55330 Federal Register / Vol. 78, No. 175 / Tuesday, September 10, 2013 / Notices 

Issued in Washington, DC, on September 4, 

2013. 

Albert R. Spence, 

FAA Assistant Information Collection 

Clearance Officer, IT Enterprises Business 

Services Division, AES–200. 

[FR Doc. 2013–22035 Filed 9–9–13; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 4910–13–P 

DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION 

Federal Aviation Administration 

Notice of Approval of Finding of No 

Significant Impact (FONSI) for Murdo 

Municipal Airport, Murdo, SD 

AGENCY: Federal Aviation 

Administration (FAA), DOT. 

ACTION: Notice. 

SUMMARY: The FAA is announcing 

approval of Finding of No Significant 

Impact for proposed development at the 

Murdo Municipal Airport, Murdo, 

South Dakota. The FAA approved the 

FONSI on August 22, 2013. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The 

FONSI approved the Sponsor’s 

proposed action to extend primary 

Runway 14–32 (approximately 600′ x 

60′) and construct turnaround 

(approximately 200′ x 75′) on Runway 

14 end. Extend graded safety area 

(approximately 200′ x 120′) on Runway 

14 end. Acquire approximately 63.0 

acres of land in fee and acquire 

approximately 2.0 acres of restrictive 

easements. 

The approved action is to enhance the 

safety and utility of the airport in order 

to meet the needs of current and 

projected aviation activity by the design 

family. The need for the action is to 

bring the Murdo Municipal Airport in 

compliance with FAA design standards 

for 95% of A/B–I Small Aircraft (design 

aircraft family), specifically runway 

length. 

The FONSI indicates the project is 

consistent with existing environmental 

policies and objectives as set forth in the 

National Environmental Policy Act 

(NEPA) of 1969, as amended and will 

not significantly affect the quality of the 

environment. 

In reaching this decision, the FAA has 

given careful consideration to: (a) The 

role of Murdo plays in the national air 

transportation system, (b) aviation 

safety, and (c) preferences of the airport 

owner/operator, and (d) anticipated 

environmental impact. 

DATES: This notice is effective 

September 10, 2013. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Ms. 

Lindsay Butler, Federal Aviation 

Administration, Great Lakes Regional 

Office, 2300 East Devon Avenue, Des 

Plaines, IL 60018. Telephone number: 

847–294–7723. 

Issued in Des Plaines, IL: August 26, 2013. 

Jesse Carriger, 

Manager, Planning/Programming Branch, 

FAA Great Lakes Region. 

[FR Doc. 2013–21887 Filed 9–9–13; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 4910–13–P 

DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION 

Federal Aviation Administration 

RIN 2120–AF90 

Policy Regarding Airport Rates and 

Charges 

AGENCY: Department of Transportation, 

Federal Aviation Administration. 

ACTION: Notice; publication of entire 

policy statement as amended. 

SUMMARY: This action publishes the 

entire Department of Transportation 

(‘‘Department’’), Federal Aviation 

Administration (‘‘FAA’’), ‘‘Policy 

Regarding Airport Rates and Charges’’ 

(‘‘Policy’’) to reflect all deletions from 

and amendments to the policy to date. 

The Policy was originally published in 

the Federal Register on June 21, 1996 

(‘‘1996 Rates and Charges Policy’’). In 

response to a subsequent petition for 

review, the U.S. Court of Appeals for the 

District of Columbia Circuit issued a 

decision in 1997 that vacated the 

challenged provisions of the 1996 Rates 

and Charges Policy and the Secretary’s 

supporting discussion in the preamble. 

In 2008, the Department and FAA 

adopted three amendments to the 

Policy, to allow operators of congested 

airports to use landing fees to provide 

incentives to air carriers to use the 

airport at less congested times or to use 

alternate airports to meet regional air 

service needs. The Federal Register 

notice publishing those amendments set 

out the amendments, but did not 

publish an entire version of the policy 

as amended. As a convenience for the 

public and for regulated entities, this 

notice publishes the entire Policy 

Regarding Airport Rates and Charges 

currently in effect in a single document. 

The FAA is not adopting or proposing 

any new amendments to the Policy in 

this notice. 

DATES: This Policy statement reflects the 

most recent amendments to the Policy 

Regarding Airport Rates and Charges, 

which took effect on July 14, 2008. 

ADDRESSES: To read background 

documents or comments received, go to 

http://www.regulations.gov at any time 

or to Room W12–140 on the ground 

floor of the West Building, 1200 New 

Jersey Avenue SE., Washington, DC, 

between 9 a.m. and 5 p.m., Monday 

through Friday, except Federal holidays. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Randall S. Fiertz, Director, Office of 

Airport Compliance and Management 

Analysis, ACO–1, Federal Aviation 

Administration, 800 Independence 

Avenue SW., Washington, DC 20591, 

telephone (202) 267–3085; facsimile 

(202) 267–5769; email Randall.Fiertz@

faa.gov. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 

Availability of Documents 

You can get an electronic copy of this 

notice and all other documents in this 

docket using the Internet by: 

(1) Searching the Federal 

eRulemaking portal (http://

www.regulations.gov/search); 

(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.access.gpo.gov/su_docs/aces/

aces140.html. 

Authority for This Proceeding 

This notice is published under the 

authority described in Subtitle VII, Part 

B, Chapter 471, § 47129 of Title 49 

United States Code. Under subsection 

(b) of § 47129, the Secretary of 

Transportation is required to publish 

policy statements establishing standards 

or guidelines the Secretary will use in 

determining the reasonableness of 

airport fees charged to airlines under 

§ 47129. 

Background 

The Department of Transportation 

(Department) and the Federal Aviation 

Administration (FAA) published a 

Policy Regarding Airport Rates and 

Charges in the Federal Register on June 

21, 1996 (61 FR 31994). (‘‘1996 Rates 

and Charges Policy’’). The statement of 

policy was required by § 113 of the FAA 

Authorization Act of 1994, Public Law 

103–305 (August 23, 1994), now 

codified at 49 U.S.C., 47129, Specific 

sections of the 1996 Rates and Charges 

Policy (namely, paragraphs 2.4, 2.4.1, 

2.4.1(a), 2.5.1, 2.5.1(a)–(e), 2.5.3(a), 2.6 

and other portions of the Policy 

necessarily implicated by the Court’s 

holding) were subsequently vacated by 

the United States Court of Appeals for 

the District of Columbia Circuit in Air 

Transport Ass’n of America v. DOT, 119 

F.3d 38, amended by 129 F.3d 625 (D.C. 

Cir. 1997). In July 2008, following notice 

and opportunity for public comment, 

the Department and FAA adopted three 


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