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airports_airtraffic/air_traffic/ 

publications/airspace_amendments/. 

You may review the public docket 

containing the proposal, any comments 

received, and any final disposition in 

person in the Dockets Office (see the 

ADDRESSES section for address and 

phone number) between 9:00 a.m. and 

5:00 p.m., Monday through Friday, 

except federal holidays. An informal 

docket may also be examined between 

8:00 a.m. and 4:30 p.m., Monday 

through Friday, except federal holidays 

at the office of the Eastern Service 

Center, Federal Aviation 

Administration, Room 350, 1701 

Columbia Avenue, College Park, Georgia 

30337. 

Availability and Summary of 

Documents for Incorporation by 

Reference 

This document proposes to amend 

FAA Order 7400.11B, Airspace 

Designations and Reporting Points, 

dated August 3, 2017, and effective 

September 15, 2017. FAA Order 

7400.11B is publicly available as listed 

in the ADDRESSES section of this 

document. FAA Order 7400.11B lists 

Class A, B, C, D, and E airspace areas, 

air traffic service routes, and reporting 

points 

The Proposal 

The FAA is considering an 

amendment to title 14, Code of Federal 

Regulations (14 CFR) part 71 to amend 

Class E surface airspace and Class E 

airspace extending upward from 700 

feet above the surface at Massena 

International-Richards Field Airport, 

Massena, NY. The segment within 1.8 

miles each side of the Massena 

VORTAC 286° radial extending from the 

4-mile radius to the VORTAC would be 

removed in Class E surface airspace; and 

the segment within 2.7 miles each side 

of the Massena VORTAC 106° radial 

extending from the 7.4-mile radius to 7 

miles east of the VORTAC would be 

removed in Class E airspace extending 

upward from 700 feet above the surface, 

due to the decommissioning of the 

Massena VORTAC, and cancelation of 

associated approaches. This action 

would enhance the safety and 

management of IFR operations at the 

airport. The geographic coordinates of 

the airport also would be adjusted to 

coincide with the FAAs aeronautical 

database. 

Class E airspace designations are 

published in Paragraphs 6002 and 6005 

respectively, of FAA Order 7400.11B, 

dated August 3, 2017, and effective 

September 15, 2017, which is 

incorporated by reference in 14 CFR 

71.1. The Class E airspace designation 

listed in this document will be 

published subsequently in the Order. 

Regulatory Notices and Analyses 

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 

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 would be subject to an 

environmental analysis in accordance 

with FAA Order 1050.1F, 

‘‘Environmental Impacts: Policies and 

Procedures’’ prior to any FAA final 

regulatory action. 

Lists 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, 

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 7400.11B, 

Airspace Designations and Reporting 

Points, dated August 3, 2017, effective 

September 15, 2017, is amended as 

follows: 

Paragraph 6002 Class E Surface Area 

Airspace. 

* * * * * 

AEA NY E2 Massena, NY [Amended] 

Massena International-Richards Field 

Airport, NY 

(Lat. 44°56′11′′ N., long. 74°50′42′′ W.) 

Within a 4-mile radius of the Massena 

International-Richards Field Airport, 

excluding the airspace within Canada. 

Paragraph 6005 Class E Airspace Areas 

Extending Upward From 700 Feet or More 

Above the Surface of the Earth. 

* * * * * 

AEA NY E5 Massena, NY [Amended] 

Massena International-Richards Field 

Airport, NY 

(Lat. 44°56′11′′ N., long. 74°50′42′′ W.) 

That airspace extending upward from 700 

feet above the surface within a 7.4-mile 

radius of Massena International-Richards 

Field Airport, excluding the airspace within 

Canada. 

Issued in College Park, Georgia, on 

November 29, 2017. 

Ryan W. Almasy, 

Manager, Operations Support Group, Eastern 

Service Center, Air Traffic Organization. 

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FEDERAL TRADE COMMISSION 

16 CFR Part 315 

Public Workshop Examining Contact 

Lens Marketplace and Analyzing 

Proposed Changes to the Contact 

Lens Rule 

AGENCY: Federal Trade Commission. 

ACTION: Public workshop and request for 

public comment. 

SUMMARY: The Federal Trade 

Commission (‘‘FTC’’ or ‘‘Commission’’) 

is holding a public workshop relating to 

its December 7, 2016 Notice of Proposed 

Rulemaking (‘‘NPRM’’) announcing 

proposed changes to the Contact Lens 

Rule. The workshop will explore issues 

relating to competition in the contact 

lens marketplace, consumer access to 

contact lenses, prescription release and 

portability, and other issues raised in 

comments received in response to the 

NPRM. 

DATES: The public workshop will be 

held on March 7, 2018, from 9:00 a.m. 

until 5:00 p.m., at the Constitution 

Center Conference Center, located at 400 

7th Street SW., Washington, DC. 

Requests to participate as a panelist 

must be received by January 5, 2018. 

Any written comments related to the 

agenda topics or the issues discussed by 

the panelists at the workshop must be 

received by April 6, 2018. 

ADDRESSES: Interested parties may file a 

comment or a request to participate as 

a panelist online or on paper, by 

following the instructions in the Filing 

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1 15 U.S.C. 7601–7610 (Pub. L. 108–164). 

2Contact Lens Rule, 16 CFR 315. 

3 16 CFR 315.5(a). 

4 16 CFR 315.5(e). 

5Contact Lens Rule, Request for Comment, 80 FR 

53272 (Sept. 3, 2015). 

6The comments are posted at: https://

www.ftc.gov/policy/public-comments/initiative-621. 

7Contact Lens Rule, Notice of Proposed 

Rulemaking, Request for Comment, 81 FR 88526 

(Dec. 7, 2016). 

8The comments are posted at: https://

www.ftc.gov/policy/public-comments/2016/10/ 

initiative-677. 

as a Panelist part of the SUPPLEMENTARY

INFORMATION section below. Write 

‘‘Contact Lens Rule, 16 CFR part 315, 

Comment, Project No. R511995’’ on 

your comment and ‘‘Contact Lens Rule, 

16 CFR part 315, Request to Participate, 

Project No. R511995’’ on your request to 

participate as a panelist. File your 

comment online at https://

ftcpublic.commentworks.com/ftc/ 

contactlensworkshop by following the 

instructions on the web-based form. File 

your request to participate as a panelist 

by email to: contactlensworkshop2018@

ftc.gov. If you prefer to file your 

comment or request to participate on 

paper, mail your comment or request to 

the following address: Federal Trade 

Commission, Office of the Secretary, 

600 Pennsylvania Avenue NW., Suite 

CC–5610 (Annex F), or deliver your 

comment or request to the following 

address: Federal Trade Commission, 

Office of the Secretary, Constitution 

Center, 400 7th Street SW., 5th Floor, 

Suite 5610 (Annex F), Washington, DC 

20024. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Elizabeth Delaney, Attorney, 202–326– 

2903, or Alysa Bernstein, Attorney, 202– 

326–3289, Federal Trade Commission, 

Division of Advertising Practices, 

Bureau of Consumer Protection, 600 

Pennsylvania Avenue NW., Washington, 

DC 20580. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 

I. Introduction 

In 2003, Congress enacted the 

Fairness to Contact Lens Consumers 

Act.1 Pursuant to the Act, the 

Commission promulgated the Contact 

Lens Rule (‘‘Rule’’), which went into 

effect on August 2, 2004.2 The Rule 

promotes competition in retail sales of 

contact lenses by facilitating consumers’ 

ability to comparison shop for contact 

lenses. When a prescriber completes a 

contact lens fitting, the Rule requires 

that the prescriber provide the patient 

with a copy of her prescription. The 

Rule also requires that the prescriber 

verify or provide such prescriptions to 

authorized third parties, such as contact 

lens sellers. 

In addition, the Rule places certain 

requirements on sellers. It mandates that 

sellers dispense contact lenses only in 

accordance with a valid prescription 

that is either presented to the seller or 

verified by direct communication with 

the prescriber.3 Sellers may not alter a 

prescription, but for private label 

contact lenses, may substitute identical 

contact lenses that the same company 

manufactures and sells under a different 

name.4

As part of its ongoing regulatory 

review program, the Commission 

published a Request for Comment in 

September 2015 seeking comment on: 

The economic impact of, and the 

continuing need for, the Rule; the 

benefits of the Rule to consumers; the 

burdens the Rule places on entities 

subject to its requirements; the impact 

the Rule has had on the flow of 

information to consumers; the degree of 

industry compliance with the Rule; the 

need for any modifications to increase 

its benefits or reduce its burdens or to 

account for changes in relevant 

technology; and any overlap or conflict 

with the Rule and other federal, state, or 

local laws or regulations.5 The comment 

period closed on October 26, 2015, and 

the Commission received 660 

comments.6 Virtually all commenters 

agreed that there is a continuing need 

for the Rule and that it benefits 

consumers and competition. The 

majority of commenters recommended 

some modifications to the Rule in order 

to maximize the benefits to consumers 

and competition, decrease the burden 

on businesses, protect consumers’ eye 

health, or improve overall compliance 

with the Rule’s existing requirements. 

After reviewing the comments, the 

Commission published a Notice of 

Proposed Rulemaking (‘‘NPRM’’) 

proposing to amend the Rule to require 

that prescribers obtain a signed 

acknowledgment after releasing a 

contact lens prescription to a patient, 

and maintain each such 

acknowledgment for a period of not less 

than three years.7 The Commission also 

proposed to strike the words ‘‘private 

label’’ from Section 315.5(e) of the Rule 

to conform the language of the Rule to 

that of the Act. The Commission sought 

public comment on these proposed 

amendments as well as several other 

issues, including: The use of patient 

portals to provide prescriptions; the 

provision of additional copies of a 

prescription to a patient; the amount of 

time required for a prescriber to respond 

to a request for a copy of a prescription; 

and additional information on possible 

modifications to the Rule that could 

address issues raised about automated 

telephone calls. The Commission 

received over 4,100 comments in 

response.8

II. Issues for Discussion at the 

Workshop 

As part of the Contact Lens Rule 

rulemaking, the FTC is hosting a public 

workshop to explore issues relating to 

competition in the contact lens 

marketplace, consumer access to contact 

lenses, prescription release and 

portability, and other issues raised in 

comments to the NPRM. The workshop 

will cover topics including: (1) 

Consumers’ ability to comparison shop 

for contact lenses; (2) the use of 

electronic health records, patient 

portals, and other technology to 

improve prescription portability; (3) the 

interaction between the Contact Lens 

Rule and emerging telehealth business 

models; (4) the potential for new 

technology to improve the prescription 

verification process; and (5) 

modifications to the Contact Lens Rule 

to foster competition and maximize 

consumer benefits, including benefits to 

eye health. 

A more detailed agenda will be 

published at a later date, in advance of 

the scheduled workshop. 

III. Public Participation Information 

A. Workshop Attendance 

The workshop is free and open to the 

public, and will be held at the 

Constitution Center, 400 7th Street SW., 

Washington, DC. It will be webcast live 

on the FTC’s Web site. For admittance 

to the Constitution Center, all attendees 

must show valid government-issued 

photo identification, such as a driver’s 

license. Please arrive early enough to 

allow adequate time for this process. 

This event may be photographed, 

videotaped, webcast, or otherwise 

recorded. By participating in this event, 

you are agreeing that your image—and 

anything you say or submit—may be 

posted indefinitely at www.ftc.gov or on 

one of the Commission’s publicly 

available social media sites. 

B. Requests To Participate as a Panelist 

The workshop will be organized into 

panels, which will address the 

designated topics. Panelists will be 

selected by FTC staff. Other attendees 

will have an opportunity to comment 

and ask questions. The Commission will 

place a transcript of the proceeding on 

the public record. Requests to 

participate as a panelist must be 

received on or before January 5, 2018, as 

explained in Section IV below. Persons 


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selected as panelists will be notified on 

or before January 19, 2018. 

Disclosing funding sources promotes 

transparency, ensures objectivity, and 

maintains the public’s trust. If chosen, 

prospective panelists will be required to 

disclose the source of any support they 

received in connection with 

participation at the workshop. This 

information will be included in the 

published panelist bios as part of the 

workshop record. 

C. Electronic and Paper Comments 

The submission of comments is not 

required for participation in the 

workshop. If a person wishes to submit 

paper or electronic comments related to 

the agenda topics or the issues 

discussed by the panelists at the 

workshop, such comments should be 

filed as prescribed in Section IV, and 

must be received on or before April 6, 

2018. 

IV. Filing Comments and Requests To 

Participate as a Panelist 

You can file a comment, or request to 

participate as a panelist, online or on 

paper. For the Commission to consider 

your comment, we must receive it on or 

before April 6, 2018. For the 

Commission to consider your request to 

participate as panelist, we must receive 

it by January 5, 2018. Write ‘‘Contact 

Lens Rule, 16 CFR part 315, Comment, 

Project No. R511995’’ on your comment 

and ‘‘Contact Lens Rule, 16 CFR part 

315, Request to Participate, Project No. 

R511995’’ on your request to participate. 

Your comment—including your name 

and your state—will be placed on the 

public record of this proceeding, 

including, to the extent practicable, on 

the public Commission Web site, at 

http://www.ftc.gov/os/public

comments.shtm. 

Postal mail addressed to the 

Commission is subject to delay due to 

heightened security screening. As a 

result, we encourage you to submit your 

comments online, or to send them to the 

Commission by courier or overnight 

service. To make sure that the 

Commission considers your online 

comment, you must file it at https://

ftcpublic.commentworks.com/ftc/ 

contactlensworkshop, by following the 

instructions on the web based form. 

When this Notice appears at http://

www.regulations.gov/#!home, you also 

may file a comment through that Web 

site. 

Because your comment will be placed 

on the publicly accessible FTC Web site 

at https://www.ftc.gov, you are solely 

responsible for making sure that your 

comment does not include any sensitive 

or confidential information. In 

particular, your comment should not 

include any sensitive personal 

information, such as your or anyone 

else’s Social Security number; date of 

birth; driver’s license number or other 

state identification number, or foreign 

country equivalent; passport number, 

financial account number, or credit or 

debit card number. You are also solely 

responsible for making sure that your 

comment does not include any sensitive 

health information, such as medical 

records or other individually 

identifiable health information. In 

addition, your comment should not 

include any ‘‘trade secret or any 

commercial or financial information 

which . . . is privileged or 

confidential’’—as provided by Section 

6(f) of the FTC Act, 15 U.S.C. 46(f), and 

FTC Rule 4.10(a)(2), 16 CFR 4.10(a)(2)— 

including in particular competitively 

sensitive information such as costs, 

sales statistics, inventories, formulas, 

patterns, devices, manufacturing 

processes, or customer names. 

Comments containing material for 

which confidential treatment is 

requested must be filed in paper form, 

must be clearly labeled ‘‘Confidential,’’ 

and must comply with FTC Rule 4.9(c). 

In particular, the written request for 

confidential treatment that accompanies 

the comment must include the factual 

and legal basis for the request, and must 

identify the specific portions of the 

comment to be withheld from the public 

record. See FTC Rule 4.9(c). Your 

comment will be kept confidential only 

if the General Counsel grants your 

request in accordance with the law and 

the public interest. Once your comment 

has been posted on the public FTC Web 

site—as legally required by FTC Rule 

4.9(b)—we cannot redact or remove 

your comment from the FTC Web site, 

unless you submit a confidentiality 

request that meets the requirements for 

such treatment under FTC Rule 4.9(c), 

and the General Counsel grants that 

request. 

Requests to participate as a panelist at 

the workshop should be submitted 

electronically to 

contactlensworkshop2018@ftc.gov, or, if 

mailed, should be submitted in the 

manner detailed below. Parties are 

asked to include in their requests a brief 

statement setting forth their expertise in 

or knowledge of the issues on which the 

workshop will focus as well as their 

contact information, including a 

telephone number and email address (if 

available), to enable the FTC to notify 

them if they are selected. 

If you file your comment or request on 

paper, write ‘‘Contact Lens Rule, 16 CFR 

part 315, Comment, Project No. 

R511995’’ on your comment and on the 

envelope and ‘‘Contact Lens Rule, 16 

CFR part 315, Request to Participate, 

Project No. R511995,’’ on your request 

and on the envelope, and mail your 

comment to the following address: 

Federal Trade Commission, Office of the 

Secretary, 600 Pennsylvania Avenue 

NW., Suite CC–5610 (Annex F), 

Washington, DC 20580, or deliver your 

comment to the following address: 

Federal Trade Commission, Office of the 

Secretary, Constitution Center, 400 7th 

Street SW., 5th Floor, Suite 5610 

(Annex F). If possible, submit your 

paper comment or request to the 

Commission by courier or overnight 

service. 

Visit the Commission Web site at 

http://www.ftc.gov to read this Notice 

and the news release describing it. The 

FTC Act and other laws that the 

Commission administers permit the 

collection of public comments to 

consider and use in this proceeding as 

appropriate. The Commission will 

consider all timely and responsive 

public comments that it receives on or 

before April 6, 2018. The Commission 

will consider all timely requests to 

participate as a panelist in the workshop 

that it receives by January 5, 2018. For 

information on the Commission’s 

privacy policy, including routine uses 

permitted by the Privacy Act, see 

https://www.ftc.gov/site-information/ 

privacy-policy. 

V. Communications by Outside Parties 

to Commissioners or Their Advisors 

Written communications and 

summaries or transcripts of oral 

communications respecting the merits 

of this proceeding, from any outside 

party to any Commissioner or 

Commissioner’s advisor will be placed 

on the public record. See 16 CFR 

1.26(b)(5). 

By direction of the Commission. 

Donald S. Clark, 

Secretary. 

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