83_FR_8678 83 FR 8638 - Proposed Amendment of Class E Airspace; Flint, MI, and Proposed Establishment of Class E Airspace; Owosso, MI

83 FR 8638 - Proposed Amendment of Class E Airspace; Flint, MI, and Proposed Establishment of Class E Airspace; Owosso, MI

DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION
Federal Aviation Administration

Federal Register Volume 83, Issue 40 (February 28, 2018)

Page Range8638-8640
FR Document2018-03958

This action proposes to amend Class E airspace extending upward from 700 feet above the surface at Bishop International Airport, Flint, MI, and establish separate Class E airspace extending upward from 700 feet above the surface at Owosso Community Airport, Owosso, MI. The FAA is proposing this action due to the closure of the Athelone Williams Memorial Airport, Davison, MI, which is included in the Flint, MI, airspace description, and the cancellation of the instrument approach procedures at the Genesys Regional Medical Center, Grand Blanc, MI, also included in the Flint, MI, airspace description, and to update the Bishop International Airport airspace and the Owosso Community Airport airspace to comply with FAA Order 7400.2L, Procedures for Handling Airspace Matters. The geographic coordinates of the Bishop International Airport and Prices Airport, Linden, MI, would also be updated to coincide with the FAA's aeronautical database.

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DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION

Federal Aviation Administration

14 CFR Part 71

[Docket No. FAA-2018-0020; Airspace Docket No. 17-AGL-28]


Proposed Amendment of Class E Airspace; Flint, MI, and Proposed 
Establishment of Class E Airspace; Owosso, MI

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 Bishop International Airport, 
Flint, MI, and establish separate Class E airspace extending upward 
from 700 feet above the surface at Owosso Community Airport, Owosso, 
MI. The FAA is proposing this action due to the closure of the Athelone 
Williams Memorial Airport, Davison, MI, which is included in the Flint, 
MI, airspace description, and the cancellation of the instrument 
approach procedures at the Genesys Regional Medical Center, Grand 
Blanc, MI, also included in the Flint, MI, airspace description, and to 
update the Bishop International Airport airspace and the Owosso 
Community Airport airspace to comply with FAA Order 7400.2L, Procedures 
for Handling Airspace Matters. The geographic coordinates of the Bishop 
International Airport and Prices Airport, Linden, MI, would also be 
updated to coincide with the FAA's aeronautical database.

DATES: Comments must be received on or before April 16, 2018.

ADDRESSES: Send comments on this proposal to the U.S. Department of 
Transportation, Docket Operations, West Building Ground Floor, Room 
W12-140, 1200 New Jersey Avenue SE, Washington, DC 20590; telephone 
(202) 366-9826, or (800) 647-5527. You must identify FAA Docket No. 
FAA-2018-0020; Airspace Docket No. 17-AGL-28, 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 7400.11B, 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: Jeffrey Claypool, Federal Aviation 
Administration, Operations Support Group, Central Service Center, 10101 
Hillwood Parkway, Fort Worth, TX 76177; telephone (817) 222-5711.

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 700 feet above 
the surface at Bishop International Airport, Flint, MI, and establish 
separate Class E airspace extending upward from 700 feet above the 
surface at Owosso Community Airport, Owosso, MI, to support instrument 
flight rules (IFR) operations at these airports, and remove Class E 
airspace extending upward from 700 feet above the surface that is no 
longer required at Athelone Williams Memorial Airport and Genesys 
Regional Medical Center.

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 
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-2018-0020; 
Airspace Docket No. 17-AGL-28.'' 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

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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 Federal Aviation Administration, Air 
Traffic Organization, Central Service Center, Operations Support Group, 
10101 Hillwood Parkway, Fort Worth, TX 76177.

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.

The Proposal

    The FAA is proposing an amendment to Title 14, Code of Federal 
Regulations (14 CFR) part 71 by:
    Modifying the Class E airspace designated as a surface area at 
Bishop International Airport, Flint, MI, by updating the geographic 
coordinates of the airport to coincide with the FAA's aeronautical 
database, and replacing the outdated term ``Airport/Facility 
Directory'' with the term ``Chart Supplement'' in the airspace legal 
description;
    Modifying the Class E airspace area extending upward from 700 feet 
above the surface to within a 6.9-mile radius (decreased from a 10.5-
mile radius) at Bishop International Airport; removing the extension to 
the north referencing the Flint ILS localizer; adding an extension 2.4 
miles each side of the 016[deg] radial of the Flint VORTAC extending 
from the 6.9-mile radius to 7.9 miles north of the airport; adding an 
extension 2.4 miles each side of the 179[deg] radial of the Flint 
VORTAC extending from the 6.9-mile radius to 7.9 miles south of the 
airport; removing the Owosso Community Airport, Owosso, MI, from the 
airspace description (a separate Class E airspace area extending upward 
from 700 feet above the surface would be created for Owosso Community 
Airport as it no longer adjoins the Flint, MI, Class E airspace area 
extending upward from 700 feet above the surface with this amendment); 
removing Athelone Williams Memorial Airport, Davison, MI, from the 
airspace description; removing the PETLI LOM from the airspace 
description; removing Genesys Regional Medical Center, Grand Blanc, MI, 
from the airspace description; updating the geographic coordinates for 
Bishop International Airport and Prices Airport, Linden, MI, to 
coincide with the FAA's aeronautical database; and removing 
exclusionary language contained in the legal description to comply with 
FAA Order 7400.2L; and
    Establishing Class E airspace area extending upward from 700 feet 
above the surface to within a 6.4-mile radius of Owosso Community 
Airport, Owosso, MI.
    Airspace reconfiguration is necessary due to the closure of the 
Athelone Williams Memorial Airport and the cancellation of the 
instrument procedures at the Genesys Regional Medical Center, as they 
no longer require a Class E airspace area extending upward from 700 
feet above the surface. This action would enhance safety and the 
management of IFR operations at these airports.
    Class E airspace designations are published in paragraph 6002 and 
6005, respectively, 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 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, 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 proposed 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

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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]

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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 6002 Class E Surface Area Airspace.

* * * * *

AGL MI E2 Flint, MI [Amended]

Bishop International Airport, MI
    (Lat. 42[deg]57'56'' N, long. 83[deg]44'41'' W)

    That airspace extending upward from the surface within a 5-mile 
radius of Bishop International 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 continuously published in the Chart Supplement.

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

* * * * *

AGL MI E5 Flint, MI [Amended]

Bishop International Airport, MI
    (Lat. 42[deg]57'56'' N, long. 83[deg]44'42'' W)
Prices Airport, MI
    (Lat. 42[deg]48'27'' N, long. 83[deg]46'08'' W)
Flint VORTAC
    (Lat. 42[deg]58'00'' N, long. 83[deg]44'49'' W)

    That airspace extending upward from 700 feet above the surface 
within a 6.9-mile radius of Bishop International Airport, and within 
2.4 miles each side of the 016[deg] radial of the Flint VORTAC 
extending from the 6.9-mile radius to 7.9 miles north of Bishop 
International Airport, and within 2.4 miles each side of the 
179[deg] radial of the Flint VORTAC extending from the 6.9-mile 
radius to 7.9 miles south of Bishop International Airport, and 
within a 6.4-mile radius of Prices Airport.
* * * * *

AGL MI E5 Owosso, MI [New]

Owosso Community Airport, MI

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    (Lat. 42[deg]59'35'' N, long. 84[deg]08'19'' W)

    That airspace extending upward from 700 feet above the surface 
within a 6.4-mile radius of Owosso Community Airport.

    Issued in Fort Worth, Texas, on February 21, 2018.
Christopher L. Southerland,
Acting Manager, Operations Support Group, ATO Central Service Center.
[FR Doc. 2018-03958 Filed 2-27-18; 8:45 am]
 BILLING CODE 4910-13-P

8638 Proposed Rules Federal Register Vol. 83, No. 40 Wednesday, February 28, 2018 This section of the FEDERAL REGISTER 0020; Airspace Docket No. 17–AGL–28, airspace extending upward from 700 contains notices to the public of the proposed at the beginning of your comments. You feet above the surface at Owosso issuance of rules and regulations. The may also submit comments through the Community Airport, Owosso, MI, to purpose of these notices is to give interested internet at http://www.regulations.gov. support instrument flight rules (IFR) persons an opportunity to participate in the You may review the public docket operations at these airports, and remove rule making prior to the adoption of the final containing the proposal, any comments Class E airspace extending upward from rules. received, and any final disposition in 700 feet above the surface that is no person in the Dockets Office between longer required at Athelone Williams DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION 9:00 a.m. and 5:00 p.m., Monday Memorial Airport and Genesys Regional through Friday, except federal holidays. Medical Center. Federal Aviation Administration FAA Order 7400.11B, Airspace Comments Invited Designations and Reporting Points, and 14 CFR Part 71 subsequent amendments can be viewed Interested parties are invited to online at http://www.faa.gov/air_traffic/ participate in this proposed rulemaking [Docket No. FAA–2018–0020; Airspace by submitting such written data, views, Docket No. 17–AGL–28] publications/. For further information, you can contact the Airspace Policy or arguments, as they may desire. Group, Federal Aviation Comments that provide the factual basis Proposed Amendment of Class E Administration, 800 Independence supporting the views and suggestions Airspace; Flint, MI, and Proposed Avenue SW, Washington, DC 20591; presented are particularly helpful in Establishment of Class E Airspace; telephone: (202) 267–8783. The Order is developing reasoned regulatory Owosso, MI also available for inspection at the decisions on the proposal. Comments AGENCY: Federal Aviation National Archives and Records are specifically invited on the overall Administration (FAA), DOT. Administration (NARA). For regulatory, aeronautical, economic, ACTION: Notice of proposed rulemaking information on the availability of FAA environmental, and energy-related (NPRM). Order 7400.11A at NARA, call (202) aspects of the proposal. 741–6030, or go to https:// Communications should identify both SUMMARY: This action proposes to www.archives.gov/federal-register/cfr/ docket numbers and be submitted in amend Class E airspace extending ibr-locations.html. triplicate to the address listed above. upward from 700 feet above the surface FAA Order 7400.11, Airspace Commenters wishing the FAA to at Bishop International Airport, Flint, Designations and Reporting Points, is acknowledge receipt of their comments MI, and establish separate Class E published yearly and effective on on this notice must submit with those airspace extending upward from 700 September 15. comments a self-addressed, stamped feet above the surface at Owosso postcard on which the following FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Community Airport, Owosso, MI. The statement is made: ‘‘Comments to Jeffrey Claypool, Federal Aviation FAA is proposing this action due to the Docket No. FAA–2018–0020; Airspace Administration, Operations Support closure of the Athelone Williams Docket No. 17–AGL–28.’’ The postcard Group, Central Service Center, 10101 will be date/time stamped and returned Memorial Airport, Davison, MI, which Hillwood Parkway, Fort Worth, TX is included in the Flint, MI, airspace to the commenter. 76177; telephone (817) 222–5711. All communications received before description, and the cancellation of the SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: the specified closing date for comments instrument approach procedures at the Genesys Regional Medical Center, Authority for This Rulemaking will be considered before taking action Grand Blanc, MI, also included in the on the proposed rule. The proposal The FAA’s authority to issue rules contained in this notice may be changed Flint, MI, airspace description, and to regarding aviation safety is found in update the Bishop International Airport in light of the comments received. A Title 49 of the United States Code. report summarizing each substantive airspace and the Owosso Community Subtitle I, Section 106 describes the Airport airspace to comply with FAA public contact with FAA personnel authority of the FAA Administrator. concerned with this rulemaking will be Order 7400.2L, Procedures for Handling Subtitle VII, Aviation Programs, Airspace Matters. The geographic filed in the docket. describes in more detail the scope of the coordinates of the Bishop International agency’s authority. This rulemaking is Availability of NPRMs Airport and Prices Airport, Linden, MI, promulgated under the authority An electronic copy of this document would also be updated to coincide with described in Subtitle VII, Part A, may be downloaded through the the FAA’s aeronautical database. Subpart I, Section 40103. Under that internet at http://www.regulations.gov. DATES: Comments must be received on section, the FAA is charged with Recently published rulemaking or before April 16, 2018. prescribing regulations to assign the use documents can also be accessed through sradovich on DSK3GMQ082PROD with PROPOSALS ADDRESSES: Send comments on this of airspace necessary to ensure the the FAA’s web page at http:// proposal to the U.S. Department of safety of aircraft and the efficient use of www.faa.gov/air_traffic/publications/ Transportation, Docket Operations, airspace. This regulation is within the airspace_amendments/. West Building Ground Floor, Room scope of that authority as it would You may review the public docket W12–140, 1200 New Jersey Avenue SE, amend Class E airspace extending containing the proposal, any comments Washington, DC 20590; telephone (202) upward from 700 feet above the surface received, and any final disposition in 366–9826, or (800) 647–5527. You must at Bishop International Airport, Flint, person in the Dockets Office (see the identify FAA Docket No. FAA–2018– MI, and establish separate Class E ADDRESSES section for the address and VerDate Sep<11>2014 16:28 Feb 27, 2018 Jkt 244001 PO 00000 Frm 00001 Fmt 4702 Sfmt 4702 E:\FR\FM\28FEP1.SGM 28FEP1

Federal Register / Vol. 83, No. 40 / Wednesday, February 28, 2018 / Proposed Rules 8639 phone number) between 9:00 a.m. and Grand Blanc, MI, from the airspace List of Subjects in 14 CFR Part 71 5:00 p.m., Monday through Friday, description; updating the geographic Airspace, Incorporation by reference, except federal holidays. An informal coordinates for Bishop International Navigation (air). docket may also be examined during Airport and Prices Airport, Linden, MI, normal business hours at the Federal to coincide with the FAA’s aeronautical The Proposed Amendment Aviation Administration, Air Traffic database; and removing exclusionary Accordingly, pursuant to the Organization, Central Service Center, language contained in the legal authority delegated to me, the Federal Operations Support Group, 10101 description to comply with FAA Order Aviation Administration proposes to Hillwood Parkway, Fort Worth, TX 7400.2L; and amend 14 CFR part 71 as follows: 76177. Establishing Class E airspace area extending upward from 700 feet above PART 71—DESIGNATION OF CLASS A, Availability and Summary of the surface to within a 6.4-mile radius B, C, D, AND E AIRSPACE AREAS; AIR Documents for Incorporation by of Owosso Community Airport, Owosso, TRAFFIC SERVICE ROUTES; AND Reference MI. REPORTING POINTS This document proposes to amend Airspace reconfiguration is necessary FAA Order 7400.11B, Airspace ■ 1. The authority citation for 14 CFR due to the closure of the Athelone Designations and Reporting Points, part 71 continues to read as follows: Williams Memorial Airport and the dated August 3, 2017, and effective Authority: 49 U.S.C. 106(f), 106(g); 40103, cancellation of the instrument September 15, 2017. FAA Order 40113, 40120; E.O. 10854, 24 FR 9565, 3 CFR, procedures at the Genesys Regional 7400.11B is publicly available as listed 1959–1963 Comp., p. 389. Medical Center, as they no longer in the ADDRESSES section of this require a Class E airspace area extending § 71.1 [Amended] document. FAA Order 7400.11B lists upward from 700 feet above the surface. ■ 2. The incorporation by reference in Class A, B, C, D, and E airspace areas, air traffic service routes, and reporting This action would enhance safety and 14 CFR 71.1 of FAA Order 7400.11B, points. the management of IFR operations at Airspace Designations and Reporting these airports. Points, dated August 3, 2017, and The Proposal Class E airspace designations are effective September 15, 2017, is The FAA is proposing an amendment published in paragraph 6002 and 6005, amended as follows: to Title 14, Code of Federal Regulations respectively, of FAA Order 7400.11B, (14 CFR) part 71 by: dated August 3, 2017, and effective Paragraph 6002 Class E Surface Area Modifying the Class E airspace September 15, 2017, which is Airspace. designated as a surface area at Bishop incorporated by reference in 14 CFR * * * * * International Airport, Flint, MI, by 71.1. The Class E airspace designation AGL MI E2 Flint, MI [Amended] updating the geographic coordinates of listed in this document will be the airport to coincide with the FAA’s published subsequently in the Order. Bishop International Airport, MI (Lat. 42°57′56″ N, long. 83°44′41″ W) aeronautical database, and replacing the Regulatory Notices and Analyses That airspace extending upward from the outdated term ‘‘Airport/Facility surface within a 5-mile radius of Bishop Directory’’ with the term ‘‘Chart The FAA has determined that this International Airport. This Class E airspace Supplement’’ in the airspace legal proposed regulation only involves an area is effective during the specific dates and description; established body of technical times established in advance by a Notice to Modifying the Class E airspace area regulations for which frequent and Airmen. The effective date and time will extending upward from 700 feet above routine amendments are necessary to thereafter be continuously published in the the surface to within a 6.9-mile radius keep them operationally current, is non- Chart Supplement. (decreased from a 10.5-mile radius) at controversial and unlikely to result in Paragraph 6005 Class E Airspace Areas Bishop International Airport; removing adverse or negative comments. It, Extending Upward From 700 Feet or More the extension to the north referencing therefore: (1) Is not a ‘‘significant Above the Surface of the Earth. the Flint ILS localizer; adding an regulatory action’’ under Executive * * * * * extension 2.4 miles each side of the 016° Order 12866; (2) is not a ‘‘significant radial of the Flint VORTAC extending rule’’ under DOT Regulatory Policies AGL MI E5 Flint, MI [Amended] from the 6.9-mile radius to 7.9 miles and Procedures (44 FR 11034; February Bishop International Airport, MI north of the airport; adding an extension 26, 1979); and (3) does not warrant (Lat. 42°57′56″ N, long. 83°44′42″ W) 2.4 miles each side of the 179° radial of preparation of a regulatory evaluation as Prices Airport, MI (Lat. 42°48′27″ N, long. 83°46′08″ W) the Flint VORTAC extending from the the anticipated impact is so minimal. Flint VORTAC 6.9-mile radius to 7.9 miles south of the Since this is a routine matter that will (Lat. 42°58′00″ N, long. 83°44′49″ W) airport; removing the Owosso only affect air traffic procedures and air That airspace extending upward from 700 Community Airport, Owosso, MI, from navigation, it is certified that this feet above the surface within a 6.9-mile the airspace description (a separate proposed rule, when promulgated, radius of Bishop International Airport, and Class E airspace area extending upward would not have a significant economic within 2.4 miles each side of the 016° radial from 700 feet above the surface would impact on a substantial number of small of the Flint VORTAC extending from the 6.9- be created for Owosso Community entities under the criteria of the mile radius to 7.9 miles north of Bishop Airport as it no longer adjoins the Flint, Regulatory Flexibility Act. International Airport, and within 2.4 miles sradovich on DSK3GMQ082PROD with PROPOSALS MI, Class E airspace area extending each side of the 179° radial of the Flint Environmental Review VORTAC extending from the 6.9-mile radius upward from 700 feet above the surface to 7.9 miles south of Bishop International with this amendment); removing This proposal will be subject to an Airport, and within a 6.4-mile radius of Athelone Williams Memorial Airport, environmental analysis in accordance Prices Airport. Davison, MI, from the airspace with FAA Order 1050.1F, * * * * * description; removing the PETLI LOM ‘‘Environmental Impacts: Policies and from the airspace description; removing Procedures’’ prior to any FAA final AGL MI E5 Owosso, MI [New] Genesys Regional Medical Center, regulatory action. Owosso Community Airport, MI VerDate Sep<11>2014 16:28 Feb 27, 2018 Jkt 244001 PO 00000 Frm 00002 Fmt 4702 Sfmt 4702 E:\FR\FM\28FEP1.SGM 28FEP1

8640 Federal Register / Vol. 83, No. 40 / Wednesday, February 28, 2018 / Proposed Rules (Lat. 42°59′35″ N, long. 84°08′19″ W) personal information provided. For Park] System units.’’ 54 U.S.C. That airspace extending upward from 700 additional information, see the ‘‘Public 100751(a). In the recreation area’s feet above the surface within a 6.4-mile Participation’’ heading of the enabling act, Congress directed the radius of Owosso Community Airport. SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION section of Secretary of the Interior to ‘‘administer, Issued in Fort Worth, Texas, on February this document. protect, and develop the recreation area 21, 2018. Docket: For access to the docket to in accordance with the [Organic Act], Christopher L. Southerland, read background documents or and with any other statutory authority Acting Manager, Operations Support Group, comments received, go to http:// available to him for the conservation ATO Central Service Center. www.regulations.gov. and management of natural resources.’’ [FR Doc. 2018–03958 Filed 2–27–18; 8:45 am] FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 16 U.S.C. 460dd–3. BILLING CODE 4910–13–P William Shott, Superintendent, Glen Executive Order 11644, Use of Off- Canyon National Recreation Area, P.O. Road Vehicles on the Public Lands, was Box 1507, Page, Arizona 86040, by issued in 1972 and amended by DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR phone at 928–608–6205, or by email at Executive Order 11989 in 1977. GLCA_Superintendent@nps.gov. Executive Order 11644 required federal National Park Service agencies to issue regulations designating SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: specific areas and routes on public 36 CFR Part 7 Purpose and Significance of Glen lands where the use of off-road vehicles Canyon National Recreation Area (ORVs) may be used. NPS implemented [NPS–GLCA–20681; PPIMGLCAS1; these Executive Orders by promulgating PPMPSAS1Z.YP0000] Congress established Glen Canyon National Recreation Area (the recreation a regulation at 36 CFR 4.10 (Travel on RIN 1024–AD93 area) in 1972 ‘‘to provide for the public park roads and designated routes). outdoor recreation use and enjoyment of Under 36 CFR 4.10, the use of motor Special Regulations of the National vehicles off established roads is not Park Service; Glen Canyon National Lake Powell and lands adjacent thereto in the states of Arizona and Utah and to permitted unless routes and areas are Recreation Area; Motor Vehicles designated for off-road motor vehicle preserve the scenic, scientific, and AGENCY: National Park Service, Interior. historic features contributing to the use by special regulation. Under 36 CFR public enjoyment of the area.’’ 16 U.S.C. 4.10(b), such routes and areas ‘‘may be ACTION: Proposed rule. 460dd. designated only in national recreation SUMMARY: The National Park Service The recreation area encompasses areas, national seashores, national proposes to amend its special 1,254,117 acres in northern Arizona and lakeshores and national preserves.’’ The regulations for Glen Canyon National southeastern Utah. The recreation area proposed rule would designate routes Recreation Area to manage the use of allows for a variety of recreational where motor vehicles may be used off motor vehicles on and off park roads. opportunities, including on- and off- roads in the recreation area in The rule would require a permit to road motor vehicle use. The recreation compliance with 36 CFR 4.10 and operate a motor vehicle off roads in area contains Lake Powell, the second- Executive Orders 11644 and 11989. selected locations, designate routes and largest human-made lake in North Current Motor Vehicle Use in the areas where motor vehicles may be used America, which provides the Recreation Area off roads, and allow the superintendent opportunity to recreate in a natural to establish closures and restrictions environment and access remote Off-Road Motor Vehicles based upon specific criteria. The rule backcountry areas. The recreation area The use of motor vehicles to reach off- would also allow certain types of off- is located in the heart of the Colorado road destinations in Glen Canyon road vehicles on some paved and Plateau region, which offers a natural predates the establishment of the unpaved roads in the recreation area. diversity of rugged water- and wind- recreation area in 1972. After Lake Unless provided for by special carved canyons, buttes, mesas, and Powell began to fill behind the Glen regulation, operating a motor vehicle off other outstanding physiographic Canyon Dam in 1963, the public began roads within areas of the National Park features. Evidence of 11,000 years of driving off road to access the new lake System is prohibited. human occupation and use of resources for recreational activities. This ORV use DATES: Comments must be received by in the recreation area provides a continued following the establishment April 30, 2018. continuing story of the prehistoric, of the recreation area in 1972. ORV use ADDRESSES: You may submit comments, historic, and present-day affiliation of is currently occurring in four general identified by the Regulation Identifier humans and their environment. The locations within the recreation area: Number (RIN) 1024–AD93, by any of the recreation area constitutes a substantial • Lone Rock Beach is open to following methods: part of the outstanding public lands of conventional vehicles, off-highway • Federal eRulemaking Portal: http:// the Colorado Plateau. vehicles, and street-legal all-terrain www.regulations.gov. Follow the vehicles. The speed limit at Lone Rock Authority To Promulgate Regulations Beach is 15 mph. instructions for submitting comments. • Mail to: Superintendent, Glen The National Park Service (NPS) • Lone Rock Beach Play Area is Canyon National Recreation Area, P.O. manages the recreation area under the located on a hill above and to the Box 1507, Page, Arizona 86040. NPS Organic Act (54 U.S.C. 100101 et southwest of Lone Rock Beach. This sradovich on DSK3GMQ082PROD with PROPOSALS • Hand Deliver to: Superintendent, seq.), which gives the NPS broad 180-acre area is enclosed by a fence and Glen Canyon National Recreation Area, authority to regulate the use of the park open to unrestricted, high-intensity 691 Scenic View Drive, Page, Arizona. areas under its jurisdiction. The Organic ORV use. This area is a place where Instructions: All submissions received Act authorizes the Secretary of the ORV operators can challenge must include the agency name and RIN Interior, acting through the NPS, to themselves, develop riding skills, for this rulemaking. Comments received ‘‘prescribe such regulations as the operate at high speeds, and perform will be posted without change to http:// Secretary considers necessary or proper jumps and hill climbs. There is no www.regulations.gov, including any for the use and management of [National speed limit in the play area. 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CategoryRegulatory Information
CollectionFederal Register
sudoc ClassAE 2.7:
GS 4.107:
AE 2.106:
PublisherOffice of the Federal Register, National Archives and Records Administration
SectionProposed Rules
ActionNotice of proposed rulemaking (NPRM).
DatesComments must be received on or before April 16, 2018.
ContactJeffrey Claypool, Federal Aviation Administration, Operations Support Group, Central Service Center, 10101 Hillwood Parkway, Fort Worth, TX 76177; telephone (817) 222-5711.
FR Citation83 FR 8638 
CFR AssociatedAirspace; Incorporation by Reference and Navigation (air)
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