2025-01974

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-2024-2691; Airspace Docket No. 24-ASO-28] • RIN 2120-AA66 AGENCY: Federal Aviation Administration (FAA), DOT. ACTION: Final rule. SUMMARY: This action amends restricted area R-2103A and R-2103B, Fort Novosel, AL, by amending the internal altitude sub-divisions and establishing restricted area R-2103C to match daily mission requirements. These changes do not add additional designated restricted area airspace. DATES: Effective date 0901 UTC, April 17, 2025. ADDRESSES: A copy of this final rule, and all background material may be viewed online at www.regulations.gov using the FAA Docket number. Electronic retrieval help and guidelines are available on the website. It is available 24 hours each day, 365 days each year. FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Brian Vidis, Rules and Regulations Group, Policy Directorate, Federal Aviation Administration, 600 Independence Avenue SW, Washington, DC 20597; 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 area airspace at Fort Novosel, AL, to enhance aviation safety and align with essential United States (U.S.) Army activities. Background The U.S. Army initiated a request to the Jacksonville Air Route Traffic Control Center (ARTCC), who concurred, to modify the internal altitudes that vertically subdivides restricted areas R-2103A and R-2103B to align with daily mission requirements and common usage. Restricted area R-2103A and R-2103B share the same external boundary that overlay each other. Restricted area R-2103A had designated altitudes from the surface to but not including 10,000 feet mean sea level (MSL), and restricted area R-2103B had designated altitudes from 10,000 feet MSL to 15,000 feet MSL. This action changes the internal vertical subdivision of restricted areas R-2103A and R-2103B from 10,000 feet MSL to 5,000 feet MSL. Additionally, the ceiling of restricted area R-2103B would be lowered from 15,000 feet MSL to 10,000 feet MSL. Restricted area R-2103C is established with designated altitudes from 10,000 feet MSL to 15,000 feet MSL and shares the same external boundary as restricted areas R-2103A and R-2103B so that each would overlay the other. The result of amendments to the vertical subdivisions of these restricted area airspaces allows for maximum joint use of the airspace by non-participant aircraft when U.S. Army training doesn't require all designated altitudes. These changes do not represent any changes in lateral boundaries, operations, or new equipment being utilized in the airspace; nor does it reflect any increase in the number of operations that would be conducted. The Rule This action amends 14 CFR part 73 by amending restrict…

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