[Federal Register Volume 81, Number 13 (Thursday, January 21, 2016)]
[Proposed Rules]
[Pages 3353-3354]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2016-01211]


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DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION

Federal Aviation Administration

14 CFR Part 73

[Docket No. FAA-2015-2776; Airspace Docket No. 15-AEA-5]
RIN 2120-AA66


Proposed Amendment and Establishment of Restricted Areas; 
Chincoteague Inlet, VA

AGENCY: Federal Aviation Administration (FAA), DOT.

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

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SUMMARY: This action reopens the comment period for the NPRM published 
September 10, 2015, proposing to expand the restricted airspace at 
Chincoteague Inlet, VA. This reopening of the comment period is 
necessary because a chart depicting the proposed airspace was not 
available prior to the original comment period closing date. This 
action will ensure that interested persons have the opportunity to view 
the chart and submit comments regarding the proposal.

DATES: The comment period for the NPRM published September 10, 2015 (80 
FR 54444) closed on October 26, 2015, and reopened until February 22, 
2016.

ADDRESSES: Send comments on this proposal to the U.S. Department of 
Transportation, Docket Operations, M-30, 1200 New Jersey Avenue SE., 
West Building Ground Floor, Room W12-140, Washington, DC 20590-0001; 
telephone: (202) 366-9826. You must identify FAA Docket No. FAA-2015-
2776 and Airspace Docket No. 15-AEA-5, at the beginning of your 
comments. You may also submit comments through the Internet at http://www.regulations.gov. Comments on environmental and land use aspects to 
should be directed to: NASA Wallops Flight Facility, Attn: Ms. Shari 
Silbert, Wallops Island, VA 23337; telephone: (757) 824-2327.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Paul Gallant, Airspace Policy Group, 
Office of Airspace Services, 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 both docket numbers (FAA Docket No. 
FAA-2015-2776 and Airspace Docket No. 15-AEA-5) and be submitted in 
triplicate to the Docket Management System (see ADDRESSES section for 
address and phone number). You may also submit comments through the 
Internet at http://www.regulations.gov.
    Persons 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 FAA 
Docket No. FAA-2015-2776 and Airspace Docket No. 15-AEA-5.'' 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 public 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 through the 
internet at http://www.regulations.gov.
    You may review the public docket containing the proposal, any 
comments received and any final disposition in person at the Dockets 
Office (see ADDRESSES section for address and phone number) between 
9:00 a.m. and 5:00 p.m., Monday through Friday, except Federal 
holidays. An informal docket may also be examined during normal 
business hours at the office of the Operations Support Group, Eastern 
Service Center, Federal Aviation Administration, 1701 Columbia Ave., 
College Park, GA 30337.
    Persons interested in being placed on a mailing list for future 
NPRM's should contact the FAA's Office of Rulemaking, (202) 267-9677, 
for a copy of Advisory Circular No. 11-2A.

Background

    On September 10, 2015, the FAA published a notice of proposed 
rulemaking (NPRM) proposing the amendment and establishment of 
restricted areas at Chincoteague Inlet, VA (80 FR 54444), Docket No. 
FAA-2015-2776, Airspace Docket No. 15-AEA-5. The NPRM included a 
statement that a color chart of the proposed airspace would be 
available for viewing on the www.regulations.gov Web site. However, the 
chart was not posted until after the comment closing date. One 
commenter responded that it is difficult to understand the proposed 
changes because the chart was unavailable.
    A color chart showing the location of the proposed restricted areas 
is now posted on the internet at http://www.regulations.gov. Search 
docket no. FAA-2015-2776 and click on ``open docket folder'' to view 
the chart.
    To give the public an opportunity to view the chart prior to 
submitting comments, the FAA is reopening the comment period for 30 
days. All comments submitted during the new comment period, as well as 
all comments previously received, will be considered before any final 
action is taken on the proposal. No other proposal information as 
published in the NPRM has been changed.


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    Issued in Washington, DC, on January 14, 2016.
Leslie M. Swann,
Acting Manager, Airspace Policy Group.
[FR Doc. 2016-01211 Filed 1-20-16; 8:45 am]
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