2024-13313

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-2023-1972; Airspace Docket No. 22-AGL-39] • RIN 2120-AA66 ( printed page 51414) AGENCY: Federal Aviation Administration (FAA), DOT. ACTION: Final rule. SUMMARY: This action modifies the designated altitudes of restricted area R-4201B, Camp Grayling, MI, by raising the restricted area ceiling from 9,000 feet mean sea level (MSL) to 23,000 feet MSL to match the ceiling of the adjacent restricted area R-4201A, Camp Grayling, MI. Additionally, this action adds a “tie-in” boundary point in the R-4201A boundaries description to ensure a shared R-4201A and R-4201B boundary. Lastly, this action makes minor administrative changes to the R-4201B time of designation information and the R-4201A and R-4201B using agency information to standardize the format of the information provided describing these restricted areas. DATES: Effective date 0901 UTC, September 5, 2024. FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Colby Abbott, Rules and Regulations Group, Office of Policy, Federal Aviation Administration, 800 Independence 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 would modify the restricted area airspace at Camp Grayling, MI, to enhance aviation safety and accommodate essential U.S. Army training requirements. History The FAA published a NPRM for Docket No. FAA-2023-1972 in the Federal Register (88 FR 70915; October 13, 2023), proposing to raise the designated altitude ceiling of restricted area R-4201B, Camp Grayling, MI, from 9,000 feet MSL to 23,000 feet MSL, adding a “tie-in” boundary point in the R-4201A boundaries description to ensure a shared R-4201A and R-4201B boundary, and making minor administrative changes to the R-4201B time of designation information and the R-4201A and R-4201B using agency information. Interested parties were invited to participate in this rulemaking effort by submitting written comments on the proposal to the FAA. Two comments were received. Both comments supported the proposed restricted area amendment actions. The Rule This action amends 14 CFR part 73 by raising the designated altitudes ceiling of restricted area R-4201B, Camp Grayling, MI; adding a “tie-in” boundary point in the R-4201A boundaries description to ensure a shared R-4201A and R-4201B boundary; and making minor administrative changes to the existing R-4201B time of designation and the R-4201A and R-4201B using agency information. The R-4201B ceiling is raised to 23,000 feet MSL to match the restricted area ceiling with the adjacent R-4201A ceiling and connect the eastern boundaries of the two restricted areas equally with two new MOAs proposed as part of a previously published non-rulemaking proposal to amend the Alpena Combat Readines…

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