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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 [Docket No. FAA–2017–0345; Airspace feet above the surface at St. Michael part 71 continues to read as follows: Airport, AK; Shaktoolik Airport, AK; Docket No. 17–AAL–1] and Tatitlek Airport, AK. This action Authority: 49 U.S.C. 106(f), 106(g), 40103, 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 regulation only involves an established ° ′ ″ ° ′ ″ Rogers Memorial Airport, Barrow; (Lat. 64 22 16 N, long. 161 13 26 W) Chevak Airport; Clarks Point Airport; body of technical regulations for which That airspace extending upward from 700 frequent and routine amendments are Elim Airport; and Golovin Airport. This feet above the surface within a 6.4-mile proposal would add exclusionary necessary to keep them operationally radius of Shaktoolik Airport; and that language to the legal descriptions of current, and is non-controversial and airspace extending upward from 1,200 feet these airports to exclude Class E unlikely to result in adverse or negative above the surface within a 73-mile radius of airspace extending beyond 12 miles comments. It, therefore: (1) Is not a Shaktoolik Airport, AK, excluding that from the shoreline, and would ensure ‘‘significant regulatory action’’ under airspace that extends beyond 12 miles of the 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 ADDRESSES: Send comments on this routine matter that will only affect air radius of St. Michael Airport; and that proposal to the U.S. Department of traffic procedures and air navigation, it airspace extending upward from 1,200 feet 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 AAL AK E5 Tatitlek, AK [Amended] identify FAA Docket No. FAA–2017– 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 beyond 12 miles of the shoreline. Airspace, Incorporation by reference, Avenue SW, Washington, DC 20591; Navigation (air). Issued in Seattle, Washington, on July 25, telephone: (202) 267–8783. The Order is 2018. The Proposed Amendment also available for inspection at the 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 daltland on DSKBBV9HB2PROD with PROPOSALS Federal Register / Vol. 83, No. 149 / Thursday, August 2, 2018 / Proposed Rules 37775 www.archives.gov/federal-register/cfr/ All communications received before to FAA Order 7400.2L, Procedures for ibr-locations.html. the specified closing date for comments Handling Airspace Matters. FAA Order 7400.11, Airspace will be considered before taking action Class E airspace designations are Designations and Reporting Points, is on the proposed rule. The proposal published in paragraph 6005 of FAA published yearly and effective on contained in this notice may be changed Order 7400.11B, dated August 3, 2017, September 15. in light of the comments received. A and effective September 15, 2017, which FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: report summarizing each substantive is incorporated by reference in 14 CFR Richard Roberts, Federal Aviation public contact with FAA personnel 71.1. The Class E airspace designations Administration, Operations Support concerned with this rulemaking will be listed in this document will be Group, Western Service Center, 2200 S filed in the docket. published subsequently in the Order. 216th St., Des Moines, WA 98198–6547; Availability of NPRMs Regulatory Notices and Analyses telephone (206) 231–2245. The FAA has determined that this SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: An electronic copy of this document may be downloaded through the regulation only involves an established Authority for This Rulemaking internet at http://www.regulations.gov. body of technical regulations for which The FAA’s authority to issue rules Recently published rulemaking frequent and routine amendments are regarding aviation safety is found in documents can also be accessed through necessary to keep them operationally Title 49 of the United States Code. the FAA’s web page at http:// current, and is non-controversial and Subtitle I, Section 106 describes the www.faa.gov/air_traffic/publications/ unlikely to result in adverse or negative authority of the FAA Administrator. airspace_amendments/. comments. It, therefore: (1) Is not a Subtitle VII, Aviation Programs, You may review the public docket ‘‘significant regulatory action’’ under describes in more detail the scope of the containing the proposal, any comments Executive Order 12866; (2) is not a agency’s authority. This rulemaking is received, and any final disposition in ‘‘significant rule’’ under DOT promulgated under the authority person in the Dockets Office (see the Regulatory Policies and Procedures (44 described in Subtitle VII, Part A, ADDRESSES section for the address and FR 11034; February 26, 1979); and (3) Subpart I, Section 40103. Under that phone number) between 9:00 a.m. and does not warrant preparation of a section, the FAA is charged with 5:00 p.m., Monday through Friday, regulatory evaluation as the anticipated prescribing regulations to assign the use except federal holidays. An informal impact is so minimal. Since this is a of airspace necessary to ensure the docket may also be examined during routine matter that will only affect air safety of aircraft and the efficient use of normal business hours at the Northwest traffic procedures and air navigation, it airspace. This regulation is within the Mountain Regional Office of the Federal is certified that this rule, when scope of that authority, as it would Aviation Administration, Air Traffic promulgated, would not have a amend Class E airspace extending Organization, Western Service Center, significant economic impact on a upward from 1,200 feet above the Operations Support Group, 2200 S substantial number of small entities surface at Wiley Post/Will Rogers 216th St., Des Moines, WA 98198–6547.