comment period reopened on DC area "ADIZ"

[Federal Register: November 7, 2005 (Volume 70, Number 214)]
[Proposed Rules]
[Page 67388-67389]
From the Federal Register Online via GPO Access [wais.access.gpo.gov]
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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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--
Bob Noel
no one likes an educated mule

Anyone know why?

- Andrew

In article ne.com,
Andrew Gideon wrote:

Anyone know why?

- Andrew

The stated reason is:

"This reopening is in response to requests from Members of Congress
and industry associations."

Maybe the FAA wants to set an unbreakable record for number of comments.

:-(

--
Bob Noel
no one likes an educated mule

by Bob Noel Nov 7, 2005 at 11:23 AM


In article ne.com,
Andrew Gideon wrote:

Anyone know why?

- Andrew

The stated reason is:

"This reopening is in response to requests from Members of Congress
and industry associations."

Maybe the FAA wants to set an unbreakable record for number of comments.

:-(

--
Bob Noel
no one likes an educated mule

Impeccable sources at the FAA have informed me that the Guiness people
(the one's who declare world records in assorted categories such as hot
dog eating contests, not the ones who make the stout) informed them last
week that they were several thousand responses shy of a new world record!


Comment early and often! It will definitely help change the HSA's mind.
And, as Boyer the Destroyer has said, the HSA must "look GA pilots in the
eye" and explain themselves.