2022-12526

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 71 • [Docket No. FAA-2022-0403; Airspace Docket No. 22-AEA-6] • RIN 2120-AA66 AGENCY: Federal Aviation Administration (FAA), DOT. ACTION: Final rule. SUMMARY: This action amends Class E airspace in Honesdale, PA, as Spring Hill Airport has been abandoned and controlled airspace is no longer required, and removes Wilkes-Barre VORTAC from the description, as it is no longer necessary to describe the airspace. This action also updates Cherry Ridge Airport's geographic coordinates to coincide with the FAA's database. This action enhances the safety and management of controlled airspace within the national airspace system. DATES: Effective 0901 UTC, September 8, 2022. The Director of the Federal Register approves this incorporation by reference action under 1 CFR part 51, subject to the annual revision of FAA Order JO 7400.11 and publication of conforming amendments. ADDRESSES: FAA Order JO 7400.11F, Airspace Designations and Reporting Points, and subsequent amendments can be viewed online at https://www.faa.gov/​air_​traffic/​publications/​. For further information, you can contact the Airspace Policy Group, Federal Aviation Administration, 800 Independence Avenue SW, Washington, DC 20591; Telephone: (202) 267-8783. FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: John Fornito, Operations Support Group, Eastern Service Center, Federal Aviation Administration, 1701 Columbia Avenue, College Park, GA 30337; Telephone (404) 305-6364. 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 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 Class E airspace in Honesdale, PA, to support IFR operations in the area. History The FAA published a notice of proposed rulemaking in the Federal Register (87 FR 22161, April 14, 2022) for Docket No. FAA-2022-0403 to amend Class E airspace extending upward from 700 feet above the surface in Honesdale, PA, by removing Spring Hill Airport from the descriptor because the airport has been abandoned and airspace is no longer necessary. This action also removes Wilkes-Barre ( printed page 35646) VORTAC from the description, as it is no longer necessary, and updates the geographic coordinates of Cherry Ridge Airport to coincide with the FAA's data base. This action enhances the safety and management of controlled airspace within the national airspace system. In addition, subsequent to the publication of the NPRM the FAA determined this action needed to be amended by replacing the term revocation of airspace with the term amendment of airspace. Interested parties were invited to participate in this rulemaking effort by submitting written comments on the proposal to the FAA. No c…

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