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mandates inspecting the MLG wheel 

assembly for discrepancies (corrosion, 

damage, cracks, and loose or missing heat 

shield spacers) and, if necessary, repair of the 

MLG wheel assembly. 

Actions and Compliance 

(f) Unless already done, do the following 

actions. 

(1) At the next scheduled tire change, but 

no later than 6 months after the effective date 

of this AD: Inspect the MLG wheel assembly 

for discrepancies (corrosion, damage, cracks, 

and loose or missing heat shield spacers) in 

accordance with the instructions of MessierBugatti Special Inspection Service Bulletin 

C20452–32–3254, Revision 2, dated 

September 5, 2006. Repeat the inspection 

thereafter at intervals not to exceed every tire 

change or 6 months, whichever is earlier. 

(2) If any discrepancy is found: Before 

further flight, repair the MLG wheel assembly 

in accordance with the instructions of 

Messier-Bugatti Special Inspection Service 

Bulletin C20452–32–3254, Revision 2, dated 

September 5, 2006. 

FAA AD Differences 

Note: This AD differs from the MCAI and/ 

or service information as follows: The MCAI 

specifies an imprecise compliance time for 

inspecting the MLG wheel assembly—i.e., ‘‘at 

each tire change.’’ This AD would require 

inspecting the MLG wheel assembly at the 

next scheduled tire change, but no later than 

6 months after the effective date of the AD; 

and thereafter at intervals not to exceed every 

tire change or 6 months, whichever is earlier. 

Other FAA AD Provisions 

(g) The following provisions also apply to 

this AD: 

(1) Alternative Methods of Compliance 

(AMOCs): The Manager, International 

Branch, ANM–116, FAA, has the authority to 

approve AMOCs for this AD, if requested 

using the procedures found in 14 CFR 39.19. 

Send information to ATTN: Tim Dulin, 

Aerospace Engineer, International Branch, 

ANM–116, FAA, Transport Airplane 

Directorate, 98057–3356, telephone (425) 

227–2141; fax (425) 227–1149. Before using 

any AMOC approved in accordance with 

§ 39.19 on any airplane to which the AMOC 

applies, notify the appropriate principal 

inspector in the FAA Flight Standards 

Certificate Holding District Office. 

(2) Airworthy Product: For any requirement 

in this AD to obtain corrective actions from 

a manufacturer or other source, use these 

actions if they are FAA-approved. Corrective 

actions are considered FAA-approved if they 

are approved by the State of Design Authority 

(or their delegated agent). You are required 

to assure the product is airworthy before it 

is returned to service. 

(3) Reporting Requirements: For any 

reporting requirement in this AD, under the 

provisions of the Paperwork Reduction Act, 

the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) 

has approved the information collection 

requirements and has assigned OMB Control 

Number 2120–0056. 

Related Information 

(h) Refer to EASA Airworthiness Directive 

2006–0328, dated October 23, 2006; and 

Messier-Bugatti Special Inspection Service 

Bulletin C20452–32–3254, Revision 2, dated 

September 5, 2006, for related information. 

Issued in Renton, Washington, on May 25, 

2007. 

Ali Bahrami, 

Manager, Transport Airplane Directorate, 

Aircraft Certification Service. 

[FR Doc. E7–10865 Filed 6–5–07; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 4910–13–P 

DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION 

Federal Aviation Administration 

14 CFR Part 73 

[Docket No. FAA–2006–26192; Airspace 

Docket No. 06–ASO–11] 

RIN 2120–AA66 

Proposed Modification and 

Establishment of Restricted Areas and 

Other Special Use Airspace, 

Adirondack Airspace Complex; Fort 

Drum, NY 

AGENCY: Federal Aviation 

Administration (FAA), DOT. 

ACTION: Notice of proposed rulemaking 

(NPRM). 

SUMMARY: This action proposes to 

restructure the restricted areas located 

in the vicinity of Fort Drum, NY. The 

Air National Guard (ANG) proposed to 

redesign the airspace, referred to as the 

Adirondack Airspace Complex, by 

making a minor modification to the 

ceiling of existing restricted area R–

5201, and by establishing two new 

restricted areas: R–5202A and R–5202B. 

In addition, the ANG proposes to 

redesign the Military Operations Areas 

(MOA) associated with the Fort Drum 

restricted areas. MOAs are not 

regulatory airspace, but are established 

administratively. Because the MOAs 

form an integral part of the Adirondack 

Airspace Complex, the FAA is also 

seeking comment on the proposed MOA 

changes through this NPRM. The ANG 

proposes these airspace changes to 

provide additional special use airspace 

(SUA) needed to conduct high altitude, 

long-range weapons releases and to 

allow more realistic training in modern 

tactics to be conducted in the 

Adirondack Airspace Complex. 

DATES: Comments must be received on 

or before August 6, 2007. 

ADDRESSES: Send comments on this 

proposal to the Docket Management 

System, 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–2006–26192 and 

Airspace Docket No. 06–ASO–11, at the 

beginning of your comments. You may 

also submit comments through the 

Internet at http://dms.dot.gov. 

Comments on environmental and land 

use aspects should be directed to: NGB/ 

A7CVN, Conaway Hall, 3500 Fetchet 

Ave, Andrews AFB, MD 20762; 

telephone: (301) 835–8143. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Paul 

Gallant, Airspace and Rules Group, 

Office of System Operations Airspace 

and AIM, Federal Aviation 

Administration, 800 Independence 

Avenue, SW., Washington, DC 20591; 

telephone: (202) 267–8783. 

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. Comments are 

also invited on the nonregulatory MOA 

part of this proposal. 

Communications should identify both 

docket numbers (FAA Docket No. FAA–

2006–26192 and Airspace Docket No. 

06–ASO–11) 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://dms.dot.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–2006–26192 and 

Airspace Docket No. 06–ASO–11.’’ 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. 


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Availability of NPRMs 

An electronic copy of this document 

may be downloaded through the 

Internet at http://dms.dot.gov. Recently 

published rulemaking documents can 

also be accessed through the FAA’s Web 

page at http://www.faa.gov or the 

Federal Register’s Web page at http:// 

www.gpoaccess.gov/fr/index.html. 

You may review the public docket 

containing the proposal, any comments 

received, and any final disposition in 

person at the Dockets Office (see 

ADDRESSES section for 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 office of the 

System Support Group, Eastern Service 

Center, Federal Aviation 

Administration, 1701 Columbia Ave., 

College Park, GA 30337. 

Persons interested in being placed on 

a mailing list for future NPRMs 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. 

Background 

The Adirondack Airspace Complex 

consists of one restricted area and nine 

MOAs in the vicinity of Fort Drum, NY. 

Restricted areas are regulatory airspace 

designations, under Title 14 Code of 

Federal Regulations (CFR) part 73, 

which are established to confine or 

segregate activities considered 

hazardous to non-participating aircraft. 

A MOA is a non-rulemaking type of 

SUA established to separate or segregate 

certain non-hazardous military flight 

activities from aircraft operating in 

accordance with instrument flight rules 

(IFR), and to identify for visual flight 

rules (VFR) pilots where those activities 

are conducted. IFR aircraft may be 

routed through an active MOA only 

when air traffic control can provide 

approved separation from the MOA 

activity. VFR pilots are not restricted 

from flying in an active MOA, but are 

advised to exercise caution while doing 

so. 

Unlike restricted areas, which are 

designated through rulemaking 

procedures, MOAs are non-rulemaking 

airspace areas that are established 

administratively and published in the 

National Flight Data Digest. Normally, 

MOA proposals are not published in a 

NPRM, but instead, are advertised for 

public comment through a nonrule 

circular that is distributed by an FAA 

Service Center office to aviation 

interests in the affected area. However, 

when a non-rulemaking action is 

connected to a rulemaking action, FAA 

procedures allow for the nonrulemaking proposal to be included in 

the NPRM. In such cases, the NPRM 

replaces the nonrule circularization 

requirement. Because the proposed 

MOAs are an integral part of the 

Adirondack Airspace Complex, they are 

being included in this NPRM. 

The existing SUA is inadequate to 

accommodate the advanced air-to-air, 

air-to-ground, and threat avoidance 

training profiles that are essential for 

aircrews to achieve and maintain 

combat readiness. The proposed MOA 

realignments and restricted area 

modifications would provide greater 

tactical training options to match 

current real-world taskings and threats. 

In addition, the proposed changes 

would reduce longstanding 

environmental/noise burdens associated 

with the current SUA configuration by 

more evenly distributing activities 

within the Complex. The proposed SUA 

changes are described in the following 

sections. 

Proposed MOA Changes 

The New York ANG has proposed to 

redesign and expand the MOA airspace 

in the vicinity of Fort Drum, NY (see 

attached graphic). The purpose of this 

MOA redesign is to improve flight 

safety, enable more efficient real-time, 

joint-use management of the airspace, 

decrease or balance environmental 

impacts of the current MOA 

configuration, and permit more realistic 

training in the Adirondack Airspace 

Complex. 

Most of the redesigned MOAs would 

be contained within airspace that is 

already designated as MOAs. However, 

the new MOA configuration would 

include additional airspace, both 

laterally and vertically, beyond the 

current MOA boundaries. The ANG 

proposed to cancel the nine existing 

MOAs at Fort Drum (Drum 1 MOA, 

Drum 2 MOA, Falcon 1 MOA, Falcon 3 

MOA, Syracuse 1 MOA, Syracuse 2A 

MOA, Syracuse 2B MOA, Syracuse 3 

MOA, and Syracuse 4 MOA), and 

replace them with 12 new MOAs as 

follows: 

1. Adirondack A MOA, NY [New] 

Boundaries. Beginning at lat. 44°30′00′′ N., 

long. 75°20′00′′ W.; to lat. 44°36′00′′ N., long. 

75°03′00′′ W.; to lat. 44°30′00′′ N., long. 

75°03′00′′ W.; to the point of beginning. 

Altitudes. 6,000 feet MSL to but not 

including FL 180. 

2. Adirondack B MOA, NY [New] 

Boundaries. Beginning at lat. 44°19′00′′ N., 

long. 75°37′05′′ W.; to lat. 44°26′30′′ N., long. 

75°30′00′′ W.; to lat. 44°30′00′′ N., long. 

75°20′00′′ W.; to lat. 44°30′00′′ N., long. 

75°03′00′′ W.; to lat. 44°27′30′′ N., long. 

75°03′00′′ W.; to lat. 44°20′20′′ N., long. 

75°10′30′′ W.; to lat. 44°15′09′′ N., long. 

75°30′42′′ W.; to lat. 44°16′07′′ N., long. 

75°32′41′′ W.; to the point of beginning; 

excluding R–5202B when active. 

Altitudes. 2,500 feet MSL to but not 

including FL 180. 

3. Adirondack C MOA, NY [New] 

Boundaries. Beginning at lat. 44°15′09′′ N., 

long. 75°30′42′′ W.; to lat. 44°20′20′′ N., long. 

75°10′30′′ W.; to lat. 44°27′30′′ N., long. 

75°03′00′′ W.; to lat. 44°06′00′′ N., long. 

75°03′00′′ W.; to lat. 44°06′00′′ N., long. 

75°28′49′′ W.; to lat. 44°07′10′′ N., long. 

75°26′49′′ W.; to lat. 44°11′24′′ N., long. 

75°22′59′′ W.; to the point of beginning; 

excluding R–5202B when active. 

Altitudes. 100 feet AGL to but not 

including FL 180. 

4. Adirondack D MOA, NY [New] 

Boundaries. Beginning at lat. 44°11′50′′ N., 

long. 75°43′53′′ W.; to lat. 44°19′00′′ N., long. 

75°37′05′′ W.; to lat. 44°16′07′′ N., long. 

75°32′41′′ W.; to lat. 44°10′50′′ N., long. 

75°38′59′′ W.; to lat. 44°09′34′′ N., long. 

75°40′00′′ W.; to the point of beginning; 

excluding R–5202B when active. 

Altitudes. 5,000 feet MSL to but not 

including FL 180. 

5. Carthage East MOA, NY [New] 

Boundaries. Beginning at lat. 44°01′05′′ N., 

long. 75°37′14′′ W.; to lat. 44°06′00′′ N., long. 

75°28′49′′ W.; to lat. 44°06′00′′ N., long. 

75°03′00′′ W.; to lat. 43°53′00′′ N., long. 

75°03′00′′ W.; to lat. 43°53′00′′ N., long. 

75°35′00′′ W.; to the point of beginning. 

Altitudes. 100 feet MSL to but not 

including FL 180. 

6. Carthage West MOA, NY [New] 

Boundaries. Beginning at lat. 43°44′00′′ N., 

long. 75°52′00′′ W.; to lat. 44°11′50′′ N., long. 

75°43′53′′ W.; to lat. 44°09′34′′ N., long. 

75°40′00′′ W.; to lat. 44°06′55′′ N., long. 

75°42′09′′ W.; to lat. 44°03′20′′ N., long. 

75°40′49′′ W.; to lat. 44°01′05′′ N., long. 

75°37′14′′ W.; to lat. 43°53′00′′ N., long. 

75°35′00′′ W.; to the point of beginning. 

Altitudes. 6,000 feet MSL to but not 

including FL 180. 

7. Cranberry MOA, NY [New] 

Boundaries. Beginning at lat. 44°36′00′′ N., 

long. 75°03′00′′ W.; to lat. 44°36′00′′ N., long. 

74°35′00′′ W.; to lat. 44°15′00′′ N., long. 

74°35′00′′ W.; to lat. 43°53′00′′ N., long. 

75°03′00′′ W.; to the point of beginning. 

Altitudes. 500 feet AGL to but not 

including 6,000 feet MSL. 

8. Drum MOA, NY [New] 

Boundaries. Beginning at lat. 44°14′49′′ N., 

long. 75°49′00′′ W.; to lat. 44°19′00′′ N., long. 

75°44′30′′ W.; to lat. 44°19′00′′ N., long. 

75°37′00′′ W.; to lat. 44°16′07′′ N., long. 

75°32′41′′ W.; to lat. 44°10′50′′ N., long. 

75°38′59′′ W.; to lat. 44°09′34′′ N., long. 

75°40′00′′ W.; to the point of beginning. 

Altitudes. 500 feet AGL to but not 

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9. Lowville MOA, NY [New] 

Boundaries. Beginning at lat. 43°44′00′′ N., 

long. 75°52′00′′ W.; to lat. 43°53′00′′ N., long. 

75°35′00′′ W.; to lat. 43°53′00′′ N., long. 

75°03′00′′ W.; to lat. 43°30′00′′ N., long. 

75°03′00′′ W.; to lat. 43°30′00′′ N., long. 

75°52′00′′ W.; to the point of beginning. 

Altitudes. 100 feet AGL to but not 

including FL 180. 

10. Tupper North MOA, NY [New] 

Boundaries. Beginning at lat. 44°36′00′′ N., 

long. 75°03′00′′ W.; to lat. 44°36′00′′ N., long. 

74°21′00′′ W.; to lat. 44°14′00′′ N., long. 

74°21′00′′ W.; to lat. 44°06′00′′ N., long. 

74°12′00′′ W.; to lat. 43°53′00′′ N., long. 

74°12′00′′ W.; to lat. 43°53′00′′ N., long. 

75°03′00′′ W.; to the point of beginning. 

Altitudes. May 1–October 31: 8,000 feet 

MSL to but not including FL 180; November 

1–April 30: 6,000 feet MSL to but not 

including FL 180. 

11. Tupper South MOA, NY [New] 

Boundaries. Beginning at lat. 43°53′00′′ N., 

long. 75°03′00′′ W.; to lat. 43°53′00′′ N., long. 

74°12′00′′ W.; to lat. 43°40′00′′ N., long. 

74°12′00′′ W.; to lat. 43°30′00′′ N., long. 

74°21′00′′ W.; to lat. 43°30′00′′ N., long. 

75°03′00′′ W.; to the point of beginning. 

Altitudes. May 1–October 31: 8,000 feet 

MSL to but not including FL 180; November 

1–April 30: 6,000 feet MSL to but not 

including FL 180. 

12. Tupper East MOA, NY [New] 

Boundaries. Beginning at lat. 44°36′00′′ N., 

long. 74°21′00′′ W.; to lat. 44°36′00′′ N., long. 

74°12′00′′ W.; to lat. 44°06′00′′ N., long. 

74°12′00′′ W.; to lat. 44°14′00′′ N., long. 

74°21′00′′ W.; to the point of beginning. 

Altitudes. 10,000 feet MSL to but not 

including FL 180. 

The times of use for all of the 

proposed MOAs would vary on a 

seasonal basis. Except for the Cranberry 

MOA, the proposed MOA times of use 

are: From May 1–August 31: 0800–1700 

Monday–Friday; other times by 

NOTAM. From September 1–April 30: 

0800–2200 Monday–Friday; other times 

by NOTAM. For the Cranberry MOA, 

the times of use would be November 1–

April 30: 0800–2200 Monday–Friday; 

other times by NOTAM. The Cranberry 

MOA would be closed and unavailable 

for use during the period May 1–

October 31. 

The controlling agency for all 

proposed MOAs would be the FAA, 

Boston Air Route Traffic Control Center 

(ARTCC). The using agency for the 

Adirondack A, B, C, and D; Carthage 

East and West; Cranberry; and Drum 

MOAs would be the New York ANG, 

174th Fighter Wing, Detachment 1 (NY 

ANG, 174FW/Det 1), Fort Drum, NY. 

The using agency for the Lowville and 

Tupper North, South, and East MOAs 

would be the U.S. Air Force, Northeast 

Air Defense Sector (NEADS), Rome, NY. 

The proposed MOAs were designed to 

allow for more access to the SUA by 

civil aviation. During periods when the 

airspace is not needed for its designated 

purpose, the airspace would be returned 

to the controlling agency (Boston 

ARTCC). The reconfigured MOAs were 

designed using a building block system 

which segments the SUA into smaller 

areas that can be combined and 

activated for use as needed on a realtime basis. This system provides better 

airspace management and increased 

training efficiency by only using the 

portions of SUA that are needed for 

specific training events, while the 

remainder of the complex would be 

available for civil use. 

When not activated, the Carthage 

MOAs can be used as a transit corridor 

for nonparticipating aircraft through the 

center of a normally active MOA 

complex. For this reason, special 

emphasis will be placed on activating 

only the required altitude blocks in 

order to maintain the area as a viable 

MOA transit corridor. The Cranberry 

MOA will be used as a seasonal 

alternate during November through 

April, when low altitudes in the 

Lowville MOA are unusable much of 

the time due to weather. The Cranberry 

MOA would be closed during the period 

May 1 through October 31. 

A number of mitigations were 

incorporated in developing the Tupper 

MOAs. To alleviate concerns about the 

potential impact on commercial traffic 

flows along the southeastern edge of the 

MOA airspace, the Tupper South MOA 

was designed as a separate subarea from 

Tupper North. 

This will aid ATC in accommodating 

traffic overflow to the north of V–496/ 

J–547 and west of V–203/J–570 in the 

Syracuse, Glens Falls, and Plattsburgh 

areas. Additionally, creating the Tupper 

South MOA as a separate area gives 

ATC the flexibility to cap, raise the 

floor, or withhold the airspace without 

shutting down the entire Tupper 

airspace. This arrangement would allow 

ATC to implement real-time floor 

adjustments to accommodate commuter 

and general aviation traffic underneath 

the Tupper MOAs (i.e., on V–196) 

during times when weather or traffic 

congestion dictate. Also, because the 

Tupper North and Tupper South MOAs 

are located entirely over the Adirondack 

Park, the altitude floors of the Tupper 

North and Tupper South MOAs would 

be adjusted on a seasonal basis. From 

November through April, the Tupper 

North and South MOA floors would be 

at 6,000 feet MSL. However, from May 

through October, when outdoor 

recreation and general aviation activities 

in that area are at a peak, the Tupper 

North and South MOA floors would be 

raised to 8,000 feet MSL. 

In order to minimize the aeronautical 

and environmental impacts to the 

Adirondack Regional Airport and the 

Saranac Lake region, the northeastern 

part of the Tupper North MOA was 

subdivided to create the Tupper East 

MOA with a floor of 10,000 feet MSL. 

If approved, the above MOA changes 

would be published in the National 

Flight Data Digest for addition to the 

National Airspace System Database and 

aeronautical charts. 

Restricted Area Proposal 

The FAA is considering an 

amendment to 14 CFR part 73 to modify 

the designated altitudes of existing 

restricted area R–5201, Fort Drum, NY, 

and to establish two new restricted 

areas, R–5202A and R–5202B, at Fort 

Drum, NY (see attached graphic). These 

changes are part of the New York ANG’s 

Adirondack Airspace Complex 

proposal. Specifically, the FAA is 

proposing a minor change to the 

designated altitudes for R–5201 by 

changing the current wording from 

‘‘Surface to 23,000 feet MSL,’’ to read 

‘‘Surface to but not including 23,000 

feet MSL.’’ This change to R–5201’s 

upper altitude limit would 

accommodate the establishment of a 

new restricted area, R–5202A, to be 

designated immediately above R–5201. 

R–5201 currently hosts a variety of airto-ground, air-to-air, and surface-based 

weapons activities. Those activities will 

continue with the modified 

configuration. The new R–5202A would 

be established directly above using the 

same lateral boundaries as R–5201. R–

5202A would extend from Flight Level 

(FL) 230 to FL 290. A second new 

restricted area, R–5202B, would be 

established adjacent to, and extending 

approximately 4 nautical miles to the 

northeast of, the existing R–5201. The 

designated altitudes for R–5202B would 

be 6,000 feet MSL to FL 290. The ANG 

requested these restricted area changes 

to permit more realistic air-to-ground 

and weapons delivery tactical training 

at the Adirondack Range. With these 

changes, training can be conducted that 

replicates the conditions and tactics that 

units are tasked to perform on realworld wartime deployments. Today’s 

technology allows pilots to operate at 

higher altitudes, and engage targets from 

far greater ranges, further reducing their 

exposure to ground threats. The existing 

restricted area is not large enough to 

allow this essential high altitude, longrange weapons delivery training to be 

accomplished at the Adirondack Range. 

In combination with this rulemaking 

restricted area proposal, the FAA is also 

considering the ANG’s nonrulemaking 

proposal to redesign and expand the 


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Military Operations Areas in the 

vicinity of Fort Drum, NY, as described 

above in the ‘‘Proposed MOA Changes’’

section. 

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. 

Therefore, this proposed regulation: (1) 

Is not a ‘‘significant regulatory action’’

under Executive Order 12866; (2) is not 

a ‘‘significant rule’’ under Department of 

Transportation (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 proposed 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. 

Environmental Review 

This proposal will be subjected 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 73 

Airspace, Prohibited areas, Restricted 

areas. 

The Proposed Amendment 

In consideration of the foregoing, the 

Federal Aviation Administration 

proposes to amend 14 CFR part 73 as 

follows: 

PART 73—SPECIAL USE AIRSPACE 

1. The authority citation for part 73 

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. 

§ 73.52 [Amended] 

2. § 73.52 is amended as follows: 

* * * * * 

1. R–5201 Fort Drum, NY [Amended] 

By removing the current designated 

altitudes and substituting the following: 

Designated altitudes. Surface to but not 

including 23,000 feet MSL. 

2. R–5202A Fort Drum, NY [New] 

Boundaries. Beginning at lat. 44°01′05′′ N., 

long. 75°37′14′′ W.; to lat. 44°03′20′′ N., long. 

75°40′49′′ W.; to lat. 44°06′55′′ N., long. 

75°42′09′′ W.; to lat. 44°10′50′′ N., long. 

75°38′59′′ W.; to lat. 44°16′07′′ N., long. 

75°32′41′′ W.; to lat. 44°11′24′′ N., long. 

75°22′59′′ W.; to lat. 44°07′10′′ N., long. 

75°26′49′′ W.; to the point of beginning. 

Designated altitudes. FL 230 to FL 290. 

Time of designation. May 1–August 21: 

0800–1700, Monday–Friday; other times by 

NOTAM. September 1–April 30: 0800–2200 

local time, Monday–Friday; other times by 

NOTAM. 

Controlling agency. FAA, Boston ARTCC. 

Using agency. NY ANG, 174FW/Det 1, Fort 

Drum, NY 

3. R–5202B Fort Drum, NY [New] 

Boundaries. Beginning at lat. 44°10′18′′ N., 

long. 75°41′18′′ W.; to lat. 44°20′32′′ N., long. 

75°32′04′′ W.; to lat. 44°14′00′′ N., long. 

75°17′00′′ W.; to lat. 44°06′00′′ N., long. 

75°25′10′′ W.; to lat. 44°06′00′′ N., long. 

75°28′49′′ W.; to lat. 44°07′10′′ N., long. 

75°26′49′′ W.; to lat. 44°11′24′′ N., long. 

75°22′59′′ W.; to lat. 44°16′07′′ N., long. 

75°32′41′′ W.; to lat. 44°10′50′′ N., long. 

75°38′59′′ W.; to lat. 44°09′34′′ N., long. 

75°40′00′′ W.; to the point of beginning. 

Designated altitudes. 6,000 feet MSL to FL 

290. 

Time of designation. May 1–August 21: 

0800–1700, Monday–Friday; other times by 

NOTAM. September 1–April 30: 0800–2200 

local time, Monday–Friday; other times by 

NOTAM. 

Controlling agency. FAA, Boston ARTCC. 

Using agency. NY ANG, 174FW/Det 1, Fort 

Drum, NY 

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Issued in Washington, DC, on May 18, 

2007. 

Edith V. Parish, 

Manager, Airspace and Rules Group. 

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