70482 Federal Register / Vol. 79, No. 228 / Wednesday, November 26, 2014 / Proposed Rules 

DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION 

Federal Aviation Administration 

14 CFR Part 71 

[Docket No. FAA–2014–0247; Airspace 

Docket No. 14–ASW–1] 

Proposed Establishment of Class E 

Airspace; Sonora, TX 

AGENCY: Federal Aviation 

Administration (FAA), DOT. 

ACTION: Notice of proposed rulemaking 

(NPRM). 

SUMMARY: This action proposes to 

establish Class E airspace at Sonora, TX. 

Controlled airspace is necessary to 

accommodate new Standard Instrument 

Approach Procedures (SIAP) at JL Bar 

Ranch Airport. The FAA is taking this 

action to enhance the safety and 

management of Instrument Flight Rules 

(IFR) operations for SIAPs at the airport. 

DATES: Comments must be received on 

or before January 12, 2015. 

ADDRESSES: Send comments on this 

proposal to the U.S. Department of 

Transportation, Docket Operations, 1200 

New Jersey Avenue SE., West Building 

Ground Floor, Room W12–140, 

Washington, DC 20590–0001. You must 

identify the docket number FAA–2014– 

0247/Airspace Docket No. 14–ASW–1, 

at the beginning of your comments. You 

may also submit comments 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 in the Dockets Office between 

9:00 a.m. and 5:00 p.m., Monday 

through Friday, except Federal holidays. 

The Docket Office (telephone 1–800– 

647–5527), is on the ground floor of the 

building at the above address. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Rebecca Shelby, Central Service Center, 

Operations Support Group, Federal 

Aviation Administration, Southwest 

Region, 2601 Meacham Blvd., Fort 

Worth, TX 76137; telephone: 817–321– 

7740. 

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 and be submitted in 

triplicate to the address listed above. 

Commenters wishing the FAA to 

acknowledge receipt of their comments 

on this notice must submit with those 

comments a self-addressed, stamped 

postcard on which the following 

statement is made: ‘‘Comments to 

Docket No. FAA–2014–0247/Airspace 

Docket No. 14–ASW–1.’’ The postcard 

will be date/time stamped and returned 

to the commenter. 

Availability of NPRMs 

An electronic copy of this document 

may be downloaded through the 

Internet at http://www.regulations.gov. 

Recently published rulemaking 

documents can also be accessed through 

the FAA’s Web page at http://

www.faa.gov/airports_airtraffic/air_

traffic/publications/airspace_

amendments/. 

You may review the public docket 

containing the proposal, any comments 

received and any final disposition in 

person in 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 Central Service Center, 2601 

Meacham Blvd., Fort Worth, TX 76137. 

Persons interested in being placed on 

a mailing list for future NPRMs should 

contact the FAA’s Office of Rulemaking 

(202) 267–9677, to request a copy of 

Advisory Circular No. 11–2A, Notice of 

Proposed Rulemaking Distribution 

System, which describes the application 

procedure. 

The Proposal 

This action proposes to amend Title 

14, Code of Federal Regulations (14 

CFR), part 71 by establishing Class E 

airspace extending upward from 700 

feet above the surface within a 6.5-mile 

radius of JL Bar Ranch Airport, Sonora, 

TX, to accommodate new standard 

instrument approach procedures. 

Controlled airspace is needed for the 

safety and management of IFR 

operations at the airport. 

Class E airspace areas are published 

in Paragraph 6005 of FAA Order 

7400.9Y, dated August 6, 2014 and 

effective September 15, 2014, which is 

incorporated by reference in 14 CFR 

71.1. The Class E airspace designation 

listed in this document will be 

published subsequently in the Order. 

The FAA has determined that this 

proposed regulation only involves an 

established body of technical 

regulations for which frequent and 

routine amendments are necessary to 

keep them operationally current. It, 

therefore, (1) is not a ‘‘significant 

regulatory action’’ under Executive 

Order 12866; (2) is not a ‘‘significant 

rule’’ under DOT Regulatory Policies 

and Procedures (44 FR 11034; February 

26, 1979); and (3) does not warrant 

preparation of a Regulatory Evaluation 

as the anticipated impact is so minimal. 

Since this is a routine matter that will 

only affect air traffic procedures and air 

navigation, it is certified that this rule, 

when promulgated, will not have a 

significant economic impact on a 

substantial number of small entities 

under the criteria of the Regulatory 

Flexibility Act. 

The FAA’s authority to issue rules 

regarding aviation safety is found in 

Title 49 of the U.S. Code. Subtitle 1, 

Section 106 describes the authority of 

the FAA Administrator. Subtitle VII, 

Aviation Programs, describes in more 

detail the scope of the agency’s 

authority. This rulemaking is 

promulgated under the authority 

described in Subtitle VII, Part A, 

Subpart I, Section 40103. Under that 

section, the FAA is charged with 

prescribing regulations to assign the use 

of airspace necessary to ensure the 

safety of aircraft and the efficient use of 

airspace. This regulation is within the 

scope of that authority as it would 

establish controlled airspace at JL Bar 

Ranch Airport, Sonora, TX. 

Environmental Review 

This proposal will be subject to an 

environmental analysis in accordance 

with FAA Order 1050.1E, 

‘‘Environmental Impacts: Policies and 

Procedures’’ prior to any FAA final 

regulatory action. 

List of Subjects in 14 CFR Part 71 

Airspace, Incorporation by reference, 

Navigation (air). 

The Proposed Amendment 

In consideration of the foregoing, the 

Federal Aviation Administration 

proposes to amend 14 CFR part 71 as 

follows: 

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. 

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1 16 U.S.C. 824(o) (2012). 

2NERC defines ‘‘Inadvertent Interchange’’ in the 

NERC Glossary of Terms Used in Reliability 

Standards (Glossary) as ‘‘[t]he difference between 

the Balancing Authority’s Net Actual Interchange 

and Net Scheduled Interchange. (IA ¥ IS)’’ 

3 ‘‘Unscheduled power flows’’ generally refers to 

the power flows that result from the law of physics 

that causes power from a given source to flow over 

all possible paths to its destination. 4 16 U.S.C. 824o(d)(2). 

5 16 U.S.C. 824o(e). 

6Rules Concerning Certification of the Electric 

Reliability Organization; and Procedures for the 

Establishment, Approval, and Enforcement of 

Electric Reliability Standards, Order No. 672, FERC 

Stats. & Regs. ¶ 31,204, order on reh’g, Order No. 

672–A, FERC Stats. & Regs. ¶ 31,212 (2006). 

7North American Electric Reliability Corp., 116 

FERC ¶ 61,062, order on reh’g and compliance, 117 

FERC ¶ 61,126 (2006), aff’d sub nom. Alcoa, Inc. 

v. FERC, 564 F.3d 1342 (D.C. Cir. 2009). 

8 Mandatory Reliability Standards for the BulkPower System, Order No. 693, FERC Stats. & Regs. 

¶ 31,242, order on reh’g, Order No. 693–A, 120 

FERC ¶ 61,053 (2007). The Commission approved 

Reliability Standard BAL–001–1 in an unpublished 

letter order, October 16, 2013 in Docket No. RD13– 

11–000. 

9 Id. P 355. 

§ 71.1 [Amended] 

■ 2. The incorporation by reference in 

14 CFR 71.1 of FAA Order 7400.9Y, 

Airspace Designations and Reporting 

Points, dated August 6, 2014 and 

effective September 15, 2014, is 

amended as follows: 

Paragraph 6005 Class E Airspace Areas 

Extending Upward From 700 Feet or More 

Above the Surface of the Earth. 

* * * * * 

ASW TX E5 Sonora, TX [New] 

JL Bar Ranch Airport, TX 

(Lat. 30°34′06′′ N., long. 100°26′39′′ W.) 

That airspace extending upward from 700 

feet above the surface within a 6.5-mile 

radius of JL Bar Ranch Airport. 

Issued in Fort Worth, TX, on November 13, 

2014. 

Robert W. Beck, 

Manager, Operations Support Group, ATO 

Central Service Center. 

[FR Doc. 2014–27973 Filed 11–25–14; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 4901–14–P 

DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY 

Federal Energy Regulatory 

Commission 

18 CFR Part 40 

[Docket No. RM14–10–000] 

Real Power Balancing Control 

Performance Reliability Standard 

AGENCY: Federal Energy Regulatory 

Commission, DOE. 

ACTION: Notice of proposed rulemaking. 

SUMMARY: The Federal Energy 

Regulatory Commission proposes to 

approve Reliability Standard BAL–001– 

2 (Real Power Balancing Control 

Performance) and proposed new 

definitions submitted by the North 

American Electric Reliability 

Corporation (NERC). The proposed 

Reliability Standard is designed to 

ensure that applicable entities maintain 

system frequency within narrow bounds 

around a scheduled value. In addition, 

the Commission proposes that NERC 

submit an informational filing that 

would address the impact of the 

proposed Reliability Standard on 

inadvertent interchange and 

unscheduled power flows. 

DATES: Comments are due January 26, 

2015. 

ADDRESSES: Comments, identified by 

docket number, may be filed in the 

following ways: 

• Electronic Filing through http://

www.ferc.gov. Documents created 

electronically using word processing 

software should be filed in native 

applications or print-to-PDF format and 

not in a scanned format. 

• Mail/Hand Delivery: Those unable 

to file electronically may mail or handdeliver comments to: Federal Energy 

Regulatory Commission, Secretary of the 

Commission, 888 First Street NE., 

Washington, DC 20426. 

Instructions: For detailed instructions 

on submitting comments and additional 

information on the rulemaking process, 

see the Comment Procedures Section of 

this document. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Enakpodia Agbedia (Technical 

Information), Office of Electric 

Reliability, Division of Reliability 

Standards, Federal Energy Regulatory 

Commission, 888 First Street NE., 

Washington, DC 20426, Telephone: 

(202) 502–6750, Enakpodia.Agbedia@

ferc.gov. 

Mark Bennett (Legal Information), Office 

of the General Counsel, Federal 

Energy Regulatory Commission, 888 

First Street NE., Washington, DC 

20426, Telephone: (202) 502–8524, 

Mark.Bennett@ferc.gov. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 

1. Under section 215 of the Federal 

Power Act (FPA),1 the Commission 

proposes to approve Reliability 

Standard BAL–001–2 (Real Power 

Balancing Control Performance) that the 

North American Electric Reliability 

Corporation (NERC), the Commissioncertified Electric Reliability 

Organization (ERO), submitted for 

approval. The proposed Reliability 

Standard applies to balancing 

authorities and regulation reserve 

sharing groups, and is designed to 

maintain Interconnection frequency 

within predefined frequency limits. The 

Commission also proposes to approve 

the retirement of currently-effective 

Reliability Standard BAL–001–1 

immediately prior to the effective date 

of BAL–001–2. 

2. Further, the Commission proposes 

to approve NERC’s four proposed 

definitions, associated violation risk 

factors and violation severity levels, 

implementation plan, and effective 

dates. The Commission also proposes 

that NERC submit an informational 

filing that would address the impact of 

the proposed Reliability Standard on 

inadvertent interchange 2 and 

unscheduled power flows.3

I. Background 

A. Mandatory Reliability Standards and 

Order No. 693 Directive 

3. Section 215 of the FPA requires a 

Commission-certified Electric 

Reliability Organization (ERO) to 

develop mandatory and enforceable 

Reliability Standards that are subject to 

Commission review and approval. 

Specifically, the Commission may 

approve, by rule or order, a proposed 

Reliability Standard or modification to a 

Reliability Standard if it determines that 

the Standard is just, reasonable, not 

unduly discriminatory or preferential 

and in the public interest.4 Once 

approved, the Reliability Standards may 

be enforced by NERC, subject to 

Commission oversight, or by the 

Commission independently.5

4. Pursuant to section 215 of the FPA, 

the Commission established a process to 

select and certify an ERO,6 and 

subsequently certified NERC.7 On 

March 16, 2007, the Commission issued 

Order No. 693, approving 83 of the 107 

Reliability Standards filed by NERC, 

including BAL–001–0 and a companion 

standard BAL–002–0.8 When approving 

BAL–002–0, the Commission directed 

NERC ‘‘to modify this Reliability 

Standard to define a significant 

deviation and a reportable event, taking 

into account all events that have an 

impact on frequency, e.g., loss of 

supply, loss of load and significant 

scheduling problems, which can cause 

frequency disturbances and to address 

how balancing authorities should 

respond.’’ 9

B. Proposed Reliability Standard 

BAL–001–2 

5. On April 2, 2014, NERC filed a 

petition (Petition) seeking approval of 

proposed Reliability Standard BAL– 

001–2, four new definitions to be added 

to the Glossary of Terms used in NERC 

Reliability Standards (NERC Glossary of 

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