[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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