[Federal Register: November 19, 2007 (Volume 72, Number 222)]
[Proposed Rules]
[Page 64966-64968]
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DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION

Federal Aviation Administration

14 CFR Part 91

[Docket No. FAA-2007-29305; Notice No. 07-15]
RIN 2120-AI92

Automatic Dependent Surveillance--Broadcast (ADS-B) Out
Performance Requirements to Support Air Traffic Control (ATC) Service;
Extension of Comment Period

AGENCY: Federal Aviation Administration (FAA), DOT.

ACTION: Notice of proposed rulemaking (NPRM); extension of comment
period.

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SUMMARY: This action extends the comment period for an NPRM that was
published on October 5, 2007. In that document, the FAA proposed
performance requirements for certain avionics equipment on aircraft
operating in specified classes of airspace within the United States
National Airspace System. This extension is a result of requests from
the: Air Transport Association of America, Inc., Air Carrier
Association of America, Civil Aviation Aerospace Industries
Association, National Air Carrier Association, and Regional Airline
Association; Aircraft Owners and Pilots Association; and Cargo Airline
Association to extend the comment period to the proposal.

DATES: The comment period for the NPRM published on October 5, 2007 (72

FR 56947), scheduled to close on January 3, 2008, is extended until
March 3, 2008.

ADDRESSES: You may send comments identified by Docket Number FAA-2007-
29305 using any of the following methods:
     Federal eRulemaking Portal: Go to http://
www.regulations.gov and follow the instructions for sending your
comments electronically.
     Mail: Send comments to Docket Operations, M-30, U.S.
Department of Transportation, 1200 New Jersey Avenue, SE., West
Building Ground Floor, Room W12-140, Washington, DC 20590.
     Fax: Fax comments to Docket Operations at<PHONE_NUMBER>.
     Hand Delivery: Bring comments to Docket Operations in Room
W12-140 of the West Building Ground Floor at 1200 New Jersey Avenue,
SE., Washington, DC, between 9 a.m. and 5 p.m., Monday through Friday,
except Federal holidays.
    For more information on the rulemaking process, see the
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION section of this document.
    Privacy: We will post all comments we receive, without change, to
http://www.regulations.gov, including any personal information you
provide. Using the search function of our docket Web site, anyone can
find and read the comments received into any of our dockets, including
the name of the individual sending the comment (or signing the comment
for an association, business, labor union, etc.). You may review DOT's
complete Privacy Act Statement in the Federal Register published on
April 11, 2000 (65 FR 19477-78) or you may visit http://
DocketsInfo.dot.gov.
    Docket: To read background documents or comments received, go to
http://www.regulations.gov at any time or to Docket Operations in Room
W12-140 of the West Building Ground Floor at 1200 New Jersey Avenue,
SE., Washington, DC, between 9 a.m. and 5 p.m., Monday through Friday,
except Federal holidays.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Cindy Nordlie, ARM-108, Office of
Rulemaking, Federal Aviation Administration, 800 Independence Avenue,
SW., Washington, DC 20591, telephone<PHONE_NUMBER>.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
    Comments Invited: The FAA invites interested persons to participate
in this rulemaking by submitting written comments, data, or views. We
also invite comments relating to the economic, environmental, energy,
or federalism impacts that might result from adopting the proposals in
this document. The most helpful comments reference a specific portion
of the proposal, explain the reason for any recommended change, and
include supporting data. To ensure the docket does not contain
duplicate comments, please send only one copy of written comments, or
if you are filing comments electronically, please submit your comments
only one time.
    We will file in the docket all comments we receive, as well as a
report summarizing each substantive public contact with FAA personnel
concerning this proposed rulemaking. Before acting on this proposal, we
will consider all comments we receive on or before the closing date for
comments. We will consider comments filed after the comment period has
closed if it is possible to do so without incurring expense or delay.
We may change this proposal in light of the comments we receive.

Availability of Rulemaking Documents

    You can get an electronic copy using the Internet by:
    (1) Searching the Federal eRulemaking Portal at http://
www.regulations.gov;
    (2) Visiting the Office of Rulemaking's Web page at http://
www.faa.gov/avr/arm/index.cfm; or
    (3) Accessing the Government Printing Office's Web page at http://
www.gpoaccess.gov/fr/index.html.
    You can also get a copy by sending a request to the Federal
Aviation Administration, Office of Rulemaking, ARM-1, 800 Independence
Avenue, SW., Washington, DC 20591, or by calling<PHONE_NUMBER>. Make
sure to identify the docket number, notice number, or amendment number
of this rulemaking.

Proprietary or Confidential Business Information

    Do not file in the docket information that you consider to be
proprietary or confidential business information. Send or deliver this
information directly to the person identified in the FOR FURTHER
INFORMATION CONTACT section of this document. You must mark the
information that you consider proprietary or confidential. If you send
the information on a disk or CD-ROM, mark the outside of the disk or
CD-ROM and also identify electronically within the disk or CD-ROM the
specific information that is proprietary or confidential.
    Under 14 CFR 11.35(b), when we are aware of proprietary information
filed with a comment, we do not place it in the docket. We hold it in a
separate file to which the public does not have access, and place a
note in the docket that we have received it. If we receive a request to
examine or copy this information, we treat it as any other request
under the Freedom of Information Act (5 U.S.C. 552). We process such a
request under the DOT procedures found in 49 CFR part 7.

Background

    On October 5, 2007, the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA)
issued Notice No. 07-15, Automatic Dependent Surveillance--Broadcast
(ADS-B) Out performance requirements to support Air Traffic Control
(ATC) service (72 FR 56947; October 5, 2007). Comments to that document
were to be received on or before January 3, 2008.
    By request submitted to the docket on October 19, 2007, the Air
Transport Association of America, Inc., Air Carrier Association of
America, Civil Aviation Aerospace Industries Association, National Air
Carrier Association, and Regional Airline Association requested that
the FAA extend the comment period for Notice No. 07-15 for 60 days. The
organizations requesting an extension noted that commenters ``will have
to develop as much information as possible as to future costs
associated with implementing a final rule in order to provide
meaningful input.'' They also noted that the holiday season falls
within the comment period and that the comment period is scheduled to
close just after New Year's Day. Because of the importance of the
rulemaking, in terms of advancing Air Traffic modernization, and the
potential costs on the aviation industry that would result from a final
rule, they requested that the public comment period be extended for an
additional 60 days.
    In addition, on November 1, 2007, the Aircraft Owners and Pilots
Association submitted a request to extend the comment period for Notice
No. 07-15 for 60 days. They noted that additional ``time is needed to
assess questions surrounding making a final rule that is financially
feasible for general aviation, improves ATC services at general
aviation airports, results in user cost avoidance, and improves general
aviation safety.''
    On November 5, 2007, the Cargo Airline Association submitted a
request to extend the comment period for Notice No. 07-15 for 60 days.
They noted the extension was needed to provide meaningful input to the
rulemaking process.
    The FAA concurs with the petitioners' request for an extension of
the comment period on Notice No. 07-15 for an additional 60 days, until

March 3, 2008. We must balance the length of the comment period against
the need to proceed expeditiously with a key component in managing the
anticipated growth in the use of the National Airspace System. The FAA
believes an additional 60 days would be adequate for commenters to
collect cost and operational data necessary to provide meaningful
comment to Notice No. 07-15. The FAA does not anticipate any further
extension of the comment period for this rulemaking.

Extension of Comment Period

    In accordance with section 11.47(c) of title 14, Code of Federal
Regulations, the FAA has reviewed the requests submitted by the: Air
Transport Association of America, Inc., Air Carrier Association of
America, Civil Aviation Aerospace Industries Association, National Air
Carrier Association, and Regional Airline Association; Aircraft Owners
and Pilots Association; and Cargo Airline Association for extension of
the comment period to Notice No. 07-15. These petitioners have shown a
substantive interest in the proposed rule and good cause for the
extension. The FAA has determined that extension of the comment period
is consistent with the public interest, and that good cause exists for
taking this action.
    Accordingly, the comment period for Notice No. 07-15 is extended
until March 3, 2008.

    Issued in Washington, DC, on November 13, 2007.
Edie Parish,
Acting Director, System Operations, Airspace and AIM Office.
[FR Doc. E7-22544 Filed 11-16-07; 8:45 am]

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[Federal Register Volume 81, Number 183 (Wednesday, September 21, 2016)]
[Notices]
[Pages 64977-64978]
[FR Doc No: 2016-22739]

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DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION

Federal Aviation Administration

Notice of Availability of the Final Environmental Assessment (EA)
and Finding of No Significant Impact/Record of Decision (FONSI/ROD) for
the Runway 13/31 Shift/Extension and Associated Improvements Project
for the Detroit Lakes-Becker County Airport (DTL) in Detroit Lakes, MN

AGENCY: Federal Aviation Administration (FAA), DOT.

ACTION: Notice.

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SUMMARY: The FAA is issuing this notice to advise the public that the
FAA has prepared and approved (August 23, 2016) a FONSI/ROD based on
the Final EA for the DTL Runway 13/31 Shift/Extension and Associated
Improvements Project. The Final EA was prepared in accordance with the
National Environmental Policy Act (NEPA) of 1969, as amended, FAA
Orders 1050.1F, ``Environmental Impacts: Policies and Procedures'' and
5050.4B, ``NEPA Implementing Instructions for Airport Actions''.

DATES: This notice is effective September 21, 2016.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Mr. Josh Fitzpatrick, Environmental
Protection Specialist, FAA Dakota-

Minnesota Airports District Office (ADO), 6020 28th Avenue South, Suite
102, Minneapolis, Minnesota, 55450. Telephone number is<PHONE_NUMBER>.
Copies of the FONSI/ROD and/or Final EA are available upon written
request by contacting Mr. Josh Fitzpatrick through the contact
information above.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The Final EA evaluated the DTL Runway 13/31
Shift/Extension and Associated Improvements Project. Due to airfield
deficiencies identified by the FAA and Minnesota Department of
Transportation (MnDOT) at DTL, the purpose of the proposed action is to
provide a usable, reliable, and safe primary runway at an airport in or
near the City of Detroit Lakes that is compliant with FAA and MnDOT
design standards, guidance, and minimum system objectives for key
airports.
    The FAA and the City of Detroit Lakes jointly prepared the Final
Federal EA/State of Minnesota Environmental Impact Statement (EIS),
pursuant to the requirements of the NEPA and the Minnesota
Environmental Policy Act.
    The Final EA identified and evaluated all reasonable alternatives.
Numerous alternatives were considered but eventually discarded for not
meeting the purpose and need. Five alternatives (No Action, Alternative
3, Alternative 4, Alternative 5, and Alternative 7) were examined in
detail. After careful analysis and consultation with various resource
agencies, the City of Detroit Lakes selected Alternative 3 as the
preferred alternative. Alternative 3 satisfies the purpose and need
while minimizing impacts.
    Alternative 3 includes a shift, widening, and extension to 5,200-
feet of DTL's primary runway and parallel taxiway to meet FAA and MnDOT
design standards and operator runway length requirements. The primary
runway would be reconstructed to replace aging and deteriorating
pavement. Two taxiways would be removed and replaced that connect the
primary runway and parallel taxiway. An instrument approach to the
Airport's primary runway with CAT-I minimums (\1/2\ statute mile
visibility and 200-foot cloud ceiling height) to meet MnDOT
requirements would be implemented. The Airport's Automated Weather
Observing System (AWOS) will be relocated due to the project and
property will be acquired to accommodate the runway and approach
improvements. A relocation of the runway edge lights, runway end
identifier lights (REILS), vertical approach slope indicator (VASI)
unit, and a Medium Intensity Approach Lighting System with Runway
Alignment Indicator Lights (MALSR) will be required. An access road for
the MALSR will be required for maintenance activities.
    Alternative 3 includes 15.5 acres of wetland impact. The loss of
wetlands will be mitigated through the creation of 32.3 acres of
wetlands onsite. An additional clearing of 17.6 acres of upland trees
and 7.6 acres of wetland trees in the Runway 31 approach to provide
adequate clearance of the applicable airspace will be required.
    Based on the analysis in the Final EA, the FAA has determined that
Alternative 3 will not result in significant impacts to resources
identified in accordance with FAA Orders 1050.1F and 5054.4B.
Therefore, an environmental impact statement will not be prepared.

    Issued in Minneapolis, Minnesota on September 1, 2016.
Andy Peek,
Manager, Dakota-Minnesota Airports District Office, FAA, Great Lakes
Region.
[FR Doc. 2016-22739 Filed 9-20-16; 8:45 am]
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