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Adoption of the Amendment 

In consideration of the foregoing, the 

Federal Aviation Administration 

amends 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 14 CFR 

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 7400.9W, 

Airspace Designations and Reporting 

Points, signed August 8, 2012, and 

effective September 15, 2012, is 

amended as follows: 

Paragraph 3000 Subpart B—Class B Airspace 

* * * * * 

ASW TX B Houston, TX [Amended] 

George Bush Intercontinental Airport (IAH) 

(Primary Airport) 

(Lat. 29°59′04′′ N., long. 95°20′29′′ W.) 

William P. Hobby Airport (HOU) (Primary 

Airport) 

(Lat. 29°38′44′′ N., long. 95°16′44′′ W.) 

Ellington Field (EFD) 

(Lat. 29°36′26′′ N., long. 95°09′32′′ W.) 

Humble VORTAC (IAH) 

(Lat. 29°57′25′′ N., long. 95°20′45′′ W.) 

Point of Origin 

(Lat. 29°39′01′′ N., long. 95°16′45′′ W.) 

Boundaries 

* * * * * 

Issued in Washington, DC, on February 21, 

2013. 

Gary A. Norek, 

Manager, Airspace Policy and ATC 

Procedures Group. 

[FR Doc. 2013–04891 Filed 3–7–13; 8:45 am] 

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DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION 

Federal Aviation Administration 

14 CFR Part 71 

[Docket No. FAA–2012–0655; Airspace 

Docket No. 12–AGL–6] 

Amendment of Class E Airspace; Hot 

Springs, SD 

AGENCY: Federal Aviation 

Administration (FAA), DOT. 

ACTION: Final rule. 

SUMMARY: This action amends Class E 

airspace at Hot Springs, SD. Additional 

controlled airspace is necessary to 

accommodate new Area Navigation 

(RNAV) Standard Instrument Approach 

Procedures at Hot Springs Municipal 

Airport. The FAA is taking this action 

to enhance the safety and management 

of Instrument Flight Rule (IFR) 

operations at the airport. Geographic 

coordinates of the airport are also 

updated. 

DATES: Effective date: 0901 UTC, June 

27, 2013. The Director of the Federal 

Register approves this incorporation by 

reference action under 1 CFR Part 51, 

subject to the annual revision of FAA 

Order 7400.9 and publication of 

conforming amendments. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Scott Enander, Central Service Center, 

Operations Support Group, Federal 

Aviation Administration, Southwest 

Region, 2601 Meacham Blvd., Fort 

Worth, TX 76137; telephone 817–321– 

7716. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 

History 

On November 16, 2012, the FAA 

published in the Federal Register a 

notice of proposed rulemaking (NPRM) 

to amend Class E airspace for the Hot 

Springs, SD, area, creating additional 

controlled airspace at Hot Springs 

Municipal Airport (77 FR 68716) Docket 

No. FAA–2012–0655. Interested parties 

were invited to participate in this 

rulemaking effort by submitting written 

comments on the proposal to the FAA. 

No comments were received. Class E 

airspace designations are published in 

paragraph 6005 of FAA Order 7400.9W 

dated August 8, 2012, and effective 

September 15, 2012, which is 

incorporated by reference in 14 CFR 

part 71.1. The Class E airspace 

designations listed in this document 

will be published subsequently in the 

Order. 

The Rule 

This action amends Title 14 Code of 

Federal Regulations (14 CFR) Part 71 by 

amending Class E airspace extending 

upward from 700 feet above the surface 

to the north of the airport to 

accommodate new standard instrument 

approach procedures at Hot Springs 

Municipal Airport, Hot Springs, SD. 

This action is necessary for the safety 

and management of IFR operations at 

the airport. Geographic coordinates of 

the airport are updated to coincide with 

the FAA’s aeronautical database. 

The FAA has determined that this 

regulation only involves an established 

body of technical regulations for which 

frequent and routine amendments are 

necessary to keep them operationally 

current. Therefore, this regulation: (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 amends 

controlled airspace at Hot Springs 

Municipal Airport, Hot Springs, SD. 

Environmental Review 

The FAA has determined that this 

action qualifies for categorical exclusion 

under the National Environmental 

Policy Act in accordance with FAA 

Order 1050.1E, ‘‘Environmental 

Impacts: Policies and Procedures,’’ 

paragraph 311a. This airspace action is 

not expected to cause any potentially 

significant environmental impacts, and 

no extraordinary circumstances exist 

that warrant preparation of an 

environmental assessment. 

List of Subjects in 14 CFR Part 71 

Airspace, Incorporation by reference, 

Navigation (Air) 

Adoption of the Amendment 

In consideration of the foregoing, the 

Federal Aviation Administration 

amends 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 14 CFR 

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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14912 Federal Register / Vol. 78, No. 46 / Friday, March 8, 2013 / Rules and Regulations 

§ 71.1 [Amended] 

■ 2. The incorporation by reference in 

14 CFR Part 71.1 of the Federal Aviation 

Administration Order 7400.9W, 

Airspace Designations and Reporting 

Points, dated August 8, 2012, and 

effective September 15, 2012, is 

amended as follows: 

Paragraph 6005: Class E airspace areas 

extending upward from 700 feet or more 

above the surface. 

* * * * * 

AGL SD E5 Hot Springs, SD [Amended] 

Hot Springs Municipal Airport, SD 

(Lat. 43°22′06′′ N., long. 103°23′18′′ W.) 

That airspace extending upward from 700 

feet above the surface within a 7.4-mile 

radius of Hot Springs Municipal Airport, and 

within 2 miles each side of the 021° bearing 

from the airport extending from the 7.4-mile 

radius to 12.1 miles north of the airport. 

Issued in Fort Worth, Texas, on February 

12, 2013. 

David P. Medina, 

Manager, Operations Support Group, ATO 

Central Service Center. 

[FR Doc. 2013–05214 Filed 3–7–13; 8:45 am] 

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DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION 

Federal Aviation Administration 

14 CFR Part 129 

International Aviation Safety 

Assessment (IASA) Program Change 

AGENCY: Federal Aviation 

Administration (FAA), DOT. 

ACTION: Policy statement. 

SUMMARY: This statement describes a 

policy change to the FAA’s International 

Aviation Safety Assessment (IASA) 

program. The FAA wants to ensure that 

countries do not remain on this listing 

when the results of the FAA’s IASA 

determinations as to those countries 

might no longer be accurate or 

reasonably current. The FAA is 

accordingly adopting a procedure to 

remove a country from the IASA 

program summary listing when that 

country’s air carriers no longer provide 

air service to the United States, none of 

the country’s air carriers participates in 

code-share arrangements with U.S. air 

carriers, and the country’s civil aviation 

authority (CAA) has ceased interacting 

with the FAA for an extended period of 

time. The FAA is making this change to 

improve the quality of the IASA 

summary listing. This statement also 

explains IASA Categories 1 and 2 in 

terms of what the flying public may 

reasonably take them to mean. This 

document modifies the IASA policies 

previously announced by the FAA. 

DATES: Effective date: April 8, 2013. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Manager of the International Programs 

and Policy Division (AFS–50), Flight 

Standards Service, Federal Aviation 

Administration, 800 Independence 

Avenue SW., Washington, DC 20591, 

(202) 385–8070. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 

Background 

The Removal of Inactive Countries; and 

Public Expectations of IASA Categories 

Removal of Inactive Countries 

Under the IASA program, the FAA 

assesses whether another country’s 

oversight of its air carriers that operate, 

or seek to operate, into the U.S., or 

codeshare with a U.S. air carrier, 

complies with international aviation 

safety standards established by the 

International Civil Aviation 

Organization (ICAO). The FAA 

maintains and publishes a country-bycountry summary listing of the results of 

its IASA determinations. Some 

countries continue to be listed on the 

IASA summary, whether in Category 1 

or 2, even though the countries have no 

air carriers that are serving the United 

States or code sharing with one or more 

U.S. partner airlines. Because of the lack 

of air service to the United States, there 

is minimal, if any, interaction between 

the FAA and the subject CAAs. To date, 

countries have not been removed from 

the category listing for inactivity, even 

though the safety oversight information 

previously collected may become stale 

and unreliable. To improve the quality 

of information on the IASA program 

summary category listing, the FAA is 

initiating a process to remove inactive 

countries from the listing. 

Information generated by the IASA 

program is used by the U.S. and foreign 

governments, the aviation industry, and 

the traveling public. IASA information 

disseminated should be accurate and 

reasonably current. To this end, 

countries whose IASA information can 

no longer be considered accurate and 

reasonably current will be removed 

from the published IASA summary 

listing. 

In determining whether a country’s 

IASA information is no longer accurate 

and reasonably current, we will proceed 

on the basis that if, after a four year 

period, a country has no air carrier 

providing air transport service to the 

United States, none of the country’s air 

carriers participates in code-share 

arrangements with U.S. air carriers, and 

the CAA does not interact significantly 

with the FAA, the FAA will remove that 

country from the IASA summary 

category listing. These criteria will be 

applied immediately in a review of 

countries currently on the list and on a 

continual basis going forward. 

Before the FAA removes a country 

from the IASA program listing, the 

country’s CAA will receive formal 

notification prior to the removal. Just as 

it does when a country is added to the 

list or a country’s IASA category is 

changed, the FAA will notify the public 

regarding the removal of a country from 

the IASA summary listing. 

Once a country is removed from the 

IASA summary listing, a full 

reassessment of the CAA must be 

conducted before the country can be 

rated in the IASA program and before a 

carrier subject to that country’s aviation 

safety oversight can serve the United 

States using its own aircraft or can put 

a U.S. carrier code on its flights. 

Public Expectations of IASA Category 

Ratings 

Members of the public have asked 

what the IASA category rating for a 

country means when they are making 

transportation choices. Category 1 

means that the FAA has found that the 

country meets ICAO Standards for 

safety oversight of civil aviation. 

Category 2 means that the FAA has 

found that the country does not meet 

those Standards. The ICAO Standards 

are presumptively binding on ICAO 

Member States as signatories to the 

Chicago Convention. The Standards are 

promulgated from time to time by ICAO 

and grouped by subject matter (for 

example, airline personnel licensing or 

operation of aircraft) in Annexes to the 

Chicago Convention. 

The FAA normally determines the 

appropriate IASA category rating for a 

country using information collected 

during an in-country assessment of that 

country’s CAA. The FAA also may 

consider other reliable sources of 

information on a CAA’s compliance 

with international standards when 

making a determination of safety 

oversight under the IASA program. The 

FAA may use the information 

developed by these other sources to 

supplement the information developed 

during an FAA assessment of the CAA, 

or to entirely replace the assessment 

altogether, when making an IASA 

category determination. 

In conducting its IASA assessments, 

the FAA uses a standardized checklist 

that groups the ICAO Standards on 

safety oversight into eight critical 

elements: (1) Primary aviation 

legislation, (2) specific operating 

regulations, (3) organization structure 


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