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airport extending from the 6.4-mile radius to 

11 miles northeast of the airport; that 

airspace extending upward from 1,200 feet 

above the surface within a 30-mile radius of 

lat. 63°38′25′′ N., long. 170°57′44′′ W., 

starting at the 303° bearing of the airport 

counterclockwise to the 171° bearing of the 

airport then northeast to lat. 63°20′35′′ N., 

long. 169°36′56′′ W., and within a 30-mile 

radius of lat. 63°47′53′′ N., long. 170°03′36′′ 

W., starting at the 121° bearing of Savoonga 

Airport counterclockwise to the 352° bearing 

of the airport thence to the point of origin. 

Issued in Seattle, Washington, on 

September 25, 2012. 

Vered Lovett, 

Acting Manager, Operations Support Group, 

Western Service Center. 

[FR Doc. 2012–24669 Filed 10–5–12; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 4910–13–P 

DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION 

Federal Aviation Administration 

14 CFR Part 71 

[Docket No. FAA–2012–0853; Airspace 

Docket No. 12–ANM–23] 

Proposed Amendment of Class E 

Airspace; Astoria, OR 

AGENCY: Federal Aviation 

Administration (FAA), DOT. 

ACTION: Notice of proposed rulemaking 

(NPRM). 

SUMMARY: This action proposes to 

modify Class E airspace at Astoria 

Regional Airport, Astoria, OR. 

Controlled airspace is necessary to 

accommodate aircraft using Area 

Navigation (RNAV) Global Positioning 

System (GPS) standard instrument 

approach procedures at Astoria Regional 

Airport. The FAA is proposing this 

action to enhance the safety and 

management of aircraft operations at the 

airport. 

DATES: Comments must be received on 

or before November 23, 2012. 

ADDRESSES: Send comments on this 

proposal to the U.S. Department of 

Transportation, Docket Operations, M– 

30, West Building Ground Floor, Room 

W12–140, 1200 New Jersey Avenue SE., 

Washington, DC 20590; telephone (202) 

366–9826. You must identify FAA 

Docket No. FAA–2012–0853; Airspace 

Docket No. 12–ANM–23, at the 

beginning of your comments. You may 

also submit comments through the 

Internet athttp://www.regulations.gov. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Eldon Taylor, Federal Aviation 

Administration, Operations Support 

Group, Western Service Center, 1601 

Lind Avenue SW., Renton, WA 98057; 

telephone (425) 203–4537. 

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 (FAA Docket No. FAA 

2012–0853 and Airspace Docket No. 12– 

ANM–23) and be submitted in triplicate 

to the Docket Management System (see 

ADDRESSES section for address and 

phone number). You may also submit 

comments through the Internet at http:// 

www.regulations.gov. 

Commenters wishing the FAA to 

acknowledge receipt of their comments 

on this action must submit with those 

comments a self-addressed stamped 

postcard on which the following 

statement is made: ‘‘Comments to FAA 

Docket No. FAA–2012–0853 and 

Airspace Docket No. 12–ANM–23’’. The 

postcard will be date/time stamped and 

returned to the commenter. 

All communications received on or 

before the specified closing date for 

comments will be considered before 

taking action on the proposed rule. The 

proposal contained in this action may 

be changed in light of comments 

received. All comments submitted will 

be available for examination in the 

public docket both before and after the 

closing date for comments. 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 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 the 

ADDRESSES section for the address and 

phone number) between 9 a.m. and 5 

p.m., Monday through Friday, except 

federal holidays. An informal docket 

may also be examined during normal 

business hours at the Northwest 

Mountain Regional Office of the Federal 

Aviation Administration, Air Traffic 

Organization, Western Service Center, 

Operations Support Group, 1601 Lind 

Avenue SW., Renton, WA 98057. 

Persons interested in being placed on 

a mailing list for future NPRM’s should 

contact the FAA’s Office of Rulemaking, 

(202) 267–9677, for a copy of Advisory 

Circular No. 11–2A, Notice of Proposed 

Rulemaking Distribution System, which 

describes the application procedure. 

The Proposal 

The FAA is proposing an amendment 

to Title 14 Code of Federal Regulations 

(14 CFR) part 71 by modifying Class E 

airspace extending upward from 700 

feet above the surface at Astoria 

Regional Airport, Astoria, OR. 

Controlled airspace is necessary to 

accommodate aircraft using the RNAV 

(GPS) standard instrument approach 

procedures at Astoria Regional Airport 

and would enhance the safety and 

management of aircraft operations at the 

airport. 

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 

71.1. The Class E airspace designation 

listed in this document will be 

published subsequently in this Order. 

The FAA has determined this 

proposed regulation only involves an 

established body of technical 

regulations for which frequent and 

routine amendments are necessary to 

keep them operationally current. 

Therefore, this proposed 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 this proposed 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. 

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 for 

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, 


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1Petition of the United States Postal Service for 

the Initiation of a Proceeding to Consider Proposed 

Changes in Analytical Principles (Proposals Eight 

and Nine), September 28, 2012 (Petition). 

2 Docket No. MC2010–36, Order Conditionally 

Granting Request to Transfer Commercial Standard 

Mail Parcels to the Competitive Product List, March 

2, 2011 (Order No. 689). The Commission imposed 

‘‘the following conditions: (1) The Postal Service 

files a notice of competitive price adjustment for 

Parcel Select rates, including Lightweight Parcel 

Select parcels, that demonstrates such rates satisfy 

39 U.S.C. 3633(a) and 39 CFR part 3015; (2) the 

Commission issues an order finding that the Parcel 

Select rates in (1) above satisfy 39 U.S.C. 3633(a) 

and 39 CFR part 3015; and (3) the Standard Mail 

Parcels transfer authorized by this Order is not 

effective until the effective date of prices authorized 

in (b), above.’’ Id. at 19. 

3 In Docket No. CP2012–2, the Commission 

approved an 8.9 percent rate increase for 

Lightweight Parcel Select and found that the Postal 

Service had met the conditions set out in Order No. 

689. Docket No. CP2012–2, Order No. 1062, Order 

Approving Changes in Rates of General 

Applicability for Competitive Products, at 4, 10–13, 

December 21, 2011. 

Subpart I, Section 40103. Under that 

section, the FAA is charged with 

prescribing regulations to assign the use 

of the 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 

modify controlled airspace at Astoria 

Regional Airport, Astoria, OR. 

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 

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(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 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 of the earth. 

* * * * * 

ANM OR E5 Astoria, OR [Modified] 

Astoria Regional Airport, Astoria, OR 

(Lat. 46°09′29′′ N., long. 123°52′43′′ W.) 

Seaside Municipal Airport 

(Lat. 46°00′54′′ N., long. 123°54′28′′ W.) 

That airspace extending from 700 feet 

above the surface within a 7-mile radius of 

Astoria Regional Airport; and within 6 miles 

north and 8.3 miles south of the Astoria 

Regional Airport 268° bearing extending from 

the 7-mile radius to 17.5 miles west of 

Astoria Regional Airport, excluding the 

portion within a 1.8-mile radius of Seaside 

Municipal Airport; and within 4 miles 

northeast and 8.3 miles southwest of the 

Astoria Regional Airport 326° bearing 

extending from the 7-mile radius to 21.4 

miles northwest of Astoria Regional Airport; 

and within 4 miles each side of the Astoria 

Regional Airport 096° bearing extending from 

the 7-mile radius to 12 miles east of Astoria 

Regional Airport; and within 8.3 miles north 

and 4 miles south of the Astoria Regional 

Airport 096° bearing from 12 miles east, to 

28.3 miles east of Astoria Regional Airport; 

and within a 15.9-mile radius of Astoria 

Regional Airport extending clockwise from 

the 326° bearing to the 347° bearing of the 

airport; and within a 23.1-mile radius of 

Astoria Regional Airport extending clockwise 

from the 347° bearing to the 039° bearing of 

the airport extending from the 15.9-mile 

radius to a 23.1-mile radius of Astoria 

Regional Airport extending clockwise from 

the airport 039° bearing to the airport 185° 

bearing. 

Issued in Seattle, Washington, on 

September 25, 2012. 

Vered Lovett, 

Acting Manager, Operations Support Group, 

Western Service Center. 

[FR Doc. 2012–24674 Filed 10–5–12; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 4910–13–P 

POSTAL REGULATORY COMMISSION 

39 CFR Part 3001 

[Docket No. RM2012–8; Order No. 1488] 

New Postal Product 

AGENCY: Postal Regulatory Commission. 

ACTION: Notice. 

SUMMARY: The Commission is noticing a 

recently-filed Postal Service petition to 

initiate an informal rulemaking 

proceeding to consider changes in 

analytical principles (Proposals Eight 

and Nine) used in periodic reporting. 

This notice provides an opportunity for 

the public to comment on the potential 

changes. 

DATES: Comments are due: October 29, 

2012. Reply Comments are due: 

November 8, 2012. 

ADDRESSES: Submit comments 

electronically via the Commission’s 

Filing Online system at http:ww.prc.gov. 

Commenters who cannot submit their 

views electronically should contact the 

person identified in the FOR FURTHER

INFORMATION CONTACT portion of the 

preamble for advice on alternatives to 

electronic filings. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Stephen L. Sharfman, General Counsel, 

at 202–789–6824. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: On 

September 28, 2012, the Postal Service 

filed a petition pursuant to 39 CFR 

3050.11 requesting that the Commission 

initiate an informal rulemaking 

proceeding to consider changes in the 

analytical methods approved for use in 

periodic reporting.1 The Postal Service 

also requests that the Commission 

complete action on the petition by 

December 1, 2012, so that the proposed 

changes can be incorporated into the 

Annual Compliance Report (ACR) for 

FY 2012. Petition at 1. 

Proposal Eight: Transfer Mail 

Processing Cost Model for Machinable 

and Irregular Standard Mail Parcels to 

the Mail Processing Cost Model for 

Parcel Select/Parcel Return Service. The 

Postal Service proposes to move the 

machinable and irregular cost 

worksheets contained in the Standard 

Mail parcel mail processing cost model 

to the Parcel Select/Parcel Return 

Service mail processing cost model and 

to relabel the worksheets as 

‘‘Lightweight Parcel Select.’’ Id. at 3. 

The Commission, in Docket No. 

MC2010–36, conditionally approved the 

transfer of the commercial Standard 

machinable and irregular parcel price 

categories from the market dominant 

product list to the competitive product 

list as ‘‘Lightweight Parcel Select,’’ a 

subcategory of Parcel Select.2 The 

transfer became effective with the 

implementation of new prices in 

January 2012.3 The Postal Service states 

that costs reported for FY 2012 should 

reflect the incorporation of Lightweight 

Parcel Select into Parcel Select. Petition 

at 4. 

The Postal Service states that the 

proposed changes are solely mechanical 

in nature because the number of 

machinable and irregular price 

categories, as well as the presort level 

and destination entry point for each 

price category, have not changed as a 

result of the commercial Standard Mail 

parcel price categories being moved to 

the competitive products list. Id. at 3. 

The Postal Service also proposes that 

the Parcel Select and Lightweight Parcel 

Select model cost estimates be used to 


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