[Federal Register Volume 62, Number 85 (Friday, May 2, 1997)]
[Rules and Regulations]
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[FR Doc No: 97-11412]



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Part VI





Department of Transportation





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Federal Aviation Administration



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14 CFR Part 187



Fees for Air Traffic Services for Certain Flights Through U.S.-
Controlled Airspace; Technical Amendments; Final Rule

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DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION

Federal Aviation Administration

14 CFR Part 187

[Docket No. 28860; Amendment No. 187-8]
RIN 2120-AG17


Fees for Air Traffic Services for Certain Flights Through U.S.-
Controlled Airspace; Technical Amendments

AGENCY: Federal Aviation Administration (FAA), DOT.

ACTION: Interim final rule; correction and technical amendment.

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SUMMARY: This amendment makes minor technical changes to the interim 
final rule published on March 20, 1997 (62 FR 13496). The interim final 
rule published on March 20, 1997, established fees for FAA air traffic 
and related services for certain aircraft that transit U.S.-controlled 
airspace but neither take off from, nor land in, the United States. 
That document allows the FAA to reasonably recover the costs it incurs 
in performing these services. This amendment will not impose any 
additional restrictions on persons affected by these regulations.

DATES: Effective on May 19, 1997, 0001 GMT.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Jeffrey Wharff; telephone (202) 267-
7035.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 

Correction to the Preamble

    In rule FR Doc. 97-6980 published on March 20, 1997, make the 
following correction. The definition of domestic airspace is to be 
corrected in the preamble on page 13497, under the title The Interim 
Final Rule, second paragraph, first sentence. The first sentence of the 
second paragraph is being replaced to read as follows:

    For the purpose of this rulemaking the U.S.-controlled airspace 
includes both U.S. sovereign air space and the adjacent airspace 
(transition airspace) where air traffic services are provide 
(hereafter ``domestic airspace'') and all other airspace allocated 
to the United States by the International Civil Aviation 
Organization (hereafter ``oceanic airspace'').

    In addition the time at which the rule will become effective was 
inadvertently omitted. Therefore, on page 34956, in the first column, 
the first line of the Dates heading is corrected to read as follows: 
DATES: May 19, 1997, 0001 GMT.

Technical Amendment

    The technical amendment will correct the definition of domestic 
airspace in the rule language.

List of Subjects in 14 CFR Part 187

    Administrative practice and procedure and Air transportation.

    Accordingly, Title 14 of the Code of Federal Regulations (CFR) part 
187 is amended as follows:

PART 187--FEES

    1. The authority citation for part 187 continues to read as 
follows:

    Authority: 31 U.S.C. 9701; 49 U.S.C. 106(g), 40104-40105, 40109, 
40113-40114, 44702, 45301-45303.

    2. Appendix B is amended by revising paragraph (a) to read as 
follows:

Appendix B to Part 187--Fees for Air Traffic Services for Certain 
Flights Through U.S.-Controlled Airspace

    (a) Applicability. Except as provided in paragraph (b) and (c) 
of this appendix, this appendix applies to any person who conducts a 
flight through U.S.-controlled airspace that does not include a 
landing or takeoff in the United States. U.S.-controlled airspace 
includes both U.S. sovereign air space and the adjacent airspace 
(transition airspace) where air traffic services are provided 
(hereafter ``domestic airspace'') and all other airspace allocated 
to the United States by the International Civil Aviation 
Organization (hereafter ``oceanic airspace'').
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    Issued in Washington, D.C. on April 28, 1997.
Donald P. Byrne,
Assistant Chief Counsel for Regulations.
[FR Doc. 97-11412 Filed 4-30-97; 8:45 am]
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