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airspace area and Restricted Areas R–4001A 

and R–4001B when they are in effect. This 

Class E 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. 

Paragraph 6004 Class E airspace designated 

as an extension to a class D surface area. 

* * * * * 

AEA MD E4 Baltimore, Martin State 

Airport, MD [Amended] 

Martin State Airport, MD 

(Lat. 39°19′32′′ N., long. 76°24′50′′ W.) 

That airspace extending upward from the 

surface within 4 miles each side of a 134° 

bearing from the Martin State Airport 

extending from the 5.2-mile radius of the 

Martin State Airport to 9.2 miles southeast of 

the airport, excluding that airspace within 

the Washington Tri-Area Class B airspace 

area and Restricted Areas R–4001A and R– 

4001B when they are in effect. This Class E 

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 College Park, Georgia, on August 

19, 2011. 

Mark D. Ward, 

Manager, Operations Support Group, Eastern 

Service Center, Air Traffic Organization. 

[FR Doc. 2011–22319 Filed 8–30–11; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 4910–13–P 

DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION 

Federal Aviation Administration 

14 CFR Part 71 

[Docket No. FAA–2011– 0766; Airspace 

Docket No. 11–AEA–19] 

Proposed Establishment of Class E 

Airspace; Danville, PA 

AGENCY: Federal Aviation 

Administration (FAA), DOT. 

ACTION: Notice of proposed rulemaking 

(NPRM). 

SUMMARY: This action proposes to 

establish Class E Airspace at Danville, 

PA, to accommodate new Area 

Navigation (RNAV) Global Positioning 

System (GPS) Standard Instrument 

Approach Procedures at Danville 

Airport. This action would enhance the 

safety and airspace management of 

Instrument Flight Rules (IFR) operations 

at the airport. 

DATES: Comments must be received on 

or before October 17, 2011. 

ADDRESSES: Send comments on this rule 

to: U.S. Department of Transportation, 

Docket Operations, West Building 

Ground Floor, Room W12–140, 1200 

New Jersey Avenue, SE., Washington, 

DC 20590–0001; Telephone: 1–800– 

647–5527; Fax: 202–493–2251. You 

must identify the Docket Number FAA– 

2011–0766; Airspace Docket No. 11– 

AEA–19, at the beginning of your 

comments. You may also submit and 

review received comments through the 

Internet at http://www.regulations.gov. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: John 

Fornito, Operations Support Group, 

Eastern Service Center, Federal Aviation 

Administration, P.O. Box 20636, 

Atlanta, Georgia 30320; telephone (404) 

305–6364. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 

Comments Invited 

Interested persons are invited to 

comment on this rule 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 (FAA Docket No. FAA– 

2011–0766; Airspace Docket No. 11– 

ASO–19) 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://

www.regulations.gov. 

Annotators 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 

Docket No. FAA–2011–0766; Airspace 

Docket No. 11–ASO–19.’’ 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 from and 

comments submitted through 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 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 340, 1701 

Columbia Avenue, College Park, Georgia 

30337. 

Persons interested in being placed on 

a mailing list for future NPRMs 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 establish 

Class E airspace at Danville, PA, 

providing the controlled airspace 

required to support the new RNAV GPS 

standard instrument approach 

procedures for Danville Airport. 

Controlled airspace extending upward 

from 700 feet above the surface would 

be established for the safety and 

management of IFR operations at the 

airport. 

Class E airspace designations are 

published in Paragraph 6005 of FAA 

Order 7400.9U, dated August 18, 2010, 

and effective September 15, 2010, 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. 

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, 

would not have a significant economic 

impact on a substantial number of small 


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1 65 FR 78923, December 18, 2000. 

2 68 FR 65496, November 20, 2003. 

3 72 FR 72574, December 21, 2007. 

4 74 FR 66732, December 16, 2009. 

entities under the criteria of the 

Regulatory Flexibility Act. 

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 proposed 

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 proposed regulation is 

within the scope of that authority as it 

would establish Class E airspace at 

Danville Airport, Danville, PA. 

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(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 7400.9U, 

Airspace Designations and Reporting 

Points, dated August 18, 2010, effective 

September 15, 2010, is amended as 

follows: 

Paragraph 6005 Class E airspace areas 

extending upward from 700 feet or more 

above the surface of the earth. 

* * * * * 

AEA PA E5 Danville, PA [New] 

Danville Airport, PA 

(Lat. 40°56′90′′ N., long. 76°38′64′′ W.) 

That airspace extending upward from 700 

feet above the surface within a 10.7-mile 

radius of Danville Airport. 

Issued in College Park, Georgia, on August 

19, 2011. 

Mark D. Ward, 

Manager, Operations Support Group, Eastern 

Service Center, Air Traffic Organization. 

[FR Doc. 2011–22317 Filed 8–30–11; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 4910–13–P 

DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION 

Federal Highway Administration 

23 CFR Part 655 

[FHWA Docket No. FHWA–2010–0159] 

RIN 2125–AF43 

National Standards for Traffic Control 

Devices; the Manual on Uniform Traffic 

Control Devices for Streets and 

Highways; Revision 

AGENCY: Federal Highway 

Administration (FHWA), Department of 

Transportation (DOT). 

ACTION: Notice of proposed 

amendments; request for comments. 

SUMMARY: The MUTCD is incorporated 

in our regulations, approved by the 

Federal Highway Administration, and 

recognized as the national standard for 

traffic control devices used on all 

streets, highways, bikeways, and private 

roads open to public travel. The FHWA 

proposes to revise certain information 

relating to target compliance dates for 

traffic control devices. Consistent with 

Executive Order 13563, and in 

particular its emphasis on burdenreduction and on retrospective analysis 

of existing rules, the proposed changes 

are intended to reduce the costs and 

impacts of compliance dates on State 

and local highway agencies and to 

streamline and simplify the information. 

DATES: Comments must be received on 

or before October 31, 2011. Late 

comments will be considered to the 

extent practicable. 

ADDRESSES: Mail or hand deliver 

comments to the U.S. Department of 

Transportation, Dockets Management 

Facility, 1200 New Jersey Avenue, SE., 

Washington, DC 20590, or submit 

electronically at http:// 

www.regulations.gov or fax comments to 

(202) 493–2251. All comments should 

include the docket number that appears 

in the heading of this document. All 

comments received will be available for 

examination and copying at the above 

address from 9 a.m. to 5 p.m., E.T., 

Monday through Friday, except Federal 

holidays. Those desiring notification of 

receipt of comments must include a selfaddressed, stamped postcard or may 

print the acknowledgment page that 

appears after submitting comments 

electronically. Anyone is able to search 

the electronic form of all comments 

received into any of our dockets by the 

name of the individual submitting the 

comment (or signing the comment, if 

submitted on behalf of an association, 

business, labor union, etc.). You may 

review DOT’s complete Privacy Act 

Statement in the Federal Register 

published on April 11, 2000 (Volume 

65, Number 70, Page 19477–78) or you 

may visit http://dms.dot.gov. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Mr. 

Hari Kalla, Office of Transportation 

Operations, (202) 366–5915; or Mr. 

William Winne, Office of the Chief 

Counsel, (202) 366–1397, Federal 

Highway Administration, 1200 New 

Jersey Ave., SE., Washington, DC 20590. 

Office hours are from 8 a.m. to 4:30 

p.m., E.T., Monday through Friday, 

except Federal holidays. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 

Electronic Access and Filing 

This document, the notice of and 

request for comments, and all comments 

received may be viewed online through 

the Federal eRulemaking portal at 

http://www.regulations.gov. Electronic 

submission and retrieval help and 

guidelines are available under the help 

section of the Web site. It is available 

24 hours each day, 365 days each year. 

Please follow the instructions. An 

electronic copy of this document may 

also be downloaded from the Office of 

the Federal Register’s home page at: 

http://www.archives.gov and the 

Government Printing Office’s Web page 

at: http://www.access.gpo.gov/nara. 

To help make the FHWA’s docket 

comment review process more efficient, 

the FHWA requests that commenters 

cite the Section number identified in 

Table I–2 for any comment to the docket 

about a specific proposed revision to the 

text of the table. 

Background 

When new provisions are adopted in 

a new edition or revision of the 

MUTCD, any new or reconstructed 

traffic control devices installed after 

adoption are required to be in 

compliance with the new provisions. 

For existing devices in the field that do 

not comply with the new MUTCD 

provisions, 23 CFR 655.603(d)(1), 

authorizes the FHWA to establish target 

compliance dates for compliance of 

particular existing devices. Table I–2 in 

the Introduction of the 2009 edition of 

the MUTCD lists 58 specific provisions 

for which the FHWA has established 

target compliance dates for upgrading 

existing devices in the field via the 

Federal rulemaking process in Final 

Rules issued in 2000,1 2003,2 2007,3 and 

2009.4

In the absence of a specific target 

compliance date, existing devices in the 


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