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associated with the manufacture of the
end product.
§ 184.6
Construction material standards.
The Buy America Preference applies
to the following construction materials
used in infrastructure projects. Each
construction material is followed by a
standard for the material to be
considered ‘‘produced in the United
States.’’
(a) Non-ferrous metals. All
manufacturing processes, from initial
smelting or melting through final
shaping, coating, and assembly,
occurred in the United States.
(b) Plastic and polymer-based
products. All manufacturing processes,
from initial combination of constituent,
plastic or polymer-based inputs until
the item is in a form in which it is
delivered to the work site and
incorporated into the project, occurred
in the United States.
(c) Composite building materials. All
manufacturing processes, from initial
combination of constituent materials
until the composite material is in a form
in which it is delivered to the work site
and incorporated into the project,
occurred in the United States.
(d) Glass. All manufacturing
processes, from initial batching and
melting of raw materials through
annealing, cooling, and cutting,
occurred in the United States.
(e) Fiber optic cable. All
manufacturing processes, from the
initial preform fabrication stage through
fiber stranding and jacketing, occurred
in the United States.
(f) Optical fiber. All manufacturing
processes, from the initial preform
fabrication stage through fiber stranding,
occurred in the United States.
(g) Lumber. All manufacturing
processes, from initial debarking
through treatment and planing, occurred
in the United States.
(h) Drywall. All manufacturing
processes, from initial blending of
mined or synthetic gypsum plaster and
additives through cutting and drying of
sandwiched panels, occurred in the
United States.
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§ 184.7 Federal awarding agency’s
issuance of a Buy America Preference
waiver.
(a) A Federal awarding agency may
waive the application of the Buy
America Preference in any case in
which it finds that:
(1) Applying the Buy America
Preference would be inconsistent with
the public interest (a ‘‘public interest
waiver’’);
(2) Types of iron, steel, manufactured
products, or construction materials are
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not produced in the United States in
sufficient and reasonably available
quantities or of a satisfactory quality (a
‘‘nonavailability waiver’’); or
(3) The inclusion of iron, steel,
manufactured products, or construction
materials produced in the United States
will increase the cost of the overall
project by more than 25 percent (an
‘‘unreasonable cost waiver’’).
(b) A request from a non-Federal
entity to waive the application of the
Buy America Preference must be
provided to the Federal awarding
agency in writing. Federal awarding
agencies shall provide waiver request
submission instructions and guidance
on the format, contents, and supporting
materials required for waiver requests
from non-Federal entities.
(c) Before issuing a waiver, the
Federal awarding agency must:
(1) Prepare a detailed written
explanation for the proposed
determination to issue the waiver,
including for those proposed waivers
based on a request from a non-Federal
entity;
(2) Make the proposed waiver and the
detailed written explanation publicly
available in an easily accessible location
on a website designated by the Federal
awarding agency and the Office of
Management and Budget;
(3) Provide a period of not less than
15 calendar days for public comment on
the proposed waiver; and
(4) Before finalizing a waiver, submit
the waiver determination to the Office
of Management and Budget Made in
America Office for final review pursuant
to Executive Order 14005 and sections
70923(b)(2) and 70937 of the
Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act
(Pub. L. 117–58).
(d) The review of existing waivers of
general applicability are subject to a
minimum 30-day public comment
period.
§ 184.8 Exemptions to the Buy America
Preference.
(a) The Buy America Preference does
not apply to expenditures for assistance
authorized under section 402, 403, 404,
406, 408, or 502 of the Robert T. Stafford
Disaster Relief and Emergency
Assistance Act (42 U.S.C. 5170a, 5170b,
16 5170c, 5172, 5174, or 5192) relating
to a major disaster or emergency
declared by the President under section
401 or 501, respectively, of such Act (42
U.S.C. 5170, 5191) or pre and post
disaster or emergency response
expenditures.
(b) ‘‘Pre and post disaster or
emergency response expenditures’’
consist of expenditures for financial
assistance that are:
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(1) Authorized by statutes other than
the Stafford Act, 42 U.S.C. 5121 et seq.;
and
(2) Made in anticipation of or
response to an event or events that
qualify as an ‘‘emergency’’ or ‘‘major
disaster’’ within the meaning of the
Stafford Act, 42 U.S.C. 5122(1), (2).
PART 200—UNIFORM
ADMINISTRATIVE REQUIREMENTS,
COST PRINCIPLES, AND AUDIT
REQUIREMENTS FOR FEDERAL
AWARDS
2. The authority citation for part 200
continues to read as follows:
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Authority: 31 U.S.C. 503.
3. Amend § 200.322 by adding
paragraph (c) to read as follows:
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§ 200.322 Domestic preferences for
procurements.
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(c) Federal awarding agencies
providing Federal financial assistance
for infrastructure projects must comply
with the Buy America Preferences set
forth in 2 CFR part 184.
Deidre A. Harrison,
Deputy Controller, Office of Federal Financial
Management.
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DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION
Federal Aviation Administration
14 CFR Part 71
[Docket No. FAA–2023–0039; Airspace
Docket No. 23–AEA–1]
RIN 2120–AA66
Amendment of Class E Airspace;
Altoona, PA
Federal Aviation
Administration (FAA), DOT.
ACTION: Notice of proposed rulemaking
(NPRM).
AGENCY:
This action proposes to
amend the Class E airspace at Altoona,
PA. The FAA is proposing this action as
the result of an airspace review caused
by the decommissioning of the Revloc
very high frequency omnidirectional
range (VOR) navigation aids as part of
the VOR Minimum Operating Network
(MON) Program. The name of the airport
would also be updated to coincide with
the FAA’s aeronautical database.
DATES: Comments must be received on
or before March 27, 2023.
ADDRESSES: Send comments on this
proposal to the U.S. Department of
SUMMARY:
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Transportation, Docket Operations, 1200
New Jersey Avenue SE, West Building
Ground Floor, Room W12–140,
Washington, DC 20590; telephone (800)
647–5527 or (202) 366–9826. You must
identify FAA Docket No. FAA–2023–
0039; Airspace Docket No. 23–AEA–1 at
the beginning of your comments. You
may also submit comments through the
internet at www.regulations.gov.
FAA Order JO 7400.11G, Airspace
Designations and Reporting Points, and
subsequent amendments can be viewed
online at www.faa.gov/air_traffic/
publications/. For further information,
you can contact the Rules and
Regulations Group, Federal Aviation
Administration, 800 Independence
Avenue SW, Washington, DC 20591;
telephone: (202) 267–8783.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
Jeffrey Claypool, Federal Aviation
Administration, Operations Support
Group, Central Service Center, 10101
Hillwood Parkway, Fort Worth, TX
76177; telephone (817) 222–5711.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
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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 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
amend the Class E surface airspace and
the Class E airspace extending upward
from 700 feet above the surface at
Altoona/Blair County Airport, Altoona,
PA, to support instrument flight rule
operations at this airport.
Comments Invited
Interested parties are invited to
participate in this proposed rulemaking
by submitting such written data, views,
or arguments, as they may desire.
Comments that provide the factual basis
supporting the views and suggestions
presented are particularly helpful in
developing reasoned regulatory
decisions on the proposal. Comments
are specifically invited on the overall
regulatory, aeronautical, economic,
environmental, and energy-related
aspects of the proposal.
Communications should identify both
docket numbers (FAA Docket No. FAA–
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2023–0039; Airspace Docket No. 23–
AEA–1) and be submitted in triplicate to
the Docket Management Facility (see
ADDRESSES section for the address and
phone number). You may also submit
comment through the internet at
www.regulations.gov.
Commenters wishing the FAA to
acknowledge receipt of their comments
on this notice must submit with those
comments a self-addressed, stamped
postcard on which the following
statement is made: ‘‘Comments to
Docket No. FAA–2023–0039/Airspace
Docket No. 23–AEA–1.’’ The postcard
will be date/time stamped and returned
to the commenter.
All communications received on or
before the specified closing date will be
considered before taking action on the
proposed rule. The proposal contained
in this action may be changed in light
of the comments received. All
comments submitted will be available
for examination in the public docket
both before and after the comment
closing date. A report summarizing each
substantive public contact with FAA
personnel concerned with this
rulemaking will be filed in the docket.
Availability of NPRMs
An electronic copy of this document
may be downloaded through the
internet at www.regulations.gov.
Recently published rulemaking
documents can also be accessed through
the FAA’s web page at www.faa.gov/air_
traffic/publications/airspace_
amendments/.
You may review the public docket
containing the proposal, any comments
received, and any final disposition in
person in the Dockets Office (see the
ADDRESSES section for the address and
phone number) between 9:00 a.m. and
5:00 p.m., Monday through Friday,
except Federal holidays. An informal
docket may also be examined during
normal business hours at the Federal
Aviation Administration, Air Traffic
Organization, Central Service Center,
Operations Support Group, 10101
Hillwood Parkway, Fort Worth, TX
76177.
Incorporation by Reference
Class E airspace is published in
paragraphs 6002 and 6005 of FAA Order
JO 7400.11G, Airspace Designations and
Reporting Points, which is incorporated
by reference in 14 CFR 71.1 on an
annual basis. This document proposes
to amend FAA Order JO 7400.11G,
Airspace Designations and Reporting
Points, dated August 19, 2022, and
effective September 15, 2022. These
updates would be published
subsequently in the next update to FAA
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Order JO 7400.11. FAA Order JO
7400.11G is publicly available as listed
in the ADDRESSES section of this
document.
FAA Order JO 7400.11G lists Class A,
B, C, D, and E airspace areas, air traffic
service routes, and reporting points.
The Proposal
The FAA is proposing an amendment
to 14 CFR part 71 by:
Amending the Class E surface
airspace to within a 9.3-mile (increased
from a 4.7-mile) radius of Altoona/Blair
County Airport, Altoona, PA; removing
the extension northeast of the airport as
it is no longer required; and updating
the name (previously Altoona-Blair
County Airport) of the airport to
coincide with the FAA’s aeronautical
database;
And amending the Class E airspace
extending upward from 700 feet above
the surface to within an 11.8-mile
(increased from an 11.2-mile) radius of
Altoona/Blair County Airport; adding an
extension 2 miles each side of the 196°
bearing from the airport extending from
the 11.8-mile radius to 12 miles south
of the airport; and updating the name
(previously Altoona-Blair County
Airport) of the airport to coincide with
the FAA’s aeronautical database.
This action is the result of an airspace
review caused by the decommissioning
of the Revloc VOR, which provided
navigation information for the
instrument procedures at this airport, as
part of the VOR MON Program and will
support instrument flight rule
operations at this airport.
Regulatory Notices and Analyses
The FAA has determined that this
proposed 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 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 will
only affect air traffic procedures and air
navigation, it is certified that this
proposed rule, when promulgated, will
not have a significant economic impact
on a substantial number of small entities
under the criteria of the Regulatory
Flexibility Act.
Environmental Review
This proposal will be subject to an
environmental analysis in accordance
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with FAA Order 1050.1F,
‘‘Environmental Impacts: Policies and
Procedures’’ prior to any FAA final
regulatory action.
DEPARTMENT OF VETERANS
AFFAIRS
List of Subjects in 14 CFR Part 71
RIN 2900–AR62
Airspace, Incorporation by reference,
Navigation (air).
Payments Under State Home Care
Agreements for Nursing Home Care
The Proposed Amendment
AGENCY:
38 CFR Part 51
ACTION:
In consideration of the foregoing, the
Federal Aviation Administration
proposes to amend 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 14 CFR
part 71 continues 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 7400.11G,
Airspace Designations and Reporting
Points, dated August 19, 2022, and
effective September 15, 2022, is
amended as follows:
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Paragraph 6002 Class E Airspace Areas
Designated as Surface Areas.
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AEA PA E2
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Altoona, PA [Amended]
Altoona/Blair County Airport, PA
(Lat. 40°17′47″ N, long. 78°19′12″ W)
Within a 9.3-mile radius of Altoona/Blair
County Airport.
Paragraph 6005 Class E Airspace Areas
Extending Upward From 700 Feet or More
Above the Surface of the Earth.
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AEA PA E5
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Altoona, PA [Amended]
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Altoona/Blair County Airport, PA
(Lat. 40°17′47″ N, long. 78°19′12″ W)
That airspace extending upward from 700
feet above the surface within an 11.8-mile
radius of Altoona/Blair County Airport; and
within 2 miles each side of the 196° bearing
from the airport extending from the 11.8-mile
radius to 12 miles south of the airport.
Issued in Fort Worth, Texas, on February
6, 2023.
Martin A. Skinner,
Acting Manager, Operations Support Group,
ATO Central Service Center.
[FR Doc. 2023–02738 Filed 2–8–23; 8:45 am]
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Department of Veterans Affairs.
Proposed rule; correction.
On December 21, 2022, the
Department of Veterans Affairs (VA)
published in the Federal Register a
proposed rule to amend its State home
per diem regulation to provide a new
formula for calculating the prevailing
rate VA would pay a State home that
enters into a State home care agreement
to provide nursing home care to eligible
veterans. This correction revises the
contact information for the proposed
rule.
DATES: The correction is effective
February 9, 2023. The due date for
comments remains February 21, 2023.
ADDRESSES: Comments must be
submitted through www.regulations.gov.
Except as provided below, comments
received before the close of the
comment period will be available at
www.regulations.gov for public viewing,
inspection, or copying, including any
personally identifiable or confidential
business information that is included in
a comment. We post the comments
received before the close of the
comment period on the following
website as soon as possible after they
have been received: https://
www.regulations.gov. VA will not post
on Regulations.gov public comments
that make threats to individuals or
institutions or suggest that the
commenter will take actions to harm the
individual. VA encourages individuals
not to submit duplicative comments. We
will post acceptable comments from
multiple unique commenters even if the
content is identical or nearly identical
to other comments. Any public
comment received after the comment
period’s closing date is considered late
and will not be considered in the final
rulemaking.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
Colette Alvarez, Chief of Staff Home Per
Diem Program, Geriatrics and Extended
Care (12GEC), Veterans Health
Administration, Department of Veterans
Affairs, 810 Vermont Avenue NW,
Washington, DC 20420, (202) 461–6750.
(This is not a toll-free number.)
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: VA is
correcting its proposed rule on
Payments Under State Home Care
Agreements for Nursing Home Care that
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published December 21, 2022, in the
Federal Register (FR) at 87 FR 78038.
In FR Rule Doc. No. 2022–27436,
beginning on page 78038 in the
December 21, 2022 issue, VA makes the
following correction:
On page 78038, under FOR FURTHER
INFORMATION CONTACT, replace ‘‘Lisa
Minor, National Director, Facilities
Based Care, Geriatrics and Extended
Care, 12GEC, Veterans Health
Administration, Department of Veterans
Affairs, 810 Vermont Avenue NW,
Washington, DC 20420, (202) 632–8320.
(This is not a toll-free number.)’’ with
‘‘Colette Alvarez, Chief of Staff Home
Per Diem Program, Geriatrics and
Extended Care (12GEC), Veterans Health
Administration, Department of Veterans
Affairs, 810 Vermont Avenue NW,
Washington, DC 20420, (202) 461–6750.
(This is not a toll-free number).’’
Jeffrey M. Martin,
Assistant Director, Office of Regulation Policy
& Management, Office of General Counsel,
Department of Veterans Affairs.
[FR Doc. 2023–02708 Filed 2–8–23; 8:45 am]
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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR
Fish and Wildlife Service
50 CFR Parts 13 and 17
[Docket No. FWS–HQ–ES–2021–0152;
FF09E41000 223 FXES111609C0000]
RIN 1018–BF99
Endangered and Threatened Wildlife
and Plants; Enhancement of Survival
and Incidental Take Permits
U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service,
Interior.
ACTION: Proposed rule; request for
public comments.
AGENCY:
We, the U.S. Fish Wildlife
Service (Service), propose to revise the
regulations concerning the issuance of
enhancement of survival and incidental
take permits under the Endangered
Species Act of 1973, as amended. The
purposes of these revisions are to clarify
the appropriate use of enhancement of
survival permits and incidental take
permits; clarify our authority to issue
these permits for non-listed species
without also including a listed species;
simplify the requirements for
enhancement of survival permits by
combining safe harbor agreements and
candidate conservation agreements with
assurances into one agreement type; and
include portions of our five-point
policies for safe harbor agreements,
candidate conservation agreements with
SUMMARY:
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DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION
Federal Aviation Administration
14 CFR Part 71
[Docket No. FAA-2023-0039; Airspace Docket No. 23-AEA-1]
RIN 2120-AA66
Amendment of Class E Airspace; Altoona, PA
AGENCY: Federal Aviation Administration (FAA), DOT.
ACTION: Notice of proposed rulemaking (NPRM).
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SUMMARY: This action proposes to amend the Class E airspace at Altoona,
PA. The FAA is proposing this action as the result of an airspace
review caused by the decommissioning of the Revloc very high frequency
omnidirectional range (VOR) navigation aids as part of the VOR Minimum
Operating Network (MON) Program. The name of the airport would also be
updated to coincide with the FAA's aeronautical database.
DATES: Comments must be received on or before March 27, 2023.
ADDRESSES: Send comments on this proposal to the U.S. Department of
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Transportation, Docket Operations, 1200 New Jersey Avenue SE, West
Building Ground Floor, Room W12-140, Washington, DC 20590; telephone
(800) 647-5527 or (202) 366-9826. You must identify FAA Docket No. FAA-
2023-0039; Airspace Docket No. 23-AEA-1 at the beginning of your
comments. You may also submit comments through the internet at
www.regulations.gov.
FAA Order JO 7400.11G, Airspace Designations and Reporting Points,
and subsequent amendments can be viewed online at www.faa.gov/air_traffic/publications/. For further information, you can contact the
Rules and Regulations Group, Federal Aviation Administration, 800
Independence Avenue SW, Washington, DC 20591; telephone: (202) 267-
8783.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Jeffrey Claypool, Federal Aviation
Administration, Operations Support Group, Central Service Center, 10101
Hillwood Parkway, Fort Worth, TX 76177; telephone (817) 222-5711.
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
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 amend the Class E surface airspace and the Class E airspace
extending upward from 700 feet above the surface at Altoona/Blair
County Airport, Altoona, PA, to support instrument flight rule
operations at this airport.
Comments Invited
Interested parties are invited to participate in this proposed
rulemaking by submitting such written data, views, or arguments, as
they may desire. Comments that provide the factual basis supporting the
views and suggestions presented are particularly helpful in developing
reasoned regulatory decisions on the proposal. Comments are
specifically invited on the overall regulatory, aeronautical, economic,
environmental, and energy-related aspects of the proposal.
Communications should identify both docket numbers (FAA Docket No.
FAA-2023-0039; Airspace Docket No. 23-AEA-1) and be submitted in
triplicate to the Docket Management Facility (see ADDRESSES section for
the address and phone number). You may also submit comment through the
internet at www.regulations.gov.
Commenters wishing the FAA to acknowledge receipt of their comments
on this notice must submit with those comments a self-addressed,
stamped postcard on which the following statement is made: ``Comments
to Docket No. FAA-2023-0039/Airspace Docket No. 23-AEA-1.'' The
postcard will be date/time stamped and returned to the commenter.
All communications received on or before the specified closing date
will be considered before taking action on the proposed rule. The
proposal contained in this action may be changed in light of the
comments received. All comments submitted will be available for
examination in the public docket both before and after the comment
closing date. A report summarizing each substantive public contact with
FAA personnel concerned with this rulemaking will be filed in the
docket.
Availability of NPRMs
An electronic copy of this document may be downloaded through the
internet at www.regulations.gov. Recently published rulemaking
documents can also be accessed through the FAA's web page at
www.faa.gov/air_traffic/publications/airspace_amendments/.
You may review the public docket containing the proposal, any
comments received, and any final disposition in person in the Dockets
Office (see the ADDRESSES section for the address and phone number)
between 9:00 a.m. and 5:00 p.m., Monday through Friday, except Federal
holidays. An informal docket may also be examined during normal
business hours at the Federal Aviation Administration, Air Traffic
Organization, Central Service Center, Operations Support Group, 10101
Hillwood Parkway, Fort Worth, TX 76177.
Incorporation by Reference
Class E airspace is published in paragraphs 6002 and 6005 of FAA
Order JO 7400.11G, Airspace Designations and Reporting Points, which is
incorporated by reference in 14 CFR 71.1 on an annual basis. This
document proposes to amend FAA Order JO 7400.11G, Airspace Designations
and Reporting Points, dated August 19, 2022, and effective September
15, 2022. These updates would be published subsequently in the next
update to FAA Order JO 7400.11. FAA Order JO 7400.11G is publicly
available as listed in the ADDRESSES section of this document.
FAA Order JO 7400.11G lists Class A, B, C, D, and E airspace areas,
air traffic service routes, and reporting points.
The Proposal
The FAA is proposing an amendment to 14 CFR part 71 by:
Amending the Class E surface airspace to within a 9.3-mile
(increased from a 4.7-mile) radius of Altoona/Blair County Airport,
Altoona, PA; removing the extension northeast of the airport as it is
no longer required; and updating the name (previously Altoona-Blair
County Airport) of the airport to coincide with the FAA's aeronautical
database;
And amending the Class E airspace extending upward from 700 feet
above the surface to within an 11.8-mile (increased from an 11.2-mile)
radius of Altoona/Blair County Airport; adding an extension 2 miles
each side of the 196[deg] bearing from the airport extending from the
11.8-mile radius to 12 miles south of the airport; and updating the
name (previously Altoona-Blair County Airport) of the airport to
coincide with the FAA's aeronautical database.
This action is the result of an airspace review caused by the
decommissioning of the Revloc VOR, which provided navigation
information for the instrument procedures at this airport, as part of
the VOR MON Program and will support instrument flight rule operations
at this airport.
Regulatory Notices and Analyses
The FAA has determined that this proposed 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 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
will only affect air traffic procedures and air navigation, it is
certified that this proposed rule, when promulgated, will not have a
significant economic impact on a substantial number of small entities
under the criteria of the Regulatory Flexibility Act.
Environmental Review
This proposal will be subject to an environmental analysis in
accordance
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with FAA Order 1050.1F, ``Environmental Impacts: Policies and
Procedures'' prior to any FAA final regulatory action.
List of Subjects in 14 CFR Part 71
Airspace, Incorporation by reference, Navigation (air).
The Proposed Amendment
In consideration of the foregoing, the Federal Aviation
Administration proposes to amend 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
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1. The authority citation for 14 CFR part 71 continues to read as
follows:
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.
Sec. 71.1 [Amended]
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2. The incorporation by reference in 14 CFR 71.1 of FAA Order JO
7400.11G, Airspace Designations and Reporting Points, dated August 19,
2022, and effective September 15, 2022, is amended as follows:
Paragraph 6002 Class E Airspace Areas Designated as Surface Areas.
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AEA PA E2 Altoona, PA [Amended]
Altoona/Blair County Airport, PA
(Lat. 40[deg]17'47'' N, long. 78[deg]19'12'' W)
Within a 9.3-mile radius of Altoona/Blair County Airport.
Paragraph 6005 Class E Airspace Areas Extending Upward From 700
Feet or More Above the Surface of the Earth.
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AEA PA E5 Altoona, PA [Amended]
Altoona/Blair County Airport, PA
(Lat. 40[deg]17'47'' N, long. 78[deg]19'12'' W)
That airspace extending upward from 700 feet above the surface
within an 11.8-mile radius of Altoona/Blair County Airport; and
within 2 miles each side of the 196[deg] bearing from the airport
extending from the 11.8-mile radius to 12 miles south of the
airport.
Issued in Fort Worth, Texas, on February 6, 2023.
Martin A. Skinner,
Acting Manager, Operations Support Group, ATO Central Service Center.
[FR Doc. 2023-02738 Filed 2-8-23; 8:45 am]
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