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environmental reviews for nuclear 

power plant license renewals. 

Therefore, ample time is needed to 

thoroughly review the NRC’s update to 

determine whether the proposed 

modifications accurately reflect the new 

environmental landscape that has 

developed over the last 13 years. 

(4) After the first 10-year review cycle 

ended in 2006, the NRC has had three 

years to formulate the proposed 

changes. A 75-day comment period is 

not sufficient to review and comment on 

these proposed amendments to 

regulations and voluminous associated 

guidance documents. 

(5) The NRC has scheduled a series of 

four public meetings that will occur 

throughout the second half of 

September, as well as an additional 

public meeting on October 1, 2009. 

Extending the comment period will 

allow stakeholders to use information 

presented at these public meetings to 

provide the agency with more 

comprehensive and meaningful 

comments. 

(6) Additional meetings are requested 

for the public to provide comments. 

The NRC wants the public to have 

sufficient time to provide the agency 

with constructive comments that will 

improve the quality of these regulations 

as well as the license renewal process. 

The NRC recognizes the quantity of 

information to be reviewed and is 

extending the comment period for the 

proposed rulemaking, related guidance 

documents, and information collection 

analysis for an additional 90 days. 

Based on feedback from stakeholders, 

the NRC believes that a 90-day 

extension will allow sufficient time for 

all stakeholders to develop and provide 

meaningful comments on these 

documents. 

The proposed rule, regulatory 

analysis, related guidance documents 

(including the GEIS, ESRP, and 

Regulatory Guide), and information 

collection analysis comment submittal 

deadline is extended from the original 

October 14, 2009, deadline to January 

12, 2010. 

Dated at Rockville, Maryland, this 1st day 

of October 2009. 

For the Nuclear Regulatory Commission. 

Annette L. Vietti-Cook, 

Secretary of the Commission. 

[FR Doc. E9–24153 Filed 10–6–09; 8:45 am] 

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DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION 

Federal Aviation Administration 

14 CFR Part 71 

[Docket No. FAA–2009–0457; Airspace 

Docket No. 09–AAL–10] 

Proposed Establishment of Class E 

Airspace; Point Thompson, AK 

AGENCY: Federal Aviation 

Administration (FAA), DOT. 

ACTION: Notice of proposed rulemaking. 

SUMMARY: This action proposes to 

establish Class E airspace at Point (Pt.) 

Thompson Airport at Pt. Thompson, 

AK. The privately funded Special 

Instrument Approach Procedures (IAPs) 

serving Pt. Thompson, AK have been 

drafted. The FAA’s policy is to provide 

controlled airspace at airports serviced 

by instrument procedures for the safe 

and efficient use of Instrument Flight 

Rules (IFR) operations at Pt. Thompson 

Airport. 

DATES: Comments must be received on 

or before November 23, 2009. 

ADDRESSES: Send comments on the 

proposal to the Docket Management 

Facility, U.S. Department of 

Transportation, 1200 New Jersey 

Avenue, SE., West Building Ground 

Floor, Room W12–140, Washington, DC 

20590–0001. You must identify the 

docket number FAA–2009–0457/ 

Airspace Docket No. 09–AAL–10, at the 

beginning of your comments. You may 

also submit comments on the Internet at 

http://www.regulations.gov. You may 

review the public docket containing the 

proposal, any comments received, and 

any final disposition in person in the 

Dockets Office between 9 a.m. and 5 

p.m., Monday through Friday, except 

Federal holidays. The Docket Office 

(telephone 1–800–647–5527) is on the 

plaza level of the Department of 

Transportation NASSIF Building at the 

above address. 

An informal docket may also be 

examined during normal business hours 

at the office of the Manager, Safety, 

Alaska Flight Service Operations, 

Federal Aviation Administration, 222 

West 7th Avenue, Box 14, Anchorage, 

AK 99513–7587. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Gary 

Rolf, Federal Aviation Administration, 

222 West 7th Avenue, Box 14, 

Anchorage, AK 99513–7587; telephone 

number (907) 271–5898; fax: (907) 271– 

2850; e-mail: gary.ctr.rolf@faa.gov. 

Internet address: http://www.faa.gov/ 

about/office_org/headquarters_offices/ 

ato/service_units/systemops/fs/alaskan/ 

rulemaking/. 

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 and be submitted in 

triplicate to the address listed above. 

Commenters wishing the FAA to 

acknowledge receipt of their comments 

on this notice must submit with those 

comments a self-addressed, stamped 

postcard on which the following 

statement is made: ‘‘Comments to 

Docket No. FAA–2009–0457/Airspace 

Docket No. 09–AAL–10.’’ 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 notice 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 Notice of Proposed 

Rulemakings (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/. 

Additionally, any person may obtain 

a copy of this notice by submitting a 

request to the Federal Aviation 

Administration, Office of Air Traffic 

Airspace Management, ATA–400, 800 

Independence Avenue, SW., 

Washington, DC 20591 or by calling 

(202) 267–8783. Communications must 

identify both docket numbers for this 

notice. Persons interested in being 

placed on a mailing list for future 

NPRM’s should contact the FAA’s 

Office of Rulemaking, (202) 267–9677, 

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No. 11–2A, Notice of Proposed 

Rulemaking Distribution System, which 

describes the application procedure. 

The Proposal 

The FAA is considering an 

amendment to Title 14 Code of Federal 

Regulations (14 CFR) part 71, to 

establish Class E airspace extending 

upward from 700 feet (ft.) above the 

surface at Pt. Thompson, AK. Controlled 

airspace is necessary to accommodate 

two special IAPs developed for the Pt. 

Thompson Airport. They are the Area 

Navigation (RNAV) Global Positioning 

System (GPS) Runway (RWY) 4, 

Original, and the RNAV (GPS) RWY 22, 

Original. The textual ODP is unnamed. 

The FAA is proposing this action for the 

safety and management of IFR 

operations at the Pt. Thompson Airport, 

Pt. Thompson, AK. 

The Class E airspace areas designated 

as 700/1200 foot transition areas are 

published in paragraph 6005 in FAA 

Order 7400.9T, Airspace Designations 

and Reporting Points, signed August 27, 

2009, and effective September 15, 2009, 

which is incorporated by reference in 14 

CFR 71.1. The Class E airspace 

designations listed in this document 

would be subsequently published in the 

Order. 

The FAA has determined that this 

proposed regulation only involves an 

established body of technical 

regulations for which frequent and 

routine amendments are necessary to 

keep them operationally current. 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, will 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 United States Code. 

Subtitle 1, 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 1, Section 

40103, Sovereignty and use of airspace. 

Under that section, the FAA is charged 

with prescribing regulations to ensure 

the safe and efficient use of the 

navigable airspace. This regulation is 

within the scope of that authority 

because it proposes to establish Class E 

airspace at the Pt. Thompson Airport at 

Pt. Thompson, AK, and represents the 

FAA’s continuing effort to safely and 

efficiently use the navigable airspace. 

List of Subjects in 14 CFR Part 71 

Airspace, Incorporation by reference, 

Navigation (air). 

The Proposed Amendment 

In consideration of the foregoing, the 

Federal Aviation Administration 

proposes to amend 14 CFR part 71 as 

follows: 

PART 71—DESIGNATION OF CLASS A, 

CLASS B, CLASS C, CLASS D, AND 

CLASS E AIRSPACE AREAS; 

AIRWAYS; 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 Federal Aviation 

Administration Order 7400.9S, Airspace 

Designations and Reporting Points, 

signed August 27, 2009, and effective 

September 15, 2009, is to be amended 

as follows: 

* * * * * 

Paragraph 6005 Class E Airspace Extending 

Upward from 700 Feet or More Above the 

Surface of the Earth. 

* * * * * 

AAL AK E5 Point Thompson, AK [New] 

Pt. Thompson, Pt. Thompson Airport, AK 

(Lat. 70°10′52′′ N., long. 146°21′01′′ W.) 

That airspace extending upward from 700 

feet above the surface within a 6.6-mile 

radius of the Pt. Thompson Airport, AK. 

* * * * * 

Issued in Anchorage, AK, on September 18, 

2009. 

Anthony M. Wylie, 

Manager, Alaska Flight Services Information 

Area Group. 

[FR Doc. E9–24174 Filed 10–6–09; 8:45 am] 

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DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION 

Federal Aviation Administration 

14 CFR Part 71 

[Docket No. FAA–2009–0197; Airspace 

Docket No. 09–AAL–4] 

Proposed Establishment of Class E 

Airspace; Clarks Point, AK 

AGENCY: Federal Aviation 

Administration (FAA), DOT. 

ACTION: Notice of proposed rulemaking. 

SUMMARY: This action proposes to 

establish Class E airspace at the Clarks 

Point Airport at Clarks Point, AK. Two 

Standard Instrument Approach 

Procedures (SIAPs) are being developed 

for the Clarks Point Airport at Clarks 

Point, AK. Additionally, one textual 

Obstacle Departure Procedure (ODP) is 

being developed. Adoption of this 

proposal would result in establishing 

Class E airspace upward from 700 feet 

(ft.) and 1,200 ft. above the surface at the 

Clarks Point Airport at Clarks Point, AK. 

DATES: Comments must be received on 

or before November 23, 2009. 

ADDRESSES: Send comments on the 

proposal to the Docket Management 

Facility, U.S. Department of 

Transportation, 1200 New Jersey 

Avenue, SE., West Building Ground 

Floor, Room W12–140, Washington, DC 

20590–0001. You must identify the 

docket number FAA–2009–0197/ 

Airspace Docket No. 09–AAL–4, at the 

beginning of your comments. You may 

also submit comments on the Internet at 

http://www.regulations.gov. You may 

review the public docket containing the 

proposal, any comments received, and 

any final disposition in person in the 

Dockets Office between 9 a.m. and 5 

p.m., Monday through Friday, except 

Federal holidays. The Docket Office 

(telephone 1–800–647–5527) is on the 

plaza level of the Department of 

Transportation NASSIF Building at the 

above address. 

An informal docket may also be 

examined during normal business hours 

at the office of the Manager, Safety, 

Alaska Flight Service Operations, 

Federal Aviation Administration, 222 

West 7th Avenue, Box 14, Anchorage, 

AK 99513–7587. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Gary 

Rolf, Federal Aviation Administration, 

222 West 7th Avenue, Box 14, 

Anchorage, AK 99513–7587; telephone 

number (907) 271–5898; fax: (907) 271– 

2850; e-mail: gary.ctr.rolf@faa.gov. 

Internet address: http://www.faa.gov/ 

about/office_org/headquarters_offices/ 

ato/service_units/systemops/fs/alaskan/ 

rulemaking/. 


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