[Federal Register Volume 65, Number 170 (Thursday, August 31, 2000)]
[Proposed Rules]
[Pages 52961-52962]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 00-22358]


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DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION

Federal Aviation Administration

14 CFR Part 73

[Airspace Docket No. 00-ACE-23]


Amendment of Time of Use for Restricted Areas R-4501A, B, C, D, 
and E, Fort Leonard Wood; MO

AGENCY: Federal Aviation Administration (FAA), DOT.

ACTION: Notice of proposed rulemaking (NPRM).

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SUMMARY: This action proposes to amend the times of use for Restricted 
Areas R-4501A, B, C, D, and E, Fort Leonard Wood, MO. Specifically, 
this action proposes to reduce and/or increase the published times and/
or days the restricted areas are in use. The FAA is proposing this 
action in response to the United States Army's (USA) increased training 
requirements.

DATES: Comments must be received on or before October 16, 2000.

ADDRESSES: Send comments on this proposal in triplicate to: Manager, 
Air Traffic Division, ACE-500, Docket No. 00-ACE-23, Federal Aviation 
Administration, 601 East 12th Street, Federal Building, Kansas City, MO 
64106. 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: 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:

Comments Invited

    Interested parties are invited to participate in this proposed 
rulemaking by submitting such written data, views, or arguments as they 
may desire. Comments that provide the factual basis supporting the 
views and suggestions presented are particularly helpful in developing 
reasoned regulatory decisions on the proposal. Comments are 
specifically invited on the overall regulatory, aeronautical, economic, 
environmental, and energy-related aspects of the proposal. 
Communications should identify the airspace docket number and be 
submitted in triplicate to the address listed above. Commenters wishing 
the FAA to acknowledge receipt of their comments on this action must 
submit with those comments a self-addressed, stamped postcard on which 
the following statement is made: ``Comments to Airspace Docket No. 00-
ACE-23.'' The postcard will be date/time stamped and returned to the 
commenter. All communications received on or before the specified 
closing date for comments will be considered before taking action on 
the proposed rule. The proposal contained in this action may be changed 
in light of comments received. All comments submitted will be available 
for examination in the Rules Docket both before and after the closing 
date for comments. A report summarizing each substantive public contact 
with FAA personnel concerned with this rulemaking will be filed in the 
docket.

Availability of NPRM's

    An electronic copy of this document may be downloaded from the FAA 
regulations section of the Fedworld electronic bulletin board service 
(telephone: 703-321-3339) or the Federal Register's electronic bulletin 
board service (telephone: 202-512-1661) using a modem and suitable 
communications software.
    Internet users may reach the FAA's web page at http://www.faa.gov 
or the Federal Register's web page at http://www.access.gpo.gov/nara 
for access to recently published rulemaking documents.
    Any person may also obtain a copy of this NPRM by submitting a 
request to the FAA, Office of Air Traffic Airspace Management, ATA-400, 
800 Independence Avenue, SW., Washington, DC 20591, or by calling (202) 
267-8783. Communications must identify the docket number of this NPRM. 
Persons interested in being placed on a mailing list for future NPRM's 
should call the FAA, Office of Rulemaking, (202) 267-9677, to request a 
copy of Advisory Circular No. 11-2A, which describes the application 
procedure.

Background

    The Department of Defense in a continuing need to meet its added 
national defense responsibilities has increased its training 
requirements of the USA Reserve and National Guard resources in many 
areas of the United States. One of the locations where this training 
has been increased is at Fort Leonard Wood, MO. This increase in 
training requires modification of the times of use for R-4501 and its 
subdivisions. Therefore, the USA has requested that the FAA amend the 
times and days of use for R-4501A, B, C, D, and E.

The Proposal

    The FAA is proposing an amendment to 14 CFR part 73 to modify the 
times of use of R-4501 and its subdivisions over Fort Leonard Wood, MO. 
Specifically, the FAA proposes to activate R-4501A thirty minutes 
earlier and deactivate it three hours later. Additionally, R-4501B 
would be activated on the same schedule but deactivated four hours 
later. The day schedule (Monday-Saturday) would remain unchanged.
    Also, the FAA proposes to activate R-4501C and D two hours later 
Monday-Friday and deactivate it three hours later than the current 
designation on

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Monday and two hours earlier Tuesday-Friday. Saturday would no longer 
be designated as an active day unless done so by NOTAM 24 hours in 
advance. In addition, the FAA proposes to activate R-4501E on the same 
schedule as R-4501C and D. The FAA is proposing this action at the 
request of the USA to meet the increasing training efforts of the USA 
at Fort Leonard Wood, MO, and to better depict more realistic 
operational times of use of the restricted areas.

List of Subjects in 14 CFR Part 73

    Airspace, Navigation (air).

The Proposed Amendment

    In consideration of the foregoing, the Federal Aviation 
Administration proposes to amend 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. Sec. 73.45 is amended as follows:
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R-4501A Fort Leonard Wood West, MO [Amended]

    By removing the words ``Time of Designation. 0700-1800 Monday-
Saturday; other times by NOTAM issued at least 24 hours in 
advance.'' and inserting the words ``Time of Designation. 0630-2100 
Monday-Saturday; other times by NOTAM issued at least 24 hours in 
advance.''

R-4501B Fort Leonard Wood East, MO [Amended]

    By removing the words ``Time of Designation. 0700-1800 Monday-
Saturday; other times by NOTAM issued at least 24 hours in 
advance.'' and inserting the words ``Time of Designation. 0630-2200 
Monday-Saturday; other times by NOTAM issued at least 24 hours in 
advance.''

R-4501C Fort Leonard Wood, MO [Amended]

    By removing the words ``Time of Designation. 0700-1800 Monday-
Saturday; other times by NOTAM issued at least 24 hours in 
advance.'' and inserting the words ``Time of Designation. 0900-2100 
Monday; 0900-1600 Tuesday-Friday; other times by NOTAM issued at 
least 24 hours in advance.''

R-4501D Fort Leonard Wood, MO [Amended]

    By removing the words ``Time of Designation. 0700-1800 Monday-
Saturday; other times by NOTAM issued at least 24 hours in 
advance.'' and inserting the words ``Time of Designation. 0900-2100 
Monday; 0900-1600 Tuesday-Friday; other times by NOTAM issued at 
least 24 hours in advance.''

R-4501E Fort Leonard Wood, MO [Amended]

    By removing the words ``Time of Designation. As specified by 
NOTAM at least 24 hours in advance.'' and inserting the words ``Time 
of Designation. 0900-2100 Monday; 0900-1600 Tuesday-Friday; other 
times by NOTAM issued at least 24 hours in advance.''
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    Issued in Washington, DC, on August 24, 2000.
Reginald C. Matthews,
Manager, Airspace and Rules Division.
[FR Doc. 00-22358 Filed 8-30-00; 8:45 am]
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