46942 Federal Register / Vol. 66, No. 175 / Monday, September 10, 2001 / Rules and Regulations Centralia, IL, Centralia Muni, RNAV (GPS) Houston, TX, George Bush Intercontinental Madison, WI, Dane County Regional-Truax RWY 36, Orig Arpt/Houston, GPS RWY 15L, Orig-B, Field, NDB RWY 36, Amdt 29 Minneapolis, MN, Minneapolis-St Paul Intl CANCELLED Madison, WI, Dane County Regional-Truax (Wold-Chamberlain), NDB RWY 4, Amdt Houston, TX, George Bush Intercontinential Field, RNAV (GPS) RWY 13, Orig 20A Arpt/Houston, RNAV (GPS) RWY 15L, Orig Madison, WI, Dane County Regional-Truax Minneapolis, MN, Minneapolis-St Paul Intl Houston, TX, George Bush Intercontinental Field, RNAV (GPS) RWY 18, Orig (Wold-Chamberlain), RNAV (GPS) RWY 4, Arpt/Houston, GPS RWY 27, Amdt 1, Madison, WI, Dane County Regional-Truax Orig CANCELLED Field, RNAV (GPS) RWY 21, Orig–A Hazen, ND, Mercer County Regional, RNAV Houston, TX, George Bush Intercontinental Madison, WI, Dane County Regional-Truax (GPS) RWY 14, Orig Arpt/Houston, GPS RWY 33R, Orig, Field, RNAV (GPS) RWY 31, Orig Hazen, ND, Mercer County Regional, RNAV CANCELLED Madison, WI, Dane County Regional-Truax (GPS) RWY 32, Orig Houston, TX, George Bush Intercontinental Field, RNAV (GPS) RWY 36, Orig Hazen, ND, Mercer County Regional, GPS Arpt/Houston, RNAV (GPS) RWY 27, Orig Oshkosh, WI, Wittman Field, RNAV (GPS) RWY 14, Orig, CANCELLED Houston, TX, George Bush Intercontinental RWY 36, Orig Hazen, ND, Mercer County Regional, GPS Arpt/Houston, RNAV (GPS) RWY 33R, Note: The FAA published the following RWY 32, Orig, CANCELLED Orig Gordon, NE, Gordon Muni, RNAV (GPS) Houston, TX, Houston-Southwest, NDB RWY procedures in Docket No. 30264, Amdt. No. RWY 22, Orig 9, Amdt 5 2065 to Part 97 of the Federal Aviation Gordon, NE, Gordon Muni, GPS RWY 22, Houston, TX, Houston-Southwest, NDB RWY Administration Regulations (Federal Register Orig, CANCELLED 27, Amdt 4 Vol. 66, No. 164, Page 44301–44302, dated North Platte, NE, North Platte Regional Lee Houston, TX, Houston-Southwest, RNAV Thursday, August 23, 2001) under Section Bird Field, RNAV (GPS) RWY 30, Orig (GPS) RWY 9, Orig 97.23 & 97.33 effective October 4, 2001 is Newark, NJ, Newark Intl, VOR RWY 11, Houston, TX, Houston-Southwest, RNAV hereby amended as follows: Amdt 2 (GPS) RWY 27, Orig Change the effective on the following Newark, NJ, Newark Intl, RNAV (GPS) RWY Houston, TX, Houston-Southwest, VOR/DME procedures to November 1, 2001: 11, Orig RNAV RWY 9, Amdt 2 Burbank, CA, Burbank-Glendale-Pasadena, Newark, NJ, Newark Intl, GPS RWY 11, Orig, Houston, TX, Houston-Southwest, VOR/DME VOR RWY 8, Amdt 10C CANCELLED RNAV RWY 27, Amdt 3 Burbank, CA Burbank-Glendale-Pasadena, Boise City, OK, Boise City, RNAV (GPS) RWY Houston, TX, Houston-Southwest, GPS RWY RNAV (GPS) RWY 8, Orig 4, Orig 27, Orig, CANCELLED [FR Doc. 01–22658 Filed 9–7–01; 8:45 am] Boise City, OK, Boise City, GPS RWY 4, Orig, Houston, TX, Houston-Southwest, GPS RWY CANCELLED 9, Orig, CANCELLED BILLING CODE 4910–13–M Butler, PA, Butler County/K W Scholter Houston, TX, Sugar Land Muni/Hull Field, Field, ILS RWY 8, Amdt 6 VOR/DME–A, Amdt 1 Collegeville, PA, Perkiomen Valley, VOR OR Houston, TX, Sugar Land Muni/Hull Field, DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE GPS RWY 9, Amdt 4 NDB RWY 17, Amdt 9 Galeton, PA, Cherry Springs, VOR–A, Amdt Houston, TX, Sugar Land Muni/Hull Field, National Oceanic and Atmospheric 6, CANCELLED RNAV (GPS) RWY 17, Orig Administration Galeton, PA, Cherry Springs, VOR/DME–A, Houston, TX, Sugar Land Muni/Hull Field, Orig RNAV (GPS) RWY 35, Orig Lancaster, PA, Lancaster, RNAV (GPS) RWY Houston, TX, Weiser Airpark, RNAV (GPS)– 15 CFR Part 922 8, Orig E, Orig [Docket No. 970626156–1021–04] Angleton/Lake Jackson, TX, Brazoria County, Houston, TX, William P. Hobby, VOR/DME NDB RWY 17, Amdt 3 RWY 22, Amdt 24A, CANCELLED RIN 0648–AK01 Angleton/Lake Jackson, TX, Brazoria County, La Porte, TX, La Poret Muni, VOR–A, Orig RNAV (GPS) RWY 17, Amdt 1 La Porte, TX, La Porte Muni, VOR OR GPS– Regulation of the Operation of Angleton/Lake Jackson, TX, Brazoria County, A, Amdt 12, CANCELLED Motorized Personal Watercraft in the RNAV (GPS) RWY 35, Amdt 1 La Porte, TX, La Porte Muni, NDB RWY 30, Gulf of the Farallones National Marine Conroe, TX, Montgomery County, ILS RWY Amdt 2, Sanctuary 14, Amdt 2 La Porte, TX, La Porte Muni, RNAV (GPS) Conroe, TX, Montgomery County, NDB RWY RWY 30, Orig AGENCY: Office of National Marine 14, Amdt 2 Charlotte Amalie, VI, Cyril E King, ILS RWY Sanctuaries, National Ocean Service Conroe, TX, Montgomery County, RNAV 10, Amdt 1 (NOS), National Oceanic and (GPS) RWY 32, Orig Madison, WI, Dane County Regional-Truax Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) Conroe, TX, Montgomery County, VOR/DME Field, VOR RWY 13, Orig RNAV RWY 32, Amdt 1B, CANCELLED Madison, WI, Dane County Regional-Truax Department of Commerce. Conroe, TX, Montomery County, GPS RWY Field, VOR RWY 18, Orig ACTION: Final rule; notice of availability 32, Orig-C, CANCELLED Madison, WI, Dane County Regional-Truax of environmental assessment. Hondo, TX, Hondo Muni, RNAV (GPS) RWY Field, VOR RWY 36, Orig 17L, Orig Madison, WI, Dane County Regional-Truax SUMMARY: NOAA amends the Hondo, TX, Hondo Muni, GPS RWY 17L, Field, VOR OR TACAN OR GPS RWY 13, regulations governing activities in the Amdt 1, CANCELLED Amdt 23B, CANCELLED Gulf of the Farallones National Marine Houston, TX, Clover Field, VOR–A, Amdt 1 Madison, WI, Dane County Regional-Truax Sanctuary (GFNMS or Sanctuary) to Houston, TX, Clover Field, GPS RWY 32L, Field, VOR OR TACAN OR GPS RWY 18, prohibit the operation of motorized Orig, CANCELLED Amdt 20B, CANCELLED Houston, TX, Clover Field, RNAV (GPS) Madison, WI, Dane County Regional-Truax personal watercraft (MPWC) within the RWY 32L, Orig Field, VOR OR TACAN OR GPS RWY 31, boundaries of the GFNMS. This Houston, TX, David Wayne Hooks Memorial, Amdt 24C, CANCELLED regulation is necessary to protect RNAV (GPS) RWY 17R, Orig Madison, WI, Dane County Regional-Truax sensitive biological resources, to Houston, TX, David Wayne Hooks Memorial, Field, VOR/DME OR TACAN RWY 13, minimize user conflict, and to protect RNAV (GPS) RWY 35L, Orig Orig the ecological, aesthetic, and Houston, TX, Ellington Field, RNAV (GPS) Madison, WI, Dane County Regional-Truax recreational qualities of the Sanctuary. RWY 4, Orig Field, VOR/DME OR TACAN RWY 18, NOAA also announces the availability Houston, TX, Ellington Field, GPS RWY 4, Orig Orig-A, CANCELLED Madison, WI, Dane County Regional-Truax of an Environmental Assessment (EA) Houston, TX, Ellington Field, GPS RWY 22, Field, VOR/DME OR TACAN RWY 31, on the rule. Orig, CANCELLED Orig DATES: Effective October 10, 2001. VerDate 11<MAY>2000 08:25 Sep 07, 2001 Jkt 194001 PO 00000 Frm 00006 Fmt 4700 Sfmt 4700 E:\FR\FM\10SER1.SGM pfrm01 PsN: 10SER1 Federal Register / Vol. 66, No. 175 / Monday, September 10, 2001 / Rules and Regulations 46943 ADDRESSES: Copies of the use of motorized personal watercraft in engine, and exhaust venting to water as Environmental Assessment are available the Sanctuary, including periods of high opposed to air) and their operational upon request from the Gulf of the incidence of use; (6) studies or technical impacts (operated at faster speeds, Farallones National Marine Sanctuary, articles concerning the impacts of operated closer to shore, make quicker Fort Mason, Building 201, San motorized personal watercraft on turns, stay in a limited area, tend to Francisco, CA 94123 (415) 561–6622. marine resources and other users; (7) operate in groups, and have more FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Ed first person or documented accounts of unpredictable movements); (5) MPWC Ueber at (415) 561–6622. impacts of motorized personal have been operated in such a manner as SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: watercraft on marine resources and to create a safety hazard to other other users; and (8) any other resource users in the vicinity; (6) MPWC I. Background information or other comments that may may interfere with marine commercial In recognition of the national be pertinent to this issue. NOAA users; (7) MPWC have disturbed natural significance of the unique marine received 160 public comments in quiet and aesthetic appreciation; (8) environment of the Gulf of the response to the notice of inquiry and MPWC have interfered with other Farrallones, California, the GFNMS was two signature petitions during the marine recreational uses; (9) MPWC designated in January 1981. The comment period. One hundred fifty- have impacted coastal and marine GFNMS regulations at 15 CFR part 922, three (96%) supported banning the habitats; (10) MPWC have disturbed Subpart H prohibit a relatively narrow operation of MPWC within the GFNMS. waterfowl and seabirds; (11) MPWC range of activities to protect Sanctuary Two signature petitions were also have disturbed marine mammals; (12) resources and qualities. On April 18, received; one, with 276 signatures, MPWC may disturb fish; (13) other 1996, the Environmental Action supported the ban; the second, with 41 jurisdictions have had problems with Committee (EAC) of West Marin, signatures, opposed the ban. Forty-four MPWC and have proposed and California, petitioned the GFNMS to ban people spoke at a public meeting held implemented various means of to gather information during the attempting to solve the problems; (14) the use of MPWC in the Sanctuary. comment period, all but one of who the Sanctuary has sensitive areas that Operation of MPWC is currently not supported the petition to ban MPWC were deemed worthy of protection by regulated under GFNMS regulations. operation. Half of the speakers at the the designation of a National Marine The EAC identified a number of public meeting had previously Sanctuary, including five State concerns regarding the use of MPWC submitted written comments.