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Points, dated August 3, 2017, and Issued in Seattle, Washington, on July 25, Avenue SW, Washington, DC 20591; effective September 15, 2017, is 2018. telephone: (202) 267–8783. The Order is amended as follows: Shawn M. Kozica, also available for inspection at the Group Manager, Operations Support Group, National Archives and Records Paragraph 6005 Class E Airspace Areas Western Service Center. Extending Upward From 700 Feet or More Administration (NARA). For Above the Surface of the Earth. [FR Doc. 2018–16482 Filed 8–1–18; 8:45 am] information on the availability of FAA Order 7400.11B at NARA, call 202–741– * * * * * BILLING CODE 4910–13–P 6030, or go to https://www.archives.gov/ AAL AK E5 Barrow, AK [Amended] federal-register/cfr/ibr-locations.html. Wiley Post/Will Rogers Memorial , DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION FAA Order 7400.11, Airspace AK Designations and Reporting Points, is (Lat. 71°17′06″ N, long. 156°46′07″ W) Federal Aviation Administration published yearly and effective on September 15. That airspace extending upward from 700 14 CFR Part 71 feet above the surface within a 6.6-mile FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: radius of the Wiley Post/Will Rogers [Docket No. FAA–2017–0348; Airspace Richard Roberts, Federal Aviation Memorial Airport; and that airspace Docket No. 17–AAL–4] Administration, Operations Support extending upward from 1,200 feet above the RIN–2120–AA66 Group, Western Service Center, 2200 S. surface within a 73-mile radius of the Wiley 216th St., Des Moines, WA, 98198– Post/Will Rogers Memorial Airport, Proposed Modification of Class E 6547; telephone (206) 231–2245. excluding that airspace extending beyond 12 Airspace for the Following SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: miles of the shoreline. Towns; Nuiqsut, AK; Perryville, AK; AAL AK E5 Chevak, AK [Amended] Pilot Point, AK; and Point Lay, AK Authority for This Rulemaking The FAA’s authority to issue rules , AK AGENCY: ° ′ ″ ° ′ ″ Federal Aviation regarding aviation safety is found in (Lat. 61 32 27 N, long. 165 36 03 W) Administration (FAA), DOT. That airspace extending upward from 700 Title 49 of the United States Code. ACTION: Notice of proposed rulemaking feet above the surface within a 7.0-mile Subtitle I, Section 106 describes the (NPRM). radius of Chevak Airport; and that airspace authority of the FAA Administrator. Subtitle VII, Aviation Programs, extending upward from 1,200 feet above the SUMMARY: This action proposes to describes in more detail the scope of the surface within a 73-mile radius of Chevak modify Class E airspace extending agency’s authority. This rulemaking is Airport, excluding that airspace extending upward from 1,200 feet above the promulgated under the authority beyond 12 miles of the shoreline. surface in Alaska at ; described in Subtitle VII, Part A, AAL AK E5 Clarks Point, AK [Amended] Oooguruk Island Heliport Nuiqsut; Subpart I, Section 40103. Under that Pioneer Heliport, Nuiqsut; Perryville , AK section, the FAA is charged with ° ′ ″ ° ′ ″ Airport; Pilot Point Airport; and Point (Lat. 58 50 01 N, long. 158 31 46 W) prescribing regulations to assign the use Lay Airport. This proposal would add That airspace extending upward from 700 of airspace necessary to ensure the exclusionary language to the legal feet above the surface within a 6.3-mile safety of aircraft and the efficient use of descriptions of these to exclude radius of Clarks Point Airport; and that airspace. This regulation is within the Class E airspace extending beyond 12 airspace extending upward from 1,200 feet scope of that authority as it would miles from the shoreline, and would above the surface within a 73-mile radius of amend Class E airspace extending the Clarks Point Airport, excluding that ensure the safety and management of upward from 1,200 feet above the airspace extending beyond 12 miles of the aircraft within the National Airspace surface at Nuiqsut Airport, Oooguruk shoreline. System. Also, this action would remove Island Heliport, Pioneer Heliport, the heliport name from the airspace AAL AK E5 Elim, AK [Amended] , Pilot Point Airport, designation of Oooguruk Island Heliport Point , Point Lay Airport, , AK and Pioneer Heliport. (Lat. 64°36′54″ N, long. 162°16′14″ W) and , AK, to support DATES: Comments must be received on That airspace extending upward from 700 IFR operations in standard instrument feet above the surface within a 6.8-mile or before September 17, 2018. approach and departure procedures at radius of Elim Airport, and within 3.7 miles ADDRESSES: Send comments on this these airports. either side of the 015° bearing from the Elim proposal to the U.S. Department of Airport, extending from the 6.8-mile radius, Transportation, Docket Operations, 1200 Comments Invited to 12.6 miles north of Elim Airport; and that New Jersey Avenue SE, West Building Interested parties are invited to airspace extending upward from 1,200 feet Ground Floor, Room W12–140, participate in this proposed rulemaking above the surface within a 74-mile radius of Washington, DC 20590; telephone: (800) by submitting such written data, views, the Elim Airport, excluding that airspace 647–5527, or (202) 366–9826. You must or arguments, as they may desire. extending beyond 12 miles of the shoreline. identify FAA Docket No. FAA–2017– Comments that provide the factual basis AAL AK E5 Golovin, AK [Amended] 0348; Airspace Docket No. 17–AAL–4, supporting the views and suggestions , AK at the beginning of your comments. You presented are particularly helpful in (Lat. 64°33′02″ N, long. 163°00′26″ W) may also submit comments through the developing reasoned regulatory internet at http://www.regulations.gov. decisions on the proposal. Comments That airspace extending upward from 700 feet above the surface within a 7.4-mile FAA Order 7400.11B, Airspace are specifically invited on the overall radius of Golovin Airport, and that airspace Designations and Reporting Points, and regulatory, aeronautical, economic, extending upward from 1,200 feet above the subsequent amendments can be viewed environmental, and energy-related _ surface within a 30-mile radius of lat. online at http://www.faa.gov/air traffic/ aspects of the proposal. 64°43′47″ N, long. 163°15′17″ W and a 30- publications/. For further information, Communications should identify both mile radius of lat. 64°17′57″ N, long. you can contact the Airspace Policy docket numbers and be submitted in 163°01′41″ W, excluding that airspace Group, Federal Aviation triplicate to the address listed above. extending beyond 12 miles of the shoreline. Administration, 800 Independence Persons wishing the FAA to

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acknowledge receipt of their comments Nuiqsut, AK; Perryville Airport, PART 71—DESIGNATION OF CLASS A, on this notice must submit with those Perryville, AK; Pilot Point Airport, Pilot B, C, D, AND E AIRSPACE AREAS; AIR comments a self-addressed, stamped Point, AK; and Point Lay Airport, Point TRAFFIC SERVICE ROUTES; AND postcard on which the following Lay, AK. This action would add REPORTING POINTS statement is made: ‘‘Comments to language to the legal descriptions of Docket No. FAA–2017–0348; Airspace these airports that reads ‘‘excluding that ■ 1. The authority citation for 14 CFR Docket No. 17–AAL–4’’. The postcard airspace that extends beyond 12 miles part 71 continues to read as follows: will be date/time stamped and returned from the shoreline.’’ Authority: 49 U.S.C. 106(f), 106(g), 40103, to the commenter. Also, this action would remove the 40113, 40120; E.O. 10854, 24 FR 9565, 3 CFR, All communications received before airport name from the airspace 1959–1963 Comp., p. 389. the specified closing date for comments designation for Oooguruk Island will be considered before taking action § 71.1 [Amended] Heliport and Pioneer Heliport, to ■ 2. The incorporation by reference in on the proposed rule. The proposal conform with recent change to FAA contained in this notice may be changed 14 CFR 71.1 of FAA Order 7400.11B, Order 7400.2L, Procedures for Handling Airspace Designations and Reporting in light of the comments received. A Airspace Matters. report summarizing each substantive Points, dated August 3, 2017, and public contact with FAA personnel Class E airspace designations are effective September 15, 2017, is concerned with this rulemaking will be published in paragraph 6005 of FAA amended as follows: filed in the docket. Order 7400.11B, dated August 3, 2017, and effective September 15, 2017, which Paragraph 6005 Class E Airspace Areas Availability of NPRMs is incorporated by reference in 14 CFR Extending Upward From 1,200 Feet or More Above the Surface of the Earth. An electronic copy of this document 71.1. The Class E airspace designations may be downloaded through the listed in this document will be * * * * * internet at http://www.regulations.gov. published subsequently in the Order. AAL AK E5 Nuiqsut AK [Amended] Recently published rulemaking Regulatory Notices and Analyses Nuiqsut Airport, AK documents can also be accessed through (Lat. 70°12′35″ N, long. 151°00′23″ W) the FAA’s web page at http:// The FAA has determined that this That airspace extending upward from 700 www.faa.gov/air_traffic/publications/ regulation only involves an established feet above the surface within a 6.4-mile airspace_amendments/. body of technical regulations for which radius of the Nuiqsut Airport, and that You may review the public docket frequent and routine amendments are airspace extending upward from 1,200 feet containing the proposal, any comments necessary to keep them operationally above the surface within a 73-mile radius of received, and any final disposition in current, and is non-controversial and Nuiqsut Airport, excluding that airspace person in the Dockets Office (see the unlikely to result in adverse or negative which overlies Control 1485L, and excluding that airspace that extends beyond 12 miles of ADDRESSES section for the address and comments. It, therefore: (1) Is not a the shoreline. phone number) between 9:00 a.m. and ‘‘significant regulatory action’’ under 5:00 p.m., Monday through Friday, Executive Order 12866; (2) is not a AAL AK E5 Nuiqsut, AK [Amended] except federal holidays. An informal ‘‘significant rule’’ under DOT Oooguruk Island Heliport, AK docket may also be examined during Regulatory Policies and Procedures (44 (Lat. 70°29′44″ N, long. 150°15′12″ W) normal business hours at the Northwest FR 11034; February 26, 1979); and (3) That airspace extending upward from 700 Mountain Regional Office of the Federal does not warrant preparation of a feet above the surface within a 6-mile radius Aviation Administration, Air Traffic regulatory evaluation as the anticipated of Oooguruk Island Heliport; and that Organization, Western Service Center, impact is so minimal. Since this is a airspace extending upward from 1,200 feet Operations Support Group, 2200 S. above the surface within a 73-mile radius of routine matter that will only affect air Oooguruk Island Heliport, excluding that 216th St., Des Moines, WA, 98198– traffic procedures and air navigation, it airspace that extends beyond 12 miles of the 6547. is certified that this rule, when shoreline. promulgated, would not have a Availability and Summary of AAL AK E5 Nuiqsut, AK [Amended] Documents for Incorporation by significant economic impact on a substantial number of small entities Pioneer Heliport, AK Reference ° ′ ″ ° ′ ″ under the criteria of the Regulatory (Lat. 70 24 51 N, long. 150 01 07 W) This document proposes to amend Flexibility Act. That airspace extending upward from 700 FAA Order 7400.11B, Airspace feet above the surface within a 6-mile radius Designations and Reporting Points, Environmental Review of Pioneer Heliport; and that airspace dated August 3, 2017, and effective extending upward from 1,200 feet above the This proposal would be subject to an September 15, 2017. FAA Order surface within a 73-mile radius of Pioneer environmental analysis in accordance 7400.11B is publicly available as listed Heliport, excluding that airspace that extends with FAA Order 1050.1F, beyond 12 miles of the shoreline. in the ADDRESSES section of this ‘‘Environmental Impacts: Policies and document. FAA Order 7400.11B lists * * * * * Procedures’’ prior to any FAA final Class A, B, C, D, and E airspace areas, regulatory action. AAL AK E5 Perryville, AK [Amended] air traffic service routes, and reporting Perryville Airport, AK points. List of Subjects in 14 CFR Part 71 (Lat. 55°54′24″ N, long. 159°09′39″ W) The Proposal Airspace, Incorporation by reference, That airspace extending upward from 700 Navigation (air). feet above the surface within a 14.7-mile The FAA is proposing an amendment radius of Perryville Airport; and that airspace to Title 14 Code of Federal Regulations The Proposed Amendment east of long. 160°00′00″ W extending upward (14 CFR) part 71 by modifying Class E from 1,200 feet above the surface within an airspace extending upward from 1,200 Accordingly, pursuant to the 81.2-mile radius of Perryville Airport, feet above the surface at Nuiqsut authority delegated to me, the Federal excluding that airspace that extends beyond Airport, Nuiqsut, AK; Oooguruk Island Aviation Administration proposes to 12 miles of the shoreline. Heliport, Nuiqsut, AK; Pioneer Heliport, amend 14 CFR part 71 as follows: * * * * *

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AAL AK E5 Pilot Point, AK [Amended] DATES: Comments must be received on to support IFR operations in standard Pilot Point Airport, AK or before September 17, 2018. instrument approach and departure (Lat. 57°34′49″ N, long. 157°34′19″ W) ADDRESSES: Send comments on this procedures at these airports and to limit That airspace extending upward from 700 proposal to the U.S. Department of Class E airspace to within 12 miles of feet above the surface within a 6.3-mile Transportation, Docket Operations, 1200 the shoreline. radius of Pilot Point Airport; and that New Jersey Avenue SE, West Building Comments Invited airspace extending upward from 1,200 feet Ground Floor, Room W12–140, above the surface within an area bounded by Washington, DC 20590; telephone: 1– Interested parties are invited to lat. 57°51′00″ N, long. 158°03′00″ W, to lat. 800–647–5527, or (202) 366–9826. You participate in this proposed rulemaking 57°51′00″ N, long. 157°05′00″ W, to lat. by submitting such written data, views, 57°24′45″ N, long. 157°05′00″ W, to lat. must identify FAA Docket No. FAA– ° ′ ″ ° ′ ″ 2017–0350; Airspace Docket No. 17– or arguments, as they may desire. 57 24 45 N, long. 158 03 00 W, to the point Comments that provide the factual basis of beginning, excluding that airspace that AAL–6, at the beginning of your supporting the views and suggestions extends beyond 12 miles of the shoreline. comments. You may also submit presented are particularly helpful in comments through the internet at http:// * * * * * developing reasoned regulatory www.regulations.gov. AAL AK E5 Point Lay, AK [Amended] FAA Order 7400.11B, Airspace decisions on the proposal. Comments Point Lay Airport, AK Designations and Reporting Points, and are specifically invited on the overall ° ′ ″ ° ′ ″ (Lat. 69 43 58 N, long. 163 00 19 W) subsequent amendments can be viewed regulatory, aeronautical, economic, environmental, and energy-related That airspace extending upward from 700 online at http://www.faa.gov/air_traffic/ aspects of the proposal. feet above the surface within an 8-mile radius publications/. For further information, Communications should identify both of Point Lay Airport; and that airspace you can contact the Airspace Policy extending upward from 1,200 feet above the docket numbers and be submitted in Group, Federal Aviation surface within a 46-mile radius of the Point triplicate to the address listed above. Administration, 800 Independence Lay Airport, excluding that airspace that Persons wishing the FAA to Avenue SW, Washington, DC 20591; extends beyond 12 miles from the shoreline. acknowledge receipt of their comments telephone: (202) 267–8783. The Order is * * * * * on this notice must submit with those also available for inspection at the comments a self-addressed, stamped Issued in Seattle, Washington, on July 25, National Archives and Records postcard on which the following 2018. Administration (NARA). For statement is made: ‘‘Comments to Shawn M. Kozica, information on the availability of FAA Docket No. FAA–2017–0350, Airspace Group Manager, Operations Support Group, Order 7400.11A at NARA, call (202) Docket No. 17–AAL–6’’. The postcard Western Service Center. 741–6030, or go to https:// will be date/time stamped and returned [FR Doc. 2018–16480 Filed 8–1–18; 8:45 am] www.archives.gov/federal-register/cfr/ to the commenter. BILLING CODE 4910–13–P ibr-locations.html. All communications received before FAA Order 7400.11, Airspace the specified closing date for comments Designations and Reporting Points, is DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION will be considered before taking action published yearly and effective on on the proposed rule. The proposal September 15. Federal Aviation Administration contained in this notice may be changed FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: in light of the comments received. A 14 CFR Part 71 Richard Roberts, Federal Aviation report summarizing each substantive Administration, Operations Support public contact with FAA personnel [Docket No. FAA–2017–0350; Airspace Group, Western Service Center, 2200 S concerned with this rulemaking will be Docket No. 17–AAL–6] 216th St., Des Moines, WA 98198–6547; filed in the docket. telephone (206) 231–2245. RIN–2120–AA66 SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Availability of NPRMs An electronic copy of this document Proposed Modification of Class E Authority for This Rulemaking Airspace for the Following Alaska may be downloaded through the Towns; Toksook Bay, AK; Unalakleet, The FAA’s authority to issue rules internet at http://www.regulations.gov. AK; Wainwright, AK; and Yakutat, AK regarding aviation safety is found in Recently published rulemaking Title 49 of the United States Code. documents can also be accessed through AGENCY: Federal Aviation Subtitle I, Section 106 describes the the FAA’s web page at http:// Administration (FAA), DOT. authority of the FAA Administrator. www.faa.gov/air_traffic/publications/ _ ACTION: Notice of proposed rulemaking Subtitle VII, Aviation Programs, airspace amendments/. (NPRM). describes in more detail the scope of the You may review the public docket agency’s authority. This rulemaking is containing the proposal, any comments SUMMARY: This action proposes to promulgated under the authority received, and any final disposition in modify Class E airspace extending described in Subtitle VII, Part A, person in the Dockets Office (see the upward from 1,200 feet above the Subpart I, Section 40103. Under that ADDRESSES section for the address and surface at , Toksook section, the FAA is charged with phone number) between 9:00 a.m. and Bay, AK; , prescribing regulations to assign the use 5:00 p.m., Monday through Friday, Unalakleet, AK; Wainwright Airport, of airspace necessary to ensure the except federal holidays. An informal Wainwright, AK; and , safety of aircraft and the efficient use of docket may also be examined during Yakutat, AK. This proposal would add airspace. This regulation is within the normal business hours at the Northwest exclusionary language to the legal scope of that authority as it would Mountain Regional Office of the Federal descriptions of these airports for Class E amend Class E airspace extending Aviation Administration, Air Traffic airspace extending beyond 12 miles upward from 1,200 feet above the Organization, Western Service Center, from the shoreline, and would ensure surface at Toksook Bay Airport, AK; Operations Support Group, Western the safety and management of aircraft Unalakleet Airport, AK; Wainwright Service Center, 2200 S 216th St., Des within the National Airspace System. Airport, AK; and Yakutat Airport, AK, Moines, WA 98198–6547.

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