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air traffic service route structure in the
north central United States to maintain
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History
The FAA published a notice of
proposed rulemaking for Docket No.
FAA 2021–0414 in the Federal Register
(86 FR 29531; June 2, 2021), revoking
Colored Federal airway R–4 in central
Alaska. Interested parties were invited
to participate in this rulemaking effort
by submitting written comments on the
proposal. No comments were received.
Colored Federal Airways are
published in paragraph 6009(b) of FAA
Order JO 7400.11F dated August 10,
2021, and effective September 15, 2021,
which is incorporated by reference in 14
CFR 71.1. The Colored Federal airway
listed in this document will be
published subsequently in the Order.
Availability and Summary of
Documents for Incorporation by
Reference
This document amends FAA Order JO
7400.11F, Airspace Designations and
Reporting Points, dated August 10,
2021, and effective September 15, 2021.
FAA Order JO 7400.11F is publicly
available as listed in the ADDRESSES
section of this document. FAA Order JO
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7400.11F lists Class A, B, C, D, and E
airspace areas, air traffic service routes,
and reporting points.
The Rule
This action amends 14 CFR part 71 to
revoke Colored Federal airway R–4, due
to the decommissioning of BCC NDB.
The change is outlined below.
R–4: R–4 currently navigates between
the Chena, AK, NDB and the Bear Creek,
AK, NDB. This action removes the
entire route.
FAA Order JO 7400.11, Airspace
Designations and Reporting Points, is
published yearly and effective on
September 15.
Regulatory Notices and Analyses
The FAA has determined that this
regulation only involves an established
body of technical regulations for which
frequent and routine amendments are
necessary to keep them operationally
current. It, therefore: (1) Is not a
‘‘significant regulatory action’’ under
Executive Order 12866; (2) is not a
‘‘significant rule’’ under Department of
Transportation (DOT) Regulatory
Policies and Procedures (44 FR 11034;
February 26, 1979); and (3) does not
warrant preparation of a regulatory
evaluation as the anticipated impact is
so minimal. Since this is a routine
matter that only affects air traffic
procedures and air navigation, it is
certified that this rule, when
promulgated, does not have a significant
economic impact on a substantial
number of small entities under the
criteria of the Regulatory Flexibility Act.
Environmental Review
The FAA has determined that this
airspace action of revoking Colored
Federal airway R–4 in central Alaska
qualifies for categorical exclusion under
the National Environmental Policy Act
(42 U.S.C. 4321 et seq.) and its
implementing regulations at 40 CFR part
1500, and in accordance with FAA
Order 1050.1F, Environmental Impacts:
Policies and Procedures, paragraph 5–
6.5a, which categorically excludes from
further environmental impact review
rulemaking actions that designate or
modify classes of airspace areas,
airways, routes, and reporting points
(see 14 CFR part 71, Designation of
Class A, B, C, D, and E Airspace Areas;
Air Traffic Service Routes; and
Reporting Points). As such, this action
is not expected to result in any
potentially significant environmental
impacts. In accordance with FAA Order
1050.1F, paragraph 5–2 regarding
Extraordinary Circumstances, the FAA
has reviewed this action for factors and
circumstances in which a normally
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categorically excluded action may have
a significant environmental impact
requiring further analysis. Accordingly,
the FAA has determined that no
extraordinary circumstances exist that
warrant preparation of an
environmental assessment or
environmental impact study.
Lists of Subjects in 14 CFR Part 71
Airspace, Incorporation by reference,
Navigation (air).
The Amendment
In consideration of the foregoing, the
Federal Aviation Administration
amends 14 CFR part 71 as follows:
PART 71—DESIGNATION OF CLASS A,
B, C, D, AND E AIRSPACE AREAS; AIR
TRAFFIC SERVICE ROUTES; AND
REPORTING POINTS
1. The authority citation for part 71 is
amended to read as follows:
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Authority: 49 U.S.C. 106(f), 106(g), 40103,
40113, 40120; E.O. 10854, 24 FR 9565, 3 CFR,
1959–1963 Comp., p.389.
§ 71.1
[Amended]
2. The incorporation by reference in
14 CFR 71.1 of FAA Order JO 7400.11F,
Airspace Designations and Reporting
Points, dated August 10, 2021, and
effective September 15, 2021, is
amended as follows:
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Paragraph 6009(b)
Airways.
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R–4 [Remove]
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Issued in Washington, DC.
Michael R. Beckles,
Acting Manager, Rules and Regulations
Group.
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DEPARTMENT OF HOMELAND
SECURITY
U.S. Customs and Border Protection
19 CFR Part 122
[CBP Dec. 21–14]
Technical Amendment To List of User
Fee Airports: Addition of Three
Airports, Removal of Two Airports
U.S. Customs and Border
Protection, Department of Homeland
Security (DHS).
ACTION: Final rule; technical
amendment.
AGENCY:
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This document amends U.S.
Customs and Border Protection (CBP)
regulations by revising the list of user
fee airports. User fee airports are
airports that have been approved by the
Commissioner of CBP to receive, for a
fee, the customs services of CBP officers
for processing aircraft, passengers, and
cargo entering the United States, but
that do not qualify for designation as
international or landing rights airports.
Specifically, this technical amendment
reflects the designation of user fee status
for three additional airports: Witham
Field Airport in Stuart, Florida;
Plattsburgh International Airport in
Plattsburgh, New York; and Fort Worth
Meacham International Airport in Fort
Worth, Texas. This document also
amends CBP regulations by removing
the designation of user fee status for two
airports: Griffiss International Airport in
Rome, New York, and Cobb County
International Airport in Kennesaw,
Georgia.
DATES: Effective date: September 23,
2021.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
Ryan Flanagan, Director, Alternative
Funding Program, Office of Field
Operations, U.S. Customs and Border
Protection at Ryan.H.Flanagan@
cbp.dhs.gov or 202–550–9566.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
SUMMARY:
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Background
Title 19, part 122 of the Code of
Federal Regulations (19 CFR part 122)
sets forth regulations relating to the
entry and clearance of aircraft engaged
in international commerce and the
transportation of persons and cargo by
aircraft in international commerce.1
Generally, a civil aircraft arriving from
outside the United States must land at
an airport designated as an international
airport. Alternatively, the pilot of a civil
aircraft may request permission to land
at a specific airport and, if landing
rights are granted, the civil aircraft may
land at that landing rights airport.2
Section 236 of the Trade and Tariff
Act of 1984 (Pub. L. 98–573, 98 Stat.
2948, 2994 (1984)), codified at 19 U.S.C.
58b, created an alternative option for
civil aircraft that desire to land at an
airport that is neither an international
airport nor a landing rights airport. This
alternative option allows the
Commissioner of U.S. Customs and
1 For purposes of this technical rule, an ‘‘aircraft’’
is defined as any device used or designed for
navigation or flight in air and does not include
hovercraft. 19 CFR 122.1(a).
2 A landing rights airport is ‘‘any airport, other
than an international airport or user fee airport, at
which flights from a foreign area are given
permission by Customs to land.’’ 19 CFR 122.1(f).
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Border Protection (CBP) to designate an
airport, upon request by the airport
authority, as a user fee airport.3
Pursuant to 19 U.S.C. 58b, a requesting
airport may be designated as a user fee
airport only if the Commissioner of CBP
determines that the volume or value of
business at the airport is insufficient to
justify the unreimbursed availability of
customs services at the airport and the
governor of the state in which the
airport is located approves the
designation. As the volume or value of
business cleared through this type of
airport is insufficient to justify the
availability of customs services at no
cost, customs services provided by CBP
at the airport are not funded by
appropriations from the general treasury
of the United States. Instead, the user
fee airport pays for the customs services
provided by CBP. The user fee airport
must pay the fees charged, which must
be in an amount equal to the expenses
incurred by the Commissioner of CBP in
providing customs services at the user
fee airport, including the salary and
expenses of CBP employees to provide
the customs services. See 19 U.S.C. 58b.
The Commissioner of CBP designates
airports as user fee airports in
accordance with 19 U.S.C. 58b and 19
CFR 122.15. The Commissioner
designates user fee airports on a case-bycase basis. If the Commissioner decides
that the conditions for designation as a
user fee airport are satisfied, a
Memorandum of Agreement (MOA) is
executed between the Commissioner of
CBP and the sponsor of the user fee
airport. Pursuant to 19 CFR 122.15(c),
the designation of an airport as a user
fee airport must be withdrawn if either
CBP or the airport authority gives 120
days written notice of termination to the
other party or if any amounts due to be
paid to CBP are not paid on a timely
basis.
The list of designated user fee airports
is set forth in 19 CFR 122.15(b).
Periodically, CBP updates the list to
include newly designated airports that
were not previously on the list, to reflect
any changes in the names of the
designated user fee airports, and to
remove airports that are no longer
designated as user fee airports.
3 Sections 403(1) and 411 of the Homeland
Security Act of 2002 (Pub. L. 107–296, 116 stat.
2135, 2178–79 (2002)), codified at 6 U.S.C. 203(1)
and 211, transferred certain functions, including the
authority to designate user fee facilities, from the
U.S. Customs Service of the Department of the
Treasury to the newly established U.S. Department
of Homeland Security. The Secretary of Homeland
Security delegated the authority to designate user
fee facilities to the Commissioner of CBP through
Department of Homeland Security Delegation, Sec.
II.A., No. 7010.3 (May 11, 2006).
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Recent Changes Requiring Updates to
the List of User Fee Airports
This document updates the list of user
fee airports in 19 CFR 122.15(b) by
adding the following three airports:
Witham Field Airport in Stuart, Florida;
Plattsburgh International Airport in
Plattsburgh, New York; and Fort Worth
Meacham International Airport in Fort
Worth, Texas. The Commissioner of
CBP has signed MOAs with the
respective airport authorities
designating each of these three airports
as a user fee airport.4
Additionally, this document updates
the list of user fee airports in 19 CFR
122.15(b) by removing two airports:
Griffiss International Airport in Rome,
New York, and Cobb County
International Airport in Kennesaw,
Georgia. After the airport authority of
Griffiss International Airport requested
to terminate its user fee status on
August 5, 2020, the airport authority
and CBP mutually agreed to terminate
the user fee status of Griffiss
International Airport effective on
October 10, 2020. The airport authority
of Cobb County International Airport
requested to terminate its user fee status
on July 1, 2020, and the airport
authority and CBP mutually agreed to
terminate the user fee status of Cobb
County International Airport effective
on October 10, 2020.
Inapplicability of Public Notice and
Delayed Effective Date Requirements
Under the Administrative Procedure
Act (5 U.S.C. 553(b)), an agency is
exempted from the prior public notice
and comment procedures if it finds, for
good cause, that such procedures are
impracticable, unnecessary, or contrary
to the public interest. This final rule
makes conforming changes by updating
the list of user fee airports to add three
airports that have already been
designated by the Commissioner of CBP
as user fee airports and by removing two
airports for which the Commissioner
has withdrawn the user fee airport
designation, in accordance with 19
U.S.C. 58b. Because this conforming
rule has no substantive impact, is
technical in nature, and does not
impose additional burdens on or take
away any existing rights or privileges
from the public, CBP finds for good
cause that the prior public notice and
comment procedures are impracticable,
unnecessary, and contrary to the public
4 Then-Commissioner Kevin K. McAleenan
signed MOAs designating Witham Field Airport on
November 5, 2018, and Fort Worth Meacham
International Airport on August 29, 2017. ThenActing Commissioner Mark A. Morgan signed an
MOA designating Plattsburgh International Airport
on August 28, 2019.
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interest. For the same reasons, pursuant
to 5 U.S.C. 553(d)(3), a delayed effective
date is not required.
Regulatory Flexibility Act and
Executive Order 12866
Because no notice of proposed
rulemaking is required, the provisions
of the Regulatory Flexibility Act (5
U.S.C. 601 et seq.) do not apply. This
amendment does not meet the criteria
for a ‘‘significant regulatory action’’ as
specified in Executive Order 12866.
Paperwork Reduction Act
There is no new collection of
information required in this document;
therefore, the provisions of the
Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995 (44
U.S.C. 3507) are inapplicable.
Signing Authority
This document is limited to a
technical correction of CBP regulations.
Accordingly, it is being signed under
the authority of 19 CFR 0.1(b). Acting
Commissioner Troy A. Miller, having
reviewed and approved this document,
is delegating the authority to
electronically sign this document to
Robert F. Altneu, who is the Director of
the Regulations and Disclosure Law
Division for CBP, for purposes of
publication in the Federal Register.
List of Subjects in 19 CFR Part 122
Air carriers, Aircraft, Airports,
Customs duties and inspection, Freight.
Amendments to Regulations
Part 122, of title 19 of the Code of
Federal Regulations (19 CFR part 122) is
amended as set forth below:
PART 122—AIR COMMERCE
REGULATIONS
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2. In § 122.15, amend the table in
paragraph (b) as follows:
■ a. Add a second entry for ‘‘Fort Worth,
Texas’’ immediately following the
existing entry for ‘‘Fort Worth, Texas’’;
■ b. Remove the entry for ‘‘Kennesaw,
Georgia’’;
■ c. Add an entry for ‘‘Plattsburgh, New
York’’ in alphabetical order;
■ d. Remove the entry for ‘‘Rome, New
York’’; and
■ e. Add an entry for ‘‘Stuart, Florida’’
in alphabetical order.
The additions read as follows:
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Plattsburgh International Airport.
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Witham Field Airport.
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DEPARTMENT OF THE TREASURY
Alcohol and Tobacco Tax and Trade
Bureau
27 CFR Part 9
[Docket No. TTB–2020–0007; T.D. TTB–
172A; Ref: T.D. TTB–172 and Notice No.
192]
RIN 1513–AC55
Modification of the Boundaries of the
Santa Lucia Highlands and Arroyo
Seco Viticultural Areas; Correction
Alcohol and Tobacco Tax and
Trade Bureau, Treasury.
ACTION: Final rule; Treasury decision;
correction.
AGENCY:
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The Alcohol and Tobacco Tax
and Trade Bureau (TTB) published a
final rule modifying the boundaries of
the Santa Lucia Highlands viticultural
area and the adjacent Arroyo Seco
viticultural area in the Federal Register
of August 25, 2021. That final rule
contained an error in an amendatory
instruction. This document corrects that
error.
DATES: Effective September 24, 2021.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
Karen A. Thornton, Regulations and
Rulings Division, Alcohol and Tobacco
Tax and Trade Bureau, 1310 G Street
NW, Box 12, Washington, DC 20005;
phone 202–453–1039, ext. 175.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: TTB
recently published a final rule
modifying the boundaries of the
established Arroyo Seco American
viticultural area (AVA) and the adjacent,
established Santa Lucia Highlands AVA
in Monterey County, California. TTB
published this final rule as T.D. TTB–
172. After publication, TTB discovered
that T.D. TTB–172 contained an error in
one of the amendatory instructions. In
amendatory instruction 2b, the phrase
SUMMARY:
Robert F. Altneu,
Director, Regulations & Disclosure Law
Division, Regulations & Rulings, Office of
Trade, U.S. Customs and Border Protection.
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§ 122.15
1. The general authority citation for
part 122 continues to read as follows:
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Location
Authority: 5 U.S.C. 301; 19 U.S.C. 58b, 66,
1415, 1431, 1433, 1436, 1448, 1459, 1590,
1594, 1623, 1624, 1644, 1644a, 2071 note.
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‘‘Redesignating paragraphs (c)(14)
through (21) as paragraphs (c)(17)
through (24)’’ should have read,
‘‘Redesignating paragraphs (c)(14)
through (22) as paragraphs (c)(17)
through (25).’’
Corrections
In the final rule document numbered
FR Doc. 2021–18208 beginning on page
47377 in the Federal Register issue of
Wednesday, August 25, 2021, make the
following correction:
§ 9.59
[Corrected]
On page 47379, in the second column,
in the amendatory instructions for
§ 9.59, amendatory instruction 2b is
corrected to read, ‘‘Redesignating
paragraphs (c)(14) through (22) as
paragraphs (c)(17) through (25).’’
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Mary G. Ryan,
Administrator.
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DEPARTMENT OF HOMELAND SECURITY
U.S. Customs and Border Protection
19 CFR Part 122
[CBP Dec. 21-14]
Technical Amendment To List of User Fee Airports: Addition of
Three Airports, Removal of Two Airports
AGENCY: U.S. Customs and Border Protection, Department of Homeland
Security (DHS).
ACTION: Final rule; technical amendment.
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SUMMARY: This document amends U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP)
regulations by revising the list of user fee airports. User fee
airports are airports that have been approved by the Commissioner of
CBP to receive, for a fee, the customs services of CBP officers for
processing aircraft, passengers, and cargo entering the United States,
but that do not qualify for designation as international or landing
rights airports. Specifically, this technical amendment reflects the
designation of user fee status for three additional airports: Witham
Field Airport in Stuart, Florida; Plattsburgh International Airport in
Plattsburgh, New York; and Fort Worth Meacham International Airport in
Fort Worth, Texas. This document also amends CBP regulations by
removing the designation of user fee status for two airports: Griffiss
International Airport in Rome, New York, and Cobb County International
Airport in Kennesaw, Georgia.
DATES: Effective date: September 23, 2021.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Ryan Flanagan, Director, Alternative
Funding Program, Office of Field Operations, U.S. Customs and Border
Protection at [email protected] or 202-550-9566.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
Background
Title 19, part 122 of the Code of Federal Regulations (19 CFR part
122) sets forth regulations relating to the entry and clearance of
aircraft engaged in international commerce and the transportation of
persons and cargo by aircraft in international commerce.\1\ Generally,
a civil aircraft arriving from outside the United States must land at
an airport designated as an international airport. Alternatively, the
pilot of a civil aircraft may request permission to land at a specific
airport and, if landing rights are granted, the civil aircraft may land
at that landing rights airport.\2\
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\1\ For purposes of this technical rule, an ``aircraft'' is
defined as any device used or designed for navigation or flight in
air and does not include hovercraft. 19 CFR 122.1(a).
\2\ A landing rights airport is ``any airport, other than an
international airport or user fee airport, at which flights from a
foreign area are given permission by Customs to land.'' 19 CFR
122.1(f).
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Section 236 of the Trade and Tariff Act of 1984 (Pub. L. 98-573, 98
Stat. 2948, 2994 (1984)), codified at 19 U.S.C. 58b, created an
alternative option for civil aircraft that desire to land at an airport
that is neither an international airport nor a landing rights airport.
This alternative option allows the Commissioner of U.S. Customs and
Border Protection (CBP) to designate an airport, upon request by the
airport authority, as a user fee airport.\3\ Pursuant to 19 U.S.C. 58b,
a requesting airport may be designated as a user fee airport only if
the Commissioner of CBP determines that the volume or value of business
at the airport is insufficient to justify the unreimbursed availability
of customs services at the airport and the governor of the state in
which the airport is located approves the designation. As the volume or
value of business cleared through this type of airport is insufficient
to justify the availability of customs services at no cost, customs
services provided by CBP at the airport are not funded by
appropriations from the general treasury of the United States. Instead,
the user fee airport pays for the customs services provided by CBP. The
user fee airport must pay the fees charged, which must be in an amount
equal to the expenses incurred by the Commissioner of CBP in providing
customs services at the user fee airport, including the salary and
expenses of CBP employees to provide the customs services. See 19
U.S.C. 58b.
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\3\ Sections 403(1) and 411 of the Homeland Security Act of 2002
(Pub. L. 107-296, 116 stat. 2135, 2178-79 (2002)), codified at 6
U.S.C. 203(1) and 211, transferred certain functions, including the
authority to designate user fee facilities, from the U.S. Customs
Service of the Department of the Treasury to the newly established
U.S. Department of Homeland Security. The Secretary of Homeland
Security delegated the authority to designate user fee facilities to
the Commissioner of CBP through Department of Homeland Security
Delegation, Sec. II.A., No. 7010.3 (May 11, 2006).
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The Commissioner of CBP designates airports as user fee airports in
accordance with 19 U.S.C. 58b and 19 CFR 122.15. The Commissioner
designates user fee airports on a case-by-case basis. If the
Commissioner decides that the conditions for designation as a user fee
airport are satisfied, a Memorandum of Agreement (MOA) is executed
between the Commissioner of CBP and the sponsor of the user fee
airport. Pursuant to 19 CFR 122.15(c), the designation of an airport as
a user fee airport must be withdrawn if either CBP or the airport
authority gives 120 days written notice of termination to the other
party or if any amounts due to be paid to CBP are not paid on a timely
basis.
The list of designated user fee airports is set forth in 19 CFR
122.15(b). Periodically, CBP updates the list to include newly
designated airports that were not previously on the list, to reflect
any changes in the names of the designated user fee airports, and to
remove airports that are no longer designated as user fee airports.
Recent Changes Requiring Updates to the List of User Fee Airports
This document updates the list of user fee airports in 19 CFR
122.15(b) by adding the following three airports: Witham Field Airport
in Stuart, Florida; Plattsburgh International Airport in Plattsburgh,
New York; and Fort Worth Meacham International Airport in Fort Worth,
Texas. The Commissioner of CBP has signed MOAs with the respective
airport authorities designating each of these three airports as a user
fee airport.\4\
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\4\ Then-Commissioner Kevin K. McAleenan signed MOAs designating
Witham Field Airport on November 5, 2018, and Fort Worth Meacham
International Airport on August 29, 2017. Then-Acting Commissioner
Mark A. Morgan signed an MOA designating Plattsburgh International
Airport on August 28, 2019.
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Additionally, this document updates the list of user fee airports
in 19 CFR 122.15(b) by removing two airports: Griffiss International
Airport in Rome, New York, and Cobb County International Airport in
Kennesaw, Georgia. After the airport authority of Griffiss
International Airport requested to terminate its user fee status on
August 5, 2020, the airport authority and CBP mutually agreed to
terminate the user fee status of Griffiss International Airport
effective on October 10, 2020. The airport authority of Cobb County
International Airport requested to terminate its user fee status on
July 1, 2020, and the airport authority and CBP mutually agreed to
terminate the user fee status of Cobb County International Airport
effective on October 10, 2020.
Inapplicability of Public Notice and Delayed Effective Date
Requirements
Under the Administrative Procedure Act (5 U.S.C. 553(b)), an agency
is exempted from the prior public notice and comment procedures if it
finds, for good cause, that such procedures are impracticable,
unnecessary, or contrary to the public interest. This final rule makes
conforming changes by updating the list of user fee airports to add
three airports that have already been designated by the Commissioner of
CBP as user fee airports and by removing two airports for which the
Commissioner has withdrawn the user fee airport designation, in
accordance with 19 U.S.C. 58b. Because this conforming rule has no
substantive impact, is technical in nature, and does not impose
additional burdens on or take away any existing rights or privileges
from the public, CBP finds for good cause that the prior public notice
and comment procedures are impracticable, unnecessary, and contrary to
the public
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interest. For the same reasons, pursuant to 5 U.S.C. 553(d)(3), a
delayed effective date is not required.
Regulatory Flexibility Act and Executive Order 12866
Because no notice of proposed rulemaking is required, the
provisions of the Regulatory Flexibility Act (5 U.S.C. 601 et seq.) do
not apply. This amendment does not meet the criteria for a
``significant regulatory action'' as specified in Executive Order
12866.
Paperwork Reduction Act
There is no new collection of information required in this
document; therefore, the provisions of the Paperwork Reduction Act of
1995 (44 U.S.C. 3507) are inapplicable.
Signing Authority
This document is limited to a technical correction of CBP
regulations. Accordingly, it is being signed under the authority of 19
CFR 0.1(b). Acting Commissioner Troy A. Miller, having reviewed and
approved this document, is delegating the authority to electronically
sign this document to Robert F. Altneu, who is the Director of the
Regulations and Disclosure Law Division for CBP, for purposes of
publication in the Federal Register.
List of Subjects in 19 CFR Part 122
Air carriers, Aircraft, Airports, Customs duties and inspection,
Freight.
Amendments to Regulations
Part 122, of title 19 of the Code of Federal Regulations (19 CFR
part 122) is amended as set forth below:
PART 122--AIR COMMERCE REGULATIONS
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1. The general authority citation for part 122 continues to read as
follows:
Authority: 5 U.S.C. 301; 19 U.S.C. 58b, 66, 1415, 1431, 1433,
1436, 1448, 1459, 1590, 1594, 1623, 1624, 1644, 1644a, 2071 note.
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2. In Sec. 122.15, amend the table in paragraph (b) as follows:
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a. Add a second entry for ``Fort Worth, Texas'' immediately following
the existing entry for ``Fort Worth, Texas'';
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b. Remove the entry for ``Kennesaw, Georgia'';
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c. Add an entry for ``Plattsburgh, New York'' in alphabetical order;
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d. Remove the entry for ``Rome, New York''; and
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e. Add an entry for ``Stuart, Florida'' in alphabetical order.
The additions read as follows:
Sec. 122.15 User fee airports.
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(b) * * *
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Location Name
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Fort Worth, Texas................. Fort Worth Meacham International
Airport.
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Plattsburgh, New York............. Plattsburgh International Airport.
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Stuart, Florida................... Witham Field Airport.
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Robert F. Altneu,
Director, Regulations & Disclosure Law Division, Regulations & Rulings,
Office of Trade, U.S. Customs and Border Protection.
[FR Doc. 2021-20518 Filed 9-22-21; 8:45 am]
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