[Federal Register Volume 62, Number 63 (Wednesday, April 2, 1997)]
[Proposed Rules]
[Page 15635]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 97-8277]


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DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION

Federal Aviation Administration

14 CFR Part 71

[Airspace Docket No. 94-AWA-1]
RIN 2120-AA66


Proposed Modification of the Phoenix Class B Airspace Area; AZ

AGENCY: Federal Aviation Administration (FAA), DOT.

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

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SUMMARY: This notice announces the reopening of the comment period of a 
Notice of proposed rulemaking, Airspace Docket No. 94-AWA-1, which 
proposes to modify the Class B airspace area at Phoenix, AZ. The Notice 
provided for a 45-day comment period which closed on March 21, 1997. 
Several airspace user organizations requested that the comment period 
be extended, and stated that the additional time was necessary to fully 
analyze the proposal and prepare comments.

DATES: Comments must be received on or before May 2, 1997.

ADDRESSES: Send comments on the proposal in triplicate to the Federal 
Aviation Administration, Office of the Chief Counsel, Attention: Rules 
Docket, AGC-200, Airspace Docket No. 94-AWA-1, 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. An informal docket may also be examined during 
normal business hours at the office of the Regional Air Traffic 
Division.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Mr. William C. Nelson, Airspace and 
Rules Division, ATA-400, Office of Air Traffic Airspace Management, 
Federal Aviation Administration, 800 Independence Avenue, SW, 
Washington, DC 20591; telephone: (202) 267-8783.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:

Background

    Airspace Docket No. 94-AWA-1, published on February 4, 1997 (62 FR 
5188), proposes to modify the Class B airspace area at Phoenix, AZ.
    Specifically, the Notice proposes to reconfigure several area 
boundaries; create new areas; and raise and/or lower the floors of 
several of the existing areas.
    McDonnell Douglas Helicopter Systems, the Aircraft Owners and 
Pilots Association, the Arizona Pilots Association, and the Airport 
Director for the Falcon Field Airport, Mesa AZ, each submitted letters 
to the FAA requesting 45-90 additional days in which to comment on the 
Notice. These organizations cited to the amount of time that has lapsed 
since the informal airspace meeting in July 1993 and the complexity of 
the proposal, as a basis for requesting additional time within which to 
file comments.

Reopen Comment Period

    The FAA encourages the greatest possible user participation in the 
regulatory process. The FAA is aware that many general aviation pilots 
receive notification of proposed rulemaking through, and submit 
comments through, airspace user organizations. In view of the 
complexity of the proposal and of the amount of time that has lapsed 
since the informal airspace meeting in 1993, the FAA recognizes that 
the above mentioned airspace user groups may need additional time for 
analysis and comment. The FAA believes, however, that an additional 30 
days will provide these airspace user organizations adequate time in 
which to process the information and submit comments.
    For the reasons stated above, the FAA will reopen the comment 
period on Airspace Docket No. 94-AWA-1 for an additional 30-days and 
comment must be filed on or before May 2, 1997.

    Authority: 49 U.S.C. 106(g), 40103, 40113, 40120; E.O. 10854, 24 
FR 9565, 3 CFR, 1959-1963 Comp., p. 389; 14 CFR 11.69.

    Issued in Washington, DC, on March 25, 1997.
Jeff Griffith,
Program Director for Air Traffic Airspace Management.
[FR Doc. 97-8277 Filed 4-1-97; 8:45 am]
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