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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 Federal Aviation 

Administration 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 PA E2 Altoona, PA [Amended] 

Altoona-Blair County Airport, PA 

(Lat. 40°17′47′′ N, long. 78°19′12′′ W) 

Within a 4.7-mile radius of Altoona-Blair 

County Airport, and within 1.0 mile each 

side of the 026° bearing from the airport to 

8.7 miles northeast of the airport. 

Paragraph 6005 Class E Airspace Areas 

Extending Upward From 700 Feet or More 

Above the Surface of the Earth. 

* * * * * 

AEA PA E5 Altoona, PA [Amended] 

Altoona-Blair County Airport, PA 

(Lat. 40°17′47′′ N, long. 78°19′12′′ W) 

That airspace extending upward from 700 

feet above the surface within an 11.2-mile 

radius of Altoona-Blair County Airport. 

Issued in College Park, Georgia, on June 14, 

2018. 

Ken Brissenden, 

Acting Manager, Operations Support Group, 

Eastern Service Center, Air Traffic 

Organization. 

[FR Doc. 2018–13373 Filed 6–21–18; 8:45 am] 

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DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION 

Federal Aviation Administration 

14 CFR Part 73 

[Docket No. FAA–2018–0470; Airspace 

Docket No. 18–ASW–2] 

RIN 2120–AA66 

Modification to Restricted Area R– 

5601F and Establishment of Restricted 

Area R–5601J; Fort Sill, OK 

AGENCY: Federal Aviation 

Administration (FAA), DOT. 

ACTION: Final rule, technical 

amendment. 

SUMMARY: This action amends the 

restricted areas at Fort Sill, OK, to 

subdivide R–5601F into two subareas, 

R–5601F and R–5601J, make a minor 

correction to one boundary point in R– 

5601G, and to update and standardize 

the using agency information for each 

restricted area in the Fort Sill restricted 

area complex. The FAA is taking this 

action to allow for more efficient use of 

the airspace during periods when 

military activities only require the 

eastern portions of the restricted area 

complex. The airspace modifications are 

fully contained within the existing 

lateral and vertical boundaries of the 

Fort Sill, OK, restricted airspace. The 

using agency information update to each 

of the restricted areas in the Fort Sill 

complex is editorial only. 

DATES: Effective date 0901 UTC, 

September 13, 2018. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Colby Abbott, Airspace Policy Group, 

Office of Airspace Services, Federal 

Aviation Administration, 800 

Independence Avenue SW, Washington, 

DC 20591; telephone: (202) 267–8783. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 

Authority for This Rulemaking 

The FAA’s authority to issue rules 

regarding aviation safety is found in 

Title 49 of the United States Code. 

Subtitle I, 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 I, Section 40103. Under that 

section, the FAA is charged with 

prescribing regulations to assign the use 

of the 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 

existing restricted area R–5601F by 

subdividing it into R–5601F and R– 

5601J, and updates the using agency 

information for each of the restricted 

areas at Fort Sill, OK. 

History 

R–5601F is an irregularly shaped 

restricted area in the Fort Sill, OK, 

restricted area complex used to contain 

hazardous activities. It connects the 

Military Operations Areas located to the 

north with the R–5601 gunnery ranges 

located to the south and stretches the 

entire length of the Fort Sill restricted 

area complex laterally from west to east, 

from 500 feet above ground level (AGL) 

to Flight Level 400 in altitude. The 

United States (U.S.) Army normally 

trains in the eastern restricted areas, R– 

5601A, R–5601B, and R–5601F, while 

the U.S. Air Force normally trains in the 

western areas, R–5601C, R–5601D, R– 

5601E, R–5601F, and R–5601G. When 

the using agency only requires the 

eastern areas to support its hazardous 

training activities, it results in the R– 

5601F restricted area being activated 

across the entire northern boundary of 

the restricted areas being activated, and 

creates a 14-mile extension of restricted 

area airspace that is not needed for the 

training activities being conducted. 

The activation of R–5601F, and the 

unintended consequences of the 14-mile 

extension of restricted area airspace 

extending westward beyond the eastern 

Fort Sill restricted areas, primarily 

impacts the high altitude commercial air 

carriers inbound to the Dallas-Fort 

Worth metroplex area. Routing aircraft 

to overfly the R–5601F restricted area 

results in descent delays that take 

aircraft off their optimized descent 

profiles, and vectoring aircraft to 

circumnavigate the R–5601F restricted 

area laterally to the west adds miles and 

flight time to each aircraft. Additionally, 

these mitigations to overcome the 

unneeded extension of the R–5601F 

restricted area when only the eastern 

Fort Sill restricted areas are required 

also increases air traffic complexity and 

controller workload. 

In December 2017, the FAA supported 

a U.S. Army laser air defense exercise 

conducted at Fort Sill, OK, using 

existing permanent restricted areas and 

two temporary restricted areas 

established overhead the Fort Sill 

restricted area complex. As part of a 

lessons learned review of the exercise, 

the FAA determined that subdividing 

the existing R–5601F restricted area 

laterally into two restricted areas, 

activated independently, would lessen 

aeronautical impacts to air traffic 

operating in the central United States. 

Further, subdividing the existing R– 

5601F laterally into two separate 

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use of the National Airspace System by 

providing for activation of the minimum 

amount of restricted area airspace 

needed for hazardous military training 

activities and releases unneeded 

restricted areas for access by other 

airspace users. 

Lastly, while staffing this airspace 

action to subdivide R–5601F laterally, 

the FAA also determined that one 

geographic point in the R–5601G 

boundary information needed to be 

adjusted and the using agency 

information needed to be updated in all 

of the restricted areas in the R–5601 

complex. The minor R–5601G boundary 

point change was deemed necessary to 

ensure the accuracy of the shared 

boundaries with the two new 

subdivided restricted areas and the 

using agency editorial updates was 

necessary for clarity and standardization 

in all of the restricted areas in the R– 

5601 complex. 

The Rule 

This action amends 14 CFR part 73 by 

subdividing restricted area R–5601F in 

the Fort Sill, OK, restricted area 

complex into two subareas, R–5601F 

(amended) and R–5601J (new), divided 

laterally by a shared boundary 

extending from lat. 34°45′03′′ N, long. 

98°29′44′′ W to lat. 34°43′30′′ N, long. 

98°35′40′′ W. The subarea portion of the 

current R–5601F established west of the 

shared boundary will continue to be 

designated R–5601F, and the subarea 

portion established east of the shared 

boundary will be designated R–5601J. 

This action does not alter the existing 

lateral or vertical boundaries of the 

restricted area airspace or the operations 

currently conducted in that airspace. 

The subdivision of the current R–5601F 

restricted area minimizes impacts to 

high altitude commercial air carriers 

inbound to the Dallas-Fort Worth 

metroplex area unnecessarily when only 

the eastern R–5601 complex restricted 

areas are required for training by the 

using agency at Fort Sill, OK. 

This action also makes a minor 

change to one geographic point in the 

boundaries information listed in the R– 

5601G description due to improved 

digital charting capabilities. This change 

ensures the accuracy of the shared 

boundaries between restricted areas R– 

5601F and R–5601J with R–5601G, and 

that all three restricted areas meet at the 

same shared boundary point. 

Additionally, this action makes 

editorial changes to the using agency 

information listed in each of the Fort 

Sill restricted area descriptions for 

clarity and standardization. The using 

agency is unchanged, but simply 

amended in the descriptions to reflect 

the military unit responsible for 

ensuring the restricted areas are used for 

their designated purpose, scheduling 

the restricted areas, and coordinating 

the restricted area airspace use with the 

controlling agency. The Fort Sill using 

agency concurs with this editorial 

update. 

These modifications do not change 

the current lateral boundaries, 

designated altitudes, times of 

designation, or activities conducted 

within the Fort Sill restricted area 

complex; therefore, notice and public 

procedure under 5 U.S.C. 553(b) are 

unnecessary. 

Regulatory Notices and Analyses 

The FAA has determined that this 

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 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 only affects air traffic 

procedures and air navigation, it is 

certified that this rule, when 

promulgated, does not have a significant 

economic impact on a substantial 

number of small entities under the 

criteria of the Regulatory Flexibility Act. 

Environmental Review 

The FAA has determined that this 

action of amending the internal 

subdivision of restricted area R–5601F 

within the Fort Sill, OK, complex 

qualifies for categorical exclusion under 

the National Environmental Policy Act 

and in accordance with FAA Order 

1050.1F, Environmental Impacts: 

Policies and Procedures, paragraph 5– 

6.5.d, ‘‘Modification of the technical 

description of special use airspace 

(SUA) that does not alter the 

dimensions, altitudes, or times of 

designation of the airspace (such as 

changes in designation of the 

controlling or using agency, or 

correction of typographical errors).’’ 

This airspace action is an administrative 

change to the internal subdivision of an 

existing restricted area within the Fort 

Sill, OK, restricted area complex. It does 

not alter the dimensions, altitudes, time 

of designation, or use of the airspace. 

Therefore, this airspace action is not 

expected to result in any significant 

environmental impacts. In accordance 

with FAA Order 1050.1F, paragraph 5– 

2 regarding Extraordinary 

Circumstances, this action has been 

reviewed for factors and circumstances 

in which a normally categorically 

excluded action may have a significant 

environmental impact requiring further 

analysis, and it is determined that no 

extraordinary circumstances exist that 

warrant preparation of an 

environmental assessment or an 

environmental impact study. 

List of Subjects in 14 CFR Part 73 

Airspace, Prohibited areas, Restricted 

areas. 

The Amendment 

In consideration of the foregoing, the 

Federal Aviation Administration 

amends 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(f), 106(g); 40103, 

40113, 40120; E.O. 10854, 24 FR 9565, 3 CFR, 

1959–1963 Comp., p. 389. 

§ 73.56 [Amended] 

■ 2. § 73.56 is amended as follows: 

R–5601A Fort Sill, OK [Amended] 

* * * * * 

By removing ‘‘Using agency. U.S. 

Army, Commanding General, U.S. Army 

Fires Center of Excellence (USAFCOE) 

and Fort Sill, Fort Sill, OK,’’ and adding 

in its place: 

Using agency. U.S. Army, U.S. Army 

Fires Center of Excellence (USAFCOE), 

Fort Sill, OK. 

R–5601B Fort Sill, OK [Amended] 

* * * * * 

By removing ‘‘Using agency. U.S. 

Army, Commanding General, U.S. Army 

Fires Center of Excellence (USAFCOE) 

and Fort Sill, Fort Sill, OK,’’ and adding 

in its place: 

Using agency. U.S. Army, U.S. Army 

Fires Center of Excellence (USAFCOE), 

Fort Sill, OK. 

R–5601C Fort Sill, OK [Amended] 

* * * * * 

By removing ‘‘Using agency. U.S. 

Army, Commanding General, U.S. Army 

Fires Center of Excellence (USAFCOE) 

and Fort Sill, Fort Sill, OK,’’ and adding 

in its place: 

Using agency. U.S. Army, U.S. Army 

Fires Center of Excellence (USAFCOE), 

Fort Sill, OK. 

R–5601D Fort Sill, OK [Amended] 

* * * * * 

By removing ‘‘Using agency. U.S. 

Army, Commanding General, U.S. Army 

Fires Center of Excellence (USAFCOE) 


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and Fort Sill, Fort Sill, OK,’’ and adding 

in its place: 

Using agency. U.S. Army, U.S. Army 

Fires Center of Excellence (USAFCOE), 

Fort Sill, OK. 

R–5601E Fort Sill, OK [Amended] 

* * * * * 

By removing ‘‘Using agency. U.S. 

Army, Commanding General, U.S. Army 

Fires Center of Excellence (USAFCOE) 

and Fort Sill, Fort Sill, OK,’’ and adding 

in its place: 

Using agency. U.S. Army, U.S. Army 

Fires Center of Excellence (USAFCOE), 

Fort Sill, OK. 

R–5601F Fort Sill, OK [Amended] 

Boundaries. Beginning at lat. 

34°46′24′′ N, long. 98°52′00′′ W; thence 

clockwise via the 49 NM arc of the 

Wichita Falls VORTAC to lat. 34°46′39′′ 

N, long. 98°50′53′′ W; to lat. 34°43′46′′ 

N, long. 98°49′55′′ W; thence clockwise 

via the 46 NM arc of the Wichita Falls 

VORTAC to lat. 34°45′03′′ N, long. 

98°29′44′′ W; to lat. 34°43′30′′ N, long. 

98°35′40′′ W; to lat. 34°45′00′′ N, long. 

98°40′31′′ W; to lat. 34°42′15′′ N, long. 

98°50′01′′ W; to the point of beginning. 

Excluding that airspace below 5,500 feet 

MSL beginning at lat. 34°44′28′′ N, long. 

98°46′16′′ W; thence clockwise via the 

46 NM arc of the Wichita Falls VORTAC 

to lat. 34°45′03′′ N, long. 98°29′44′′ W; 

to lat. 34°43′30′′ N, long. 98°35′40′′ W; 

to lat. 34°45′00′′ N, long. 98°40′31′′ W; 

to lat. 34°43′09′′ N, long. 98°46′56′′ W; 

to the point of beginning. 

Designated altitudes. 500 feet AGL to 

FL 400. Times of designation. Sunrise to 

2200 local time, Monday–Friday; other 

times by NOTAM. Controlling agency. 

FAA, Fort Worth ARTCC. Using agency. 

U.S. Army, U.S. Army Fires Center of 

Excellence (USAFCOE), Fort Sill, OK. 

R–5601G Fort Sill, OK [Amended] 

* * * * * 

By removing the boundary geographic 

point ‘‘lat. 34°45′03′′ N, long. 98°29′46′′ 

W’’ and adding in its place ‘‘lat. 

34°45′03′′ N, long. 98°29′44′′ W.’’ 

By removing ‘‘Using agency. U.S. 

Army, Commanding General, U.S. Army 

Fires Center of Excellence (USAFCOE) 

and Fort Sill, Fort Sill, OK,’’ and adding 

in its place: 

Using agency. U.S. Army, U.S. Army 

Fires Center of Excellence (USAFCOE), 

Fort Sill, OK. 

R–5601H Fort Sill, OK [Amended] 

* * * * * 

By removing ‘‘Using agency. U.S. 

Army, Commanding General, U.S. Army 

Fires Center of Excellence (USAFCOE) 

and Fort Sill, Fort Sill, OK,’’ and adding 

in its place: 

Using agency. U.S. Army, U.S. Army 

Fires Center of Excellence (USAFCOE), 

Fort Sill, OK. 

R–5601J Fort Sill, OK [New] 

Boundaries. Beginning at lat. 

34°45′03′′ N, long. 98°29′44′′ W; to lat. 

34°46′15′′ N, long. 98°25′01′′ W; to lat. 

34°47′00′′ N, long. 98°17′46′′ W; to lat. 

34°46′45′′ N, long. 98°17′01′′ W; to lat. 

34°46′06′′ N, long. 98°17′01′′ W; to lat. 

34°46′06′′ N, long. 98°21′01′′ W; to lat. 

34°43′45′′ N, long. 98°21′01′′ W; to lat. 

34°43′30′′ N, long. 98°21′21′′ W; to lat. 

34°43′30′′ N, long. 98°35′40′′ W; to the 

point of beginning. Excluding that 

airspace below 5,500 feet MSL 

beginning at lat. 34°43′30′′ N, long. 

98°35′40′′ W; to lat. 34°44′48′′ N, long. 

98°30′45′′ W; to lat. 34°43′30′′ N, long. 

98°30′00′′ W; to the point of beginning; 

and that airspace below 3,500 feet MSL 

within a 1 NM radius of lat. 34°46′46′′ 

N, long. 98°17′46′′ W. 

Designated altitudes. 500 feet AGL to 

FL 400. Times of designation. Sunrise to 

2200 local time, Monday–Friday; other 

times by NOTAM. Controlling agency. 

FAA, Fort Worth ARTCC. Using agency. 

U.S. Army, U.S. Army Fires Center of 

Excellence (USAFCOE), Fort Sill, OK. 

Issued in Washington, DC, on June 13, 

2018. 

Scott J. Gardner, 

Acting Manager, Airspace Policy Group. 

[FR Doc. 2018–13375 Filed 6–21–18; 8:45 am] 

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16 CFR Part 1252 

[Docket No. CPSC–2017–0038] 

Children’s Products, Children’s Toys, 

and Child Care Articles: 

Determinations Regarding Lead, ASTM 

F963 Elements, and Phthalates for 

Engineered Wood Products 

AGENCY: U.S. Consumer Product Safety 

Commission. 

ACTION: Final rule. 

SUMMARY: The Consumer Product Safety 

Commission (CPSC) is issuing a final 

rule determining that certain untreated 

and unfinished engineered wood 

products (EWPs), specifically, 

particleboard, hardwood plywood, and 

medium-density fiberboard, made from 

virgin wood or pre-consumer wood 

waste do not contain lead, the ASTM 

F963 elements, or specified phthalates 

that exceed the limits set forth under the 

CPSC’s statutes for children’s products, 

children’s toys, and child care articles. 

Based on these determinations, the 

specified EWPs would not be required 

to have third party testing for 

compliance with the requirements for 

lead, ASTM F963 elements, or 

phthalates for children’s products, 

children’s toys, and child care articles. 

DATES: The rule is effective on July 23, 

2018. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Stephen Lee, Office of Compliance, U.S. 

Consumer Product Safety Commission, 

4330 East West Hwy., Bethesda, MD 

20814; 301–504–7844: email: slee@

cpsc.gov. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 

A. Background 

1. Third Party Testing and Burden 

Reduction 

Section 14(a) of the Consumer 

Product Safety Act (CPSA), as amended 

by the Consumer Product Safety 

Improvement Act of 2008 (CPSIA), 

requires that manufacturers of products 

subject to a consumer product safety 

rule or similar rule, ban, standard, or 

regulation enforced by the CPSC, must 

certify that the product complies with 

all applicable CPSC-enforced 

requirements. 15 U.S.C. 2063(a). For 

children’s products, children’s toys, and 

child care articles, certification must be 

based on testing conducted by a CPSCaccepted third party conformity 

assessment body (laboratory). Id. Public 

Law 112–28 (August 12, 2011) directed 

the CPSC to seek comment on 

‘‘opportunities to reduce the cost of 

third party testing requirements 

consistent with assuring compliance 

with any applicable consumer product 

safety rule, ban, standard, or 

regulation.’’ Public Law 112–28 also 

authorized the Commission to issue new 

or revised third party testing regulations 

if the Commission determines ‘‘that 

such regulations will reduce third party 

testing costs consistent with assuring 

compliance with the applicable 

consumer product safety rules, bans, 

standards, and regulations.’’ Id. 

2063(d)(3)(B). 

2. CPSC’s Lead Standard 

Section 101 of the CPSIA has two 

requirements associated with lead in 

children’s products. 15 U.S.C. 1278a. 

First, no accessible part of a children’s 

product may contain more than 100 

parts per million (ppm) lead content. 

Second, paint or other surface coatings 

on children’s products and furniture 

intended for consumer use may not 

contain lead in concentrations greater 

than 90 ppm. Manufacturers of 

children’s products must certify, based 

on third party testing, that their 


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