Federal Aviation Administration April 17, 2008 – Federal Register Recent Federal Regulation Documents

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.

This action confirms the effective date of a direct final rule published in the Federal Register (73 FR 5434) that establishes a Class E airspace area to support Area Navigation (RNAV) Global Positioning System (GPS) Standard Instrument Approach Procedures (IAPs) that serve the New Albany-Union County Airport, New Albany, MS.

This action will establish Class D airspace at Sherman, Texas. Establishment of an Air Traffic Control Tower at Sherman/Denison, Grayson County Airport, has made this action necessary for the safety and management of Instrument Flight Rules (IFR) aircraft operations at Sherman/Denison, Grayson County Airport, Sherman, Texas.