2021-01021

Document Headings Document headings vary by document type but may contain the following: • the agency or agencies that issued and signed a document • the number of the CFR title and the number of each part the document amends, proposes to amend, or is directly related to • the agency docket number / agency internal file number • the RIN which identifies each regulatory action listed in the Unified Agenda of Federal Regulatory and Deregulatory Actions See the Document Drafting Handbook for more details. Department of Transportation Federal Aviation Administration • 14 CFR Part 73 • [Docket No. FAA-2013-1063; Airspace Docket No. 13-ASO-25] • RIN 2120-AA66 AGENCY: Federal Aviation Administration (FAA), DOT. ACTION: Final rule. SUMMARY: This action amends the time of designation for restricted areas R-3008A, R-3008B, R-3008C, and R-3008D; Grand Bay Weapons Range, GA, by expanding the timeframe during which the areas may be activated without prior issuance of a Notice to Airmen (NOTAM). The expansion of the published designated times for these restricted areas reflects their routine actual use. This change better informs the flying public of actual routine use periods of the restricted areas and reduces NOTAM System workload. DATES: Effective date 0901 UTC, April 22, 2021. FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Paul Gallant, Rules and Regulations Group, Office of Policy, Federal Aviation Administration, 800 Independence ( printed page 11422) Avenue SW, Washington, DC 20591; telephone: (202) 267-8783. 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 the 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 amends restricted areas R-3008A, R-3008B, R-3008C, and R-3008D; Grand Bay Weapons Range, GA, by expanding the timeframe during which the areas may be activated reducing the need for the using agency to issue NOTAMs when necessary to activate the restricted areas outside the published “core hours.” Background The published time of designation for restricted areas R-3008A, R-3008B, R-3008C, and R-3008D is “0700-2200 local time, Monday-Friday; other times by NOTAM 6 hours in advance.” For many years, the using agency has routinely extended use of the restricted areas past the designated 2200 local time (as authorized by the NOTAM provision). To exercise this provision, the using agency must issue NOTAMs daily in order to activate the airspace beyond the published “core hours” ( i.e., 0700-2200 local time). Amending the time of designation to match the routine, actual usage of the airspace reduces NOTAM System workload and better informs the flying public of expected times the restricted areas will be active. History The FAA published a notice of proposed rulemaking for Docket No. FAA-2013-1063 in the Federal Register (79 FR 6504; February 4, 2014), amending the time of designation for restricted areas R-3008A, R-3008B, R-3008C, and R-3008D; Grand Bay Weapons Range, GA. Interested parties were invited to participate in this rulemaking effort by submitting written comments on the proposal. Two comments were received. Both commenters expressed support for the proposal. Differences From the NPRM The NPRM proposed to change the time of d…

Fonte: Federal Register (federalregister.gov). Texto original em inglês. Conteúdo sanitizado por segurança.