[Federal Register Volume 64, Number 229 (Tuesday, November 30, 1999)]
[Rules and Regulations]
[Pages 66768-66769]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 99-29683]
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DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION
Federal Aviation Administration
14 CFR Part 91
[Docket No. 29833; Amendment No. 91-258]
RIN 2120-AA66
General Operating and Flight Rules; Airports/Locations Special
Operating Restrictions; Amendment
AGENCY: Federal Aviation Administration (FAA), DOT.
ACTION: Final rule; technical amendment.
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SUMMARY: This action amends the Appendix listing airports/locations
with special operating restrictions in FAA's general operating and
flight rules. Specifically, this action adds a new entry for Covington,
KY, in alphabetical order and revises the entries for Houston, TX, and
Washington, DC, in section 1 of the Appendix, which lists the airports
where aircraft operating within 30 nautical miles of the listed
airports, from the surface upward to 10,000 feet mean sea level (MSL)
must be equipped with an altitude encoding transponder. Additionally,
this action ``Reserves'' section 2 which is no longer required, and
revises the entries for Covington, KY, Houston, TX, and Washington, DC,
in section 3 which lists locations at which fixed-wing special VFR
operations are prohibited. The FAA is taking this action to correctly
identify applicable airports under the appropriate sections in the
Appendix.
EFFECTIVE DATE: November 30, 1999.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Terry Brown, 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
Part 91, Appendix D, Section 1
This section of 14 CFR part 91, Appendix D, lists airports where
special operating restrictions apply. Specifically, section 1 lists
locations at which aircraft operating within 30 nautical miles of the
listed airports, from the surface upward to 10,000 MSL are required to
be equipped with an altitude encoding transponder.
On November 30, 1998, the FAA issued the Establishment of
Cincinnati/Northern Kentucky International Airport Class B Airspace
Area, and Revocation of the Cincinnati/Northern Kentucky International
Airport Class C Airspace Area, KY, Final Rule (63 FR 65972). This rule
established a Class B airspace area for the Cincinnati/Northern
Kentucky International Airport (CVG). However, in the final rule the
FAA inadvertently did not include CVG in part 91, Appendix D, section
1. This action corrects that omission.
Additionally, on December 17, 1991, the FAA issued the Airspace
Reclassification Final Rule (56 FR 65638). This rule established the
Washington Tri-Area, DC, Class B airspace area. This airspace area is
comprised of four primary airports (Baltimore-Washington International,
Ronald Reagan Washington National, Washington Dulles International, and
Andrews Air Force Base). At the time this rule was published, the
Andrews Air Force Base was omitted from part 91, Appendix D, section 1.
This action corrects that inadvertent error.
Lastly, this amendment makes editorial corrections to part 91,
Appendix D, section 1 by replacing the words ``Washington National
Airport'' with ``Ronald Reagan Washington National Airport'' and
``Houston Intercontinental Airport'' with ``George Bush
Intercontinental Airport/Houston.''
Part 91, Appendix D, Section 2
Section 2 lists those locations at which the requirements of
Sec. 91.215(b)(5)(ii) apply. This section requires any aircraft, except
any aircraft which was not originally certificated with an engine-
driven electrical system or which has not subsequently been certified
with such a system installed, balloon, or glider, from the surface to
10,000 feet MSL within a 10-nautical-mile radius of any airport listed
in Appendix D, section 2 of this part, excluding the airspace below
1,200 feet outside of the lateral boundaries of the surface area of the
airspace designated for that airport must be equipped with an altitude
encoding transponder. The two airport airspace areas that met the
criteria of Sec. 91.215(b)(5)(ii) were reclassified as Class C and
Class D airspace areas in accordance with the Airspace Reclassification
Final Rule (56 FR 65655). Consequently, this particular section of the
appendix is no longer required. Therefore, the FAA reserves section 2
of Appendix D.
Part 91, Appendix D, Section 3
This section lists airports where fixed-wing special visual flight
rule operations are prohibited. Currently, this section lists the name
of the Covington, KY, international airport as
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``Greater Cincinnati International Airport,'' the Washington, DC,
airport as ``Washington National Airport,'' and the Houston, TX,
airport as ``Houston Intercontinental Airport.''
This amendment makes editorial corrections to reflect the name
changes for the above airports by replacing the words ``Greater
Cincinnati International Airport'' with ``Cincinnati Northern Kentucky
International Airport,'' ``Washington National Airport'' with ``Ronald
Reagan Washington National Airport'' and ``Houston Intercontinental
Airport'' with ``George Bush Intercontinental Airport/Houston'' in
section 3 of Appendix D.
List of Subjects in 14 CFR Part 91
Air traffic control, Aircraft, Airmen, Airports, Aviation safety.
The Amendment
In consideration of the foregoing, the Federal Aviation
Administration amends 14 CFR part 91 as follows:
PART 91--GENERAL OPERATING AND FLIGHT RULES
1. The authority citation for part 91 continues to read as follows:
Authority: 49 U.S.C. 106(g), 1155, 40103, 40113, 40120, 44101,
44111, 44701, 44709, 44711, 44712, 44715, 44716, 44717, 44722,
46306, 46315, 46316, 46504, 46506-46507, 47122, 47508, 47528-47531,
articles 12 and 29 of the Convention on International Civil Aviation
(61 Stat. 1180).
2. Amend Appendix D to part 91 as follows:
a. In Section 1, by adding a new entry in alphabetical order and by
revising the entries for Houston, TX, and Washington, DC.
b. In Section 2, by adding ``[Reserved]'' at the end of the
existing text.
c. In Section 3, by revising the entries for Covington, KY,
Houston, TX, and Washington, DC.
The additions and revisions read as follows:
Appendix D to Part 91--Airports/Locations: Special Operating
Restrictions
Section 1. * * *
* * * * *
Covington, KY (Cincinnati Northern Kentucky International Airport)
* * * * *
Houston, TX (George Bush Intercontinental Airport/Houston)
* * * * *
Washington, DC (Ronald Reagan Washington National Airport and
Andrews Air Force Base, MD)
Section 2. * * * [Reserved]
Section 3. * * *
* * * * *
Covington, KY (Cincinnati Northern Kentucky International Airport)
* * * * *
Houston, TX (George Bush Intercontinental Airport/Houston)
* * * * *
Washington, DC (Ronald Reagan Washington National Airport and
Andrews Air Force Base, MD)
* * * * *
Issued in Washington, DC, on November 5, 1999.
Reginald C. Matthews,
Manager, Airspace and Rules Division.
[FR Doc. 99-29683 Filed 11-29-99; 8:45 am]
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