FR 70649 | |
| CFR Associated | Airspace; Incorporation by Reference and Navigation (air) |
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