Notice of Availability of the Finding of No Significant Impact/Record of Decision and Adoption of the United States Marine Corps Environmental Assessment for the Establishment of the Walker Military Operations Area, 17939-17940 [2020-06607]
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DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION
Federal Aviation Administration
[Docket No. FAA–2020–0302]
Agency Information Collection
Activities: Requests for Comments;
Clearance of a Renewed Approval of
Information Collection: Certification
and Operations: Airplanes With
Seating Capacity of 20 or More
Passenger Seats or Maximum Payload
of 6,000 Pounds or More—FAR 125
Federal Aviation
Administration (FAA), DOT.
ACTION: Notice and request for
comments.
AGENCY:
In accordance with the
Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995, FAA
invites public comments about our
intention to request the Office of
Management and Budget (OMB)
approval to renew an information
collection. This collection involves the
certification and operation of aircraft
with seating capacity of 20 or more
passengers, or maximum payload of
6,000 pounds or more, and includes the
operator application requirements,
maintenance requirements, and various
operational requirements.
DATES: Written comments should be
submitted by June 1, 2020.
ADDRESSES: Please send written
comments:
By Electronic Docket:
www.regulations.gov (Enter docket
number into search field)
By mail: Dwayne C. Morris, 800
Independence Ave. SW, Washington,
DC 20591
By fax: (202) 267–1078
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FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
Ronald A. Forsyth by email at:
ronald.a.forsyth@faa.gov; phone: (717)
712–1000.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
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Issued in Washington, DC, on March 25,
2020.
Dwayne C. Morris,
Project Manager, Flight Standards Service,
General Aviation and Commercial Division.
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Public Comments Invited: You are
asked to comment on any aspect of this
information collection, including (a)
Whether the proposed collection of
information is necessary for FAA’s
performance; (b) the accuracy of the
estimated burden; (c) ways for FAA to
enhance the quality, utility and clarity
of the information collection; and (d)
ways that the burden could be
minimized without reducing the quality
of the collected information. The agency
will summarize and/or include your
comments in the request for OMB’s
clearance of this information collection.
OMB Control Number: 2120–0085
Title: Certification and Operations:
Airplanes with Seating Capacity of 20 or
More Passenger Seats or Maximum
Payload of 6,000 Pounds or More—FAR
125
Form Numbers: None.
Type of Review: Renewal.
Background: The reporting and
recordkeeping requirements under this
collection are necessary for the FAA to
issue, reissue, and amend part 125
applicants’ operating certificates and
operation specifications. A letter of
application and related documents
which set forth an applicant’s ability to
conduct operations in compliance with
the provisions of 14 CFR part 125 are
submitted to the appropriate Flight
Standards District Office (FSDO).
Inspectors in FAA FSDOs review the
submitted information to determine
certificate eligibility. If the letter of
application, related documents, and
inspection show that the applicant
satisfactorily meets acceptable safety
standards, an operating certificate and
operations specifications will be issued.
If the information were not collected,
the FAA could not discharge its
responsibility to promote the safety of
large airplane operators during such
operations.
Respondents: 85 certificated part 125
operators (75 existing operators and 10
new applicants per year).
Frequency: On occasion.
Estimated Average Burden per
Response: 13 minutes.
Estimated Total Annual Burden:
50,378 hours total; 593 hours per
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DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION
Federal Aviation Administration
Notice of Availability of the Finding of
No Significant Impact/Record of
Decision and Adoption of the United
States Marine Corps Environmental
Assessment for the Establishment of
the Walker Military Operations Area
Federal Aviation
Administration (FAA), Department of
Transportation.
ACTION: Notice of Availability of the
Finding of No Significant Impact
(FONSI)/Record of Decision (ROD).
AGENCY:
The FAA announces its
decision to adopt the United States
Marine Corps (USMC) Environmental
Assessment (EA), entitled Marine Corps
Mountain Warfare Training Center
[MCMWTC] Bridgeport Walker Military
Operations Area [MOA] Airspace
Establishment, for the establishment of
two MOAs in Bridgeport, California.
This notice announces that, based on its
independent review and evaluation of
the EA and supporting documents, the
FAA is adopting the EA and issuing a
FONSI/ROD for the establishment of the
Walker MOAs.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
Paula Miller, Airspace Policy and
Regulations Group, Office of Airspace
Services, Federal Aviation
Administration, 800 Independence
Avenue SW, Washington, DC 20591;
telephone: (202) 267–7378.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
SUMMARY:
Background
The Proposed Action is to establish
Special Use Airspace (SUA) consisting
of two MOAs—the Walker Low MOA
and Walker High MOA—in airspace
located above and adjacent to
MCMWTC. The proposal for the MOAs
is to designate airspace, outside of Class
A airspace (i.e., below 18,000 feet above
mean sea level [MSL]), to: (1) Separate
or segregate certain nonhazardous
military flight activities (including, but
not limited to, air combat maneuvers,
air intercepts, low altitude tactics) from
Instrument Flight Rules (IFR) traffic;
and (2) for Visual Flight Rules (VFR)
traffic, to identify (in sectional charts
and via Notice to Airman [NOTAM])
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where and when these activities are
conducted. The Proposed Action is
needed to address training delays and
flight safety issues (e.g., near-midair
collisions) that have occurred when
nonparticipating aircraft have entered
the airspace when MCMWTC training
activities were being conducted. This
would result in enhanced flight safety
for all pilots (civilian, commercial, and
military) while enhancing the capability
of MCMWTC to support critically
required aviation and ground training.
The proposed MOAs and continued use
of the existing airspace are needed to
enable military forces to train in an
environment that is representative of
realistic combat conditions.
Specifically, the MCMWTC training
areas and programs are imperative to the
USMC and Joint Service mountain
warfare readiness.
The Proposed Action was developed
by the USMC to improve flight safety;
accommodate joint use for reasonable
and timely access to underlying public
or private land; not impede public
safety access for firefighting and other
emergency services; support FAA
Oakland Air Route Traffic Control
Center’s computer system and meet all
FAA requirements; and not impact
existing air traffic control assigned
airspace.
Implementation
After evaluating the aeronautical
study and the EA, the FAA has issued
a FONSI/ROD to establish two MOAs.
The Walker Low MOA would be
established from the surface to, but not
including, 13,500 feet MSL, and would
be activated for up to 100 days per year
for approximately 15 hours per day. The
Walker High MOA would be established
from 13,500 feet MSL to, but not
including, FL180 (18,000 feet MSL), and
would be activated for up to 40 days per
year for approximately 12 hours per
day. These MOAs would exclude
airspace from the surface to 3,000 feet
above ground level (AGL) over
wilderness areas. A NOTAM would be
published at least four hours in advance
of activation.
In accordance with Section 102 of the
National Environmental Policy Act of
1969 (NEPA), the Council on
Environmental Quality’s (CEQ)
regulations for implementing NEPA (40
CFR parts 1500–1508), and other
applicable authorities (including FAA
Order 1050.1F, Environmental Impacts:
Policies and Procedures, paragraph 8–2,
and FAA Order JO 7400.2M, Procedures
for Handling Airspace Matters,
paragraph 32–2–3), the FAA has
conducted an independent review and
evaluation of the USMC’s EA, dated
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November 4, 2019. As a cooperating
agency with responsibility for approving
SUA under 49 U.S.C. 40103(b)(3)(A), the
FAA provided subject matter expertise
and coordinated with the USMC during
the environmental review process.
The USMC provided the Draft EA for
public review from December 12, 2018,
to January 26, 2019, and no comments
were received.
The FONSI/ROD and EA are available
upon request by contacting Paula Miller
at: Airspace Policy and Regulations
Group, Office of Airspace Services,
Federal Aviation Administration, 800
Independence Avenue SW, Washington,
DC 20591; telephone: (202) 267–7378.
Issued in Des Moines, WA, on March 25,
2020.
Shawn M. Kozica,
Manager, Operations Support Group, Western
Service Center.
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DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION
Federal Aviation Administration
[Docket No. FAA–2020–0301]
Agency Information Collection
Activities: Requests for Comments;
Clearance of Renewed Approval of
Information Collection: Application for
Certificate of Waiver or Authorization
Federal Aviation
Administration (FAA), DOT.
ACTION: Notice and request for
comments.
AGENCY:
In accordance with the
Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995, FAA
invites public comments about our
intention to request the Office of
Management and Budget (OMB)
approval to renew an information
collection. This collection affects
persons who have a need to deviate
from certain regulations that govern use
of airspace within the United States.
The request also describes the burden
associated with authorizations to make
parachute jumps and operate unmanned
aircraft (including moored balloons,
kites, unmanned rockets, and
unmanned free balloons) and small
unmanned aircraft systems
DATES: Written comments should be
submitted by June 1, 2020.
ADDRESSES: Please send written
comments:
By Electronic Docket:
www.regulations.gov (Enter docket
number into search field).
By mail: Dwayne C. Morris, 800
Independence Ave. SW, Washington,
DC 20591.
SUMMARY:
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By fax: (202) 267–1078.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
Raymond Plessinger by email at:
raymond.plessinger@faa.gov; phone:
(717) 774–8271.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
Public Comments Invited: You are
asked to comment on any aspect of this
information collection, including (a)
Whether the proposed collection of
information is necessary for FAA’s
performance; (b) the accuracy of the
estimated burden; (c) ways for FAA to
enhance the quality, utility and clarity
of the information collection; and (d)
ways that the burden could be
minimized without reducing the quality
of the collected information. The agency
will summarize and/or include your
comments in the request for OMB’s
clearance of this information collection.
OMB Control Number: 2120–0027.
Title: Application for Certificate of
Waiver or Authorization.
Form Numbers: FAA form 7711–2.
Type of Review: Renewal.
Background: The information
collected by FAA Form 7711–2,
Application for Certificate of Waiver or
Authorization, is reviewed and analyzed
by FAA to determine the type and
extent of the intended deviation from
prescribed regulations. A certificate of
waiver or authorization to deviate is
generally issued to the applicant
(individuals and businesses) if the
proposed operation does not create a
hazard to persons, property, or other
aircraft, and includes the operation of
unmanned aircraft. Applications for
certificates of waiver to the provisions
of Parts 91 and 101 are made by using
FAA Form 7711–2. Application for
authorization to make parachute jumps
(other than emergency or military
operations) under Part 105, Section
105.15 (airshows and meets) also uses
FAA Form 7711–2. Application for
other types of parachute jumping
activities are submitted in various ways;
e.g., in writing, in person, by telephone,
etc.
Persons authorized to deviate from
provisions of Part 101 are required to
give notice of actual activities. Persons
operating in accordance with the
provisions of Part 101 are also required
to give notice of actual activities. In both
instances, the notice of information
required is the same. Therefore, the
burden associated with applications for
certificates of waiver or authorization
and the burden associated with notices
of actual aircraft activities are identified
and included in this request for
clearance.
Regarding operation of small
unmanned aircraft systems under Part
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DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION
Federal Aviation Administration
Notice of Availability of the Finding of No Significant Impact/
Record of Decision and Adoption of the United States Marine Corps
Environmental Assessment for the Establishment of the Walker Military
Operations Area
AGENCY: Federal Aviation Administration (FAA), Department of
Transportation.
ACTION: Notice of Availability of the Finding of No Significant Impact
(FONSI)/Record of Decision (ROD).
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SUMMARY: The FAA announces its decision to adopt the United States
Marine Corps (USMC) Environmental Assessment (EA), entitled Marine
Corps Mountain Warfare Training Center [MCMWTC] Bridgeport Walker
Military Operations Area [MOA] Airspace Establishment, for the
establishment of two MOAs in Bridgeport, California. This notice
announces that, based on its independent review and evaluation of the
EA and supporting documents, the FAA is adopting the EA and issuing a
FONSI/ROD for the establishment of the Walker MOAs.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Paula Miller, Airspace Policy and
Regulations Group, Office of Airspace Services, Federal Aviation
Administration, 800 Independence Avenue SW, Washington, DC 20591;
telephone: (202) 267-7378.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
Background
The Proposed Action is to establish Special Use Airspace (SUA)
consisting of two MOAs--the Walker Low MOA and Walker High MOA--in
airspace located above and adjacent to MCMWTC. The proposal for the
MOAs is to designate airspace, outside of Class A airspace (i.e., below
18,000 feet above mean sea level [MSL]), to: (1) Separate or segregate
certain nonhazardous military flight activities (including, but not
limited to, air combat maneuvers, air intercepts, low altitude tactics)
from Instrument Flight Rules (IFR) traffic; and (2) for Visual Flight
Rules (VFR) traffic, to identify (in sectional charts and via Notice to
Airman [NOTAM])
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where and when these activities are conducted. The Proposed Action is
needed to address training delays and flight safety issues (e.g., near-
midair collisions) that have occurred when nonparticipating aircraft
have entered the airspace when MCMWTC training activities were being
conducted. This would result in enhanced flight safety for all pilots
(civilian, commercial, and military) while enhancing the capability of
MCMWTC to support critically required aviation and ground training. The
proposed MOAs and continued use of the existing airspace are needed to
enable military forces to train in an environment that is
representative of realistic combat conditions. Specifically, the MCMWTC
training areas and programs are imperative to the USMC and Joint
Service mountain warfare readiness.
The Proposed Action was developed by the USMC to improve flight
safety; accommodate joint use for reasonable and timely access to
underlying public or private land; not impede public safety access for
firefighting and other emergency services; support FAA Oakland Air
Route Traffic Control Center's computer system and meet all FAA
requirements; and not impact existing air traffic control assigned
airspace.
Implementation
After evaluating the aeronautical study and the EA, the FAA has
issued a FONSI/ROD to establish two MOAs. The Walker Low MOA would be
established from the surface to, but not including, 13,500 feet MSL,
and would be activated for up to 100 days per year for approximately 15
hours per day. The Walker High MOA would be established from 13,500
feet MSL to, but not including, FL180 (18,000 feet MSL), and would be
activated for up to 40 days per year for approximately 12 hours per
day. These MOAs would exclude airspace from the surface to 3,000 feet
above ground level (AGL) over wilderness areas. A NOTAM would be
published at least four hours in advance of activation.
In accordance with Section 102 of the National Environmental Policy
Act of 1969 (NEPA), the Council on Environmental Quality's (CEQ)
regulations for implementing NEPA (40 CFR parts 1500-1508), and other
applicable authorities (including FAA Order 1050.1F, Environmental
Impacts: Policies and Procedures, paragraph 8-2, and FAA Order JO
7400.2M, Procedures for Handling Airspace Matters, paragraph 32-2-3),
the FAA has conducted an independent review and evaluation of the
USMC's EA, dated November 4, 2019. As a cooperating agency with
responsibility for approving SUA under 49 U.S.C. 40103(b)(3)(A), the
FAA provided subject matter expertise and coordinated with the USMC
during the environmental review process.
The USMC provided the Draft EA for public review from December 12,
2018, to January 26, 2019, and no comments were received.
The FONSI/ROD and EA are available upon request by contacting Paula
Miller at: Airspace Policy and Regulations Group, Office of Airspace
Services, Federal Aviation Administration, 800 Independence Avenue SW,
Washington, DC 20591; telephone: (202) 267-7378.
Issued in Des Moines, WA, on March 25, 2020.
Shawn M. Kozica,
Manager, Operations Support Group, Western Service Center.
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