[Federal Register Volume 81, Number 138 (Tuesday, July 19, 2016)]
[Proposed Rules]
[Page 46851]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2016-16922]


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DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION

Federal Aviation Administration

14 CFR Part 73

[Docket No. FAA-2016-4282; Airspace Docket No. 16-AWP-3]


Proposed Establishment of Temporary Restricted Areas R-2509E, R-
2509W, and R-2509N; Twentynine Palms, CA; Withdrawal

AGENCY: Federal Aviation Administration (FAA), DOT.

ACTION: Notice of proposed rulemaking (NPRM); withdrawal.

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SUMMARY: This action withdraws the NPRM published in the Federal 
Register of March 30, 2016, proposing to establish temporary restricted 
areas R-2509E, R-2509W, and R-2509N, Twentynine Palms, CA. The FAA has 
determined that withdrawal of that NPRM is warranted due to 
aeronautical impacts associated with the proposed action.

DATES: Effective date: 0901 UTC, July 19, 2016.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Colby Abbott, Airspace Policy Group, 
Office of Airspace Services, Federal Aviation Administration, 800 
Independence Avenue SW., Washington DC, 20591; telephone (202) 267-
8783.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 

History

    An NPRM was published in the Federal Register of March 30, 2016 (81 
FR 17619), to establish new temporary restricted areas R-2509E, R-
2509W, and R-2509N to accommodate a United States Marine Corps (USMC) 
Large Scale Exercise (LSE) on new Twentynine Palms lands planned for 
August 1 to August 18, 2016. The proposed new temporary restricted 
areas would support live fire activities including anti-tank weapons, 
mortars, and artillery, as well as Unmanned Aircraft Systems, fixed 
wing, and rotary wing training activities conducting close air support 
and live ordnance delivery. Efforts to mitigate the aeronautical 
impacts associated with the proposed action have been unsuccessful and 
there is no longer sufficient time remaining to complete the actions 
required to process the airspace proposal in time for the August 1, 
2016, exercise start date. Therefore, the NPRM is being withdrawn.

List of Subjects in 14 CFR Part 73

    Airspace, Prohibited areas, Restricted areas.

The Withdrawal

    In consideration of the foregoing, the NPRM for FR Doc. FAA-2016-
4282, Airspace Docket No. 16-AWP-3, as published in the Federal 
Register of March 30, 2016 (81 FR 17619) (FR Doc. 2016-07166), is 
hereby withdrawn.

    Authority:  49 U.S.C. 106(f), 106(g); 40103, 40113, 40120; E.O. 
10854; 24 FR 9565, 3 CFR, 1959-1963 Comp., p. 389.

    Issued in Washington, DC, on July 12, 2016.
Leslie M. Swann,
Acting Manager, Airspace Policy Group.
[FR Doc. 2016-16922 Filed 7-18-16; 8:45 am]
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