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13, 2019), all comments received, the 

final rule, and all background material 

may be viewed online at http://

www.regulations.gov using the docket 

number listed above. A copy of this 

final rule will also be placed in the 

docket. Electronic retrieval help and 

guidelines are available on the website. 

It is available 24 hours each day, 365 

days each year. An electronic copy of 

this document may also be downloaded 

from the Office of the Federal Register’s 

website at http://www.ofr.gov and the 

Government Publishing Office’s website 

at http://www.gpo.gov. 

Background 

On January 20, 2021, the Assistant to 

the President and Chief of Staff issued 

a memorandum titled, ‘‘Regulatory 

Freeze Pending Review.’’ The 

memorandum requested that the heads 

of executive departments and agencies 

(agencies) take steps to ensure that the 

President’s appointees or designees 

have the opportunity to review any new 

or pending rules. With respect to rules 

published in the Federal Register, but 

not yet effective, the memorandum 

asked that agencies consider postponing 

the rules’ effective dates for 60 days 

from the date of the memorandum (i.e., 

March 21, 2021) for the purpose of 

reviewing any questions of fact, law, 

and policy the rules may raise. 

In accordance with this direction, the 

Agency has decided to delay until 

March 16, 2021, the effective date of the 

final rule, Operation of Small 

Unmanned Aircraft Systems Over 

People (RIN 2120–AK85), including the 

amendments to §§ 107.61, 107.63, 

107.65, 107.73, and 107.74. The final 

rule permits routine operations of small 

unmanned aircraft over people, moving 

vehicles, and at night under certain 

conditions. The final rule also makes 

changes to the recurrent testing 

framework and expands the list of 

persons who may request the 

presentation of a remote pilot certificate. 

The delay in the rule’s effective date 

will afford the President’s appointees or 

designees an opportunity to review the 

rule and will allow for consideration of 

any questions of fact, law, or policy that 

the rule may raise before it becomes 

effective. 

Additionally, as a result of the delay 

in the effective date, several corrections 

are necessary. The compliance date for 

§ 107.29(a)(1) regarding the operation of 

a small unmanned aircraft system at 

night must be corrected so that it does 

not precede the new effective date. 

Similarly, a correction to § 107.65(d) 

regarding the timing of passing the 

recurrent aeronautical knowledge test or 

satisfying training requirements must 

also be made to conform to the delayed 

effective date. 

Waiver of Rulemaking and Delayed 

Effective Date 

Under the Administrative Procedure 

Act (APA) (5 U.S.C. 553), the Agency 

generally offers interested parties the 

opportunity to comment on proposed 

regulations and publish rules not less 

than 30 days before their effective dates. 

However, the APA provides that an 

agency is not required to conduct 

notice-and-comment rulemaking or 

delay effective dates when the agency, 

for good cause, finds that the 

requirement is impracticable, 

unnecessary, or contrary to the public 

interest (5 U.S.C. 553(b)(B) and (d)(3)). 

There is good cause to waive both of 

these requirements here as they are 

impracticable. A delay in the effective 

date of the final rule, Operation of Small 

Unmanned Aircraft Systems Over 

People, is necessary for the President’s 

appointees and designees to have 

adequate time to review the rule before 

it takes effect, and neither the notice 

and comment process nor the delayed 

effective date could be implemented in 

time to allow for this review. 

Corrections 

In FR Doc. 2020–28947 (86 FR 4314) 

published on January 15, 2021, the 

following corrections are made: 

§ 107.29 [Corrected] 

■ 1. On page 4382, in the second 

column, in § 107.29, in paragraph (a)(1), 

the date ‘‘March 1, 2021’’ is corrected to 

read ‘‘March 16, 2021’’. 

§ 107.65 [Corrected] 

■ 2. On page 4383, in the first column, 

in § 107.65, in paragraph (d), the date 

‘‘March 1, 2021’’ is corrected to read 

‘‘March 16, 2021’’. 

Issued in Washington, DC, under the 

authority provided by 49 U.S.C. 106(f), 40101 

note and 44807, on February 23, 2021. 

Steve Dickson, 

Administrator, Federal Aviation 

Administration. 

[FR Doc. 2021–04093 Filed 2–24–21; 4:15 pm] 

BILLING CODE 4910–13–P 

DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION 

Federal Aviation Administration 

14 CFR Part 71 

[Docket No. FAA–2020–0943; Airspace 

Docket No. 20–AWP–11] 

RIN 2120–AA66 

Amendment of Class D and Class E 

Airspace and Establishment of Class E 

Airspace; Lancaster, CA 

AGENCY: Federal Aviation 

Administration (FAA), DOT. 

ACTION: Final rule. 

SUMMARY: This action modifies the Class 

E airspace, designated as an extension to 

a Class D or Class E surface area, at 

General WM J Fox Airfield Airport. 

Additionally, this action establishes 

Class E airspace, extending upward 

from 700 feet above the surface. Further, 

this action removes the Palmdale 

Production Flight/Test Instln Plant 

NR42, Palmdale VORTAC, and the Gen. 

William J. Fox NDB from the Class E4 

legal description. Lastly, this action 

implements several administrative 

corrections to the Class D, Class E2 and 

Class E4 airspace text headers and legal 

descriptions. 

DATES: Effective 0901 UTC, June 17, 

2021. 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 7400.11 and publication of 

conforming amendments. 

ADDRESSES: 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: 


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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 modifies 

Class D and Class E airspace and 

establishes Class E airspace at General 

WM J Fox Airfield Airport, Lancaster, 

CA, to ensure the safety and 

management of Instrument Flight Rules 

(IFR) operations at the airport. 

History 

The FAA published a notice of 

proposed rulemaking in the Federal 

Register (85 FR 72613, November 13, 

2020) for Docket No. FAA–2020–0943 to 

modify Class D and Class E airspace, 

and establish Class E airspace at General 

WM J Fox Airfield Airport, Lancaster, 

CA. 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 D, E2, E4, and E5 airspace 

designations are published in 

paragraphs 5000, 6002, 6004, and 6005, 

respectively, 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 D and Class E airspace 

designation listed in this document will 

be published subsequently in the Order. 

Availability and Summary of 

Documents for Incorporation by 

Reference 

This document amends 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 Rule 

This amendment to 14 CFR part 71 

modifies the Class E airspace, 

designated as an extension to a Class D 

or Class E surface area, at General WM 

J Fox Airfield Airport, Lancaster, CA, to 

properly contain IFR aircraft descending 

below 1,000 feet above the surface. This 

airspace area is described as follows: 

That airspace extending upward from 

the surface within 1 mile each side of 

the 252° bearing from the airport, 

extending from the 4-mile radius to 8.2 

miles west of General WM J Fox Airfield 

Airport. 

Also, this action establishes Class E 

airspace extending upward from 700 

feet above the surface for the airport. 

This 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 

airspace area is described as follows: 

That airspace extending upward from 

700 feet above the surface within a 4- 

mile radius of the airport, and within 2 

miles each side of the 091° bearing from 

the airport, extending from the 4-mile 

radius to 9.4 miles east of the airport, 

and within 2 miles each side of the 252° 

bearing from the airport, extending from 

the 4-mile radius to 16.3 miles west of 

the airport, and within 3.8 miles each 

side of the 311° bearing from the airport, 

extending from the 4-mile radius to 9.6 

miles northwest of General WM J Fox 

Airfield Airport. 

Additionally, this action removes the 

Palmdale Production Flight/Test Instln 

Plant NR42, the Palmdale VORTAC, and 

the Gen. William J. Fox NDB from the 

Class E4 legal description. The airport 

and the navigational aids are not needed 

to define the airspace. Removal of the 

airport and navigational aids allows the 

airspace to be defined from a single 

reference point which simplifies how 

the airspace is described. 

Lastly, this action implements several 

administrative corrections to the 

airspaces’ text headers and legal 

descriptions. The geographic 

coordinates in the Class D legal 

description are updated to lat. 34°44′28′′ 

N, long. 118°13′07′′ W. This action 

removes the city name from the second 

line of the Class D, Class E2, and Class 

E4 text headers. This action updates the 

airport name from ‘‘Gen. William J. Fox 

Airfield’’ to ‘‘General WM J Fox Airfield 

Airport’’ in the second line of the Class 

D, Class E2, and Class E4 text headers. 

The last sentence in the Class D and 

Class E2 legal descriptions is updated to 

replace the term ‘‘Airport/Facilities 

Directory.’’ with the term ‘‘Chart 

Supplement.’’ 

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 

The FAA has determined that this 

action qualifies for categorical exclusion 

under the National Environmental 

Policy Act in accordance with FAA 

Order 1050.1F, ‘‘Environmental 

Impacts: Policies and Procedures,’’ 

paragraph 5–6.5a. 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(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 5000 Class D Airspace. 

* * * * * 

AWP CA D Lancaster, CA [Amended] 

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(Lat. 34°44′28′′ N, long. 118°13′07′′ W) 

That airspace extending upward from the 

surface to and including 4,800 feet MSL 

within a 4-mile radius of General WM J Fox 

Airfield Airport. This Class D airspace area 

is effective during the specific dates and 

times established, in advance, by a Notice to 

Airmen. The effective date and time will 

thereafter be continuously published in the 

Chart Supplement. 

Paragraph 6002 Class E Airspace Areas 

Designated as a Surface Area. 

* * * * * 

AWP CA E2 Lancaster, CA [Amended] 

General WM J Fox Airfield Airport, CA 

(Lat. 34°44′28′′ N, long. 118°13′07′′ W) 

That airspace extending upward from the 

surface within a 4-mile radius of General WM 

J Fox Airfield Airport. This Class E airspace 

area is effective during the specific dates and 

times established, in advance, by a Notice to 

Airmen. The effective date and time will 

thereafter be continuously published in the 

Chart Supplement. 

Paragraph 6004 Class E Airspace Areas 

Designated as an Extension to a Class D or 

Class E Surface Area. 

* * * * * 

AWP CA E4 Lancaster, CA [Amended] 

General WM J Fox Airfield Airport, CA 

(Lat. 34°44′28′′ N, long. 118°13′07′′ W) 

That airspace extending upward from the 

surface within 1 mile each side of the 252° 

bearing from the airport, extending from the 

4-mile radius to 8.2 miles west of General 

WM J Fox Airfield Airport. 

Paragraph 6005 Class E Airspace Areas 

Extending Upward From 700 Feet or More 

Above the Surface of the Earth. 

* * * * * 

AWP CA E5 Lancaster, CA [New] 

General WM J Fox Airfield Airport, CA 

(Lat. 34°44′28′′ N, long. 118°13′07′′ W) 

That airspace extending upward from 700 

feet above the surface within a 4-mile radius 

of the airport, and within 2 miles each side 

of the 091° bearing from the airport, 

extending from the 4-mile radius to 9.4 miles 

east of the airport, and within 2 miles each 

side of the 252° bearing from the airport, 

extending from the 4-mile radius to 16.3 

miles west of the airport, and within 3.8 

miles each side of the 311° bearing from the 

airport, extending from the 4-mile radius to 

9.6 miles northwest of General WM J Fox 

Airfield Airport. 

Issued in Seattle, Washington, on February 

16, 2021. 

B.G. Chew, 

Acting Group Manager, Operations Support 

Group, Western Service Center. 

[FR Doc. 2021–03910 Filed 2–25–21; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 4910–13–P 

DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION 

Federal Aviation Administration 

14 CFR Part 71 

[Docket No. FAA–2020–0727; Airspace 

Docket No. 20–ACE–18] 

RIN 2120–AA66 

Amendment of Class E Airspace; 

Cambridge, NE 

AGENCY: Federal Aviation 

Administration (FAA), DOT. 

ACTION: Final rule. 

SUMMARY: This action modifies the Class 

E airspace extending upward from 700 

feet above the surface to properly 

contain instrument flight rules (IFR) 

operations at the airport. This action 

also removes the Harry Strunk NDB 

from the Class E5 text header and 

airspace description. Additionally, this 

action corrects the airport’s geographic 

coordinates. 

DATES: Effective 0901 UTC, June 17, 

2021. 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 7400.11 and publication of 

conforming amendments. 

ADDRESSES: 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 modifies the 

Class E airspace at Cambridge 

Municipal Airport, Cambridge, NE, to 

ensure the safety and management of 

IFR operations at the airport. 

History 

The FAA published a notice of 

proposed rulemaking in the Federal 

Register (85 FR 79934, December 11, 

2020) for Docket No. FAA–2020–0727 to 

modify Class E airspace at Cambridge 

Municipal Airport, Cambridge, NE. 

Interested parties were invited to 

participate in this rulemaking effort by 

submitting written comments on the 

proposal to the FAA. No comments 

were received. 

Subsequent to publication of the 

NPRM, the FAA identified a 

typographical error in The Proposal 

section of the NPRM. The sentence in 

the NPRM’s proposal that reads ‘‘To 

properly contain IFR departures to 700 

feet above the surface the 6.4-mile 

radius should be increased to a 7.5-mile 

radius of the airport.’’ Should have read 

‘‘To properly contain IFR departures to 

1,200 feet above the surface, the 6.4- 

mile radius should be increased to a 7.5- 

mile radius of the airport.’’ The Final 

Rule corrects 700 feet to 1,200 feet in 

The Rule section of this document. The 

correction does not impact the 

airspace’s lateral or vertical dimensions. 

Class E5 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. 

Availability and Summary of 

Documents for Incorporation by 

Reference 

This document amends 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 Rule 

This amendment to Title 14 Code of 

Federal Regulations part 71 modifies the 


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