83_FR_37922 83 FR 37773 - Proposed Modification of Class E Airspace for the Following Alaska Towns; St. Michael, AK; Shaktoolik, AK; and Tatitlek, AK

83 FR 37773 - Proposed Modification of Class E Airspace for the Following Alaska Towns; St. Michael, AK; Shaktoolik, AK; and Tatitlek, AK

DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION
Federal Aviation Administration

Federal Register Volume 83, Issue 149 (August 2, 2018)

Page Range37773-37774
FR Document2018-16489

This action proposes to modify Class E airspace extending upward from 1,200 feet above the surface at St. Michael Airport, AK; Shaktoolik Airport, AK; and Tatitlek Airport, AK. This proposal would add exclusionary language to the legal descriptions of these airports to exclude Class E airspace extending beyond 12 miles from the shoreline, and would ensure the safety and management of aircraft within the National Airspace System.

Federal Register, Volume 83 Issue 149 (Thursday, August 2, 2018) 
[Federal Register Volume 83, Number 149 (Thursday, August 2, 2018)]
[Proposed Rules]
[Pages 37773-37774]
From the Federal Register Online  [www.thefederalregister.org]
[FR Doc No: 2018-16489]


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DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION

Federal Aviation Administration

14 CFR Part 71

[Docket No. FAA-2017-0349; Airspace Docket No. 17-AAL-5]
RIN-2120-AA66


Proposed Modification of Class E Airspace for the Following 
Alaska Towns; St. Michael, AK; Shaktoolik, AK; and Tatitlek, AK

AGENCY: Federal Aviation Administration (FAA), DOT.

ACTION: Notice of proposed rulemaking (NPRM).

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SUMMARY: This action proposes to modify Class E airspace extending 
upward from 1,200 feet above the surface at St. Michael Airport, AK; 
Shaktoolik Airport, AK; and Tatitlek Airport, AK. This proposal would 
add exclusionary language to the legal descriptions of these airports 
to exclude Class E airspace extending beyond 12 miles from the 
shoreline, and would ensure the safety and management of aircraft 
within the National Airspace System.

DATES: Comments must be received on or before September 17, 2018.

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-2017-0349; Airspace Docket No. 17-AAL-5, at the beginning of your 
comments. You may also submit comments through the internet at http://www.regulations.gov.
    FAA Order 7400.11B, 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 https://www.archives.gov/federal-register/cfr/ibr-locations.html.
    FAA Order 7400.11, Airspace Designations and Reporting Points, is 
published yearly and effective on September 15.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Richard Roberts, Federal Aviation 
Administration, Operations Support Group, Western Service Center, 2200 
S. 216th St., Des Moines, WA, 98198-6547; telephone (206) 231-2245.

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 extending upward from 1,200 feet 
above the surface at St. Michael Airport, AK; Shaktoolik Airport, AK; 
and Tatitlek Airport, AK to support IFR operations in standard 
instrument approach and departure procedures at these airports.

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-2017-0349/
Airspace Docket No. 17-AAL-5''. 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, Western Service Center, 2200 S 216th 
St., Des Moines, WA 98198-6547.

Availability and Summary of Documents for Incorporation by Reference

    This document proposes to amend FAA Order 7400.11B, Airspace 
Designations and Reporting Points, dated August 3, 2017, and effective 
September 15, 2017. FAA Order 7400.11B is publicly available as listed 
in the ADDRESSES section of this document. FAA Order 7400.11B lists 
Class A, B, C, D, and E airspace areas, air traffic service routes, and 
reporting points.

[[Page 37774]]

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 1,200 feet above the surface at St. Michael Airport, AK; 
Shaktoolik Airport, AK; and Tatitlek Airport, AK. This action would add 
language to the legal descriptions of these airports that reads 
``excluding that airspace that extends beyond 12 miles from the 
shoreline''.
    Class E airspace designations are published in paragraph 6005 of 
FAA Order 7400.11B, dated August 3, 2017, and effective September 15, 
2017, 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, 
and 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 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

    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 
7400.11B, Airspace Designations and Reporting Points, dated August 3, 
2017, and effective September 15, 2017, is amended as follows:

Paragraph 6005 Class E Airspace Areas Extending Upward From 1,200 
Feet or More Above the Surface of the Earth.

* * * * *

AAL AK E5 Shaktoolik, AK [Amended]

Shaktoolik Airport, AK
    (Lat. 64[deg]22'16'' N, long. 161[deg]13'26'' W)

    That airspace extending upward from 700 feet above the surface 
within a 6.4-mile radius of Shaktoolik Airport; and that airspace 
extending upward from 1,200 feet above the surface within a 73-mile 
radius of Shaktoolik Airport, AK, excluding that airspace that 
extends beyond 12 miles of the shoreline.
* * * * *

AAL AK E5 St. Michael, AK [Amended]

St. Michael Airport, AK
    (Lat. 63[deg]29'24'' N, long. 162[deg]06'37'' W)

    That airspace extending upward from 700 feet above the surface 
within an 8.4-mile radius of St. Michael Airport; and that airspace 
extending upward from 1,200 feet above the surface within a 73-mile 
radius of the St. Michael Airport, excluding that airspace that 
extends beyond 12 miles of the shoreline.
* * * * *

AAL AK E5 Tatitlek, AK [Amended]

Tatitlek Airport, AK
    (Lat. 60[deg]52'21'' N, long. 146[deg]41'28'' W)

    That airspace extending upward from 700 feet above the surface 
within a 6.4-mile radius of Tatitlek Airport, and within 2 miles 
southwest and 3.4 miles northeast of the 149[deg] radial from 
Tatitlek Airport extending from the 6.4-mile radius to 11.8 miles 
southeast of the airport; and that airspace extending upward from 
1,200 feet above the surface within a 60-mile radius of the Tatitlek 
Airport, excluding that airspace that extends beyond 12 miles of the 
shoreline.

    Issued in Seattle, Washington, on July 25, 2018.
Shawn M. Kozica,
Group Manager, Operations Support Group, Western Service Center.
[FR Doc. 2018-16489 Filed 8-1-18; 8:45 am]
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Federal Register / Vol. 83, No. 149 / Thursday, August 2, 2018 / Proposed Rules 37773 30337; phone: 404–474–5552; fax: 404–474– comments. You may also submit decisions on the proposal. Comments 5606; email: ronald.wissing@faa.gov. comments through the internet at http:// are specifically invited on the overall (2) For service information identified in www.regulations.gov. regulatory, aeronautical, economic, this AD, contact Gulfstream Aerospace FAA Order 7400.11B, Airspace environmental, and energy-related Corporation, P.O. Box 2206, Savannah, Georgia 31402–2206; telephone: (800) 810– Designations and Reporting Points, and aspects of the proposal. 4853; fax 912–965–3520; email: pubs@ subsequent amendments can be viewed Communications should identify both gulfstream.com; internet: http:// online at http://www.faa.gov/air_traffic/ docket numbers and be submitted in www.gulfstream.com/product_support/ publications/. For further information, triplicate to the address listed above. technical_pubs/pubs/index.htm. You may you can contact the Airspace Policy Persons wishing the FAA to view this referenced service information at Group, Federal Aviation acknowledge receipt of their comments the FAA, Policy and Innovation Division, 901 Administration, 800 Independence on this notice must submit with those Locust, Kansas City, Missouri 64106. For Avenue SW, Washington, DC 20591; comments a self-addressed, stamped information on the availability of this telephone: (202) 267–8783. The Order is postcard on which the following material at the FAA, call (816) 329–4148. statement is made: ‘‘Comments to also available for inspection at the Issued in Kansas City, Missouri, on July 25, National Archives and Records Docket No. FAA–2017–0349/Airspace 2018. Administration (NARA). For Docket No. 17–AAL–5’’. The postcard Pat Mullen, information on the availability of FAA will be date/time stamped and returned Aircraft Certification Service, Acting Deputy Order 7400.11A at NARA, call (202) to the commenter. Director, Policy and Innovation Division, 741–6030, or go to https:// All communications received before AIR–601. www.archives.gov/federal-register/cfr/ the specified closing date for comments [FR Doc. 2018–16491 Filed 8–1–18; 8:45 am] ibr-locations.html. will be considered before taking action BILLING CODE 4910–13–P FAA Order 7400.11, Airspace on the proposed rule. The proposal Designations and Reporting Points, is contained in this notice may be changed published yearly and effective on in light of the comments received. A DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION September 15. report summarizing each substantive public contact with FAA personnel Federal Aviation Administration FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: concerned with this rulemaking will be Richard Roberts, Federal Aviation filed in the docket. 14 CFR Part 71 Administration, Operations Support Group, Western Service Center, 2200 S. Availability of NPRMs [Docket No. FAA–2017–0349; Airspace 216th St., Des Moines, WA, 98198– Docket No. 17–AAL–5] An electronic copy of this document 6547; telephone (206) 231–2245. may be downloaded through the RIN–2120–AA66 SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: internet at http://www.regulations.gov. Authority for This Rulemaking Recently published rulemaking Proposed Modification of Class E documents can also be accessed through Airspace for the Following Alaska The FAA’s authority to issue rules the FAA’s web page at http:// Towns; St. Michael, AK; Shaktoolik, regarding aviation safety is found in www.faa.gov/air_traffic/publications/ AK; and Tatitlek, AK Title 49 of the United States Code. airspace_amendments/. AGENCY: Federal Aviation Subtitle I, Section 106 describes the You may review the public docket Administration (FAA), DOT. authority of the FAA Administrator. containing the proposal, any comments Subtitle VII, Aviation Programs, received, and any final disposition in ACTION: Notice of proposed rulemaking describes in more detail the scope of the person in the Dockets Office (see the (NPRM). agency’s authority. This rulemaking is ADDRESSES section for the address and SUMMARY: This action proposes to promulgated under the authority phone number) between 9:00 a.m. and modify Class E airspace extending described in Subtitle VII, Part A, 5:00 p.m., Monday through Friday, upward from 1,200 feet above the Subpart I, Section 40103. Under that except federal holidays. An informal surface at St. Michael Airport, AK; section, the FAA is charged with docket may also be examined during Shaktoolik Airport, AK; and Tatitlek prescribing regulations to assign the use normal business hours at the Northwest Airport, AK. This proposal would add of airspace necessary to ensure the Mountain Regional Office of the Federal exclusionary language to the legal safety of aircraft and the efficient use of Aviation Administration, Air Traffic descriptions of these airports to exclude airspace. This regulation is within the Organization, Western Service Center, Class E airspace extending beyond 12 scope of that authority as it would Operations Support Group, Western miles from the shoreline, and would amend Class E airspace extending Service Center, 2200 S 216th St., Des ensure the safety and management of upward from 1,200 feet above the Moines, WA 98198–6547. aircraft within the National Airspace surface at St. Michael Airport, AK; Shaktoolik Airport, AK; and Tatitlek Availability and Summary of System. Documents for Incorporation by Airport, AK to support IFR operations in DATES: Comments must be received on standard instrument approach and Reference or before September 17, 2018. departure procedures at these airports. This document proposes to amend ADDRESSES: Send comments on this FAA Order 7400.11B, Airspace proposal to the U.S. Department of Comments Invited Designations and Reporting Points, daltland on DSKBBV9HB2PROD with PROPOSALS Transportation, Docket Operations, 1200 Interested parties are invited to dated August 3, 2017, and effective New Jersey Avenue SE, West Building participate in this proposed rulemaking September 15, 2017. FAA Order Ground Floor, Room W12–140, by submitting such written data, views, 7400.11B is publicly available as listed Washington, DC 20590; telephone: 1– or arguments, as they may desire. in the ADDRESSES section of this 800–647–5527, or (202) 366–9826. You Comments that provide the factual basis document. FAA Order 7400.11B lists must identify FAA Docket No. FAA– supporting the views and suggestions Class A, B, C, D, and E airspace areas, 2017–0349; Airspace Docket No. 17– presented are particularly helpful in air traffic service routes, and reporting AAL–5, at the beginning of your developing reasoned regulatory points. VerDate Sep<11>2014 16:26 Aug 01, 2018 Jkt 244001 PO 00000 Frm 00010 Fmt 4702 Sfmt 4702 E:\FR\FM\02AUP1.SGM 02AUP1

37774 Federal Register / Vol. 83, No. 149 / Thursday, August 2, 2018 / Proposed Rules The Proposal PART 71—DESIGNATION OF CLASS A, DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION B, C, D, AND E AIRSPACE AREAS; AIR The FAA is proposing an amendment TRAFFIC SERVICE ROUTES; AND Federal Aviation Administration to Title 14 Code of Federal Regulations REPORTING POINTS (14 CFR) part 71 by modifying Class E 14 CFR Part 71 airspace extending upward from 1,200 ■ 1. The authority citation for 14 CFR feet above the surface at St. Michael [Docket No. FAA–2017–0345; Airspace part 71 continues to read as follows: Docket No. 17–AAL–1] Airport, AK; Shaktoolik Airport, AK; Authority: 49 U.S.C. 106(f), 106(g), 40103, and Tatitlek Airport, AK. This action 40113, 40120; E.O. 10854, 24 FR 9565, 3 CFR, RIN–2120–AA66 would add language to the legal 1959–1963 Comp., p. 389. descriptions of these airports that reads Proposed Modification of Class E ‘‘excluding that airspace that extends § 71.1 [Amended] Airspace for the Following Alaska beyond 12 miles from the shoreline’’. ■ 2. The incorporation by reference in Towns; Barrow, AK; Chevak, AK; Class E airspace designations are 14 CFR 71.1 of FAA Order 7400.11B, Clarks Point, AK; Elim, AK; and published in paragraph 6005 of FAA Airspace Designations and Reporting Golovin, AK Order 7400.11B, dated August 3, 2017, Points, dated August 3, 2017, and AGENCY: Federal Aviation and effective September 15, 2017, which effective September 15, 2017, is Administration (FAA), DOT. is incorporated by reference in 14 CFR amended as follows: ACTION: Notice of proposed rulemaking 71.1. The Class E airspace designations Paragraph 6005 Class E Airspace Areas (NPRM). listed in this document will be Extending Upward From 1,200 Feet or More published subsequently in the Order. Above the Surface of the Earth. SUMMARY: This action proposes to * * * * * modify Class E airspace extending Regulatory Notices and Analyses upward from 1,200 feet above the AAL AK E5 Shaktoolik, AK [Amended] The FAA has determined that this surface in Alaska at Wiley Post/Will Shaktoolik Airport, AK Rogers Memorial Airport, Barrow; regulation only involves an established (Lat. 64°22′16″ N, long. 161°13′26″ W) body of technical regulations for which Chevak Airport; Clarks Point Airport; That airspace extending upward from 700 Elim Airport; and Golovin Airport. This frequent and routine amendments are feet above the surface within a 6.4-mile necessary to keep them operationally proposal would add exclusionary radius of Shaktoolik Airport; and that current, and is non-controversial and airspace extending upward from 1,200 feet language to the legal descriptions of above the surface within a 73-mile radius of these airports to exclude Class E unlikely to result in adverse or negative Shaktoolik Airport, AK, excluding that airspace extending beyond 12 miles comments. It, therefore: (1) Is not a airspace that extends beyond 12 miles of the from the shoreline, and would ensure ‘‘significant regulatory action’’ under shoreline. the safety and management of aircraft Executive Order 12866; (2) is not a within the National Airspace System. ‘‘significant rule’’ under DOT * * * * * Also, an editorial change would be Regulatory Policies and Procedures (44 AAL AK E5 St. Michael, AK [Amended] made in the associated airspace FR 11034; February 26, 1979); and (3) St. Michael Airport, AK designation for Chevak Airport. does not warrant preparation of a (Lat. 63°29′24″ N, long. 162°06′37″ W) DATES: Comments must be received on regulatory evaluation as the anticipated That airspace extending upward from 700 or before September 17, 2018. impact is so minimal. Since this is a feet above the surface within an 8.4-mile radius of St. Michael Airport; and that ADDRESSES: Send comments on this routine matter that will only affect air airspace extending upward from 1,200 feet proposal to the U.S. Department of traffic procedures and air navigation, it above the surface within a 73-mile radius of Transportation, Docket Operations, 1200 is certified that this rule, when the St. Michael Airport, excluding that New Jersey Avenue SE, West Building promulgated, would not have a airspace that extends beyond 12 miles of the Ground Floor, Room W12–140, significant economic impact on a shoreline. Washington, DC 20590; telephone: (800) substantial number of small entities * * * * * 647–5527, or (202) 366–9826. You must under the criteria of the Regulatory identify FAA Docket No. FAA–2017– AAL AK E5 Tatitlek, AK [Amended] Flexibility Act. 0345; Airspace Docket No. 17–AAL–1, Tatitlek Airport, AK Environmental Review (Lat. 60°52′21″ N, long. 146°41′28″ W) at the beginning of your comments. You may also submit comments through the That airspace extending upward from 700 This proposal would be subject to an feet above the surface within a 6.4-mile internet at http://www.regulations.gov. environmental analysis in accordance radius of Tatitlek Airport, and within 2 miles FAA Order 7400.11B, Airspace with FAA Order 1050.1F, southwest and 3.4 miles northeast of the 149° Designations and Reporting Points, and ‘‘Environmental Impacts: Policies and radial from Tatitlek Airport extending from subsequent amendments can be viewed Procedures’’ prior to any FAA final the 6.4-mile radius to 11.8 miles southeast of online at http://www.faa.gov/air_traffic/ regulatory action. the airport; and that airspace extending publications/. For further information, upward from 1,200 feet above the surface you can contact the Airspace Policy List of Subjects in 14 CFR Part 71 within a 60-mile radius of the Tatitlek Group, Federal Aviation Airport, excluding that airspace that extends Administration, 800 Independence Airspace, Incorporation by reference, beyond 12 miles of the shoreline. daltland on DSKBBV9HB2PROD with PROPOSALS Avenue SW, Washington, DC 20591; Navigation (air). Issued in Seattle, Washington, on July 25, telephone: (202) 267–8783. The Order is 2018. also available for inspection at the The Proposed Amendment Shawn M. Kozica, National Archives and Records Accordingly, pursuant to the Group Manager, Operations Support Group, Administration (NARA). For authority delegated to me, the Federal Western Service Center. information on the availability of FAA Aviation Administration proposes to [FR Doc. 2018–16489 Filed 8–1–18; 8:45 am] Order 7400.11B at NARA, call (202) amend 14 CFR part 71 as follows: BILLING CODE 4910–13–P 741–6030, or go to https:// VerDate Sep<11>2014 16:26 Aug 01, 2018 Jkt 244001 PO 00000 Frm 00011 Fmt 4702 Sfmt 4702 E:\FR\FM\02AUP1.SGM 02AUP1


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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 September 17, 2018.
ContactRichard Roberts, Federal Aviation Administration, Operations Support Group, Western Service Center, 2200 S. 216th St., Des Moines, WA, 98198-6547; telephone (206) 231-2245.
FR Citation83 FR 37773 
CFR AssociatedAirspace; Incorporation by Reference and Navigation (air)
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