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§ 71.1 [Amended] 

2. The incorporation by reference in 

14 CFR 71.1 of Federal Aviation 

Administration Order 7400.9P, Airspace 

Designations and Reporting Points, 

dated September 1, 2006, and effective 

September 15, 2006, is amended as 

follows: 

Paragraph 5000 Class D Airspace. 

* * * * * 

ACE KS D Independence, KS [New] 

Independence Municipal Airport, KS 

(Lat. 37°09′30′′ N., long. 95°46′42′′ W.) 

That airspace extending upward from the 

surface to and including 3,300 feet MSL 

within a 4.6-mile radius of Independence 

Municipal 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. 

* * * * * 

Issued in Fort Worth, Texas on July 27, 

2007. 

Donald R. Smith, 

Manager, System Support Group, ATO 

Central Service Center. 

[FR Doc. 07–3963 Filed 8–14–07; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 4910–13–M 

DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION 

Federal Aviation Administration 

14 CFR Part 71 

[Docket No. FAA–277–28591; Airspace 

Docket 07–ASO–16] 

Proposed Amendment of Class E 

Airspace; Scottsboro, AL 

AGENCY: Federal Aviation 

Administration (FAA), DOT. 

ACTION: Notice of proposed rulemaking. 

SUMMARY: This action proposes to 

amend the Class E airspace area at 

Scottsboro, AL, to accommodate a new 

Standard Instrument Approach 

Procedure (SIAP) that has been 

developed for the Scottsboro 

Municipal—Word Field Airport. 

Additional controlled airspace is 

necessary for the safety and 

management of Instrument Flight Rules 

(IFR) operations at Scottsboro 

Municipal—Word Field Airport. 

DATES: Comments must be received on 

or before October 1, 2007. 

ADDRESSES: Send comments on this 

proposal to the Docket Management 

Facility, U.S. Department of 

Transportation, Docket Operations, M–

30, 1200 New Jersey Ave., SE., West 

Building, Ground Floor, Room W12–

140, Washington, DC 20590; telephone: 

1–800–647–5527. You must identify the 

docket number FAA–2007–28591; 

Airspace Docket 07–ASO–16, at the 

beginning of your comments. You may 

also submit comments on the Internet at 

http://dms.dot.gov. You may review the 

public docket containing the proposal, 

any comments received, and any final 

disposition in person in 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 Eastern Service 

Center, Federal Aviation 

Administration, Room C210, 1701 

Columbia Avenue, College Park, Georgia 

30337. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Mark D. Ward, Manager, System 

Support, Eastern Service Center, Federal 

Aviation Administration, P.O. Box 

20636, Atlanta, Georgia 30320; 

telephone (404) 305–5627. 

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. Communication 

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–2007–

28591/Airspace Docket No. 07–ASO–

16.’’ The postcard will be date/time 

stamped and returned to the 

commenter. All communications 

received 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 the 

comments received. A report 

summarizing each substantive public 

contact with FAA personnel concerned 

with this rulemaking will be filed in the 

docket. 

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. 

Persons interested in being placed on a 

mailing list for future NPRM’s should 

contact the FAA’s Office of Rulemaking, 

(202) 267–9677, to request a copy of 

Advisory Circular 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 amend 

Class E airspace at Scottsboro, AL. The 

current Class E airspace area supporting 

helicopter operations at Jackson County 

Hospital is too small to contain the new 

RNAV (GPS) SIAPs at nearby Scottsboro 

Municipal—Word Field Airport. This 

proposed action would provide the 

additional controlled airspace, 

extending upward from 700 feet above 

ground level (AGL), that is required to 

support the new RNAV (GPS) SIAPs for 

runways 4 and 22 at Scottsboro 

Municipal—Word Field Airport. 

Class E airspace designations for 

airspace areas extending upward from 

700 feet or more above the surface of the 

earth are published in Paragraph 6005 of 

FAA Order 7400.9P, dated September 1, 

2006, and effective September 15, 2006, 

which is incorporated by reference in 14 

CFR 71.1. The Class E airspace 

designation listed in this document 

would be published subsequently 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. 

List of Subjects in 14 CFR Part 71 

Airspace, Incorporation by reference, 

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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, 

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(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 7400.9P, Airspace 

Designations and Reporting Points, 

dated September 1, 2006, and effective 

September 15, 2006, is amended as 

follows: 

Paragraph 6005 Class E Airspace Areas 

Extending Upward from 700 feet or More 

Above the Surface of the Earth 

* * * * * 

ASO AL E5 Scottsboro, AL [ADDED] 

Scottsboro Municipal—Word Field Airport, 

AL 

(Lat. 34°41′19′′ N., long. 86°00′21′′ W.) 

Jackson County Hospital Point In Space 

Coordinates (Lat. 34°39′47′′ N., long. 

86°01′54′′ W.) 

That airspace extending upward from 700 

feet above the surface within a 6.5-mile 

radius of Scottsboro Municipal—Word Field 

Airport extending from the 6.5-mile radius to 

4.4 miles northeast of the airport and within 

4 miles each side of the 218° bearing from the 

Scottsboro Municipal—Word Field Airport 

extending from the 6.5-mile radius to 4.5 

miles southwest of the airport; and that 

airspace within a 6-mile radius of the point 

in space (Lat. 34°39′47′′ N., long. 86°01′54′′ 

W.) serving Jackson County Hospital. 

* * * * * 

Issued in College Park, Georgia, on July 2, 

2007. 

Lynda G. Otting, 

Acting Group Manager, System Support 

Group, Eastern Service Center. 

[FR Doc. 07–3961 Filed 8–14–07; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 4910–13–M 

SOCIAL SECURITY ADMINISTRATION 

[Docket No. SSA–2007–0045] 

20 CFR Part 405 

RIN 0960–AG53 

Proposed Suspension of New Claims 

to the Federal Reviewing Official 

Review Level, Changes to the Role of 

the Medical and Vocational Expert 

System, and Future Demonstration 

Projects 

AGENCY: Social Security Administration. 

ACTION: Notice of proposed rulemaking. 

SUMMARY: We propose to modify our 

disability administrative adjudication 

processes to suspend new claims to the 

Federal reviewing official (FedRO) level, 

now operating in the Boston region. 

Claims already received will continue to 

be processed by the FedRO and a related 

component of the disability 

determination process, the Medical and 

Vocational Expert System (MVES), 

commonly known as the Office of 

Medical and Vocational Expertise 

(OMVE). We also propose to remove the 

MVES/OMVE from the disability 

adjudication process for new claims. We 

are making these proposals to ensure 

that we continually improve our 

disability adjudication process. Lastly, 

we are requesting comments on using 

the MVES/OMVE to develop and 

manage a national registry of experts. 

DATES: To be sure that we consider your 

comments on our proposed changes, we 

must receive them no later than 

September 14, 2007. However, we also 

invite comments by November 13, 2007 

on the merits of a national registry of 

experts, including MVES/OMVE 

management of the registry, and the 

rates to be paid to the experts affiliated 

with the registry. 

ADDRESSES: You may give us your 

comments by: Internet through the 

Federal eRulemaking Portal at http:// 

www.regulations.gov; e-mail to 

regulations@ssa.gov; telefax to (410) 

966–2830; or letter to the Commissioner 

of Social Security, P.O. Box 17703, 

Baltimore, MD 21235–7703. You may 

also deliver them to the Office of 

Regulations, Social Security 

Administration, 960 Altmeyer Building, 

6401 Security Boulevard, Baltimore, MD 

21235–6401, between 8 a.m. and 4:30 

p.m. on regular business days. 

Comments are posted on the Federal 

eRulemaking Portal, or you may inspect 

them on regular business days by 

making arrangements with the contact 

person shown in this preamble. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

James A. Winn, Social Security 

Administration, 6401 Security 

Boulevard, Baltimore, MD 21235–6401, 

(410) 965–0600 for information about 

this notice. For information on 

eligibility or filing for benefits, call our 

national toll-free number, 1–800–772–

1213 or TTY 1–800–325–0778, or visit 

our Internet site, Social Security Online, 

at http://www.socialsecurity.gov. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 

Electronic Version 

The electronic file of this document is 

available on the date of publication in 

the Federal Register at http:// 

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

Introduction 

We are dedicated to providing highquality service to the American public. 

When in March 2006 we announced 

changes to our administrative review 

process for initial disability claims, we 

explained that we expected that the 

changes would improve disability 

service. Our commitment to continuous 

improvement in the way we process 

disability claims did not end with the 

publication of those rules as we 

continually explore ways to improve 

service to some of the most vulnerable 

in our society. We face, now and in the 

foreseeable future, significant challenges 

to our ability to provide the level of 

service that disability benefit claimants 

deserve because of the increased 

complexity of and growth in claims for 

those benefits. Consequently, we 

propose modifications to our 

administrative review process that will 

further help us evaluate changes put in 

place in March 2006 and help us 

provide accurate and timely service to 

claimants for Social Security disability 

benefits and supplemental security 

income payments based on disability or 

blindness. 

The importance of these disability 

benefits to the lives and subsistence of 

many Americans cannot be 

underestimated. Nearly 15 million 

disabled Social Security beneficiaries 

and supplemental security income 

recipients receive over $10 billion in 

Federal monthly payments. The 

adjudication of disability claims 

requires evaluating complex medical 

and vocational evidence. 

The number of claims and requests for 

hearings that we receive has continued 

to expand. In 2004–2006, we received 

an annual average of 2.6 million 

disability claims that required decisions 

on medical grounds, the most time and 

labor intensive basis for deciding such 

claims. Along with this expansion in the 

number of claims, there has been a 

concomitant increase in the number of 

hearing requests. Our hearing offices 


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