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Federal Register/Vol. 81, No. 185/Friday, September 23, 2016 65532 Federal Register / Vol. 81, No. 185 / Friday, September 23, 2016 / Rules and Regulations paragraph 5–6.5a. This airspace action DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION Administration, P.O. Box 20636, is not expected to cause any potentially Atlanta, Georgia 30320; telephone (404) significant environmental impacts, and Federal Aviation Administration 305–6364. no extraordinary circumstances exist SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 14 CFR Part 71 that warrant preparation of an Authority for This Rulemaking environmental assessment. [Docket No. FAA–2016–5444; Airspace Docket No. 16–ANE–1] The FAA’s authority to issue rules Lists of Subjects in 14 CFR Part 71 regarding aviation safety is found in Amendment of Class D and E Title 49 of the United States Code. Airspace, Incorporation by reference, Airspace, Falmouth, MA Subtitle I, Section 106 describes the Navigation (air). authority of the FAA Administrator. AGENCY: Federal Aviation Adoption of the Amendment Subtitle VII, Aviation Programs, Administration (FAA), DOT. describes in more detail the scope of the In consideration of the foregoing, the ACTION: Final rule. agency’s authority. This rulemaking is Federal Aviation Administration promulgated under the authority amends 14 CFR part 71 as follows: SUMMARY: This action amends Class E described in Subtitle VII, Part, A, airspace designated as an extension at Subpart I, Section 40103. Under that PART 71—DESIGNATION OF CLASS A, Cape Cod Coast Guard Air Station, section, the FAA is charged with B, C, D, AND E AIRSPACE AREAS; AIR (formerly Otis ANGB), Falmouth, MA, prescribing regulations to assign the use TRAFFIC SERVICE ROUTES; AND as the Otis TACAN has been of airspace necessary to ensure the REPORTING POINTS decommissioned, requiring airspace safety of aircraft and the efficient use of reconfiguration. Controlled airspace is airspace. This regulation is within the ■ 1. The authority citation for part 71 necessary for the safety and scope of that authority as it amends management of instrument flight rules continues to read as follows: Class D airspace and Class E airspace at (IFR) operations at the airport. This Cape Cod Coast Guard Air Station, Authority: 49 U.S.C. 106(f), 106(g); 40103, action also updates the geographic Falmouth, MA. 40113, 40120, E.O. 10854, 24 FR 9565, 3 CFR, coordinates of the airport in the existing 1959–1963 Comp., p. 389. Class D and E airspace areas, as well as History Falmouth Airpark, Barnstable On June 21, 2016, the FAA published § 71.1 [Amended] Municipal Airport-Boardman/Polando in the Federal Register a notice of ■ 2. The incorporation by reference in Field, Chatham Municipal Airport, proposed rulemaking (NPRM) to amend 14 CFR 71.1 of FAA Order 7400.11A, Martha’s Vineyard Airport, (formerly Class D airspace and Class E airspace Airspace Designations and Reporting Martha’s Vineyard Municipal Airport), designated as an extension at Cape Cod Coast Guard Air Station, Falmouth, MA, Points, dated August 3, 2016, effective and the BOGEY LOM. (81 FR 40215) Docket No. FAA–2016– September 15, 2016, is amended as DATES: Effective 0901 UTC, November 5444 as the Otis TACAN has been follows: 10, 2016. The Director of the Federal Register approves this incorporation by decommissioned, requiring airspace Paragraph 6005 Class E Airspace Areas reference action under title 1, Code of reconfiguration. Interested parties were Extending Upward From 700 Feet or More Federal Regulations, part 51, subject to invited to participate in this rulemaking Above the Surface of the Earth. the annual revision of FAA Order effort by submitting written comments on the proposal to the FAA. No * * * * * 7400.11 and publication of conforming amendments. comments were received. Subsequent to AEA PA E5 Indiana, PA [Amended] publication, the FAA found the ADDRESSES: FAA Order 7400.11A, geographic coordinates of the BOGEY Indiana County Airport (Jimmy Stewart Airspace Designations and Reporting LOM were incorrect. This action makes Field), PA Points, and subsequent amendments can the correction. (Lat. 40°37′52″ N., long. 79°06′05″ W.) be viewed on line at http:// _ Class D airspace and Class E airspace That airspace extending upward from 700 www.faa.gov/air traffic/publications/. designations are published in feet above the surface within an 8.2-mile For further information, you can contact paragraphs 5000, 6004, and 6005 radius of Indiana County Airport (Jimmy the Airspace Policy Group, Federal respectively of FAA Order 7400.11A Stewart Field), and within 2-miles each side Aviation Administration, 800 dated August 3, 2016, and effective of the 096° bearing of the airport, extending Independence Avenue SW., September 15, 2016, which is from the 8.2-mile radius to 13.6 miles east of Washington, DC 20591; telephone: 202– incorporated by reference in 14 CFR the airport. 267–8783. The Order is also available part 71.1. The Class D and Class E Issued in College Park, Georgia, on for inspection at the National Archives airspace designations listed in this September 7, 2016. and Records Administration (NARA). document will be published Joey L. Medders, For information on the availability of subsequently in the Order. FAA Order 7400.11A at NARA, call Acting Manager, Operations Support Group, 202–741–6030, or go to http:// Availability and Summary of Eastern Service Center, Air Traffic www.archives.gov/federal_register/ Documents for Incorporation by Organization. code_of_federal-regulations/ibr_ Reference [FR Doc. 2016–22749 Filed 9–22–16; 8:45 am] locations.html. This document amends FAA Order BILLING CODE 4910–13–P FAA Order 7400.11, Airspace 7400.11A, Airspace Designations and Designations and Reporting Points, is Reporting Points, dated August 3, 2016, published yearly and effective on and effective September 15, 2016. FAA September 15. Order 7400.11A is publicly available as FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: John listed in the ADDRESSES section of this Fornito, Operations Support Group, document. FAA Order 7400.11A lists Eastern Service Center, Federal Aviation Class A, B, C, D, and E airspace areas, VerDate Sep<11>2014 15:10 Sep 22, 2016 Jkt 238001 PO 00000 Frm 00002 Fmt 4700 Sfmt 4700 E:\FR\FM\23SER1.SGM 23SER1 rmajette on DSK2TPTVN1PROD with RULES Federal Register / Vol. 81, No. 185 / Friday, September 23, 2016 / Rules and Regulations 65533 air traffic service routes, and reporting Adoption of the Amendment (Lat. 41°41′18″ N., long. 69°59′23″ W.) points. Martha’s Vineyard Airport In consideration of the foregoing, the (Lat. 41°23′36″ N., long. 70°36′50″ W.) The Rule Federal Aviation Administration Martha’s Vineyard VOR/DME amends 14 CFR part 71 as follows: ° ′ ″ ° ′ ″ This amendment to Title 14, Code of (Lat. 41 23 46 N., long. 70 36 46 W.) Federal Regulations (14 CFR) part 71 BOGEY LOM PART 71—DESIGNATION OF CLASS A, (Lat. 41°42′58″ W., long. 70°12′11″ W.) amends Class E airspace designated as B, C, D, AND E AIRSPACE AREAS; AIR That airspace extending upward from 700 an extension at Cape Cod Coast Guard TRAFFIC SERVICE ROUTES; AND feet above the surface within a 12.2-mile Air Station, Falmouth, MA, realigning REPORTING POINTS radius of Cape Cod Coast Guard Air Station, the segment extensions from the 4.4- and within a 6.7-mile radius of Barnstable mile radius of the airport to 6 miles ■ 1. The authority citation for Part 71 Municipal Airport, and within 3 miles each northeast, 6 miles southeast, 7 miles continues to read as follows: side of the BOGEY LOM 050° bearing extending from the 6.7-mile radius to 10 southwest, and 6 miles northwest of the Authority: 49 U.S.C. 106(f), 106(g); 40103, miles northeast of the BOGEY LOM, and airport. Additionally, this action notes 40113, 40120, E.O. 10854, 24 FR 9565, 3 CFR, within a 6.3-mile radius of Chatham adjustment of the geographic 1959–1963 Comp., p. 389. coordinates of the above airport, as well Municipal Airport, and within a 6.5-mile § 71.1 [Amended] radius of Martha’s Vineyard Airport, and as Falmouth Airpark, Barnstable within 5.1 miles on each side of the 052° Municipal Airport–Boardman/Polando ■ 2. The incorporation by reference in radial of Martha’s Vineyard VOR/DME Field, Chatham Municipal Airport, 14 CFR 71.1 of FAA Order 7400.11A, extending from the 6.5-mile radius to 14 Martha’s Vineyard Airport, and corrects Airspace Designations and Reporting miles northeast of Martha’s Vineyard VOR/ the BOGEY LOM navigation aid, to Points, dated August 3, 2016, effective DME. coincide with the FAAs aeronautical September 15, 2016, is amended as Issued in College Park, Georgia, on database. Also, this action recognizes follows: September 7, 2016. the name change of Cape Cod Coast Joey L. Medders, Paragraph 5000 Class D Airspace. Guard Air Station, (formerly OTIS Acting Manager, Operations Support Group, ANGB), and Martha’s Vineyard Airport, * * * * * Eastern Service Center Air Traffic (formerly Martha’s Vineyard Municipal ANE MA D Falmouth, MA [Amended] Organization. Airport). Cape Cod Coast Guard Air Station, MA [FR Doc. 2016–22748 Filed 9–22–16; 8:45 am] ° ′ ″ ° ′ ″ Regulatory Notices and Analyses (Lat. 41 39 33 N., long. 70 31 22 W.) BILLING CODE 4910–13–P Falmouth Airpark The FAA has determined that this (Lat. 41°35′08″ N., long. 70°32′25″ W.) regulation only involves an established That airspace extending upward from the DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION body of technical regulations for which surface to and including 2,600 feet MSL frequent and routine amendments are within a 4.4-mile radius of Cape Cod Coast Federal Aviation Administration necessary to keep them operationally Guard Air Station, excluding that airspace current. It, therefore: (1) Is not a within a 1-mile radius of Falmouth Airpark. 14 CFR Part 71 ‘‘significant regulatory action’’ under Paragraph 6004 Class E Airspace [Docket No.
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