82_FR_26517 82 FR 26409 - Proposed Amendment of Class E Airspace, Hot Springs, VA

82 FR 26409 - Proposed Amendment of Class E Airspace, Hot Springs, VA

DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION
Federal Aviation Administration

Federal Register Volume 82, Issue 108 (June 7, 2017)

Page Range26409-26411
FR Document2017-11394

This action proposes to amend Class E airspace extending upward from 700 feet above the surface at Hot Springs, VA, by adding controlled airspace for Bath Community Hospital Heliport to the Ingalls Field Airport airspace designation. Controlled airspace is necessary for the safety and management of instrument flight rules (IFR) operations at the heliport. This action also would update the geographic coordinates of Ingalls Field Airport in the associated Class E airspace.

Federal Register, Volume 82 Issue 108 (Wednesday, June 7, 2017) 
[Federal Register Volume 82, Number 108 (Wednesday, June 7, 2017)]
[Proposed Rules]
[Pages 26409-26411]
From the Federal Register Online  [www.thefederalregister.org]
[FR Doc No: 2017-11394]


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DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION

Federal Aviation Administration

14 CFR Part 71

[Docket No. FAA-2016-9453; Airspace Docket No. 16-AEA-12]


Proposed Amendment of Class E Airspace, Hot Springs, VA

AGENCY: Federal Aviation Administration (FAA), DOT.

ACTION: Notice of proposed rulemaking (NPRM).

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SUMMARY: This action proposes to amend Class E airspace extending 
upward from 700 feet above the surface at Hot Springs, VA, by adding 
controlled airspace for Bath Community Hospital Heliport to the Ingalls 
Field Airport airspace designation. Controlled airspace is necessary 
for the safety and management of instrument flight rules (IFR) 
operations at the heliport. This action also would update the 
geographic coordinates of Ingalls Field Airport in the associated Class 
E airspace.

DATES: Comments must be received on or before July 24, 2017.

ADDRESSES: Send comments on this proposal to: U.S. Department of 
Transportation, Docket Operations, 1200 New Jersey Avenue SE., West 
Bldg Ground Floor Rm W12-140, Washington, DC 20590; Telephone: 1-800-
647-5527, or (202) 366-9826. You must identify the Docket No. FAA-2016-
9453; Airspace Docket No. 16-AEA-12, at the beginning of your comments. 
You may also submit and review received 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 on line 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: John Fornito, Operations Support 
Group, Eastern Service Center, Federal Aviation Administration, P.O. 
Box 20636, Atlanta, Georgia 30320; telephone (404) 305-6364.

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 proposed rulemaking is promulgated under the authority 
described in Subtitle VII, Part

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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 add Class 
E airspace extending upward from 700 feet above the surface at Bath 
Community Hospital Heliport to the existing designation of Class E 
airspace at Ingalls Field Airport, Hot Springs, VA.

Comments Invited

    Interested persons are invited to comment on this rule 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. You may also submit comments 
through the Internet at http://www.regulations.gov.
    Persons wishing the FAA to acknowledge receipt of their comments on 
this action must submit with those comments a self-addressed stamped 
postcard on which the following statement is made: ``Comments to Docket 
No. FAA-2016-9453; Airspace Docket No. 16-AEA-12.'' 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 from and 
comments submitted through 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 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 between 8:00 a.m. and 
4:30 p.m., Monday through Friday, except Federal Holidays at the office 
of the Eastern Service Center, Federal Aviation Administration, Room 
350, 1701 Columbia Avenue, College Park, Georgia 30337.

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.

The Proposal

    The FAA proposes to amend Title 14, Code of Federal Regulations (14 
CFR) part 71 by adding Class E airspace extending upward from 700 feet 
above the surface within a 7-mile radius of Bath Community Hospital 
Heliport to the existing designation of Class E airspace at Ingalls 
Field Airport, Hot Springs, VA. This action would accommodate new Area 
Navigation (RNAV) Global Positioning System Standard Instrument 
Approach Procedures at the heliport. Airspace reconfiguration is 
necessary for the safety and management of IFR operations at the 
heliport. The FAA also proposes to update the geographic coordinates of 
Ingalls Field Airport to coincide with the FAAs aeronautical database.
    Class E airspace designations are published in Paragraph 6002, and 
6005, respectively 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 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 proposed 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.

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

Paragraph 6002 Class E Surface Area Airspace.

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AEA VA E2 Hot Springs, VA [Amended]

Ingalls Field Airport, Hot Springs, VA
    (Lat. 37[deg]57'09'' N., long. 79[deg]50'03'' W.)

    Within a 4-mile radius of Ingalls Field Airport. This Class E 
airspace area is effective during the specific dates and times 
established in advance by a Notice to Airmen. The effective date and 
time will thereafter be published in the Chart Supplement.

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

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AEA VA E5 Hot Springs, VA [Amended]

Ingalls Field Airport, VA
    (Lat. 37[deg]57'09'' N., long. 79[deg]50'03'' W.)
Bath Community Hospital Heliport, VA
    (Lat. 37[deg]59'36'' N., long. 79[deg]49'55'' W.)

    That airspace extending upward from 700 feet above the surface 
within a 6.5- mile radius of Ingalls Field Airport, and within a 7-
mile radius of Bath Community Hospital Heliport.

    Issued in College Park, Georgia, on May 19, 2017.
Ryan W. Almasy,
Manager, Operations Support Group, Eastern Service Center, Air Traffic 
Organization.
[FR Doc. 2017-11394 Filed 6-6-17; 8:45 am]
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Federal Register / Vol. 82, No. 108 / Wednesday, June 7, 2017 / Proposed Rules 26409 WI. The agency proposes to retain the PART 71—DESIGNATION OF CLASS A, action also would update the geographic current Class E airspace within a 6.4- B, C, D, AND E AIRSPACE AREAS; AIR coordinates of Ingalls Field Airport in mile radius of the airport and to remove TRAFFIC SERVICE ROUTES; AND the associated Class E airspace. the segment within 2.7 miles each side REPORTING POINTS DATES: Comments must be received on of the 118° bearing from the airport, or before July 24, 2017. extending from the 6.4-mile radius area ■ 1. The authority citation for 14 CFR ADDRESSES: Send comments on this to 7 miles southeast of the airport due part 71 continues to read as follows: proposal to: U.S. Department of to the decommissioning of the Waupaca Authority: 49 U.S.C. 106(f), 106(g); 40103, Transportation, Docket Operations, 1200 NDB and cancellation of the NDB 40113, 40120; E.O. 10854, 24 FR 9565, 3 CFR, New Jersey Avenue SE., West Bldg 1959–1963 Comp., p. 389. Ground Floor Rm W12–140, approach. This proposal would enhance the safety and management of the SIAPs § 71.1 [Amended] Washington, DC 20590; Telephone: 1– for IFR operations at these airports. ■ 2. The incorporation by reference in 800–647–5527, or (202) 366–9826. You 14 CFR 71.1 of FAA Order 7400.11A, must identify the Docket No. FAA– Class E airspace designations are Airspace Designations and Reporting 2016–9453; Airspace Docket No. 16– published in paragraph 6005 of FAA AEA–12, at the beginning of your Order 7400.11A, dated August 3, 2016, Points, dated August 3, 2016, and effective September 15, 2016, is comments. You may also submit and and effective September 15, 2016, which review received comments through the is incorporated by reference in 14 CFR amended as follows: Internet at http://www.regulations.gov. 71.1. The Class E airspace designations Paragraph 6005 Class E Airspace Areas You may review the public docket listed in this document will be Extending Upward From 700 Feet or More containing the proposal, any comments published subsequently in the Order. Above the Surface of the Earth. received, and any final disposition in Regulatory Notices and Analyses AGL WI E5 Medford, WI [Amended] person in the Dockets Office between Taylor County Airport, WI 9:00 a.m. and 5:00 p.m., Monday The FAA has determined that this (Lat. 45°06′05″ N., long. 90°18′01″ W.) through Friday, except Federal holidays. regulation only involves an established That airspace extending upward from 700 The Docket Office (telephone 1–800– body of technical regulations for which feet above the surface within a 6.8-mile 647–5527), is on the ground floor of the frequent and routine amendments are radius of Taylor County Airport. building at the above address. necessary to keep them operationally FAA Order 7400.11A, Airspace AGL WI E5 Waupaca, WI [Amended] current, is non-controversial and Designations and Reporting Points, and Waupaca Municipal Airport, WI subsequent amendments can be viewed unlikely to result in adverse or negative (Lat. 44°20′00″ N., long. 89°01′23″ W.) on line at http://www.faa.gov/air_ comments. It, therefore: (1) Is not a That airspace extending upward from 700 traffic/publications/. For further ‘‘significant regulatory action’’ under feet above the surface within a 6.6-mile information, you can contact the Executive Order 12866; (2) is not a radius of Waupaca Municipal Airport. Airspace Policy Group, Federal Aviation ‘‘significant rule’’ under DOT Issued in Fort Worth, Texas on May 31, Administration, 800 Independence Regulatory Policies and Procedures (44 2017. Avenue SW., Washington, DC 20591; FR 11034; February 26, 1979); and (3) Walter Tweedy, telephone: 202–267–8783. The Order is does not warrant preparation of a Acting Manager, Operations Support Group, also available for inspection at the regulatory evaluation as the anticipated ATO Central Service Center. National Archives and Records impact is so minimal. Since this is a [FR Doc. 2017–11678 Filed 6–6–17; 8:45 am] Administration (NARA). For routine matter that will only affect air BILLING CODE 4910–13–P information on the availability of FAA traffic procedures and air navigation, it Order 7400.11A at NARA, call 202–741– is certified that this rule, when 6030, or go to http://www.archives.gov/ promulgated, would not have a DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION federal_register/code_of_federal- significant economic impact on a regulations/ibr_locations.html. substantial number of small entities Federal Aviation Administration FAA Order 7400.11, Airspace under the criteria of the Regulatory Designations and Reporting Points, is 14 CFR Part 71 published yearly and effective on Flexibility Act. [Docket No. FAA–2016–9453; Airspace September 15. Environmental Review Docket No. 16–AEA–12] FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: John This proposal will be subject to an Fornito, Operations Support Group, Proposed Amendment of Class E Eastern Service Center, Federal Aviation environmental analysis in accordance Airspace, Hot Springs, VA with FAA Order 1050.1F, Administration, P.O. Box 20636, AGENCY: Federal Aviation Atlanta, Georgia 30320; telephone (404) ‘‘Environmental Impacts: Policies and Administration (FAA), DOT. 305–6364. Procedures’’ prior to any FAA final ACTION: Notice of proposed rulemaking SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: regulatory action. (NPRM). Authority for This Rulemaking List of Subjects in 14 CFR Part 71 SUMMARY: This action proposes to The FAA’s authority to issue rules Airspace, Incorporation by reference, pmangrum on DSK3GDR082PROD with PROPOSALS amend Class E airspace extending regarding aviation safety is found in Navigation (air). upward from 700 feet above the surface Title 49 of the United States Code. at Hot Springs, VA, by adding Subtitle I, Section 106 describes the The Proposed Amendment controlled airspace for Bath Community authority of the FAA Administrator. Accordingly, pursuant to the Hospital Heliport to the Ingalls Field Subtitle VII, Aviation Programs, authority delegated to me, the Federal Airport airspace designation. Controlled describes in more detail the scope of the Aviation Administration proposes to airspace is necessary for the safety and agency’s authority. 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26410 Federal Register / Vol. 82, No. 108 / Wednesday, June 7, 2017 / Proposed Rules A, Subpart I, Section 40103. Under that phone number) between 9:00 a.m. and and Procedures (44 FR 11034; February section, the FAA is charged with 5:00 p.m., Monday through Friday, 26, 1979); and (3) does not warrant prescribing regulations to assign the use except Federal Holidays. An informal preparation of a Regulatory Evaluation of airspace necessary to ensure the docket may also be examined between as the anticipated impact is so minimal. safety of aircraft and the efficient use of 8:00 a.m. and 4:30 p.m., Monday Since this is a routine matter that will airspace. This regulation is within the through Friday, except Federal Holidays only affect air traffic procedures and air scope of that authority as it would add at the office of the Eastern Service navigation, it is certified that this Class E airspace extending upward from Center, Federal Aviation proposed rule, when promulgated, will 700 feet above the surface at Bath Administration, Room 350, 1701 not have a significant economic impact Community Hospital Heliport to the Columbia Avenue, College Park, Georgia on a substantial number of small entities existing designation of Class E airspace 30337. under the criteria of the Regulatory at Ingalls Field Airport, Hot Springs, Flexibility Act. Availability and Summary of VA. Documents for Incorporation by Environmental Review Comments Invited Reference This proposal would be subject to an Interested persons are invited to This document proposes to amend environmental analysis in accordance comment on this rule by submitting FAA Order 7400.11A, Airspace with FAA Order 1050.1F, such written data, views, or arguments, Designations and Reporting Points, ‘‘Environmental Impacts: Policies and as they may desire. Comments that dated August 3, 2016, and effective Procedures’’ prior to any FAA final provide the factual basis supporting the September 15, 2016. FAA Order regulatory action. views and suggestions presented are 7400.11A is publicly available as listed particularly helpful in developing in the ADDRESSES section of this Lists of Subjects in 14 CFR Part 71 reasoned regulatory decisions on the document. FAA Order 7400.11A lists Class A, B, C, D, and E airspace areas, Airspace, Incorporation by reference, proposal. Comments are specifically air traffic service routes, and reporting Navigation (air). invited on the overall regulatory, aeronautical, economic, environmental, points. The Proposed Amendment and energy-related aspects of the The Proposal proposal. In consideration of the foregoing, the Communications should identify both The FAA proposes to amend Title 14, Federal Aviation Administration docket numbers and be submitted in Code of Federal Regulations (14 CFR) proposes to amend 14 CFR part 71 as triplicate to the address listed above. part 71 by adding Class E airspace follows: You may also submit comments through extending upward from 700 feet above the surface within a 7-mile radius of PART 71—DESIGNATION OF CLASS A, the Internet at http:// Bath Community Hospital Heliport to B, C, D, AND E AIRSPACE AREAS; AIR www.regulations.gov. Persons wishing the FAA to the existing designation of Class E TRAFFIC SERVICE ROUTES; AND acknowledge receipt of their comments airspace at Ingalls Field Airport, Hot REPORTING POINTS on this action must submit with those Springs, VA. This action would comments a self-addressed stamped accommodate new Area Navigation ■ 1. The authority citation for part 71 postcard on which the following (RNAV) Global Positioning System continues to read as follows: statement is made: ‘‘Comments to Standard Instrument Approach Authority: 49 U.S.C. 106(f), 106(g); 40103, Docket No. FAA–2016–9453; Airspace Procedures at the heliport. Airspace 40113, 40120; E.O. 10854, 24 FR 9565, 3 CFR, Docket No. 16–AEA–12.’’ The postcard reconfiguration is necessary for the 1959–1963 Comp., p. 389. will be date/time stamped and returned safety and management of IFR § 71.1 [Amended] to the commenter. operations at the heliport. The FAA also All communications received before proposes to update the geographic ■ 2. The incorporation by reference in the specified closing date for comments coordinates of Ingalls Field Airport to 14 CFR 71.1 of Federal Aviation will be considered before taking action coincide with the FAAs aeronautical Administration Order 7400.11A, on the proposed rule. The proposal database. Airspace Designations and Reporting contained in this notice may be changed Class E airspace designations are Points, dated August 3, 2016, effective in light of the comments received. A published in Paragraph 6002, and 6005, September 15, 2016, is amended as report summarizing each substantive respectively of FAA Order 7400.11A, follows: public contact with FAA personnel dated August 3, 2016, and effective Paragraph 6002 Class E Surface Area concerned with this rulemaking will be September 15, 2016, which is Airspace. filed in the docket. incorporated by reference in 14 CFR * * * * * 71.1. The Class E airspace designations Availability of NPRMs listed in this document will be AEA VA E2 Hot Springs, VA [Amended] An electronic copy of this document published subsequently in the Order. Ingalls Field Airport, Hot Springs, VA may be downloaded from and (Lat. 37°57′09″ N., long. 79°50′03″ W.) comments submitted through http:// Regulatory Notices and Analyses Within a 4-mile radius of Ingalls Field www.regulations.gov. Recently The FAA has determined that this Airport. This Class E airspace area is effective proposed regulation only involves an pmangrum on DSK3GDR082PROD with PROPOSALS published rulemaking documents can during the specific dates and times also be accessed through the FAA’s Web established body of technical established in advance by a Notice to page at http://www.faa.gov/air_traffic/ regulations for which frequent and Airmen. The effective date and time will publications/airspace_amendments/. routine amendments are necessary to thereafter be published in the Chart You may review the public docket keep them operationally current. It, Supplement. containing the proposal, any comments therefore: (1) Is not a ‘‘significant Paragraph 6005 Class E Airspace Areas received, and any final disposition in regulatory action’’ under Executive Extending Upward From 700 Feet or More person in the Dockets Office (see the Order 12866; (2) is not a ‘‘significant Above the Surface of the Earth. ADDRESSES section for address and rule’’ under DOT Regulatory Policies * * * * * VerDate Sep<11>2014 18:21 Jun 06, 2017 Jkt 241001 PO 00000 Frm 00033 Fmt 4702 Sfmt 4702 E:\FR\FM\07JNP1.SGM 07JNP1

Federal Register / Vol. 82, No. 108 / Wednesday, June 7, 2017 / Proposed Rules 26411 AEA VA E5 Hot Springs, VA [Amended] Regulatory Affairs, Office of Chief independent agency. FEMA now Ingalls Field Airport, VA Counsel, Federal Emergency includes its internal rulemaking (Lat. 37°57′09″ N., long. 79°50′03″ W.) Management Agency, 500 C Street SW., procedures addressing the development, Bath Community Hospital Heliport, VA Washington, DC 20472, 202–646–4046, drafting, and clearance of FEMA rules in (Lat. 37°59′36″ N., long. 79°49′55″ W.) or (email) liza.davis@fema.dhs.gov. internal guidance. That airspace extending upward from 700 SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: In this proposed rule, FEMA proposes feet above the surface within a 6.5- mile radius of Ingalls Field Airport, and within a I. Public Participation a wholesale revision of part 1, removing 7-mile radius of Bath Community Hospital sections that solely address internal We encourage you to participate in agency procedure, and retaining and Heliport. this rulemaking by submitting updating sections that directly affect the Issued in College Park, Georgia, on May 19, comments and related materials. We 2017. public’s participation in FEMA’s will consider all comments and material rulemaking process, namely, provisions Ryan W. Almasy, received during the comment period. addressing ex parte communications in Manager, Operations Support Group, Eastern If you submit a comment, identify the rulemaking, petitions for rulemaking, Service Center, Air Traffic Organization. agency name and the docket ID for this the public rulemaking docket, hearings, [FR Doc. 2017–11394 Filed 6–6–17; 8:45 am] rulemaking, indicate the specific section and the process for submitting public BILLING CODE 4910–13–P of this document to which each comments on rules. comment applies, and give the reason for each comment. You may submit FEMA is also proposing to modify its your comments and material by waiver of the Administrative Procedure DEPARTMENT OF HOMELAND electronic means, mail, or delivery to Act exemption for matters relating to SECURITY the address under the ADDRESSES public property, loans, grants, benefits, Federal Emergency Management section. Please submit your comments and contracts. Agency and material by only one means. Section III of this preamble includes Regardless of the method used for a section-by-section analysis of the 44 CFR Part 1 submitting comments or material, all current regulations and an explanation [Docket ID FEMA–2017–0016] submissions will be posted, without of the changes to each section. change, to the Federal e-Rulemaking RIN 1660–AA91 III. Section-by-Section Analysis of the Portal at http://www.regulations.gov, Current Regulations and Proposed and will include any personal Update to FEMA’s Regulations on Changes information you provide. Therefore, Rulemaking Procedures submitting this information makes it Section 1.1 Purpose AGENCY: Federal Emergency public. You may wish to read the Management Agency, DHS. Privacy and Security Notice that is Paragraph (a) of current section 1.1 available via a link on the homepage of states that 44 CFR part 1 covers FEMA’s ACTION: Notice of proposed rulemaking. www.regulations.gov. basic policies and procedures for SUMMARY: The Federal Emergency Viewing comments and documents: adoption of rules, and that it Management Agency (FEMA) proposes For access to the docket to read incorporates provisions of section 4 of to revise its regulations pertaining to background documents or comments the Administrative Procedure Act. rulemaking. It proposes to remove received, go to the Federal e- Section 4 of the Administrative sections that are outdated or do not Rulemaking Portal at http:// Procedure Act (5 U.S.C. 553) addresses affect the public, and it proposes to www.regulations.gov. Background Federal agency requirements for notice update provisions that affect the documents and submitted comments and comment rulemaking. Notice and public’s participation in the rulemaking may also be inspected at FEMA, Office comment rulemaking is also known as process, such as the submission of of Chief Counsel, 500 C Street SW., ‘‘informal rulemaking.’’ Paragraph (a) of public comments, hearings, ex parte Washington, DC 20472–3100. current section 1.1 also includes a communications, the public rulemaking statement that 44 CFR part 1 and II. Background internal FEMA manuals implement docket, and petitions for rulemaking. FEMA also proposes to modify its FEMA established its regulations Executive Order 12291. waiver of the Administrative Procedure regarding its rulemaking procedures in FEMA proposes to limit the purpose Act exemption for matters relating to 1981, in 44 Code of Federal Regulations of part 1 to describing FEMA’s informal public property, loans, grants, benefits, (CFR) part 1.1 FEMA has not rulemaking procedures that affect the and contracts. substantively updated part 1 since that public. This proposed rule therefore DATES: Comments must be received on time. Part 1 is based on a rescinded does not describe FEMA’s internal or before August 7, 2017. Executive Order, Executive Order rulemaking procedures, which are more ADDRESSES: You may submit comments, 12291, entitled ‘‘Federal Regulation,’’ appropriately placed in internal identified by Docket ID FEMA–2017– and obsolete agency procedure, which guidance. FEMA proposes these changes 0016, by one of the following methods: was relevant when FEMA was an for a number of reasons. First, the Federal eRulemaking Portal: http:// independent agency,2 but is no longer Administrative Procedure Act does not www.regulations.gov. Follow the accurate, as FEMA is no longer an require internal agency procedure to be pmangrum on DSK3GDR082PROD with PROPOSALS instructions for submitting comments. in regulation. See 5 U.S.C. 553(a)(2), 1 See 46 FR 32583 (June 24, 1981) (final rule Mail/Hand Delivery/Courier: 553(b)(A). Second, and more establishing 44 CFR part 1); see also 44 FR 50299 Regulatory Affairs Division, Office of (Aug. 27, 1979) (proposed rule proposing to importantly, the references to Executive Chief Counsel, Federal Emergency establish 44 CFR part 1). Order 12291 and implementing FEMA Management Agency, 8NE, 500 C Street 2 FEMA became a component agency of the procedures are outdated. As noted SW., Washington, DC 20472. Department of Homeland Security on March 1, 2003 above, Executive Order 12291 has been pursuant to the Homeland Security Act of 2002, FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Liza Public Law 107–296, 116 Stat. 2135 (codified as revoked, and was replaced with Davis, Associate Chief Counsel, amended at 6 U.S.C. 101 et seq.). Executive Order 12866, ‘‘Regulatory VerDate Sep<11>2014 15:12 Jun 06, 2017 Jkt 241001 PO 00000 Frm 00034 Fmt 4702 Sfmt 4702 E:\FR\FM\07JNP1.SGM 07JNP1


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CategoryRegulatory Information
CollectionFederal Register
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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 July 24, 2017.
ContactJohn Fornito, Operations Support Group, Eastern Service Center, Federal Aviation Administration, P.O. Box 20636, Atlanta, Georgia 30320; telephone (404) 305-6364.
FR Citation82 FR 26409 
CFR AssociatedAirspace; Incorporation by Reference and Navigation (air)
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