81_FR_73568 81 FR 73362 - Proposed Establishment of Class E Airspace; Drummond Island, MI

81 FR 73362 - Proposed Establishment of Class E Airspace; Drummond Island, MI

DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION
Federal Aviation Administration

Federal Register Volume 81, Issue 206 (October 25, 2016)

Page Range73362-73363
FR Document2016-25709

This action proposes to establish Class E en route domestic airspace at Drummond Island Airport, Drummond Island, MI, to facilitate vectoring of Instrument Flight Rules (IFR) aircraft under control of Minneapolis Air Route Traffic Control Center (ARTCC). The FAA is proposing this action to enhance the safety and management of aircraft operations at Drummond Island Airport.

Federal Register, Volume 81 Issue 206 (Tuesday, October 25, 2016) 
[Federal Register Volume 81, Number 206 (Tuesday, October 25, 2016)]
[Proposed Rules]
[Pages 73362-73363]
From the Federal Register Online  [www.thefederalregister.org]
[FR Doc No: 2016-25709]


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DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION

Federal Aviation Administration

14 CFR Part 71

[Docket No. FAA-2016-5045; Airspace Docket No. 16-AGL-10]


Proposed Establishment of Class E Airspace; Drummond Island, MI

AGENCY: Federal Aviation Administration (FAA), DOT.

ACTION: Notice of proposed rulemaking (NPRM).

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SUMMARY: This action proposes to establish Class E en route domestic 
airspace at Drummond Island Airport, Drummond Island, MI, to facilitate 
vectoring of Instrument Flight Rules (IFR) aircraft under control of 
Minneapolis Air Route Traffic Control Center (ARTCC). The FAA is 
proposing this action to enhance the safety and management of aircraft 
operations at Drummond Island Airport.

DATES: Comments must be received on or before December 9, 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 20591: telephone 1 
800 617-5527, or 1 202 366-9826. You must identify the docket number 
FAA-2016-5045/Airspace Docket No. 16-AGL-10, 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. The Docket Office (telephone 1-800-
647-5527), is on the ground floor of the building at the above address.
    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: Raul Garza, Jr., Central Service 
Center, Operations Support Group, Federal Aviation Administration, 
Southwest Region, 10101 Hillwood Pkwy, Fort Worth, TX 76177; telephone: 
817-222-5874.

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 establish Class E airspace in the Drummond Island, MI 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

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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-2016-5045/
Airspace Docket No. 16-AGL-10.'' 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 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 during normal 
business hours at the office of the Central Service Center, 10101 
Hillwood Pkwy, Fort Worth, TX 76177.

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

    This action proposes to amend Title 14, Code of Federal Regulations 
(14 CFR), Part 71 by establishing Class E en route domestic airspace 
extending upward from 1,200 feet above the surface within a 17-mile 
radius of Drummond Island Airport, Drummond Island, MI, excluding 
Canadian airspace. This action would contain aircraft while in IFR 
conditions under control of Minneapolis ARTCC by safely vectoring 
aircraft from en route airspace to terminal areas.
    Class E airspace areas are published in Paragraph 6006 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 
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 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 1050.1F, ``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

    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 7400.11A, 
Airspace Designations and Reporting Points, dated August 3, 2016, and 
effective September 15, 2016, is amended as follows:

Paragraph 6006 En Route Domestic Airspace Areas.

* * * * *

AGL MI E6 Drummond Island, MI [New]

Drummond Island Airport, MI
    (Lat. 46[deg]00'34'' N., long. 083[deg]44'38'' W.)

    That airspace extending upward from 1,200 feet above the surface 
within a 17-mile radius of Drummond Island Airport, excluding that 
airspace within Canada.

    Issued in Fort Worth, TX, on October 11, 2016.
Robert W. Beck,
Manager, Operations Support Group, ATO Central Service Center.
[FR Doc. 2016-25709 Filed 10-24-16; 8:45 am]
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73362 Federal Register / Vol. 81, No. 206 / Tuesday, October 25, 2016 / Proposed Rules (i) Before or upon accumulating 2,800 2622 26780; email: office@diamond-air.at; subsequent amendments can be viewed hours TIS since the affected exhaust pipe was Internet: http://www.diamondaircraft.com. online at http://www.faa.gov/air_traffic/ first installed on an airplane; or You may review this referenced service publications/. For further information, (ii) Within the next 200 hours TIS after the information at the FAA, Small Airplane you can contact the Airspace Policy effective date of this AD or within the next Directorate, 901 Locust, Kansas City, 12 months after the effective date of this AD, Missouri 64106. For information on the Group, Federal Aviation whichever occurs first. availability of this material at the FAA, call Administration, 800 Independence (3) After installing an exhaust pipe DAI P/ (816) 329–4148. Avenue SW., Washington, DC 20591; N D60–9078–06–01_01 or Technify P/N 52– telephone: 202–267–8783. The Order is Issued in Kansas City, Missouri, on 7810–H0014 01, as required by this AD, do October 17, 2016. also available for inspection at the not install an exhaust pipe listed in National Archives and Records paragraph (c) of this AD. Pat Mullen, Administration (NARA). For Acting Manager, Small Airplane Directorate, information on the availability of FAA (g) Other FAA AD Provisions Aircraft Certification Service. The following provisions also apply to this Order 7400.11A at NARA, call 202–741– [FR Doc. 2016–25655 Filed 10–24–16; 8:45 am] AD: 6030, or go to http://www.archives.gov/ BILLING CODE 4910–13–P federal_register/code_of_federal- (1) Alternative Methods of Compliance (AMOCs): The Manager, Standards Office, regulations/ibr_locations.html. FAA, has the authority to approve AMOCs FAA Order 7400.11, Airspace for this AD, if requested using the procedures DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION Designations and Reporting Points, is found in 14 CFR 39.19. Send information to published yearly and effective on ATTN: Mike Kiesov, Aerospace Engineer, Federal Aviation Administration September 15. FAA, Small Airplane Directorate, 901 Locust, Room 301, Kansas City, Missouri 64106; 14 CFR Part 71 FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Raul telephone: (816) 329–4144; fax: (816) 329– Garza, Jr., Central Service Center, [Docket No. FAA–2016–5045; Airspace 4090; email: mike.kiesov@faa.gov. Before Operations Support Group, Federal Docket No. 16–AGL–10] using any approved AMOC on any airplane Aviation Administration, Southwest to which the AMOC applies, notify your Proposed Establishment of Class E Region, 10101 Hillwood Pkwy, Fort appropriate principal inspector (PI) in the Worth, TX 76177; telephone: 817–222– FAA Flight Standards District Office (FSDO), Airspace; Drummond Island, MI 5874. or lacking a PI, your local FSDO. AGENCY: Federal Aviation (2) Airworthy Product: For any requirement SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Administration (FAA), DOT. in this AD to obtain corrective actions from Authority for This Rulemaking a manufacturer or other source, use these ACTION: Notice of proposed rulemaking actions if they are FAA-approved. Corrective (NPRM). The FAA’s authority to issue rules actions are considered FAA-approved if they regarding aviation safety is found in are approved by the State of Design Authority SUMMARY: This action proposes to Title 49 of the United States Code. (or their delegated agent). You are required establish Class E en route domestic Subtitle I, Section 106 describes the to assure the product is airworthy before it airspace at Drummond Island Airport, authority of the FAA Administrator. is returned to service. Drummond Island, MI, to facilitate Subtitle VII, Aviation Programs, (3) Reporting Requirements: For any vectoring of Instrument Flight Rules reporting requirement in this AD, a federal describes in more detail the scope of the (IFR) aircraft under control of agency’s authority. This rulemaking is agency may not conduct or sponsor, and a Minneapolis Air Route Traffic Control person is not required to respond to, nor promulgated under the authority Center (ARTCC). The FAA is proposing described in Subtitle VII, Part A, shall a person be subject to a penalty for failure to comply with a collection of this action to enhance the safety and Subpart I, Section 40103. Under that information subject to the requirements of management of aircraft operations at section, the FAA is charged with the Paperwork Reduction Act unless that Drummond Island Airport. prescribing regulations to assign the use collection of information displays a current DATES: Comments must be received on of airspace necessary to ensure the valid OMB Control Number. The OMB or before December 9, 2016. safety of aircraft and the efficient use of Control Number for this information ADDRESSES: Send comments on this airspace. This regulation is within the collection is 2120–0056. Public reporting for this collection of information is estimated to proposal to the U.S. Department of scope of that authority as it would be approximately 5 minutes per response, Transportation, Docket Operations, 1200 establish Class E airspace in the including the time for reviewing instructions, New Jersey Avenue SE., West Building Drummond Island, MI area. completing and reviewing the collection of Ground Floor, Room W12–140, information. All responses to this collection Washington, DC 20591: telephone 1 800 Comments Invited of information are mandatory. Comments 617–5527, or 1 202 366–9826. You must Interested parties are invited to concerning the accuracy of this burden and identify the docket number FAA–2016– participate in this proposed rulemaking suggestions for reducing the burden should 5045/Airspace Docket No. 16–AGL–10, by submitting such written data, views, be directed to the FAA at: 800 Independence or arguments, as they may desire. at the beginning of your comments. You Ave. SW., Washington, DC 20591, Attn: Information Collection Clearance Officer, may also submit comments through the Comments that provide the factual basis AES–200. Internet at http://www.regulations.gov. supporting the views and suggestions You may review the public docket presented are particularly helpful in (h) Related Information containing the proposal, any comments developing reasoned regulatory Refer to MCAI European Aviation Safety received, and any final disposition in decisions on the proposal. Comments mstockstill on DSK3G9T082PROD with PROPOSALS Agency (EASA) AD No. 2016–0156, dated person in the Dockets Office between are specifically invited on the overall August 2, 2016, for related information. You 9:00 a.m. and 5:00 p.m., Monday regulatory, aeronautical, economic, may examine the MCAI on the Internet at environmental, and energy-related through Friday, except Federal holidays. http://www.regulations.gov by searching for and locating Docket No. FAA–2016–9317. The Docket Office (telephone 1–800– aspects of the proposal. For service information related to this AD, 647–5527), is on the ground floor of the Communications should identify both contact Diamond Aircraft Industries GmbH, building at the above address. docket numbers and be submitted in N.A. Otto-Stra+e 5, A–2700 Wiener Neustadt, FAA Order 7400.11A, Airspace triplicate to the address listed above. Austria, telephone: +43 2622 26700; fax: +43 Designations and Reporting Points, and Commenters wishing the FAA to VerDate Sep<11>2014 16:53 Oct 24, 2016 Jkt 241001 PO 00000 Frm 00008 Fmt 4702 Sfmt 4702 E:\FR\FM\25OCP1.SGM 25OCP1

Federal Register / Vol. 81, No. 206 / Tuesday, October 25, 2016 / Proposed Rules 73363 acknowledge receipt of their comments vectoring aircraft from en route airspace effective September 15, 2016, is on this notice must submit with those to terminal areas. amended as follows: comments a self-addressed, stamped Class E airspace areas are published Paragraph 6006 En Route Domestic postcard on which the following in Paragraph 6006 of FAA Order Airspace Areas. statement is made: ‘‘Comments to 7400.11A, dated August 3, 2016, and * * * * * Docket No. FAA–2016–5045/Airspace effective September 15, 2016, which is Docket No. 16–AGL–10.’’ The postcard incorporated by reference in 14 CFR AGL MI E6 Drummond Island, MI [New] will be date/time stamped and returned 71.1. The Class E airspace designation Drummond Island Airport, MI to the commenter. listed in this document will be (Lat. 46°00′34″ N., long. 083°44′38″ W.) All communications received before published subsequently in the Order. That airspace extending upward from the specified closing date for comments 1,200 feet above the surface within a 17-mile will be considered before taking action Regulatory Notices and Analyses radius of Drummond Island Airport, on the proposed rule. The proposal The FAA has determined that this excluding that airspace within Canada. contained in this notice may be changed proposed regulation only involves an Issued in Fort Worth, TX, on October 11, in light of the comments received. A established body of technical 2016. report summarizing each substantive regulations for which frequent and Robert W. Beck, public contact with FAA personnel routine amendments are necessary to Manager, Operations Support Group, ATO concerned with this rulemaking will be keep them operationally current. It, Central Service Center. filed in the docket. therefore, (1) is not a ‘‘significant [FR Doc. 2016–25709 Filed 10–24–16; 8:45 am] Availability of NPRMs regulatory action’’ under Executive BILLING CODE 4910–13–P Order 12866; (2) is not a ‘‘significant An electronic copy of this document rule’’ under DOT Regulatory Policies may be downloaded through the and Procedures (44 FR 11034; February Internet at http://www.regulations.gov. DEPARTMENT OF THE TREASURY 26, 1979); and (3) does not warrant Recently published rulemaking preparation of a Regulatory Evaluation documents can also be accessed through Internal Revenue Service as the anticipated impact is so minimal. the FAA’s Web page at http:// Since this is a routine matter that will www.faa.gov/air_traffic/publications/ 26 CFR Part 300 only affect air traffic procedures and air airspace_amendments/. navigation, it is certified that this rule, [REG–134122–15] You may review the public docket when promulgated, will not have a containing the proposal, any comments RIN 1545–BN09 significant economic impact on a received, and any final disposition in substantial number of small entities Special Enrollment Examination User person in the Dockets Office (see under the criteria of the Regulatory Fee for Enrolled Agents ADDRESSES section for address and Flexibility Act. phone number) between 9:00 a.m. and AGENCY: Internal Revenue Service (IRS), 5:00 p.m., Monday through Friday, Environmental Review Treasury. except Federal holidays. An informal This proposal would be subject to an ACTION: Withdrawal of notice of docket may also be examined during environmental analysis in accordance proposed rulemaking, notice of normal business hours at the office of with FAA Order 1050.1F, proposed rulemaking, and notice of the Central Service Center, 10101 ‘‘Environmental Impacts: Policies and public hearing. Hillwood Pkwy, Fort Worth, TX 76177. Procedures’’ prior to any FAA final regulatory action. SUMMARY: This document withdraws a Availability and Summary of proposed regulation relating to the user Documents Proposed for Incorporation List of Subjects in 14 CFR Part 71 fee for the special enrollment by Reference Airspace, Incorporation by reference, examination to become an enrolled This document proposes to amend Navigation (air). agent. This document also proposes a FAA Order 7400.11A, Airspace new regulation to increase the user fee Designations and Reporting Points, The Proposed Amendment for the examination to recover the cost dated August 3, 2016, and effective In consideration of the foregoing, the to the IRS of overseeing the September 15, 2016. FAA Order Federal Aviation Administration administration of the examination. The 7400.11A is publicly available as listed proposes to amend 14 CFR part 71 as withdrawal and proposal affect in the ADDRESSES section of this follows: individuals taking the enrolled agent document. FAA Order 7400.11A lists special enrollment examination. This Class A, B, C, D, and E airspace areas, PART 71—DESIGNATION OF CLASS A, document also contains a notice of air traffic service routes, and reporting B, C, D, AND E AIRSPACE AREAS; AIR public hearing on the new proposed points. TRAFFIC SERVICE ROUTES; AND regulation. The Proposal REPORTING POINTS DATES: Written or electronic comments This action proposes to amend Title ■ 1. The authority citation for part 71 must be received by December 27, 2016. 14, Code of Federal Regulations (14 continues to read as follows: Requests to speak and outlines of topics CFR), Part 71 by establishing Class E en to be discussed at the public hearing mstockstill on DSK3G9T082PROD with PROPOSALS Authority: 49 U.S.C. 106(f), 106(g); 40103, route domestic airspace extending scheduled for December 29, 2016, must 40113, 40120; E.O. 10854, 24 FR 9565, 3 CFR, upward from 1,200 feet above the 1959–1963 Comp., p. 389. be received by December 27, 2016. surface within a 17-mile radius of ADDRESSES: Send submissions to: Drummond Island Airport, Drummond § 71.1 [Amended] CC:PA:LPD:PR (REG–134122–15), Room Island, MI, excluding Canadian ■ 2. The incorporation by reference in 5203, Internal Revenue Service, P.O. airspace. This action would contain 14 CFR 71.1 of FAA Order 7400.11A, Box 7604, Ben Franklin Station, aircraft while in IFR conditions under Airspace Designations and Reporting Washington, DC 20044. Submissions control of Minneapolis ARTCC by safely Points, dated August 3, 2016, and may be hand-delivered between the VerDate Sep<11>2014 16:53 Oct 24, 2016 Jkt 241001 PO 00000 Frm 00009 Fmt 4702 Sfmt 4702 E:\FR\FM\25OCP1.SGM 25OCP1


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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
SectionProposed Rules
ActionNotice of proposed rulemaking (NPRM).
DatesComments must be received on or before December 9, 2016.
ContactRaul Garza, Jr., Central Service Center, Operations Support Group, Federal Aviation Administration, Southwest Region, 10101 Hillwood Pkwy, Fort Worth, TX 76177; telephone: 817-222-5874.
FR Citation81 FR 73362 
CFR AssociatedAirspace; Incorporation by Reference and Navigation (air)
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