[Federal Register Volume 63, Number 66 (Tuesday, April 7, 1998)]
[Rules and Regulations]
[Page 16890]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 98-9076]


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DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION

Federal Aviation Administration

14 CFR Part 73

[Docket No. 29179; Amendment No. 73-8]


Special Use Airspace

AGENCY: Federal Aviation Administration (FAA), DOT.

ACTION: Final rule; technical amendment.

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SUMMARY: This action amends Title 14 Code of Federal Regulations part 
73 by changing the office of primary responsibility for receiving and 
analyzing special use airspace reports from Program Director for Air 
Traffic Operations to Program Director for Air Traffic Airspace 
Management. This change is necessary to ensure consistency between the 
regulation and the current Air Traffic organizational structure.

EFFECTIVE DATE: April 7, 1998.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Mr. Terry Brown, Airspace and Rules 
Division, ATA-400, Air Traffic Airspace Management Program, 800 
Independence Avenue, SW., Washington, DC 20591, telephone (202) 267-
8783.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:

Background

    As a result of a recent review of functional responsibilities 
within the Air Traffic Service organization, the office having primary 
responsibility for reviewing and managing the utility of designated 
special use airspace areas was changed. This responsibility has been 
reassigned from the Program Director for Air Traffic Operations to the 
Program Director for Air Traffic Airspace Management. This action 
updates the rule to reflect this change of responsibility.
    Because this action is merely a technical amendment reflecting a 
change of responsibility between FAA Air Traffic offices, the FAA finds 
that notice and public procedure under 5 U.S.C. 553(b) are unnecessary. 
For the same reason, the FAA finds that good cause exists under 5 
U.S.C. 5553(d) for making this amendment effective upon publication.
    The FAA has determined that this regulation; (1) is not 
``significant'' 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 minimal. Since this 
is a routine matter that will affect only air traffic procedures, it is 
certified that this rule will not have a significant economic impact on 
a substantial number of small entities under the criteria of the 
Regulatory Flexibility Act.

List of Subjects in 14 CFR Part 73

    Air safety, Air traffic control, Air transportation, Airmen, 
Airports, Aviation safety.

The Amendment

    In consideration of the above, the FAA amends 14 CFR part 73 as 
follows:

PART 73--SPECIAL USE AIRSPACE

    1. The authority citation for part 73 continues to read as follows:

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

    2. In Sec. 73.19, paragraphs (a) and (c) are revised as follows:


Sec. 73.19  Reports by using agency.

    (a) Each using agency shall prepare a report on the use of each 
restricted area assigned thereto during any part of the preceding 12-
month period ended September 30, and transmit it by the following 
January 31 of each year to the Manager, Air Traffic Division in the 
regional office of the Federal Aviation Administration having 
jurisdiction over the area in which the restricted area is located, 
with a copy to the Program Director for Air Traffic Airspace 
Management, Federal Aviation Administration, Washington, DC 20591.
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    (c) If it is determined that the information submitted under 
paragraph (b) of this section is not sufficient to evaluate the nature 
and extent of the use of a restricted area, the FAA may request the 
using agency to submit supplementary reports. Within 60 days after 
receiving a request for additional information, the using agency shall 
submit such information as the Program Director for Air Traffic 
Airspace Management considers appropriate. Supplementary reports must 
be sent to the FAA officials designated in paragraph (a) of this 
section.

    Issued in Washington, DC, on March 31, 1998.
Nancy B. Kalinowski,
Acting Program Director for Air Traffic Airspace Management.
[FR Doc. 98-9076 Filed 4-6-98; 8:45 am]
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