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PART 71—DESIGNATION OF CLASS A, 

B, C, D, AND E AIRSPACE AREAS; AIR 

TRAFFIC SERVICE ROUTES; AND 

REPORTING POINTS 

■ 1. The authority citation for part 71 

continues to read as follows: 

Authority: 49 U.S.C. 106(g), 40103, 40113, 

40120; E.O. 10854, 24 FR 9565, 3 CFR, 1959– 

1963 Comp., p. 389. 

§ 71.1 [Amended] 

■ 2. The incorporation by reference in 

14 CFR 71.1 of FAA Order 7400.9V, 

Airspace Designations and Reporting 

Points, dated August 9, 2011 and 

effective September 15, 2011, is 

amended as follows: 

Paragraph 6010 VOR federal airways. 

* * * * * 

V–130 [Amended] 

From Norwich, CT; INT Norwich 114° and 

Martha’s Vineyard, MA 267° radials; to 

Martha’s Vineyard. 

V–203 [Amended] 

From INT Chester, MA 266° and Albany, 

NY 134° radials; Albany; Saranac Lake, NY; 

Massena, NY; to INT Massena 047° and St. 

Jean, Canada 270° radials. The airspace 

within Canada is excluded. 

V–205 [Removed] 

V–405 [Amended] 

From INT Pottstown, PA, 222° and 

Baltimore, MD, 034° radials; Pottstown; INT 

Pottstown 050° and Solberg, NJ, 264° radials; 

Solberg; INT Solberg 044° and Carmel, NY, 

243° radials; Carmel; INT Carmel 344° and 

Pawling, NY, 204° radials; Pawling; Barnes, 

MA; Putnam, CT; Providence, RI; INT 

Providence 151° and Martha’s Vineyard, MA, 

267° radials; to Martha’s Vineyard. 

V–419 [Amended] 

From Westminster, MD to Modena, PA; 

Solberg, NJ; INT Solberg 044° and Carmel, 

NY 243° radials; Carmel; to INT Carmel 

045°and Madison, CT 328° radials. 

* * * * * 

Paragraph 6011 United States area 

navigation routes. 

* * * * * 

T–212 WEARD, NY to Putnam, CT (PUT) [New] 

WEARD, NY Fix (lat. 41°45′44′′ N., long. 74°31′30′′ W.) 

WEETS, NY Fix (lat. 41°51′27′′ N., long. 74°11′52′′ W.) 

NELIE, CT INT (lat. 41°56′28′′ N., long. 72°41′19′′ W.) 

Putnam, CT (PUT) VOR/DME (lat. 41°57′20′′ N., long. 71°50′39′′ W.) 

T–255 NELIE, CT to Martha’s Vineyard, MA (MVY) [New] 

NELIE, CT INT (lat. 41°56′28′′ N., long. 72°41′19′′ W.) 

Providence, RI (PVD) VORTAC (lat. 41°43′28′′ N., long. 71°25′47′′ W.) 

FALMA, RI Fix (lat. 41°22′22′′ N., long. 71°10′16′′ W.) 

Martha’s Vineyard, MA (MVY) VOR/DME (lat. 41°23′46′′ N., long. 70°36′46′′ W.) 

T–300 Albany, NY (ALB) to Martha’s Vineyard, MA (MVY) [New] 

Albany, NY (ALB) VORTAC (lat. 42°44′50′′ N., long. 73°48′11′′ W.) 

NELIE, CT INT (lat. 41°56′28′′ N., long. 72°41′19′′ W.) 

Norwich, CT (ORW) VOR/DME (lat. 41°33′23′′ N., long. 72°59′58′′ W.) 

MINNK, RI Fix (lat. 41°21′41′′ N., long. 71°25′27′′ W.) 

FALMA, RI Fix (lat. 41°22′22′′ N., long. 71°10′16′′ W.) 

Martha’s Vineyard, MA (MVY) VOR/DME (lat. 41°23′46′′ N., long. 70°36′46′′ W.) 

Issued in Washington, DC, on March 28, 

2012. 

Gary A. Norek, 

Manager, Airspace Regulations and ATC 

Procedures Group. 

[FR Doc. 2012–8183 Filed 4–4–12; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 4910–13–P 

DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION 

Federal Aviation Administration 

14 CFR Parts 117 and 121 

[Docket No. FAA–2012–0358] 

Notice of Procedures for Submitting 

Clarifying Questions Concerning the 

Flight, Duty, and Rest Requirements of 

Part 117 

AGENCY: Federal Aviation 

Administration (FAA), DOT. 

ACTION: Notice of procedures for 

submitting clarifying questions. 

SUMMARY: The FAA published a final 

rule on January 4, 2012 that amends the 

existing flight, duty and rest regulations 

applicable to certificate holders and 

their flightcrew members. Since then, 

the FAA has received questions from 

stakeholders concerning the provisions 

of the final rule. In response to these 

questions, the FAA is issuing this 

document, which announces the 

procedures for submitting clarifying 

questions to the final rule. 

DATES: You must submit your clarifying 

questions in writing using the 

procedures outlined below by June 4, 

2012. 

ADDRESSES: See the ‘‘Procedures for 

Submitting Clarifying Questions’’ 

section of this document. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: See 

the ‘‘Procedures for Submitting 

Clarifying Questions’’ section of this 

document. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 

Background 

On January 4, 2012, the FAA 

published a final rule entitled, 

‘‘Flightcrew Member Duty and Rest 

Requirements’’ (77 FR 330). In that rule, 

the FAA created new part 117, which 

replaces the existing flight, duty, and 

rest regulations, contained in Subparts 

Q, R, and S, for part 121 passenger 

operations. As part of this rulemaking, 

the FAA also applied the new part 117 

to certain part 91 operations, and 

permitted all-cargo operations operating 

under part 121 to voluntarily opt into 

the part 117 flight, duty, and rest 

regulations. 

Since the rule was published, the 

FAA has received numerous questions 

concerning the provisions of the final 

rule. Even though the final rule’s 

compliance date is January 4, 2014, the 

FAA concludes that responding to the 

questions and providing additional 

regulatory clarity will enable the 

stakeholders to better plan the changes 

that they will need to make in order to 

comply with the final rule. To the extent 

possible, the FAA also seeks to ensure 

consistency of interpretation by 

answering the stakeholders’ questions in 

a single document instead of multiple 

different interpretations. 

Accordingly, the FAA requests that all 

clarifying questions be submitted to the 

docket no later than June 4, 2012. The 

FAA emphasizes that it is not 

reconsidering the provisions of the final 

rule or reopening the final rule to notice 

and comment. Rather, the FAA is 

simply soliciting questions about how 

the final rule works so that the FAA can 


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provide greater clarity to the 

stakeholders by answering those 

questions. 

Procedures for Submitting Clarifying 

Questions 

If you wish to submit a request to the 

FAA for clarification of the Flightcrew 

Member Duty and Rest Requirements 

final rule, you must send your request 

using the below method by June 4, 2012. 

1. Post your request on the Federal 

eRulemaking Portal. To access this 

electronic docket, go to http:// 

www.regulations.gov, enter Docket 

Number FAA–2012–0358, and follow 

the online instructions for sending your 

request electronically. 

2. In addition to sending your request 

to the electronic docket, send a copy via 

email to the subject matter expert as 

noted below. 

Technical Questions: Dale E. Roberts, 

Air Transportation Division, Flight 

Standards Service, Federal Aviation 

Administration; email 

dale.e.roberts@faa.gov. 

Legal Questions: Alex Zektser, Office 

of the Chief Counsel, Regulations 

Division, Federal Aviation 

Administration; email 

alex.zektser@faa.gov. 

The FAA will attempt to reply to the 

clarifying questions that are submitted 

by June 4, 2012. 

Issued in Washington, DC, on March 26, 

2012. 

Rebecca B. MacPherson, 

Assistant Chief Counsel for Regulations, 

AGC–200. 

[FR Doc. 2012–7739 Filed 4–4–12; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 4910–13–P 

DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION 

Federal Aviation Administration 

14 CFR Parts 400, 401, 404, 405, 406, 

413, 414, 415, 417, 420, 431, 433, 435, 

437, 440, 460 

49 CFR Part 1 

[Docket No. FAA–2012–0232; Amendment 

Nos. 400–3, 401–7, 404–5, 405–5, 406–7, 

413–10, 414–2, 415–5, 417–3, 420–5, 431– 

3, 433–2, 435–2, 437–1, 440–3, 460–1; 1– 

114; related to Docket Nos. 28851, 43810, 

FAA–1999–5535, FAA–1999–5833, FAA– 

1999–5835, FAA–2000–7953, FAA–2001– 

8607, FAA–2005–21332, FAA–2005–23449, 

FAA–2006–24197, FAA–2007–27390; OST 

Docket No. 1] 

[RINs 2120–AF99, 2120–AG71, 2120–AG15, 

2120–AG72, 2120–AG37, 2120–AH18, 2120– 

AI50, 2120–AI57, 2120–AI56, 2120–AI88] 

Correction of Authority Citations for 

Commercial Space Transportation 

AGENCY: Federal Aviation 

Administration (FAA), DOT. 

ACTION: Technical amendment. 

SUMMARY: In 2010, Congress transferred 

the statute authorizing the FAA’s 

commercial space transportation 

regulations. This action is necessary to 

correct affected citations in the Code of 

Federal Regulations to reflect this 

transfer of authority. The intended effect 

of this action is to make the affected 

regulations comply with the statute. 

DATES: These amendments become 

effective April 5, 2012. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Laura Montgomery, Senior Attorney for 

Commercial Space Transportation, 

Office of the Chief Counsel, Regulations 

Division, AGC–200, Federal Aviation 

Administration, 800 Independence 

Avenue SW., Washington, DC 20591; 

telephone (202) 267–3150; facsimile 

(202) 267–7971; email 

laura.montgomery@faa.gov. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 

Background 

Since 1994, the FAA has operated in 

the area of commercial space launch 

activities under the authority delegated 

by Congress in 49 U.S.C. chapter 701. 

See Revision of Title 49, United States 

Code Annotated, ‘‘Transportation,’’ 

Public Law 103–272, 108 Stat. 745, 1130 

(1994). The FAA implements these 

regulations through Title 14, Code of 

Federal Regulations (14 CFR) chapter III, 

Commercial Space Transportation. 

In 2010, Congress consolidated 

commercial space laws into a single, 

unified title of the United States Code. 

See Enactment of Title 51—National 

and Commercial Space Programs, Public 

Law 111–314, 124 Stat. 3328 (2010). 

Congress’ purpose was ‘‘to codify 

certain existing laws related to national 

and commercial space programs as a 

positive law title of the United States 

Code.’’ Id. During this process, 49 U.S.C. 

chapter 701 was transferred and 

redesignated as 51 U.S.C. chapter 509. 

The recodification makes no substantive 

changes. 

The congressional transfer of 

authority made a number of citations in 

the Code of Federal Regulations 

obsolete. See 14 CFR chapter III (2011); 

49 CFR 1.47 (2010). This amendment 

corrects the affected citations to 

accurately reference the new citations. 

This amendment does not make 

substantive changes to the affected 

regulations. 

List of Subjects 

14 CFR Part 400 

Space transportation and exploration. 

14 CFR Part 401 

Organization and functions 

(Government agencies), Space safety, 

Space transportation and exploration. 

14 CFR Part 404 

Administrative practice and 

procedure, Space safety, Space 

transportation and exploration. 

14 CFR Part 405 

Investigations, Penalties, Space safety, 

Space transportation and exploration. 

14 CFR Part 406 

Administrative practice and 

procedure, Space safety, Space 

transportation and exploration. 

14 CFR Part 413 

Confidential business information, 

Human space flight, Reporting and 

recordkeeping requirements, Space 

safety, Space transportation and 

exploration. 

14 CFR Part 414 

Airspace, Aviation safety, Space 

transportation and exploration. 

14 CFR Part 415 

Aviation safety, Environmental 

protection, Rockets, Space safety, Space 

transportation and exploration. 

14 CFR Part 417 

Aviation safety, Reporting and 

recordkeeping requirements, Rockets, 

Space safety, Space transportation and 

exploration. 


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