2022-22498

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-2022-0167; Airspace Docket No. 22-AGL-14] • RIN 2120-AA66 AGENCY: Federal Aviation Administration (FAA), DOT. ACTION: Final rule. SUMMARY: This action establishes Class D airspace at Chicago/Romeoville, IL. This action supports the establishment of an air traffic control tower at Lewis University Airport, Chicago/Romeoville, IL. DATES: Effective 0901 UTC, December 29, 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 7400.11G, Airspace Designations and Reporting Points, and subsequent amendments can be viewed online at 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. ( printed page 64161) FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Jeffrey Claypool, Federal Aviation Administration, Operations Support Group, Central Service Center, 10101 Hillwood Parkway, Fort Worth, TX 76177; telephone (817) 222-5711. 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 establishes Class D airspace at Lewis University Airport, Chicago/Romeoville, IL, to support instrument flight rule operations at this airport. History The FAA published a notice of proposed rulemaking (NPRM) in the Federal Register (87 FR 16435; March 23, 2022) for Docket No. FAA-2022-0167 to establish Class D airspace at Chicago/Romeoville, IL. Interested parties were invited to participate in this rulemaking effort by submitting written comments on the proposal to the FAA. Eleven (11) comments were received. Ten (10) recommending a reduction in the proposed airspace, and two (2) stating that the air traffic control tower and airspace were not necessary. The following responses are provided. In response to the recommendations that the airspace be reduced: The FAA has reviewed the recommendations, and determined that an exclusion area could be supported as well as reducing the vertical limit of the airspace from 3,200 feet MSL to 2,900 feet MSL. This area is not as large as that recommended in the comments due to requirements for the airspace to protect the instrument procedures at Lewis University Airport as required by FAA Order JO 7400.2N, Procedures for Handling Airspace Matters. In response to the comments regarding the need for the air traffic control tower and associated airspace: The Joliet Regional Port District commissioned the construction …

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