81 FR 87856 - Proposed Establishment of Class E Airspace, Weed, CA
DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION
Federal Aviation Administration Federal Register Volume 81, Issue 234 (December 6, 2016)
Federal Aviation Administration
Federal Register Volume 81, Issue 234 (December 6, 2016)
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| FR Document | 2016-29138 |
[Federal Register Volume 81, Number 234 (Tuesday, December 6, 2016)] [Proposed Rules] [Pages 87856-87857] From the Federal Register Online [www.thefederalregister.org] [FR Doc No: 2016-29138] ======================================================================= ----------------------------------------------------------------------- DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION Federal Aviation Administration 14 CFR Part 71 [Docket No. FAA-2016-9320; Airspace Docket No. 15-AWP-2] Proposed Establishment of Class E Airspace, Weed, CA AGENCY: Federal Aviation Administration (FAA), DOT. ACTION: Notice of proposed rulemaking (NPRM). ----------------------------------------------------------------------- SUMMARY: This action proposes to establish Class E airspace extending upward from 700 feet above the surface at Weed Airport, Weed, CA, to support the development of Instrument Flight Rules (IFR) operations under standard instrument approach and departure procedures at the airport, and for the safety and management of IFR operations within the National Airspace System. DATES: Comments must be received on or before January 20, 2017. 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-2016-9320; Airspace Docket No. 15-AWP-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 establish controlled airspace at Weed Airport, Weed, CA. 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-2016-9320/ Airspace Docket No. 15-AWP-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 87857]] 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 establishing Class E airspace extending upward from 700 feet above the surface at Weed Airport, Weed, CA. This airspace is necessary to support the development of IFR operations in standard instrument approach and departure procedures at the airport. Class E airspace would be established within a 4.3-mile radius of the airport, with a segment extending from the 4.3-mile radius to 6 miles north of 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. * * * * * AWP CA E5 Weed, CA [New] Weed Airport, CA (Lat. 41[deg]28'51'' N., long. 122[deg]27'16'' W.) That airspace extending upward from 700 feet above the surface within a 4.3-mile radius of Weed Airport, and within 2 miles each side of the 348[deg] bearing from the airport 4.3-mile radius to 6 miles north of the airport. Issued in Seattle, Washington, on November 21, 2016. Tracey Johnson, Manager, Operations Support Group, Western Service Center. [FR Doc. 2016-29138 Filed 12-5-16; 8:45 am] BILLING CODE 4910-13-P
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(2) Kernel rework procedure for operations within the National Airspace safety of aircraft and the efficient use of
aflatoxin. If pistachio kernel rework is System. airspace. This regulation is within the
selected as a remedy to meet the DATES: Comments must be received on scope of that authority as it would
aflatoxin requirements of this part, then or before January 20, 2017. establish controlled airspace at Weed
100 percent of the product within that ADDRESSES: Send comments on this Airport, Weed, CA.
lot shall be removed from the bulk and/ proposal to the U.S. Department of Comments Invited
or retail packaging containers and Transportation, Docket Operations, 1200
reworked to remove the portion of the New Jersey Avenue SE., West Building Interested parties are invited to
lot that caused the failure. Reworking Ground Floor, Room W12–140, participate in this proposed rulemaking
shall consist of mechanical, electronic, Washington, DC 20590; telephone: 1– by submitting such written data, views,
or manual procedures normally used in 800–647–5527, or (202) 366–9826. You or arguments, as they may desire.
the handling of pistachios. The must identify FAA Docket No. FAA– Comments that provide the factual basis
reworked lot shall be sampled and 2016–9320; Airspace Docket No. 15– supporting the views and suggestions
tested for aflatoxin as specified in AWP–2, at the beginning of your presented are particularly helpful in
paragraphs (d) and (e) of this section. comments. You may also submit developing reasoned regulatory
(3) Failed lot reporting. If a lot fails to comments through the Internet at http:// decisions on the proposal. Comments
meet the aflatoxin requirements of this www.regulations.gov. You may review are specifically invited on the overall
part, the testing laboratory shall the public docket containing the regulatory, aeronautical, economic,
electronically submit the results to proposal, any comments received, and environmental, and energy-related
USDA (Form FV–249) as described in any final disposition in person in the aspects of the proposal.
paragraph (h) of this section within 10 Dockets Office between 9:00 a.m. and Communications should identify both
working days of the test failure. This 5:00 p.m., Monday through Friday, docket numbers and be submitted in
information must be submitted each except federal holidays. triplicate to the address listed above.
time a lot fails aflatoxin testing. FAA Order 7400.11A, Airspace Persons wishing the FAA to
(h) Reports and Recordkeeping. Form Designations and Reporting Points, and acknowledge receipt of their comments
FV–249, Notification of Aflatoxin subsequent amendments can be viewed on this notice must submit with those
Levels. Each USDA or USDA-accredited online at http://www.faa.gov/air_traffic/ comments a self-addressed, stamped
laboratory shall notify the Marketing publications/. For further information, postcard on which the following
Order and Agreement Division, you can contact the Airspace Policy statement is made: ‘‘Comments to
Specialty Crops Program, AMS, USDA Group, Federal Aviation Docket No. FAA–2016–9320/Airspace
of all aflatoxin test results for all lots by Administration, 800 Independence Docket No. 15–AWP–2.’’ The postcard
electronically submitting this form Avenue SW, Washington, DC, 20591; will be date/time stamped and returned
within 10 days of testing. telephone: 202–267–8783. The Order is to the commenter.
* * * * * also available for inspection at the All communications received before
Dated: November 29, 2016. National Archives and Records the specified closing date for comments
Administration (NARA). For will be considered before taking action
Elanor Starmer,
information on the availability of FAA on the proposed rule. The proposal
Administrator, Agricultural Marketing contained in this notice may be changed
Service.
Order 7400.11A at NARA, call 202–741–
6030, or go to http://www.archives.gov/ in light of the comments received. A
[FR Doc. 2016–29016 Filed 12–5–16; 8:45 am]
federal_register/code_of_federal- report summarizing each substantive
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regulations/ibr_locations.html.
FAA Order 7400.11, Airspace concerned with this rulemaking will be
Designations and Reporting Points, is filed in the docket.
DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION published yearly and effective on
Availability of NPRMs
September 15.
Federal Aviation Administration FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Tom An electronic copy of this document
Clark, Federal Aviation Administration, may be downloaded through the
14 CFR Part 71 Operations Support Group, Western Internet at http://www.regulations.gov.
Service Center, 1601 Lind Avenue SW., Recently published rulemaking
[Docket No. FAA–2016–9320; Airspace Renton, WA 98057; telephone (425) documents can also be accessed through
Docket No. 15–AWP–2] 203–4511. the FAA’s Web page at http://
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: www.faa.gov/air_traffic/publications/
Proposed Establishment of Class E airspace_amendments/.
Airspace, Weed, CA Authority for This Rulemaking You may review the public docket
AGENCY: Federal Aviation The FAA’s authority to issue rules containing the proposal, any comments
Administration (FAA), DOT. regarding aviation safety is found in received, and any final disposition in
ACTION: Notice of proposed rulemaking Title 49 of the United States Code. person in the Dockets Office (see the
(NPRM). Subtitle I, Section 106 describes the ADDRESSES section for the address and
authority of the FAA Administrator. phone number) between 9:00 a.m. and
SUMMARY: This action proposes to Subtitle VII, Aviation Programs, 5:00 p.m., Monday through Friday,
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establish Class E airspace extending describes in more detail the scope of the except federal holidays. An informal
upward from 700 feet above the surface agency’s authority. This rulemaking is docket may also be examined during
at Weed Airport, Weed, CA, to support promulgated under the authority normal business hours at the Northwest
the development of Instrument Flight described in Subtitle VII, Part, A, Mountain Regional Office of the Federal
Rules (IFR) operations under standard Subpart I, Section 40103. Under that Aviation Administration, Air Traffic
instrument approach and departure section, the FAA is charged with Organization, Western Service Center,
procedures at the airport, and for the prescribing regulations to assign the use Operations Support Group, 1601 Lind
safety and management of IFR of airspace necessary to ensure the Avenue SW., Renton, WA 98057.
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Availability and Summary of ‘‘Environmental Impacts: Policies and ACTION: Proposed rule.
Documents Proposed for Incorporation Procedures’’ prior to any FAA final
by Reference regulatory action. SUMMARY: The Environmental Protection
Agency (EPA) is proposing to approve a
This document proposes to amend List of Subjects in 14 CFR Part 71 State Implementation Plan (SIP)
FAA Order 7400.11A, Airspace revision submitted by the Nevada
Airspace, Incorporation by reference,
Designations and Reporting Points, Division of Environmental Protection on
Navigation (air).
dated August 3, 2016, and effective April 10, 2013, and supplemented on
September 15, 2016. FAA Order The Proposed Amendment March 25, 2016. The SIP revision and
7400.11A is publicly available as listed Accordingly, pursuant to the supplement address the interstate
in the ADDRESSES section of this authority delegated to me, the Federal transport requirements of Clean Air Act
document. FAA Order 7400.11A lists Aviation Administration proposes to (CAA or ‘‘Act’’) section 110(a)(2)(D)(i)(I)
Class A, B, C, D, and E airspace areas, amend 14 CFR part 71 as follows: with respect to the 2008 ozone (O3)
air traffic service routes, and reporting national ambient air quality standard
points. PART 71—DESIGNATION OF CLASS A, (NAAQS). The EPA’s rationale for
The Proposal B, C, D, AND E AIRSPACE AREAS; AIR proposing to approve Nevada’s April 10,
TRAFFIC SERVICE ROUTES; AND 2013 SIP revision and March 25, 2016
The FAA is proposing an amendment REPORTING POINTS supplement is described in this notice.
to Title 14 Code of Federal Regulations
DATES: Written comments must be
(14 CFR) Part 71 by establishing Class E ■ 1. The authority citation for 14 CFR
airspace extending upward from 700 received on or before January 5, 2017.
part 71 continues to read as follows:
feet above the surface at Weed Airport, ADDRESSES: Submit your comments,
Authority: 49 U.S.C. 106(f), 106(g), 40103, identified by Docket ID No. EPA–R09–
Weed, CA. This airspace is necessary to 40113, 40120; E.O. 10854, 24 FR 9565, 3 CFR,
support the development of IFR 1959–1963 Comp., p. 389.
OAR–2014–0812 at http://
operations in standard instrument www.regulations.gov, or via email to
approach and departure procedures at § 71.1 [Amended] kelly.thomasp@epa.gov. For comments
the airport. Class E airspace would be ■ 2. The incorporation by reference in submitted at Regulations.gov, follow the
established within a 4.3-mile radius of 14 CFR 71.1 of FAA Order 7400.11A, online instructions for submitting
the airport, with a segment extending Airspace Designations and Reporting comments. Once submitted, comments
from the 4.3-mile radius to 6 miles north Points, dated August 3, 2016, and cannot be edited or removed from
of the airport. effective September 15, 2016, is Regulations.gov. For either manner of
Class E airspace designations are amended as follows: submission, the EPA may publish any
published in paragraph 6005 of FAA comment received to its public docket.
Paragraph 6005 Class E Airspace Areas Do not submit electronically any
Order 7400.11A, dated August 3, 2016, Extending Upward From 700 Feet or More
and effective September 15, 2016, which information you consider to be
Above the Surface of the Earth.
is incorporated by reference in 14 CFR Confidential Business Information (CBI)
* * * * * or other information whose disclosure is
71.1. The Class E airspace designations
listed in this document will be AWP CA E5 Weed, CA [New] restricted by statute. Multimedia
published subsequently in the Order. Weed Airport, CA submissions (audio, video, etc.) must be
(Lat. 41°28′51″ N., long. 122°27′16″ W.) accompanied by a written comment.
Regulatory Notices and Analyses The written comment is considered the
That airspace extending upward from 700
The FAA has determined that this feet above the surface within a 4.3-mile official comment and should include
regulation only involves an established radius of Weed Airport, and within 2 miles discussion of all points you wish to
body of technical regulations for which each side of the 348° bearing from the airport make. The EPA will generally not
frequent and routine amendments are 4.3-mile radius to 6 miles north of the consider comments or comment
necessary to keep them operationally airport. contents located outside of the primary
current, is non-controversial and Issued in Seattle, Washington, on submission (i.e. on the web, cloud, or
unlikely to result in adverse or negative November 21, 2016. other file sharing system). For
comments. It, therefore: (1) Is not a Tracey Johnson, additional submission methods, please
‘‘significant regulatory action’’ under Manager, Operations Support Group, Western contact the person identified in the FOR
Executive Order 12866; (2) is not a Service Center. FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT section.
‘‘significant rule’’ under DOT [FR Doc. 2016–29138 Filed 12–5–16; 8:45 am] For the full EPA public comment policy,
Regulatory Policies and Procedures (44 BILLING CODE 4910–13–P information about CBI or multimedia
FR 11034; February 26, 1979); and (3) submissions, and general guidance on
does not warrant preparation of a making effective comments, please visit
regulatory evaluation as the anticipated ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION http://www2.epa.gov/dockets/
impact is so minimal. Since this is a AGENCY commenting-epa-dockets.
routine matter that will only affect air FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Tom
traffic procedures and air navigation, it 40 CFR Part 52 Kelly, EPA Region IX, (415) 972–3856,
is certified that this rule, when kelly.thomasp@epa.gov.
promulgated, would not have a [EPA–R09–OAR–2014–0812; FRL–9956–11–
Region 9] SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
significant economic impact on a
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Throughout this document, the terms
substantial number of small entities Approval of Air Quality State ‘‘we,’’ ‘‘us,’’ and ‘‘our’’ refer to the EPA.
under the criteria of the Regulatory Implementation Plans; Nevada;
Flexibility Act. Infrastructure Requirements To Table of Contents
Environmental Review Address Interstate Transport for the I. Background
2008 Ozone NAAQS II. State Submittals
This proposal will be subject to an III. The EPA’s Assessment
environmental analysis in accordance AGENCY: Environmental Protection IV. Proposed Action
with FAA Order 1050.1F, Agency (EPA). V. Statutory and Executive Order Reviews
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| Section | Proposed Rules | |
| Action | Notice of proposed rulemaking (NPRM). | |
| Dates | Comments must be received on or before January 20, 2017. | |
| 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 87856 | |
| CFR Associated | Airspace; Incorporation by Reference and Navigation (air) |
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