[Federal Register Volume 59, Number 187 (Wednesday, September 28, 1994)]
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From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 94-24002]


[Federal Register: September 28, 1994]


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DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION
14 CFR Part 91

[Docket No. 26242, Notice No. 94-28A]
RIN 2120-AF30


Suspension of Certain Aircraft Operations From the Transponder 
With Automatic Pressure Altitude Reporting Capability Requirement

AGENCY: Federal Aviation Administration (FAA), DOT.

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

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SUMMARY: This notice announces an extension of the comment period for 
Notice 94-28, ``Suspension of Certain Aircraft Operations From the 
Transponder With Automatic Pressure Altitude Reporting Capability 
Requirement'' (59 FR 43994; August 25, 1994). This comment period is 
extended from October 11, 1994 to November 25, 1994. The extension 
responds to a request from the Aircraft Owners and Pilots Association 
(AOPA) to allow additional time for specific comments responsive to 
Notice No. 94-28.

DATES: The comment period is being extended from October 11, 1994 to 
November 25, 1994.

ADDRESSES: As stated in Notice No. 94-28, comments should be mailed in 
triplicate to: Federal Aviation Administration, Office of the Chief 
Counsel, Attention: Rules Docket (AGC-200), Airspace Docket No. 26242, 
800 Independence Avenue, SW., Washington DC 20591.
    The official docket may be examined in the Rules Docket, Office of 
the Chief Counsel, Room 916, 800 Independence Avenue, SW., Washington 
DC, weekdays, except Federal holidays, between 8:30 a.m. and 5:00 p.m.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
Ms. Ellen Crum, Air Traffic Rules Branch (ATP-230), Airspace-Rules and 
Aeronautical Information Division, Air Traffic Rules and Procedures 
Service, Federal Aviation Administration, 800 Independence Avenue, SW., 
Washington, DC 20591; telephone: (202) 267-8783.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: On August 25, 1994, the FAA published Notice 
No. 94-28, ``Suspension of Certain Aircraft Operations From the 
Transponder With Automatic Pressure Altitude Reporting Capability 
Requirement.'' This notice invites comments on issues related to the 
reinstatement and modification of the expired Special Federal Aviation 
Regulation (SFAR) No. 62, which suspended certain provisions of the 
regulations that require the installation of use of automatic altitude 
reporting (Mode C) transponders.

    Because the comment period originally established in Notice 94-28 
would not provide sufficient time for AOPA to notify its members before 
the close of the comment period, AOPA forwarded a written request to 
the FAA for a 45-day extension of the comment period. This extension 
would provide the required 45-day lead time for AOPA to publish this 
information in its magazine and provide sufficient time for the 
submission of meaningful comments from its members.
    In order to give all interested persons additional time to be 
notified of the issues, and submit their specific comments, the FAA 
finds that it is in the public interest to extend the comment period. 
Accordingly, the comment period for Notice No. 94-28 is extended to 
November 25, 1994.

    Issued in Washington, DC on September 23, 1994.
Harold W. Becker,
Manager, Airspace Rules and Aeronautical Information Division, Air 
Traffic Rules & Procedures Service.
[FR Doc. 94-24002 Filed 9-27-94; 8:45 am]
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