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3. Recognizing that SBA has limited 

resources, should SBA create a new 

certification program specific to WOSBs 

and EDWOSBs? If so, how should SBA 

structure such a certification program so 

that the limited resources do not cause 

the time period for certification to be 

overly lengthy? How should SBA 

handle the likelihood of a large number 

of firms seeking certification once the 

certification process is operational? 

Should SBA consider or attempt to 

establish an online WOSB/EDWOSB 

certification program, with dynamic 

feedback during the certification 

process? 

4. What, if any, documents should 

SBA collect when certifying a firm as a 

WOSB or EDWOSB? Are the current 

repository document requirements 

unnecessary or significantly 

burdensome and if so, why? 

5. Should SBA and third-party 

certifiers utilize the same processes for 

certifying concerns as EDWOSBs and 

WOSBs? 

6. How long should the ED/WOSB 

certification process take? How would 

this compare with the current amount of 

time required for self-certification? 

7. Should firms that SBA finds 

ineligible during the application process 

have the right to a request for 

reconsideration or an appeal of that 

decision? If an appeal, should it be to 

SBA’s Office of Hearings and Appeals 

(OHA)? Currently, firms denied 

certification for the 8(a) BD program 

may appeal to OHA. 

8. How long should a certification be 

valid? Currently the System for Award 

Management (SAM) requires users to 

update and verify their information 

annually. Should firms certified by SBA 

as EDWOSBs or WOSBs be required to 

update their certifications manually? 

9. Should firms need to be recertified 

annually? If not annually, how long 

should WOSB or EDWOSB certification 

last? How should a firm be re-certified 

as a WOSB or EDWOSB once the time 

period for certification expires: should it 

have to re-apply anew, or should it be 

able to submit only those items to SBA 

for review that have changed since its 

initial certification? Should there be an 

online process that facilitates 

application or re-certification? If no 

changes have occurred, should the firm 

be able to submit an affidavit or 

declaration to that effect and be 

automatically re-certified? 

10. If a firm was previously certified 

by a third-party certifier, should it be 

able to apply to SBA for certification (or 

re-certification), or should it be 

permitted to apply only to the entity 

that originally certified it? 

The SBA welcomes comments on the 

above questions and any other 

certification aspect of the WOSB 

Program. The SBA also welcomes any 

available data to help substantiate 

recommendations made in response to 

the foregoing questions, or other 

potential policy options. SBA reminds 

commenters that all submissions by 

commenters are available to the public 

upon request. 

Maria Contreras-Sweet, 

Administrator. 

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14 CFR Part 71 

[Docket No. FAA–2015–3772; Airspace 

Docket No. 15–ANM–21] 

Proposed Amendment of Class E 

Airspace; Butte, MT 

AGENCY: Federal Aviation 

Administration (FAA), DOT. 

ACTION: Notice of proposed rulemaking 

(NPRM). 

SUMMARY: This action proposes to 

modify Class E surface area airspace and 

Class E airspace extending upward from 

700 feet above the surface at Bert 

Mooney Airport, Butte, MT. After a 

review, the FAA found it necessary to 

amend the standard instrument 

approach procedures for the safety and 

management of Instrument Flight Rules 

(IFR) operations at the airport. 

DATES: Comments must be received on 

or before February 1, 2016. 

ADDRESSES: Send comments on this 

proposal to the 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–2015–3772; Airspace 

Docket No. 15–ANM–21, at the 

beginning of your comments. You may 

also submit comments through 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 

9:00 a.m. and 5:00 p.m., Monday 

through Friday, except Federal holidays. 

The Docket Office (telephone 1–800– 

647–5527), is on the ground floor of the 

building at the above address. 

FAA Order 7400.9Z, Airspace 

Designations and Reporting Points, and 

subsequent amendments can be viewed 

online at http://www.faa.gov/air_traffic/ 

publications/. For further information, 

you can contact the Airspace Policy and 

ATC Regulations Group, Federal 

Aviation Administration, 800 

Independence Avenue SW., 

Washington, DC 29591; telephone: 202– 

267–8783. The Order is also available 

for inspection at the National Archives 

and Records Administration (NARA). 

For information on the availability of 

FAA Order 7400.9Z at NARA, call 202– 

741–6030, or go to http:// 

www.archives.gov/federal_register/ 

code_of_federal-regulations/ 

ibr_locations.html. 

FAA Order 7400.9, Airspace 

Designations and Reporting Points, is 

published yearly and effective on 

September 15. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Steve Haga, Federal Aviation 

Administration, Operations Support 

Group, Western Service Center, 1601 

Lind Avenue SW., Renton, WA 98057; 

telephone (425) 203–4563. 

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 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 would 

amend Class E airspace at Bert Mooney 

Airport, Butte, MT. 

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 

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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–2015–3772; Airspace 

Docket No. 15–ANM–21.’’ The postcard 

will be date/time stamped and returned 

to the commenter. 

Availability of 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/. 

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 the 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 during 

normal business hours at the Northwest 

Mountain Regional Office of the Federal 

Aviation Administration, Air Traffic 

Organization, Western Service Center, 

Operations Support Group, 1601 Lind 

Avenue SW., Renton, WA 98057. 

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. 

Availability and Summary of 

Documents Proposed for Incorporation 

by Reference 

This document would amend FAA 

Order 7400.9Z, Airspace Designations 

and Reporting Points, dated August 6, 

2015, and effective September 15, 2015. 

FAA Order 7400.9Z is publicly available 

as listed in the ADDRESSES section of this 

document. FAA Order 7400.9Z lists 

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

air traffic service routes, and reporting 

points. 

The Proposal 

The FAA is proposing an amendment 

to Title 14 Code of Federal Regulations 

(14 CFR) Part 71 by modifying Class E 

surface area airspace, Class E airspace 

extending upward from 700 feet above 

the surface at Bert Mooney Airport, 

Butte, MT. After a review of the 

airspace, the FAA found modification 

necessary for the safety and 

management of standard instrument 

approach procedures for IFR operations 

at the airport. Class E surface area 

airspace would be increased upward 

from the surface within a 4.3-mile 

radius of Bert Mooney Airport, with a 

segment extending to 11.5 miles to the 

northwest of the airport. Class E 

airspace extending upward from 700 

feet above the surface would be 

modified to within a 5.2-mile radius of 

Bert Mooney Airport, with a segment 

extending from the 5.2-mile radius to 6 

miles to the southeast, 20.7 miles to the 

north, and 27.5 miles to the northwest 

of the airport. 

Class E airspace designations are 

published in paragraph 6002 and 6005, 

respectively, of FAA Order 7400.9Z, 

dated August 6, 2015 and effective 

September 15, 2015, which is 

incorporated by reference in 14 CFR 

71.1. The Class D and Class E airspace 

designations listed in this document 

will be published subsequently in the 

Order. 

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, is non-controversial and 

unlikely to result in adverse or negative 

comments. 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, would 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 subject to an 

environmental analysis in accordance 

with FAA Order 1050.1F, 

‘‘Environmental Impacts: Policies and 

Procedures’’ prior to any FAA final 

regulatory action. 

List of Subjects in 14 CFR Part 71 

Airspace, Incorporation by reference, 

Navigation (air). 

The Proposed Amendment 

Accordingly, pursuant to the 

authority delegated to me, 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 14 CFR 

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 7400.9Z, 

Airspace Designations and Reporting 

Points, dated August 6, 2015, and 

effective September 15, 2015, is 

amended as follows: 

Paragraph 6002 Class E Airspace 

Designated as Surface Areas. 

* * * * * 

ANM MT E2 Butte, MT [Modified] 

Bert Mooney Airport, MT 

(Lat. 45°57′17′′ N., long. 112°29′51′′ W.) 

That airspace extending upward from the 

surface within a 4.3-mile radius of the Bert 

Mooney Airport, and within 4.3 miles south 

of and parallel to the 309° bearing of the 

airport extending from the 4.3-mile radius to 

the 11.5 miles northwest, thence clockwise 

along the 11.5-mile radius to 2.5 miles east 

of and parallel to the 347° bearing from the 

airport extending from the 4.3-mile radius to 

11.5 miles north of the airport. 

Paragraph 6005: Class E Airspace Areas 

Extending Upward from 700 feet or More 

Above the Surface of the Earth. 

* * * * * 

ANM MT E5 Butte, MT [Modified] 

Bert Mooney Airport, MT 

(Lat. 45°57′17′′ N., long. 112°29′51′′ W.) 

That airspace extending upward from 700 

feet above the surface bounded by a line 

beginning at lat. 46°17′24′′ N, long. 

112°44′15′′ W; to lat. 46°18′25′′ N, long. 

112°30′26′′ W; to lat. 45°55′41′′ N, long. 

112°20′52′′ W; to lat. 45°50′32′′ N, long. 

112°26′02′′ W; to lat. 45°57′11′′ N, long. 

112°47′54′′ W; to lat. 46°11′45′′ N, long. 

113°04′28′′ W; thence to point of beginning; 

that airspace extending upward from 1,200 

feet above the surface bounded by a line 

beginning at lat. 45°35′00′′ N, long. 

113°05′00′′ W; to lat. 46°37′00′′ N, long. 

113°05′00′′ W; to lat. 46°37′00′′ N, long. 

112°26′00′′ W; to lat. 46°16′00′′ N, long. 

112°00′00′′ W; to lat. 45°35′00′′ N, long. 

112°00′00′′ W; thence to point of beginning. 

Issued in Seattle, Washington, on 

December 7, 2015. 

Tracey Johnson, 

Manager, Operations Support Group, Western 

Service Center. 

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