Department of Transportation April 17, 2008 – Federal Register Recent Federal Regulation Documents

The Maritime Administration (MARAD) and the Coast Guard announce the availability of the Draft Environmental Impact Statement (DEIS) for Port Dolphin Energy LLC, Port Dolphin Energy Liquefied Natural Gas Deepwater Port license application. The application describes a project that would be located approximately 28 miles off the western coast of Florida, and approximately 42 miles from Port Manatee, Manatee County, Florida. Publication of this notice begins a 45 day comment period and provides information on how to participate in the process.

On August 29, 2006, the Federal Aviation Administration published a notice of proposed rulemaking to address congestion at New York's LaGuardia Airport (LaGuardia), which included a proposal to administratively incentivize carriers to use larger planes. The FAA prefers to use measures that allow carriers to respond to market forces to drive the most efficient airline behavior and is amending its original proposal. To minimize disruption, the FAA proposes to grandfather the majority of operations at the airport and develop a robust secondary market by annually auctioning off a limited number of slots. The FAA is proposing two different, mutually exclusive options. Under the first option, the FAA would auction off and retire a portion of the slots and would use the proceeds to mitigate congestion and delay in the New York City area. Under the second option, the FAA would conduct an auction as it would under the first option, but the proceeds would go to the carrier holding the slot rather than the FAA and no portion of existing slots would be retired. This proposal also contains provisions for use-or-lose, unscheduled operations, and withdrawal for operational need. The FAA proposes to sunset the rule in ten years.

The Department of Transportation is directing all interested persons to show cause why it should not issue an order finding McCall Aviation, Inc., fit, willing, and able, and awarding it commuter air carrier authorization to engage in scheduled passenger air transportation as a commuter air carrier.

This action removes the Class E5 Airspace at Hancock Airfield Airport, Hawesville, KY, as there is no longer a Standard Instrument Approach Procedure (SIAP) for Hancock Airfield Airport requiring Class E5 airspace.