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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 amends 

controlled airspace at Tri-Cities Airport, 

Pasco, WA. 

Environmental Review 

The FAA has determined that this 

action qualifies for categorical exclusion 

under the National Environmental 

Policy Act in accordance with FAA 

Order 1050.1E, ‘‘Environmental 

Impacts: Policies and Procedures,’’ 

paragraph 311a. 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 

Lists 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 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 7400.9Y, 

Airspace Designations and Reporting 

Points, dated August 6, 2014, and 

effective September 15, 2014, is 

amended as follows: 

Paragraph 5000 Class D Airspace. 

* * * * * 

ANM WA D Pasco, WA [Modified] 

Pasco, Tri-Cities Airport, WA 

(Lat. 46°15′53′′ N., long. 119°07′09′′ W.) 

That airspace extending upward from the 

surface to and including 2,900 feet MSL 

within a 4.3-mile radius of Tri-Cities Airport, 

and that airspace within a 4.8-mile radius of 

the airport from the 256° bearing from the 

airport clockwise to the 11° bearing from the 

airport, and that airspace within a 5.8-mile 

radius of the airport from the 11° bearing 

from the airport clockwise to the 83° bearing 

from the airport, and within a 5.8-mile radius 

of the airport from the 213° bearing clockwise 

to the 256° bearing from the 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 Airport/Facility Directory. 

Paragraph 6002 Class E airspace designated 

as surface areas. 

* * * * * 

ANM WA E2 Pasco, WA [Modified] 

Pasco, Tri-Cities Airport, WA 

(Lat. 46°15′53′′ N., long. 119°07′09′′ W.) 

That airspace extending upward from the 

surface within a 4.3-mile radius of Tri-Cities 

Airport and that airspace within 4.8-mile 

radius of the airport from the 256° bearing 

from the airport clockwise to the 11° bearing 

from the airport and that airspace within a 

5.8-mile radius of the airport from the 11° 

bearing from the airport clockwise to the 83° 

bearing from the airport and within 5.8-mile 

radius of the airport from 213° bearing 

clockwise to the 256° bearing from the 

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 

Airport/Facility Directory. 

Paragraph 6004 Class E airspace areas 

designated as an extension to Class D or 

Class E surface area. 

* * * * * 

ANM WA E4 Pasco, WA [Removed] 

Paragraph 6005 Class E airspace areas 

extending upward from 700 feet or more 

above the surface of the earth. 

* * * * * 

ANM WA E5 Pasco, WA [Modified] 

Pasco, Tri-Cities Airport, WA 

(Lat. 46°15′53′′ N., long. 119°07′09′′ W.) 

That airspace extending upward from 700 

feet above the surface within 7.8-mile radius 

of the Tri-Cities Airport, and that airspace 

within an 11-mile radius of the airport from 

the 265° bearing from the airport clockwise 

to 16° bearing from the airport, and that 

airspace from the 54° bearing from the airport 

clockwise to the 112° from the airport, and 

that airspace 3.5 miles either side of the 35° 

bearing of the airport extending from the 11- 

mile radius to 13 mile northeast of the 

airport, and that airspace and that airspace 

4.0 miles either side of the 133° bearing 

extending from the airport to 13 miles 

southeast of the airport, and that airspace 4 

miles southeast and 9 miles northwest of the 

226° bearing from the airport extending from 

the airport 15 miles southwest; that airspace 

extending upward from 1,200 feet above the 

surface bounded by a line beginning at lat. 

45°49′00′′ N., long. 118°00′00′′ W.; to lat. 

45°49′00′′ N., long. 119°45′00′′ W.; to lat. 

47°00′00′′ N., long. 119°45′00′′ W.; to lat. 

47°00′00′′ N., long. 118°00′00′′ W.; thence to 

the point of origin. 

Issued in Seattle, Washington, on May 8, 

2015. 

Christopher Ramirez, 

Acting Manager, Operations Support Group, 

Western Service Center. 

[FR Doc. 2015–12019 Filed 5–18–15; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 4910–13–P 

DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION 

Federal Aviation Administration 

14 CFR Part 91 

[Docket No. FAA–2015–0190; Amdt. No. 91– 

337] 

RIN 2120–AK69 

Prohibition of Fixed-Wing Special 

Visual Flight Rules Operations at 

Washington-Dulles International 

Airport; Withdrawal 

AGENCY: Federal Aviation 

Administration (FAA), DOT. 

ACTION: Direct final rule; withdrawal. 

SUMMARY: The FAA is withdrawing a 

previously published direct final rule 

that would have prohibited fixed-wing 

special visual flight rules operations at 

Washington-Dulles International 

Airport. The FAA is withdrawing this 

action because it has received an 

adverse comment. 

DATES: The direct final rule published 

on March 26, 2015, at 80 FR 15887, is 

withdrawn, effective May 19, 2015. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: For 

technical questions concerning this 

action, contact David Maddox, Airspace 

Policy and Regulation Group, AJV–113, 

Federal Aviation Administration, 800 

Independence Avenue SW., 

Washington, DC 20591; telephone (202) 

267–8783; email david.maddox@

faa.gov. 

For legal questions concerning this 

action, contact Robert Frenzel, Office of 

the Chief Counsel, AGC–200, Federal 

Aviation Administration, 800 

Independence Avenue SW., 

Washington, DC 20591; telephone (202) 

267–3073; email robert.frenzel@faa.gov. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 

Background 

On March 26, 2015 (80 FR 15887), the 

FAA published in the Federal Register 

a direct final rule prohibiting fixed-wing 

special visual flight rules (SVFR) 

operations at Washington-Dulles 

International Airport (IAD). The direct 

final rule was to become effective on 

May 26, 2015. 

Reason for Withdrawal 

The FAA is withdrawing the direct 

final rule because the agency received 


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an adverse comment to the rule and is 

required by 14 CFR 11.31(c) to 

withdraw a direct final rule if the 

agency receives any adverse comment or 

notice of intent to file any adverse 

comment. We received a comment from 

an individual pilot who objected to the 

prohibition of fixed-wing SVFR 

operations at IAD. The commenter 

stated that the blanket prohibition of 

SVFR was inappropriate and 

unnecessary. The commenter further 

stated that he had personally used SVFR 

twice in the last few years to land at IAD 

to participate in an event at the 

Smithsonian National Air and Space 

Museum’s Steven F. Udvar-Hazy Center, 

which is located adjacent to IAD. The 

commenter further suggested that the 

IAD control tower should approve or 

disapprove SVFR operations on a caseby-case basis. 

The FAA has determined that the 

comment meets the requirements for 

consideration as an adverse comment 

per § 11.31(a). In accordance with the 

provisions of § 11.31(c), the FAA 

withdraws the direct final rule. 

Conclusion 

Withdrawal of Amendment No. 91– 

337 does not preclude the FAA from 

issuing rulemaking on the subject in the 

future, nor does it commit the agency to 

any future course of action. The agency 

may also make any future necessary 

changes to the Code of Federal 

Regulations through a notice of 

proposed rulemaking with opportunity 

for public comment. Therefore, the FAA 

withdraws Amendment No. 91–337 

published at 80 FR 15887, March 26, 

2015. 

Issued under authority provided by 49 

U.S.C. 106(f), 44701(a), and 44703 in 

Washington, DC, on May 13, 2015. 

Jodi S. McCarthy, 

Director, Airspace Services. 

[FR Doc. 2015–12047 Filed 5–18–15; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 4910–13–P 

DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE 

National Oceanic and Atmospheric 

Administration 

15 CFR Part 902 

50 CFR Part 680 

[Docket No. 130820737–5408–02] 

RIN 0648–BD61 

Fisheries of the Exclusive Economic 

Zone Off Alaska; Bering Sea and 

Aleutian Islands Crab Rationalization 

Program; Amendment 45; Pacific Cod 

Sideboard Allocations in the Gulf of 

Alaska 

AGENCY: National Marine Fisheries 

Service (NMFS), National Oceanic and 

Atmospheric Administration (NOAA), 

Commerce. 

ACTION: Final rule. 

SUMMARY: NMFS publishes regulations 

to implement Amendment 45 to the 

Fishery Management Plan for Bering 

Sea/Aleutian Islands King and Tanner 

Crabs (Crab FMP). Amendment 45 

establishes, for a limited period of time, 

a process for NMFS to permanently 

remove Pacific cod catch limits, known 

as sideboard limits, which are 

applicable to certain hook-and-line 

catcher/processors in the Central and 

Western Gulf of Alaska (GOA) 

Regulatory Areas. This action authorizes 

NMFS to remove these Pacific cod 

sideboard limits in the Central and/or 

Western GOA if each eligible participant 

in the hook-and-line catcher/processor 

sector in a regulatory area signs and 

submits a request that NMFS remove the 

sideboard limit. Each eligible 

participant will be required to submit 

the request to NMFS within 1 year of 

the date of publication of this final rule. 

This action is necessary to provide 

participants in the Central and Western 

GOA hook-and-line catcher/processor 

sectors with an opportunity to 

cooperatively coordinate harvests of 

Pacific cod through private arrangement 

to the participants’ mutual benefit, 

which would remove the need for 

sideboard limits in these regulatory 

areas. This action is intended to 

promote the goals and objectives of the 

Crab FMP, the Magnuson-Stevens 

Fishery Conservation and Management 

Act (Magnuson-Stevens Act), and other 

applicable law. 

DATES: Effective June 18, 2015. 

ADDRESSES: Electronic copies of the 

following documents may be obtained 

from http://www.regulations.gov or from 

the NMFS Alaska Region Web site at 

http://alaskafisheries.noaa.gov: 

• The Regulatory Impact Review/

Initial Regulatory Flexibility Analysis 

(RIR/IRFA), and the Categorical 

Exclusion prepared for this action 

(collectively referred to as the 

‘‘Analysis’’); 

• The Harvest Specifications 

Supplemental Information Report (SIR) 

prepared for the final 2015 and 2016 

harvest specifications; 

• The Final Environmental 

Assessment/Final RIR/IRFA for 

Amendment 83 to the Fishery 

Management Plan for Groundfish of the 

Gulf of Alaska (GOA FMP) Allocation of 

Pacific Cod Among Sectors in the 

Western and Central GOA; and 

• The Alaska Groundfish Harvest 

Specifications Final Environmental 

Impact Statement (Harvest 

Specifications EIS). 

Written comments regarding the 

burden-hour estimates or other aspects 

of the collection of information 

requirements contained in this final rule 

may be submitted by mail to NMFS, 

Alaska Region, P.O. Box 21668, Juneau, 

AK 99802–1668, Attn: Ellen Sebastian, 

Records Officer; in person at NMFS, 

Alaska Region, 709 West 9th Street, 

Room 420A, Juneau, AK; or by email to 

OIRA_submission@omb.eop.gov or fax 

to 202–395–5806. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Rachel Baker, 907–586–7228 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: This final 

rule implements Amendment 45 to the 

Crab FMP. The king and Tanner crab 

fisheries in the exclusive economic zone 

(EEZ) of the Bering Sea and Aleutian 

Islands are managed under the Crab 

FMP. While the groundfish fisheries in 

the EEZ of the Gulf of Alaska are 

managed primarily under the Fishery 

Management Plan for Groundfish of the 

Gulf of Alaska (GOA FMP), some 

aspects of groundfish fishing in the Gulf 

of Alaska are managed under the Crab 

FMP. 

NMFS published the Notice of 

Availability for Amendment 45 in the 

Federal Register on February 2, 2015 

(80 FR 5499), with a 60-day comment 

period that ended April 3, 2015. The 

Secretary approved Amendment 45 on 

April 29, 2015, after accounting for 

information from the public, and 

determining that Amendment 45 is 

consistent with the Crab FMP, the 

Magnuson-Stevens Act, and other 

applicable law. NMFS published a 

proposed rule for Amendment 45 on 

February 12, 2015 (80 FR 7817). The 30- 

day comment period on the proposed 

rule ended March 16, 2015. NMFS 

received one comment letter during the 

comment periods on Amendment 45 

and the proposed rule. A summary of 


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