Federal Register / Vol. 85, No. 241 / Tuesday, December 15, 2020 / Proposed Rules 81167 

(i) Related Information 

For more information about this AD, 

contact Nicholas Paine, Aviation Safety 

Engineer, ECO Branch, FAA, 1200 District 

Avenue, Burlington, MA 01803; phone: (781) 

238–7742; fax: (781) 238–7199; email: 

nicholas.j.paine@faa.gov. 

Issued on December 9, 2020. 

Lance T. Gant, 

Director, Compliance & Airworthiness 

Division, Aircraft Certification Service. 

[FR Doc. 2020–27511 Filed 12–14–20; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 4910–13–P 

DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION 

Federal Aviation Administration 

14 CFR Part 71 

[Docket No. FAA–2020–1072; Airspace 

Docket No. 20–ACE–23] 

RIN 2120–AA66 

Proposed Establishment of Class E 

Airspace; Leoti, KS 

AGENCY: Federal Aviation 

Administration (FAA), DOT. 

ACTION: Notice of proposed rulemaking 

(NPRM). 

SUMMARY: This action proposes to 

establish Class E airspace extending 

upward from 700 feet above the surface 

at Mark Hoard Memorial Airport, Leoti, 

KS. The establishment of Class E 

airspace facilitates the airport’s 

transition from visual flight rules (VFR) 

to instrument flight rules (IFR) 

operations. This action would ensure 

the safety and management of IFR 

operations at the airport. 

DATES: Comments must be received on 

or before January 29, 2021. 

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; telephone: 

1(800) 647–5527, or (202) 366–9826. 

You must identify FAA Docket No. 

FAA–2020–1072; Airspace Docket No. 

20–ACE–23, at the beginning of your 

comments. You may also submit 

comments through the internet at 

https://www.regulations.gov. 

FAA Order 7400.11E, Airspace 

Designations and Reporting Points, and 

subsequent amendments can be viewed 

online at https://www.faa.gov/air_

traffic/publications/. For further 

information, you can contact the 

Airspace Policy Group, Federal Aviation 

Administration, 800 Independence 

Avenue SW, Washington, DC 20591; 

telephone: (202) 267–8783. The Order is 

also available for inspection at the 

National Archives and Records 

Administration (NARA). For 

information on the availability of FAA 

Order 7400.11E at NARA, email 

fedreg.legal@nara.gov or go to https://

www.archives.gov/federal-register/cfr/ 

ibr_locations.html. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Matthew Van Der Wal, Federal Aviation 

Administration, Western Service Center, 

Operations Support Group, 2200 S 

216th Street, Des Moines, WA 98198; 

telephone (206) 231–3695. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 

Authority for This Rulemaking 

The FAA’s authority to issue rules 

regarding aviation safety is found in 

Title 49 of the United States Code. 

Subtitle I, 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 Class E airspace to support the 

airport’s transition from VFR to IFR 

operations at Mark Hoard Memorial 

Airport, Leoti, KS. 

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. 

Persons 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–2020–1072; Airspace 

Docket No. 20–ACE–23’’. The postcard 

will be date/time stamped and returned 

to the commenter. 

All communications received before 

the specified closing date for comments 

will be considered before taking action 

on the proposed rule. The proposal 

contained in this notice may be changed 

in light of the comments received. A 

report summarizing each substantive 

public contact with FAA personnel 

concerned with this rulemaking will be 

filed in the docket. 

Availability of NPRMs 

An electronic copy of this document 

may be downloaded through the 

internet at https://www.regulations.gov. 

Recently published rulemaking 

documents can also be accessed through 

the FAA’s web page at https://

www.faa.gov//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 the 

ADDRESSES section for the 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, except federal 

holidays, at the Northwest Mountain 

Regional Office of the Federal Aviation 

Administration, Air Traffic 

Organization, Western Service Center, 

Operations Support Group, 2200 S 

216th Street, Des Moines, WA 98198. 

Availability and Summary of 

Documents for Incorporation by 

Reference 

This document proposes to amend 

FAA Order 7400.11E, Airspace 

Designations and Reporting Points, 

dated July 21, 2020, and effective 

September 15, 2020. FAA Order 

7400.11E is publicly available as listed 

in the ADDRESSES section of this 

document. FAA Order 7400.11E lists 

Class A, B, C, D, and E airspace areas, 

air traffic service routes, and reporting 

points. 

The Proposal 

The FAA is proposing an amendment 

to Title 14 Code of Federal Regulations 

(14 CFR) part 71 by establishing Class E 

airspace extending upward from 700 

feet above the surface at the Mark Hoard 

Memorial Airport, Leoti, KS. The 

establishment of Class E airspace 

facilitates the airport’s transition from 

VFR to IFR operations. The airspace is 

designed to contain IFR departures to 

1,200 feet above the surface and IFR 

arrivals descending below 1,500 feet 

above the surface. The area would be 

described as follows: That airspace 

extending upward from 700 feet above 

the surface within a 6.5-mile radius of 

Mark Hoard Memorial Airport. 

81168 Federal Register / Vol. 85, No. 241 / Tuesday, December 15, 2020 / Proposed Rules 

Class E airspace designations are 

published in paragraph 6005 of FAA 

Order 7400.11E, dated July 21, 2020, 

and effective September 15, 2020, 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. 

FAA Order 7400.11, Airspace 

Designations and Reporting Points, is 

published yearly and effective on 

September 15. 

Regulatory Notices and Analyses 

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, is non-controversial, and 

unlikely to result in adverse or negative 

comments. 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, would not have a 

significant economic impact on a 

substantial number of small entities 

under the criteria of the Regulatory 

Flexibility Act. 

Environmental Review 

This proposal will be subject to an 

environmental analysis in accordance 

with FAA Order 1050.1F, 

‘‘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 

Accordingly, pursuant to the 

authority delegated to me, 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 14 CFR 

part 71 continues to read as follows: 

Authority: 49 U.S.C. 106(f), 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 7400.11E, 

Airspace Designations and Reporting 

Points, dated July 21, 2020, and 

effective September 15, 2020, is 

amended as follows: 

Paragraph 6005. Class E Airspace Areas 

Extending Upward From 700 Feet or More 

Above the Surface of the Earth. 

* * * * * 

ACE KS E5 Leoti, KS [New] 

Mark Hoard Memorial Airport, KS 

(Lat. 38°27′27′′ N, long. 101°21′03′′ W) 

That airspace extending upward from 700 

feet above the surface within a 6.5-mile 

radius of Mark Hoard Memorial Airport. 

Issued in Seattle, Washington, on 

December 7, 2020. 

B.G. Chew, 

Acting Group Manager, Operations Support 

Group, Western Service Center. 

[FR Doc. 2020–27477 Filed 12–14–20; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 4910–13–P 

DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE 

National Oceanic and Atmospheric 

Administration 

50 CFR Part 229 

[Docket No. 201123–0312] 

RIN 0648–BF90 

Taking of Marine Mammals Incidental 

to Commercial Fishing Operations; 

Amendment to the Atlantic Pelagic 

Longline Take Reduction Plan 

AGENCY: National Marine Fisheries 

Service (NMFS), National Oceanic and 

Atmospheric Administration (NOAA), 

Commerce. 

ACTION: Proposed rule; request for 

comments. 

SUMMARY: NMFS proposes to amend the 

regulations implementing the Atlantic 

Pelagic Longline Take Reduction Plan 

(hereinafter called the PLTRP or the 

Plan) to reduce mortalities and serious 

injuries of short-finned pilot whales 

incidental to the Atlantic pelagic 

longline fishery to meet the long-term 

goal of the Plan as required by the 

Marine Mammal Protection Act 

(MMPA). The PLTRP currently contains 

both regulatory and non-regulatory 

management measures to reduce 

mortality and serious injury of pilot 

whales (Globicephala spp.) and Risso’s 

dolphins (Grampus griseus), in the 

Atlantic portion of the Category I 

Atlantic Ocean, Caribbean, Gulf of 

Mexico large pelagics longline fishery 

(hereinafter called Atlantic pelagic 

longline fishery). The proposed 

amendments to the PLTRP are based on 

consensus recommendations submitted 

by the Atlantic Pelagic Longline Take 

Reduction Team (hereinafter called the 

PLTRT or the Team) and include: 

Removing the Cape Hatteras Special 

Research Area and the associated 

special observer and research 

participation requirements for 

fishermen operating in that area, 

modifying the mainline length 

restrictions for pelagic longline sets in 

the U.S. exclusive economic zone (EEZ) 

portion of the Mid-Atlantic Bight, and 

implementing required hook and 

gangion modifications in the EEZ 

portion of the Florida East Coast, South 

Atlantic Bight, Mid-Atlantic Bight and 

Northeast Coastal fishing areas. 

Furthermore, NMFS is removing Risso’s 

dolphins and long-finned pilot whales 

from the Plan’s scope. 

DATES: Written comments on the 

proposed rule must be received no later 

than 5 p.m. eastern time on February 16, 

2021. 

ADDRESSES: You may submit comments 

on this proposed rule, identified by 

0648–BF90, by any of the following 

methods: 

• Federal eRulemaking Portal: Go to 

www.regulations.gov/#!docketDetail;D=

NOAA-NMFS-2016-0105, click the 

‘‘Comment Now!’ icon, complete the 

required fields, and enter or attach your 

comments. 

• Mail: Erin Fouge`res, Southeast 

Regional Office, NMFS, 263 13th 

Avenue South, St. Petersburg, FL 33701. 

Instructions: NMFS may not consider 

comments if they are sent by any other 

method, to any other address or 

individual, or received after the 

comment period ends. All comments 

received are a part of the public record 

and NMFS will generally post for public 

viewing on to www.regulations.gov 

without change. All personal identifying 

information (for example, name, 

address, etc.), confidential business 

information, or otherwise sensitive 

information submitted voluntarily by 

the sender is publicly accessible. NMFS 

will accept anonymous comments (enter 

N/A in the required fields, if you wish 

to remain anonymous). You may submit 

attachments to electronic comments in 

Microsoft Word, Excel, WordPerfect, or 

Adobe PDF file formats only. 

The draft Environmental Assessment, 

Regulatory Impact Review, Regulatory 

Flexibility Act Analysis, and references 

for the Proposed rule, can be found in 

the Federal eRulemaking Portal as 

supplementary document. Background 

documents for the PLTRP can be 

downloaded from the Take Reduction