[Federal Register Volume 78, Number 204 (Tuesday, October 22, 2013)]
[Rules and Regulations]
[Pages 62439-62441]
[FR Doc No: 2013-24318]

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DEPARTMENT OF HOMELAND SECURITY

Coast Guard

33 CFR Part 117

[Docket No. USCG-2013-0562]

Drawbridge Operation Regulation; Inner Harbor Navigational Canal,
New Orleans, LA

AGENCY: Coast Guard, DHS.

ACTION: Notice of temporary deviation from regulations; request for
comments.

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SUMMARY: The Coast Guard has issued a temporary deviation from the
operating schedules that govern the US 90 (Danzinger) Bridge across the
Inner Harbor Navigational Canal (IHNC), mile 3.1, and the Senator Ted
Hickey (Leon C. Simon Blvd./Seabrook) bridge across the IHNC, mile 4.6,
both at New Orleans, LA. This deviation will test changes to the
drawbridge operation schedule to determine whether a permanent change
to the schedule is needed. These changes would allow for the safe
navigation of vessels while reflecting the low volume of vessel traffic
through the bridges thereby increasing efficiency of operations. The
changes will allow the bridges to operate in a manner that will align
the two operating schedules so the bridge owner will be able to use the
same bridge crew personnel to operate both bridges with little to no
affect on navigation through the bridges.

DATES: This deviation is effective from 12:01 a.m. on November 6, 2013
through 11:59 p.m. on December 6, 2013.
    Comments and related material must be received by the Coast Guard
on December 23, 2013.

ADDRESSES: You may submit comments identified by docket number USCG-
2013-0562 using any one of the following methods:
    (1) Federal eRulemaking Portal: http://www.regulations.gov.
    (2) Fax:<PHONE_NUMBER>.
    (3) Mail or Delivery: Docket Management Facility (M-30), U.S.
Department of Transportation, West Building Ground Floor, Room W12-140,
1200 New Jersey Avenue SE., Washington, DC 20590-0001. Deliveries
accepted between 9 a.m. and 5 p.m., Monday through Friday, except
federal holidays. The telephone number is<PHONE_NUMBER>.
    See the ``Public Participation and Request for Comments'' portion
of the SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION section below for instructions on
submitting comments. To avoid duplication, please use only one of these
four methods.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: If you have questions on this test
deviation, call or email the Coast Guard;

Mr. Jim Wetherington, telephone<PHONE_NUMBER>, emails
<EMAIL_ADDRESS>If you have questions on viewing or
submitting material to the docket, call Barbara Hairston, Program
Manager, Docket Operations, telephone<PHONE_NUMBER>.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:

A. Public Participation and Request for Comments

    We encourage you to participate in this rulemaking by submitting
comments and related materials. All comments received will be posted,
without change, to http://www.regulations.gov and will include any
personal information you have provided.

1. Submitting comments

    If you submit a comment, please include the docket number for this
rulemaking (USCG-2013-0562), indicate the specific section of this
document to which each comment applies, and provide a reason for each
suggestion or recommendation. You may submit your comments and material
online (http://www.regulations.gov), or by fax, mail or hand delivery,
but please use only one of these means. If you submit a comment online
via http://www.regulations.gov, it will be considered received by the
Coast Guard when you successfully transmit the comment. If you fax,
hand deliver, or mail your comment, it will be considered as having
been received by the Coast Guard when it is received at the Docket
Management Facility. We recommend that you include your name and a
mailing address, an email address, or a phone number in the body of
your document so that we can contact you if we have questions regarding
your submission.
    To submit your comment online, type the docket number [USCG-2013-
0562] in the ``SEARCH'' box and click ``SEARCH.'' Click on ``Submit a
Comment'' on the line associated with this rulemaking. If you submit
your comments by mail or hand delivery, submit them in an unbound
format, no larger than 8\1/2\ by 11 inches, suitable for copying and
electronic filing. If you submit them by mail and would like to know
that they reached the Facility, please enclose a stamped, self-
addressed postcard or envelope. We will consider all comments and
material received during the comment period and may change the rule
based on your comments.

2. Viewing comments and documents

    To view comments, as well as documents mentioned in this preamble
as being available in the docket, go to http://www.regulations.gov,
type the docket number (USCG-2013-0562) in the ``SEARCH'' box and click
``SEARCH.'' Click on Open Docket Folder on the line associated with
this rulemaking. You may also visit the Docket Management Facility in
Room W12-140 on the ground floor of the Department of Transportation
West Building, 1200 New Jersey Avenue SE., Washington, DC 20590,
between 9 a.m. and 5 p.m., Monday through Friday, except Federal
holidays.

3. Privacy Act

    Anyone can search the electronic form of comments received into any
of our dockets by the name of the individual submitting the comment (or
signing the comment, if submitted on behalf of an association,
business, labor union, etc.). You may review a Privacy Act notice
regarding our public dockets in the January 17, 2008, issue of the
Federal Register (73 FR 3316).

4. Public Meeting

    We do not now plan to hold a public meeting. But you may submit a
request for one using one of the four methods specified under
ADDRESSES. Please explain why one would be beneficial. If we determine
that one would aid this rulemaking, we will hold one at a time and
place announced by a later notice in the Federal Register.

B. Basis and Purpose

    On June 05, 2013 the Coast Guard District Eight Commander received
a request from Louisiana Department of Transportation and Development
(LDOTD), on behalf of the Orleans Levee District, to modify the
operating regulations of the U.S. 90 (Danziger) and the Senator Ted
Hickey (Leon c. Simon Blvd./Seabrook) bridges on the Inner Harbor
Navigational Canal (IHNC) past the Gulf Intra-Costal Waterway (GIWW).
    The US 90 (Danzinger) Bridge across the IHNC, mile 3.1, at New
Orleans, Orleans Parish, Louisiana is a Vertical lift bridge with a
vertical clearance of 50 feet above Mean High Water (MHW), elevation
5.0 Mean Sea Level (MSL), in the closed-to-navigation position and 120
feet MHW, elevation 5.0 MSL, in the open-to-navigation position. The
Senator Ted Hickey (Leon C. Simon Blvd./Seabrook) Bridge across the
IHNC, mile 4.6, at New Orleans, Orleans Parish, Louisiana is a Bascule
bridge with a vertical clearance of 46 feet above Mean High Water
(MHW), elevation 5.0 Mean Sea Level (MSL), in the closed-to-navigation
position and unlimited in the open-to-navigation position.
    Under 33 CFR 117.458(b), the draw of the US 90 (Danzinger) Bridge,
mile 3.1, shall open on signal; except that from 8 p.m. to 7 a.m. the
draw shall open on signal if at least four hours notice is given, and
the draw need not be opened from 7 a.m. to 8:30 a.m. and 5 p.m. to 6:30
p.m. Monday through Friday. Under 33 CFR 117.458(c), the draw of the
Senator Ted Hickey (Leon C. Simon Blvd./Seabrook) Bridge, mile 4.6,
shall open on signal; except that from 7 a.m. to 8:30 a.m. and 5 p.m.
to 6:30 p.m. Monday through Friday, the draw need not be opened. This
operating regulation has been in effect since 2003.
    This regulation would allow LDOTD to improve the systematic
efficiency of bridge operations for vessels using the portions of the
IHNC that are not associated with the GIWW. The changes will do this by
allowing bridge operations to be accomplished with the same personnel
and allowing the regulations to work with one another thereby allowing
for faster response times for openings and more efficient use of the
waterway and ultimately more fiscal responsibility on behalf of the
owner. This test will allow for comments on a current notice of
proposed rule making (NPRM) that is being run in conjunction with this
test. Comments on this test and the NPRM with the same docket number
will be evaluated at the same time. The bridges will return to normal
operations upon completion of the test to allow for evaluation of any
and all comments.
    Currently, there is minimal vessel traffic (nine per month and 32
per month, respectively) in this area and land traffic would not be
adversely impacted by this test as the opening times would be
minimized.
    The test deviation will begin at 12:01 a.m. on the date 15 days
after publication in the Federal Register. It will end at 11:59 p.m. 30
days later. During this 30 day period, the US 90 (Danzinger) Bridge
will open if two hours notice is given 24 hours a day; except the
bridge need not open from 7 a.m. to 8:30 a.m. and 5 p.m. to 6:30 p.m.
Monday through Friday. The Senator Ted Hickey (Leon C. Simon Blvd./
Seabrook) Bridge will open on signal from 8 a.m. to 8 p.m. and from 8
p.m. to 8 a.m. if two hours notice is given; except the bridge need not
open from 7 a.m. to 8:30 a.m. and 5 p.m. to 6:30 p.m. Monday through
Friday. During this time, vessels that do not require an opening can
still pass through the bridges. There are no alternate routes
available. Waterway users are encouraged to comment on the test

deviation and the NPRM as described above.
    In accordance with 33 CFR 117.35(e), the drawbridges must return to
their regular operating schedules immediately at the end of the
effective period of this temporary deviation. This deviation from the
operating regulations is authorized under 33 CFR 117.35.

    Dated: September 23, 2013.
David M. Frank,
Bridge Administrator.
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[Federal Register Volume 81, Number 48 (Friday, March 11, 2016)]
[Proposed Rules]
[Pages 12847-12848]
[FR Doc No: 2016-05173]

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DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION

Federal Aviation Administration

14 CFR Part 71

[Docket No. FAA-2016-0449; Airspace Docket No. 16-ASW-2]

Proposed Amendment of Class E Airspace; Clovis, NM

AGENCY: Federal Aviation Administration (FAA), DOT.

ACTION: Notice of proposed rulemaking (NPRM).

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SUMMARY: This action proposes to modify Class E airspace extending
upward from 700 feet above the surface at Portales Municipal Airport,
Clovis, NM. This action is necessary due to the decommissioning of the
Portales non-directional radio beacon (NDB), cancellation of NDB
approaches at Portales Municipal Airport, and implementation of area
navigation (RNAV) procedures at the airport. This action will also
update the geographic coordinates for Portales Municipal Airport to
coincide with the FAA's aeronautical database. This proposal would
enhance the safety and management of Instrument Flight Rules (IFR)
operations in the Clovis, NM, airspace area.

DATES: Comments must be received on or before April 25, 2016.

ADDRESSES: Send comments on this proposal to the U.S. Department of
Transportation, Docket Operations, M-30, West Building Ground Floor,
Room W12-140, 1200 New Jersey Avenue SE., Washington, DC 20590;
telephone<PHONE_NUMBER>. You must identify FAA Docket No. FAA-2016-
0449; Airspace Docket No. 16-ASW-2, at the beginning of your comments.
You may also submit comments through the Internet at http://www.regulations.gov. You may review the public docket containing the
proposal, any comments received, and any final disposition in person in
the Dockets Office between 9:00 a.m. and 5:00 p.m., Monday through
Friday, except Federal holidays. The Docket Office (telephone 1-800-
647-5527) is on the ground floor of the building at the above address.
    FAA Order 7400.9Z, Airspace Designations and Reporting Points, and
subsequent amendments can be viewed online at http://www.faa.gov/air_traffic/publications/. For further information, you can contact the
Airspace Policy Group, Federal Aviation Administration, 800
Independence Avenue SW., Washington, DC 20591; telephone:<PHONE_NUMBER>.
The Order is also available for inspection at the National Archives and
Records Administration (NARA). For information on the availability of
FAA Order 7400.9Z at NARA, call<PHONE_NUMBER>, or go to http://www.archives.gov/federal_register/code_of_federal-regulations/ibr_locations.html.
    FAA Order 7400.9, Airspace Designations and Reporting Points, is
published yearly and effective on September 15.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Jeffrey Claypool, Federal Aviation
Administration, Operations Support Group, Central Service Center, 10101
Hillwood Parkway, Fort Worth, TX, 76177; telephone<PHONE_NUMBER>.

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 Class E airspace at Portales
Municipal Airport, Clovis, NM.

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 and be submitted in
triplicate to the address listed above. 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-2016-0449/
Airspace Docket No. 16-ASW-2.'' The postcard will be date/time stamped
and returned to the commenter.

Availability of NPRMs

    An electronic copy of this document may be downloaded through the
Internet at http://www.regulations.gov. Recently published rulemaking
documents can also be accessed through the FAA's Web page at http://www.faa.gov/airports_airtraffic/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.
    Persons interested in being placed on a mailing list for future
NPRMs should contact the FAA's Office of Rulemaking,<PHONE_NUMBER>,
for a copy of Advisory Circular No. 11-2A, Notice of Proposed
Rulemaking Distribution System, which describes the application
procedure.

Availability and Summary of Documents Proposed for Incorporation by
Reference

    This document would amend FAA Order 7400.9Z, Airspace Designations
and Reporting Points, dated August 6, 2015, and effective September 15,
2015. FAA Order 7400.9Z is publicly available as listed in the
ADDRESSES section of this document. FAA Order 7400.9Z 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 Title 14 Code of Federal
Regulations (14 CFR) Part 71 by modifying Class E airspace extending
upward from 700 feet above the surface at Portales Municipal Airport,
Clovis, NM. After a review of the airspace, the FAA found modification
of the airspace necessary due to the decommissioning of the Portales
NDB, cancellation of NDB approaches at Portales Municipal Airport, and
implementation of RNAV procedures at the airport. Controlled airspace
is necessary for the safety and management of IFR operations in
standard instrument approach procedures at the airport.
    Class E airspace designations are published in paragraph 6005 of
FAA Order 7400.9Z, dated August 6, 2015, and effective September 15,
2015, which is incorporated by reference in 14 CFR 71.1. The Class E
airspace designations listed in this document will be published
subsequently in the Order.

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, is
non-controversial and unlikely to result in adverse or negative
comments. 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 rule, when promulgated, would 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 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

    Accordingly, pursuant to the authority delegated to me, 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 7400.9Z,
Airspace Designations and Reporting Points, dated August 6, 2015, and
effective September 15, 2015, is amended as follows:

Paragraph 6005 Class E Airspace Areas Extending Upward From 700
Feet or More Above the Surface of the Earth.

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ASW NM E5 Clovis, NM [Amended]

Clovis, Cannon AFB, NM
    (Lat. 34[deg]22'58'' N., long. 103[deg]19'20'' W.)
Portales Municipal Airport, NM
    (Lat. 34[deg]08'44'' N., long. 103[deg]24'37'' W.)
Texico VORTAC
    (Lat. 34[deg]29'42'' N., long. 102[deg]50'23'' W.)

    That airspace extending upward from 700 feet above the surface
within a 20-mile radius of Cannon AFB, and within a 6.6-mile radius
of Portales Municipal Airport, and within 8 miles north and 4 miles
south of the 072[deg] radial of the Texico VORTAC extending from the
20-mile radius to 16 miles east of the VORTAC.

    Issued in Fort Worth, Texas, on February 29, 2016.
Vonnie Royal,
Acting Manager, Operations Support Group, Central Service Center.
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[Federal Register: December 12, 2005 (Volume 70, Number 237)]
[Notices]
[Page 73470-73471]
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DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY

Federal Energy Regulatory Commission

Notice of Application for Non-Project Use of Project Lands and
Waters and Soliciting Comments, Motions To Intervene, and Protests

December 6, 2005.
    Take notice that the following application has been filed with the
Commission and is available for public inspection:
    a. Application Type: Non-Project Use Of Project Lands and Waters.
    b. Project No: 516--410.
    c. Date Filed: May 19, 2005 (Supplemented on November 15, 2005).
    d. Applicant: South Carolina Electric & Gas Company (SCE&G).
    e. Name of Project: Saluda Hydroelectric Project.
    f. Location: The Saluda Hydroelectric Project is located in
Newberry County, Columbia, South Carolina. The project does not occupy
any Tribal or federal lands.
    g. Filed Pursuant to: Federal Power Act, 16 U.S.C. 791 (a) 825(r),
799 and 801.
    h. Applicant Contact: Mr. James M. Landreth, SCE&G Mail Code: K61,
Columbia, South Carolina 29218.
    i. FERC Contact: Any questions on this notice should be addressed
to Brian Romanek at<PHONE_NUMBER> or by e-mail:
<EMAIL_ADDRESS>
    j. Deadline for filing comments and or motions: January 3, 2006.
    All documents (original and eight copies) should be filed with: Ms.
Magalie R. Salas, Secretary, Federal Energy Regulatory Commission, 888
First Street, NE., Washington, DC 20426. Please include the project
number (P-516-410) on any comments or motions filed. Comments,
protests, and interventions may be filed electronically via the
internet in lieu of paper. See, 18 CFR 385.2001(a)(1)(iii) and the
instructions on the Commission's Web site under the ``e-Filing'' link.
The Commission strongly encourages e-filings.
    k. Description of Request: SCE&G has requested authorization to
allow Mr. Richard F. Douglas, III to excavate 850 cubic yards of
project land to return the lake depth to its original level for the
purpose of improving boat navigation. The excavation would be performed
during lake drawdown (in the dry) adjacent to 618 W. McCarthy Road in
Newberry County, SC.
    l. Location of the Application: This filing is available for review
at the Commission or may be viewed on the Commission's web site at
http://www.ferc.gov, using the ``eLibrary'' link. Enter the docket

number excluding the last three digits in the docket number field to
access the document. For assistance, contact FERC Online Support at
<EMAIL_ADDRESS>or toll-free at<PHONE_NUMBER>, or for TTY,

contact<PHONE_NUMBER>.
    m. Individuals desiring to be included on the Commission's mailing
list should so indicate by writing to the Secretary of the Commission.
    n. Comments, Protests, or Motions to Intervene: Anyone may submit
comments, a protest, or a motion to intervene in accordance with the
requirements of Rules of Practice and Procedure, 18 CFR 385.210,
385.211, 385.214. In determining the appropriate action to take, the
Commission will consider all protests or other comments filed, but only
those who file a motion to intervene in accordance with the
Commission's Rules may become a party to the proceeding. Any comments,
protests, or motions to intervene must be received on or before the
specified comment date for the particular application.
    o. Filing and Service of Responsive Documents: Any filings must
bear in all capital letters the title ``COMMENTS'', ``RECOMMENDATIONS
FOR TERMS AND CONDITIONS'', ``PROTEST'', OR ``MOTION TO INTERVENE'', as
applicable, and the Project Number of the particular application to
which the filing refers. A copy of any motion to intervene must also be
served upon each representative of the Applicant specified in the
particular application.
    p. Agency Comments: Federal, state, and local agencies are invited
to file comments on the described applications. A copy of the
applications may be obtained by agencies directly from the Applicant.
If an agency does not file comments within the time specified for
filing comments, it will be

presumed to have no comments. One copy of an agency's comments must
also be sent to the Applicant's representatives.

Magalie R. Salas,
Secretary.
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