[Federal Register Volume 70, Number 214 (Monday, November 7, 2005)]
[Proposed Rules]
[Pages 67388-67389]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 05-22261]


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DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION

Federal Aviation Administration

14 CFR Part 93

[Docket No. FAA-2004-17005; Notice No. 05-12]
RIN 2120-AI17


Washington, DC Metropolitan Area Special Flight Rules Area; 
Reopening of Comment Period and Intent To Hold Public Meeting

AGENCY: Federal Aviation Administration (FAA), DOT.

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

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SUMMARY: In this action, the FAA reopens the comment period and 
announces its intention to hold a public meeting concerning the 
``Washington, DC Metropolitan Area Special Flight Rules Area'' NPRM 
that was published August 4, 2005. In that document, the FAA proposed 
to codify current flight restrictions for certain aircraft operations 
in the Washington, DC Metropolitan Area. This reopening is in response 
to requests from Members of Congress and industry associations.

DATES: The comment period for the proposed rule published on August 4, 
2005 (70 FR 45250) closed November 2, 2005 and is reopened until 
February 6, 2006. The date for the public meeting will be announced in 
a future document.

ADDRESSES: You may send comments, identified by docket number, using 
any of the following methods:
     DOT Docket Web site: Go to http://dms.dot.gov and follow 
the instructions for sending your comments electronically.
     Government-wide rulemaking Web site: Go to http://www.regulations.gov and follow the instructions for sending your 
comments electronically.
     Mail: Docket Management Facility; U.S. Department of 
Transportation, 400 Seventh Street, SW., Nassif Building, Room PL-401, 
Washington, DC 20590-0001.
     Fax: 1-202-493-2251.
     Hand Delivery: Room PL-401 on the plaza level of the 
Nassif Building, 400 Seventh Street, SW., Washington, DC, between 9 
a.m. and 5 p.m., Monday through Friday, except Federal holidays.
    For more information on the rulemaking process, see the 
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION section of this document.
    Privacy: We will post all comments we receive, without change, to 
http://dms.dot.gov, including any personal information you provide. For 
more information, see the Privacy Act discussion in the SUPPLEMENTARY 
INFORMATION section of this document.
    Docket: To read background documents or comments received, go to 
http://dms.dot.gov at any time or to Room PL-401 on the plaza level of 
the Nassif Building, 400 Seventh Street, SW., Washington, DC, between 9 
a.m. and 5 p.m., Monday through Friday, except Federal holidays.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Ellen Crum, Airspace and Rules, Office 
of System Operations and Safety, Federal Aviation Administration, 800 
Independence Avenue, SW., Washington, DC 20591; telephone (202) 267-
8783.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:

Comments Invited

    The FAA invites interested persons to participate in this 
rulemaking by submitting written comments, data, or views. We also 
invite comments relating to the economic, environmental, energy, or 
federalism impacts that might result from adopting the proposals in 
this document. The most helpful comments reference a specific portion 
of the proposal, explain the reason for any recommended change, and 
include supporting data. We ask that you send us two copies of written 
comments.
    We will file in the docket all comments we receive, as well as a 
report summarizing each substantive public contact with FAA personnel 
concerning this proposed rulemaking. The docket is available for public 
inspection before and after the comment closing date. If you wish to 
review the docket in person, go to the address in the ADDRESSES section 
of this preamble between 9 a.m. and 5 p.m., Monday through Friday, 
except Federal holidays. You may also review the docket using the 
Internet at the Web address in the ADDRESSES section.
    Privacy Act: Using the search function of our docket web site, 
anyone can find and read the comments received into any of our dockets, 
including the name of the individual sending the comment (or signing 
the comment on behalf of an association, business, labor union, etc.). 
You may review DOT's complete Privacy Act Statement in the Federal 
Register published on April 11, 2000 (65 FR 19477-78) or you may visit 
http://dms.dot.gov.
    Before acting on this proposal, we will consider all comments we 
receive on or before the closing date for comments. We will consider 
comments filed late if it is possible to do so without incurring 
expense or delay. We

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may change this proposal in light of the comments we receive.
    If you want the FAA to acknowledge receipt of your comments on this 
proposal, include with your comments a pre-addressed, stamped postcard 
on which the docket number appears. We will stamp the date on the 
postcard and mail it to you.

Sensitive Security Information

    Do not file in the docket information that you consider to be 
sensitive security information. Send or deliver this information 
(identified as docket number FAA-2003-17005) directly to Edith V. 
Parish, Acting Manager, Airspace and Rules, Office of System Operations 
and Safety, Federal Aviation Administration, 800 Independence Avenue, 
SW., Washington, DC 20591, telephone (202) 267-8783. You must mark 
information that you consider security-sensitive.
    Under 14 CFR 11.35 (a), we will review comments as we receive them, 
before they are placed in the docket. If a comment contains sensitive 
security information, we remove it before placing the comment in the 
general docket.

Background

    On August 4, 2005 (70 FR 45250), the FAA proposed to amend 14 CFR 
part 93 to permanently codify the temporary flight restrictions over 
the Washington, DC Metropolitan Area. The comment period closed 
November 2, 2005. The FAA has received requests from the U.S. House of 
Representatives Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure, the 
National Business Aviation Association, Inc. (NBAA), the Aircraft 
Owners and Pilots Association (AOPA), the General Aviation 
Manufacturers Association (GAMA), and the Secretary of Transportation 
of the Commonwealth of Virginia to extend the comment period and hold 
public meetings.

Today's Action

    The FAA has determined that it is in the public interest to reopen 
the comment period for the proposed rule published on August 4, 2005 
(70 FR 45250) until February 6, 2006 and hold a public meeting. The 
date, time, and location of this public meeting will be announced in a 
future Federal Register document.

    Issued in Washington, DC, on November 3, 2005.
Edith V. Parish,
Acting Director, System Operations and Safety.
[FR Doc. 05-22261 Filed 11-3-05; 2:46 pm]
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