[Federal Register Volume 75, Number 193 (Wednesday, October 6, 2010)]
[Rules and Regulations]
[Pages 61612-61613]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2010-25102]


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DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION

Federal Aviation Administration

14 CFR Part 91

[Docket No. FAA-2010-0995; Amendment No. 91-319]


Airports/Locations: Special Operating Restrictions

AGENCY: Federal Aviation Administration (FAA), DOT.

ACTION: Final rule; technical amendment.

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SUMMARY: The FAA is amending its airports and locations special 
operating restrictions regulation to clarify a minor discrepancy in 
terminology. This amendment standardizes the language used to describe 
the altitude at which aircraft operating within 30 nautical miles of 
the listed airports are required to be equipped with an altitude 
encoding transponder. This action is not making any substantive changes 
to the regulation.

DATES: Effective: October 6, 2010.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Ellen Crum, Air Traffic Systems 
Operations, Airspace and Rules Group, 800 Independence Ave. SW., 
Washington, DC 20591; telephone (202) 267-8783; e-mail 
[email protected].

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 

Background

    On November 30, 1999 (64 FR 66768), the FAA published a final rule 
that revised 14 CFR part 91. In the final rule, Sec.  91.215(b)(2) 
states ``* * *from the surface upward to 10,000 MSL* * *'' The 
corresponding text in section 1 of Appendix D should be consistent in 
describing the altitude as ``MSL'' but inadvertently was changed from 
MSL to ``above the surface.'' Therefore, this action will correct this 
inconsistency and change the phrase from ``above the surface'' to 
``MSL'' in section 1 of Appendix D.
    As this rule simply corrects an inconsistency in the terminology 
used to describe altitudes, good cause exists for adopting this 
amendment without public notice or comment as provided under 5 U.S.C. 
553(b). Furthermore, the FAA finds that good cause exists pursuant to 5 
U.S.C. 553(d) for making

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this rule effective within less than 30 days.

List of Subjects in 14 CFR Part 91

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

The Amendment

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In consideration of the foregoing, the Federal Aviation Administration 
amends Chapter I of Title 14, Code of Federal Regulations, as follows:

PART 91--GENERAL OPERATING AND FLIGHT RULES

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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, 44704, 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).


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2. Amend Appendix D to Part 91 by revising section 1 introductory text 
to read as follows:

Appendix D to Part 91--Airports/Locations: Special Operating 
Restrictions

    Section 1. Locations at which the requirements of Sec.  
91.215(b)(2) and Sec.  91.225(d)(2) apply. The requirements of 
Sec. Sec.  91.215(b)(2) and 91.225(d)(2) apply below 10,000 feet MSL 
within a 30-nautical-mile radius of each location in the following 
list.
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    Issued in Washington, DC, on October 1, 2010.
Pamela Hamilton-Powell,
Director, Office of Rulemaking.
[FR Doc. 2010-25102 Filed 10-5-10; 8:45 am]
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