2025-13110

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-2025-0933; Airspace Docket No. 24-AEA-7] • RIN 2120-AA66 AGENCY: Federal Aviation Administration (FAA), DOT. ACTION: Final rule. SUMMARY: This action subdivides restricted area R-6606 vertically into two sub areas by removing restricted area R-6606 and establishing R-6606A and R-6606B Pendleton, VA. This change creates an internal altitude sub-division to match daily mission requirements and allows more efficient use of the airspace. These changes do not add additional designated restricted area airspace. DATES: Effective date 0901 UTC, October 2, 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. An electronic copy of this document may also be downloaded from the Office of the Federal Register's website at www.federalregister.gov. 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 Pendleton, VA, to enhance aviation safety and align with essential United States (U.S.) Navy activities. Background Washington Air Route Traffic Control Center (ARTCC) submitted a request in concurrence with the Commander, Fleet Area Control and Surveillance Facility, Virginia Capes, Virginia Beach, VA, to effectively create a vertical internal subdivision of restricted area R-6606 to align with daily mission requirements. Creating this subdivision allows for greater flexibility to schedule the use of the restricted area in accordance with common usage and accommodate aircraft transiting the area when it is not in use. Restricted area R-6606 was designated from the surface to 51,000 feet mean sea level (MSL). This action revokes R-6606 and replaces it with R-6606A and R-6606B which share the same external boundary as restricted area R-6606. Restricted areas R-6606A and R-6606B overlay each other laterally. Restricted area R-6606A has designated altitudes from the surface to but not including 23,000 feet MSL and restricted area R-6606B has designated altitudes from 23,000 feet MSL to 51,000 feet MSL. Establishing the vertical subdivision of these restricted area airspaces allows for maximum joint use of the airspace by non-participant aircraft when U.S. Navy training does not require all designated altitudes. Upon review of the restricted area R-6606, the FAA identified two boundary points used in the boundary desc…

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