55742 Federal Register / Vol. 80, No. 180 / Thursday, September 17, 2015 / Rules and Regulations 

1The facility’s productivity factor is determined 

by dividing the annual RAA service count by 

16,000. The productivity factor is compared to the 

number of employees used to provide the service 

and must be equal to or greater than the number of 

employees needed to provide the service. Normally 

about 2.5 employees are factored annually to 

provide 10 hours of service per day. 

2Lockheed Martin contact history daily averages, 

July 12–26 and October 1–15, 2014. 

Issued in Seattle, Washington, on 

September 08, 2015. 

Christopher Ramirez, 

Manager, Operations Support Group, Western 

Service Center. 

[FR Doc. 2015–23271 Filed 9–16–15; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 4910–13–P 

DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION 

Federal Aviation Administration 

14 CFR Chapter I 

[Docket No.: FAA–2015–1006] 

Discontinuation of Airport Advisory 

Service in the Contiguous United 

States, Puerto Rico, and Hawaii 

AGENCY: Federal Aviation 

Administration (FAA), DOT. 

ACTION: Notice of policy. 

SUMMARY: This action discontinues the 

availability Airport Advisory services 

within the contiguous United States, 

Puerto Rico, and Hawaii. The FAA is 

taking this action because the frequency 

of Remote Airport Advisories service 

use at the 19 locations within the 

contiguous United States, Puerto Rico, 

and Hawaii, no longer justifies the 

continuation of the service due to the 

lack of productivity. 

DATES: Effective date October 1, 2015. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Alan Wilkes, Manager, Flight Service 

NAS Initiative Operations/

Implementation, Federal Aviation 

Administration, 800 Independence 

Avenue SW., Washington, DC 20591; 

telephone 202–267–7771; Fax (202) 

267–6310; email Alan.Wilkes@faa.gov. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 

History 

On June 30, 2015, the FAA published 

in the Federal Register (80 FR 37356– 

37358) a notice of proposed policy to 

inform the public regarding proposed 

revisions to the criteria set forth in FAA 

Order 7110.10, Flight Services, Chapter 

4, Section 4; and FAA Order 7210.3, 

Facility Operation and Administration, 

paragraph 13–4–5, so that the policy 

would apply to the State of Alaska only. 

Interested parties were invited to 

participate in this policy change by 

submitting written comments of the 

proposal. No comments were received. 

Background 

The criteria for providing Airport 

Advisory (AA) services at Flight Service 

Stations (FSS) is provided in FAA Order 

7210.3, and specifies the criteria for 

providing Airport Advisory (AA) 

services; specifically, paragraph 13–4–5, 

addresses Local Airport Advisory 

(LAA), Remote Airport Advisory (RAA) 

and Remote Airport Information Service 

(RAIS). Section (b) of that paragraph 

requires, in part, that Flight Service 

Stations provide RAA when the 

employee productivity factor is high 

enough to justify the cost of providing 

the service.1

Currently, Lockheed Martin provides 

RAA services at 19 locations. At 18 of 

the 19 locations, a sample of historical 

data reflects that pilots contact the RAA 

service an average of less than 1 time 

per day. At Millville Municipal Airport 

in Millville, NJ, pilots contact the RAA 

service an average of 14 times per day.2

The frequency of RAA service use no 

longer justifies the continuation of the 

service due to the lack of productivity. 

The FAA will discontinue the 

requirement for FSSs to provide AA 

services in the contiguous United States, 

Puerto Rico, and Hawaii effective 

October 1, 2015, resulting in services no 

longer being available at the 19 

locations. The AA services in the state 

of Alaska will not be affected by this 

change, and will remain due to the 

unique challenges presented by the 

remote mountainous terrain and 

weather conditions across the state. 

Applicability 

The FAA will revise the criteria set 

forth in FAA Order 7110.10, Chapter 4, 

Section 4; and FAA Order 7210.3, 

paragraph 13–4–5 to only be applicable 

to the State of Alaska, and AA services 

will be discontinued at locations within 

the CONUS, Puerto Rico, and Hawaii. 

Due to the policy change, RAA service 

would no longer be provided at the 

following airports: 

Altoona-Blair County Airport (AOO), 

Altoona, Pennsylvania; 

Columbia Regional Airport (COU), Columbia, 

Missouri; 

Elkins-Randolph Airport (EKN), Elkins, West 

Virginia; 

Huron Regional Airport (HON), Huron, South 

Dakota; 

Jackson-McKellar-Sipes Regional Airport 

(MKL), Jackson, Tennessee; 

Jonesboro Municipal Airport (JBR), 

Jonesboro, Arkansas; 

Macon-Middle Georgia Regional Airport 

(MCN), Macon, Georgia; 

Anderson Regional Airport (AND), Anderson, 

South Carolina; 

Anniston Metropolitan Airport (ANB), 

Anniston, Alabama; 

Casper-Natrona County International Airport 

(CPR), Casper, Wyoming; 

Gainesville Regional Airport (GNV), 

Gainesville, Florida; 

Grand Forks International Airport (GFK), 

Grand Forks, North Dakota; 

Greenwood-Leflore Airport (GWO), 

Greenwood, Mississippi; 

Louisville-Bowman Field Airport (LOU), 

Louisville, Kentucky; 

Millville Municipal Airport (MIV), Millville, 

New Jersey; 

Prescott-Ernest A. Love Field Airport (PRC), 

Prescott, Arizona; 

St. Louis-Spirit of St. Louis Airport (SUS), St. 

Louis, Missouri; 

St. Petersburg-Clearwater International 

Airport (PIE), St. Petersburg, Florida; and 

Miami-Kendall-Tamiami Executive Airport 

(TMB), Miami, Florida. 

II. Additional Information 

A. Availability of Documents 

An electronic copy of rulemaking 

documents may be obtained from the 

Internet by— 

1. Searching the Federal eRulemaking 

Portal (http://www.regulations.gov); 

2. Visiting the FAA’s Regulations and 

Policies Web page at http://

www.faa.gov/regulations_policies or 

3. Accessing the Government Printing 

Office’s Web page at http://

www.gpo.gov/fdsys/. 

Copies may also be obtained by 

sending a request to the Federal 

Aviation Administration, Office of 

Rulemaking, ARM–1, 800 Independence 

Avenue SW., Washington, DC 20591, or 

by calling (202) 267–9680. Commenters 

must identify the docket or amendment 

number of this notice. 

All documents the FAA considered in 

developing this notice, including 

economic analyses and technical 

reports, may be accessed from the 

Internet through the Federal 

eRulemaking Portal referenced in item 

(1) above. 

Issued in Washington, DC, on August 25, 

2015. 

Jeanne Giering, 

Director of Flight Services. 

[FR Doc. 2015–21784 Filed 9–16–15; 8:45 am] 

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