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DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE 

Animal and Plant Health Inspection 

Service 

7 CFR Part 319 

[Docket No. APHIS–2011–0012] 

RIN 0579–AD48 

Importation of Tomatoes From the 

Economic Community of West African 

States Into the Continental United 

States 

AGENCY: Animal and Plant Health 

Inspection Service, USDA. 

ACTION: Proposed rule. 

SUMMARY: We are proposing to amend 

the fruits and vegetables regulations to 

allow the importation of tomatoes from 

the member States of the Economic 

Community of West African States 

(ECOWAS) into the continental United 

States. As a condition of entry, tomatoes 

from the ECOWAS would be subject to 

a systems approach that would include 

requirements for pest exclusion at the 

production site, fruit fly trapping and 

monitoring, and procedures for packing 

the tomatoes. The tomatoes would also 

be required to be accompanied by a 

phytosanitary certificate issued by the 

national plant protection organization of 

the exporting country with an 

additional declaration that the tomatoes 

had been produced in accordance with 

the proposed requirements. This action 

would allow for the importation of 

tomatoes from the ECOWAS into the 

continental United States while 

continuing to provide protection against 

the introduction of quarantine pests. 

DATES: We will consider all comments 

that we receive on or before October 3, 

2011. 

ADDRESSES: You may submit comments 

by either of the following methods: 

• Federal eRulemaking Portal: Go to 

http://www.regulations.gov/#!document

Detail;D=APHIS-2011-0012-0001. 

• Postal Mail/Commercial Delivery: 

Send your comment to Docket No. 

APHIS–2011–0012, Regulatory Analysis 

and Development, PPD, APHIS, Station 

3A–03.8, 4700 River Road Unit 118, 

Riverdale, MD 20737–1238. 

Supporting documents and any 

comments we receive on this docket 

may be viewed at http://www.

regulations.gov/#!docketDetail;

D=APHIS-2011-0012 or in our reading 

room, which is located in room 1141 of 

the USDA South Building, 14th Street 

and Independence Avenue SW., 

Washington, DC. Normal reading room 

hours are 8 a.m. to 4:30 p.m., Monday 

through Friday, except holidays. To be 

sure someone is there to help you, 

please call (202) 690–2817 before 

coming. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Mr. 

Phillip Grove, Regulatory Coordinator, 

PPQ, APHIS, 4700 River Road, Unit 156, 

Riverdale, MD 20737–1236; (301) 734– 

6280. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 

Background 

The regulations in ‘‘Subpart—Fruits 

and Vegetables’’ (7 CFR 319.56–1 

through 319.56–51, referred to below as 

the regulations) prohibit or restrict the 

importation of fruits and vegetables into 

the United States from certain parts of 

the world to prevent the introduction 

and dissemination of plant pests that are 

new to or not widely distributed within 

the United States. Section 319.56–28 of 

the regulations contains administrative 

instructions allowing the importation of 

tomatoes from various countries where 

the Mediterranean fruit fly (Medfly, 

Ceratitis capitata) is present. 

We currently do not allow the 

importation of fresh tomatoes from any 

member of the Economic Community of 

West African States (ECOWAS). The 

ECOWAS comprises the following 

members: Benin, Burkina Faso, Cape 

Verde, Gambia, Ghana, Guinea, GuineaBissau, Ivory Coast, Liberia, Mali, Niger, 

Nigeria, Senegal, Sierra Leone, and 

Togo. The government of Senegal has 

requested that the Animal and Plant 

Health Inspection Service (APHIS) 

amend the regulations to allow fresh 

tomatoes (Solanum lycopersicum) to be 

imported from Senegal into the 

continental United States. Because of 

the similar pest risks present in the 

other countries in the ECOWAS, we 

prepared a regional pest risk assessment 

(PRA) and a risk management document 

(RMD) for the importation of tomatoes 

from any ECOWAS member State. 

Copies of the PRA and the RMD may be 

obtained from the person listed under 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT or 

viewed on the Regulations.gov Web site 

(see ADDRESSES above for instructions 

for accessing Regulations.gov). 

The PRA, titled ‘‘Importation of 

Tomatoes, Solanum lycopersicum, from 

the Economic Community of West 

African States (ECOWAS) into the 

Continental United States’’ (2009), 

evaluates the risks associated with the 

importation of tomatoes into the 

continental United States from the 

ECOWAS. The PRA identified 10 pests 

that could be introduced into the United 

States through the importation of 

tomatoes. Seven of the pests were 

determined to pose a high pest risk 

potential: 

Bactrocera cucurbitae (melon fruit fly) 

B. invadens (Asian fruit fly) 

Ceratitis capitata (Medfly) 

Ceratitis rosa (natal fruit fly) 

Helicoverpa armigera (cotton bollworm) 

H. assulta (cape gooseberry budworm) 

Leucinodes orbonalis (eggplant fruit 

borer) 

Three of the pests were determined to 

pose a medium pest risk potential: 

Chrysodeixis chalcites (golden twin spot 

moth) 

Maconellicoccus hirsutus (pink hibiscus 

mealybug) 

Nipaecoccus viridis (spherical 

mealybug) 

APHIS has determined that measures 

beyond standard port-of-entry 

inspection are required to mitigate the 

risks posed by these plant pests. 

Therefore, we are proposing to allow the 

importation of tomatoes from the 

ECOWAS into the continental United 

States only if they are produced in 

accordance with a systems approach to 

mitigate pest risk as outlined below. We 

are proposing to amend § 319.56–28 by 

adding a new paragraph (h) to the end 

of the section that would set out 

requirements for the importation of 

fresh tomatoes from the ECOWAS. 

Proposed Systems Approach 

Production Site Requirements 

Tomatoes from the ECOWAS would 

have to be grown in approved 

production sites registered with the 

national plant protection organization 

(NPPO) of the exporting country. Initial 

approval of production sites would be 

completed jointly by the NPPO of the 


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exporting country and APHIS. The 

NPPO of the exporting country would 

have to visit and inspect the production 

sites monthly, beginning 2 months 

before the harvest and continuing 

through the end of the shipping season. 

APHIS would be able to monitor the 

production sites, if necessary. This 

condition would ensure that the 

required phytosanitary measures are 

properly implemented throughout the 

process of growing and packing 

tomatoes for export to the United States. 

Production sites for tomatoes would 

also have to be pest-exclusionary 

structures (PES). The PES would be 

required to have self-closing double 

doors, and all openings, including 

vents, to the outside of the PES would 

have to be covered by screening with 

mesh openings of not more than 1.6 

mm. Screening with openings of not 

more than 1.6 mm will prevent 

introduction of fruit flies, moths, and 

mealybugs. 

In addition, no shade trees could be 

grown within 10 meters of the entry 

door of the PES and no other fruit fly 

host plants could be grown within 50 

meters of the entry door of the PES. 

These requirements would reduce the 

pest pressure of fruit flies outside the 

place of production because, during hot, 

sunny weather, pests congregate in 

shaded areas for survival. 

Mitigation Measures for Fruit Flies 

The NPPO of the exporting country 

would be required to set and maintain 

fruit fly traps with an APHIS-approved 

protein bait inside the PES, beginning 2 

months prior to the start of the shipping 

season and continuing through the end 

of the harvest. The traps would have to 

be set at a rate of eight traps per hectare, 

with a minimum of four traps in each 

PES, and checked every 7 days. We also 

propose to require the NPPO of the 

exporting country to maintain records of 

trap placement, trap maintenance, and 

captures of any fruit flies of concern. 

The trapping records would have to be 

maintained for 1 year and made 

available to APHIS upon request. 

Capture of a single fruit fly of concern 

inside a PES would immediately result 

in cancellation of exports to the United 

States from that PES. The detection of 

a fruit fly of concern in a consignment 

at the port of entry that is traced back 

to a PES would also result in immediate 

cancellation of exports to the United 

States from that PES. In both cases, 

exports from the PES in question could 

not resume until APHIS and the NPPO 

of the exporting country have mutually 

determined that the risk has been 

properly mitigated. 

Harvesting Requirements 

The stem and calyx of each tomato 

would have to be removed. Removal of 

the stem and calyx would eliminate 

hiding places for small pests, thereby 

allowing the pests to be detected during 

the NPPO’s inspection. 

Packinghouse Requirements 

While being used for packing 

tomatoes for export to the United States, 

the packinghouses would only be 

allowed to accept fruit from registered 

production sites. This requirement 

would reduce the risk that quarantine 

pests are present on or in tomatoes 

exported to the United States. 

In addition, no shade trees could be 

grown within 10 meters of the entry 

door of the packinghouses, and no other 

fruit fly host plants could be grown 

within 50 meters of the entry door of the 

packinghouses. As mentioned earlier 

with regard to production sites, these 

requirements would reduce the pest 

pressure of fruit flies outside the 

packinghouse. 

Post-Harvest Procedures 

The tomatoes would have to be 

safeguarded by an insect-proof screen or 

plastic tarpaulin while in transit to a 

packinghouse and while awaiting 

packing. Tomatoes would have to be 

packed for shipment to the United 

States within 24 hours of harvest in 

insect-proof cartons or containers, or 

covered with insect-proof mesh or a 

plastic tarpaulin. These safeguards 

would have to remain intact until 

arrival in the United States or the 

consignment would not be allowed to 

enter the United States. Containers 

transported by sea would have to be 

kept closed if stored within 20 meters of 

a fruit fly host prior to being loaded 

onto the vessel. These measures would 

prevent harvested fruit from being 

infested by quarantine pests. 

Commercial Consignments 

Only commercial consignments of 

tomatoes would be allowed to be 

imported. Commercial consignments, as 

defined in § 319.56–2, are consignments 

that an inspector identifies as having 

been imported for sale and distribution. 

Such identification is based on a variety 

of indicators, including, but not limited 

to: Quantity of produce, type of 

packaging, identification of grower or 

packinghouse on the packaging, and 

documents consigning the fruits or 

vegetables to a wholesaler or retailer. 

Produce grown commercially is less 

likely to be infested with plant pests 

than noncommercial consignments. 

Noncommercial consignments are more 

prone to infestations because the 

commodity is often ripe to overripe, 

could be of a variety with unknown 

susceptibility to pests, and is often 

grown with little or no pest control. 

Inspection and Phytosanitary Certificate 

Each consignment of tomatoes would 

have to be inspected by the NPPO of the 

exporting country and found free of the 

quarantine pests listed earlier. Each 

consignment would also have to be 

accompanied by a phytosanitary 

certificate issued by the NPPO of the 

exporting country, providing the 

additional declaration ‘‘These tomatoes 

were grown in registered production 

sites in [name of country] and the 

consignment has been inspected and 

found free of quarantine pests.’’ This 

requirement would certify that the 

provisions of the regulations have been 

met. 

Executive Order 12866 and Regulatory 

Flexibility Act 

This proposed rule has been 

determined to be not significant for the 

purposes of Executive Order 12866 and, 

therefore, has not been reviewed by the 

Office of Management and Budget. 

In accordance with the Regulatory 

Flexibility Act, we have analyzed the 

potential economic effects of this action 

on small entities. The analysis is 

summarized below. Copies of the full 

analysis are available by contacting the 

person listed under FOR FURTHER

INFORMATION CONTACT or on the 

Regulations.gov Web site (see 

ADDRESSES above for instructions for 

accessing Regulations.gov). 

This proposed rule would allow the 

importation of tomatoes from the 

member States of the ECOWAS under a 

systems approach. Entities potentially 

affected by this proposed rule are U.S. 

producers of fresh tomatoes (classified 

under Other Vegetable (except Potato) 

and Melon Farming, NAICS 111219) 

and importers of fresh tomatoes. 

Vegetable-producing establishments are 

classified as small if their annual 

receipts are not more than $750,000. 

According to the 2007 Census of 

Agriculture (which has the most recent 

data on farm sizes), there were 25,809 

farms producing tomatoes in the United 

States. About 68 percent of these farms 

had less than 1 acre in tomatoes. 

Overall, 25,128 farms (97.4 percent) had 

a total of 39,879 acres in tomatoes 

(about 9 percent of the total planted 

area) and are considered small, with an 

average of about 1.6 acres and an 

average annual income of about $8,000 

in 2007. The remaining 2.6 percent of 

the farms planted a total of 402,346 

acres in tomatoes (91 percent of the 

planted area). They averaged 591 acres, 


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with an average annual income of about 

$3 million. 

The impact of potential tomato 

imports on U.S. small-entity producers 

as a result of this rule would be small. 

The annual decrease in producer 

welfare per small entity is estimated to 

be less than $4 or about 0.05 percent of 

average annual sales by small entities, 

when we assume that 1,934 metric tons 

of tomatoes would be exported to the 

United States from ECOWAS because of 

this rule. The dollar decrease in welfare 

for most small tomato producers would 

be even smaller, given that the majority 

planted less than an acre in tomatoes. 

Under these circumstances, the 

Administrator of the Animal and Plant 

Health Inspection Service has 

determined that this action would not 

have a significant economic impact on 

a substantial number of small entities. 

Executive Order 12988 

This proposed rule would allow 

tomatoes to be imported into the United 

States from the ECOWAS. If this 

proposed rule is adopted, State and 

local laws and regulations regarding 

tomatoes imported under this rule 

would be preempted while the fruit is 

in foreign commerce. Fresh fruits are 

generally imported for immediate 

distribution and sale to the consuming 

public and would remain in foreign 

commerce until sold to the ultimate 

consumer. The question of when foreign 

commerce ceases in other cases must be 

addressed on a case-by-case basis. If this 

proposed rule is adopted, no retroactive 

effect will be given to this rule, and this 

rule will not require administrative 

proceedings before parties may file suit 

in court challenging this rule. 

Paperwork Reduction Act 

In accordance with section 3507(d) of 

the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995 

(44 U.S.C. 3501 et seq.), the information 

collection or recordkeeping 

requirements included in this proposed 

rule have been submitted for approval to 

the Office of Management and Budget 

(OMB). Please send written comments 

to the Office of Information and 

Regulatory Affairs, OMB, Attention: 

Desk Officer for APHIS, Washington, DC 

20503. Please state that your comments 

refer to Docket No. APHIS–2011–0012. 

Please send a copy of your comments to: 

(1) Docket No. APHIS–2011–0012, 

Regulatory Analysis and Development, 

PPD, APHIS, Station 3A–03.8, 4700 

River Road Unit 118, Riverdale, MD 

20737–1238, and (2) Clearance Officer, 

OCIO, USDA, room 404–W, 14th Street 

and Independence Avenue, SW., 

Washington, DC 20250. A comment to 

OMB is best assured of having its full 

effect if OMB receives it within 30 days 

of publication of this proposed rule. 

APHIS is proposing to amend the 

fruits and vegetables regulations to 

allow the importation of tomatoes from 

the member States of the ECOWAS into 

the continental United States. As a 

condition of entry, tomatoes from the 

ECOWAS would be subject to a systems 

approach that would include 

requirements for pest exclusion at the 

production site, fruit fly trapping and 

monitoring, and procedures for packing 

the tomatoes. The tomatoes would also 

be required to be accompanied by a 

phytosanitary certificate issued by the 

national plant protection organization of 

the exporting country with an 

additional declaration that the tomatoes 

had been produced in accordance with 

the proposed requirements. This action 

would allow for the importation of 

tomatoes from the ECOWAS into the 

continental United States while 

continuing to provide protection against 

the introduction of quarantine pests. 

The information collection activities 

would include a phytosanitary 

certificate with an additional 

declaration, production site registration, 

recordkeeping, and inspection of 

production sites. 

We are soliciting comments from the 

public (as well as affected agencies) 

concerning our proposed information 

collection and recordkeeping 

requirements. These comments will 

help us: 

(1) Evaluate whether the proposed 

information collection is necessary for 

the proper performance of our agency’s 

functions, including whether the 

information will have practical utility; 

(2) Evaluate the accuracy of our 

estimate of the burden of the proposed 

information collection, including the 

validity of the methodology and 

assumptions used; 

(3) Enhance the quality, utility, and 

clarity of the information to be 

collected; and 

(4) Minimize the burden of the 

information collection on those who are 

to respond (such as through the use of 

appropriate automated, electronic, 

mechanical, or other technological 

collection techniques or other forms of 

information technology; e.g., permitting 

electronic submission of responses). 

Estimate of burden: Public reporting 

burden for this collection of information 

is estimated to average 3.8 hours per 

response. 

Respondents: Foreign officials, 

importers of tomatoes from ECOWAS. 

Estimated annual number of 

respondents: 2. 

Estimated annual number of 

responses per respondent: 2.5. 

Estimated annual number of 

responses: 5. 

Estimated total annual burden on 

respondents: 19 hours. (Due to 

averaging, the total annual burden hours 

may not equal the product of the annual 

number of responses multiplied by the 

reporting burden per response.) 

Copies of this information collection 

can be obtained from Mrs. Celeste 

Sickles, APHIS’ Information Collection 

Coordinator, at (301) 851–2908. 

E-Government Act Compliance 

The Animal and Plant Health 

Inspection Service is committed to 

compliance with the E-Government Act 

to promote the use of the Internet and 

other information technologies, to 

provide increased opportunities for 

citizen access to Government 

information and services, and for other 

purposes. For information pertinent to 

E-Government Act compliance related 

to this proposed rule, please contact 

Mrs. Celeste Sickles, APHIS’ 

Information Collection Coordinator, at 

(301) 851–2908. 

List of Subjects in 7 CFR Part 319 

Coffee, Cotton, Fruits, Imports, Logs, 

Nursery stock, Plant diseases and pests, 

Quarantine, Reporting and 

recordkeeping requirements, Rice, 

Vegetables. 

Accordingly, we propose to amend 7 

CFR part 319 as follows: 

PART 319—FOREIGN QUARANTINE 

NOTICES 

1. The authority citation for part 319 

continues to read as follows: 

Authority: 7 U.S.C. 450, 7701–7772, and 

7781–7786; 21 U.S.C. 136 and 136a; 7 CFR 

2.22, 2.80, and 371.3. 

2. In § 319.56–28, a new paragraph (h) 

is added to read as follows: 

§ 319.56–28 Tomatoes from certain 

countries. 

* * * * * 

(h) Tomatoes (fruit) (Solanum 

lycopersicum) from member States of 

the Economic Community of West 

African States. Fresh tomatoes may be 

imported into the continental United 

States from member States of the 

Economic Community of West African 

States (ECOWAS) only in accordance 

with this section and other applicable 

provisions of this subpart. The 

ECOWAS consists of Benin, Burkina 

Faso, Cape Verde, Gambia, Ghana, 

Guinea, Guinea Bissau, Ivory Coast, 

Liberia, Mali, Niger, Nigeria, Senegal, 

Sierra Leone, and Togo Republic. These 

conditions are designed to prevent the 

introduction of the following quarantine 


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pests: Bactrocera cucurbitae, B. 

invadens, Ceratitis capitata, Ceratitis 

rosa, Chrysodeixis chalcites, 

Helicoverpa armigera, H. assulta, 

Leucinodes orbonalis, Maconellicoccus 

hirsutus, and Nipaecoccus viridis. 

(1) Production site requirements. (i) 

Production sites in which the tomatoes 

are produced must be registered with 

the national plant protection 

organization (NPPO) of the exporting 

country. Initial approval of production 

sites must be completed jointly by the 

NPPO of the exporting country and 

APHIS. 

(ii) The NPPO of the exporting 

country must visit and inspect the 

production sites monthly, beginning 2 

months before the harvest and 

continuing through the end of the 

shipping season. APHIS may monitor 

the production sites if necessary. 

(iii) Production sites must be pestexclusionary structures (PES). The PES 

must have self-closing double doors. All 

openings, including vents, to the 

outside of the PES must be covered by 

screening with mesh openings of not 

more than 1.6 mm. 

(iv) No shade trees may be grown 

within 10 meters of the entry door of the 

PES, and no other fruit fly host plants 

may be grown within 50 meters of the 

entry door of the PES. 

(2) Mitigation measures for fruit flies. 

(i) Beginning 2 months prior to the start 

of the shipping season and continuing 

through the end of the harvest, the 

NPPO of the exporting country must set 

and maintain fruit fly traps with an 

APHIS-approved protein bait inside 

each PES at a rate of eight traps per 

hectare, with a minimum of four traps 

in each PES, and check the traps every 

7 days. The NPPO of the exporting 

country must maintain records of trap 

placement, trap maintenance, and 

captures of any fruit flies of concern. 

The NPPO must maintain trapping 

records for 1 year, and make the records 

available to APHIS upon request. 

(ii) Capture of a single fruit fly of 

concern inside a PES will immediately 

result in cancellation of exports to the 

United States from that PES. The 

detection of a fruit fly of concern in a 

consignment at the port of entry that is 

traced back to a PES will also result in 

immediate cancellation of exports to the 

United States from that PES. In both 

cases, exports from the PES in question 

may not resume until APHIS and the 

NPPO of the exporting country have 

mutually determined that the risk has 

been properly mitigated. 

(3) Harvesting requirements. The stem 

and calyx must be removed from the 

tomato. 

(4) Packinghouse requirements. (i) 

While in use for exporting tomatoes to 

the United States, the packinghouses 

may only accept fruit from registered 

production sites. 

(ii) No shade trees may be grown 

within 10 meters of the entry door of the 

packinghouses, and no other fruit fly 

host plants may be grown within 50 

meters of the entry door of the 

packinghouses. 

(5) Post-harvest procedures. (i) The 

tomatoes must be safeguarded by an 

insect-proof mesh screen or plastic 

tarpaulin while in transit to the 

packinghouse and while awaiting 

packing. 

(ii) Tomatoes must be packed within 

24 hours of harvest in insect-proof 

cartons or containers, or covered with 

insect-proof mesh or a plastic tarpaulin 

for transport to the United States. These 

safeguards must remain intact until 

arrival in the United States or the 

consignment will be denied entry into 

the United States. 

(iii) If transported by sea, the 

containers in which the tomatoes are 

packed must be kept closed if stored 

within 20 meters of a fruit fly host prior 

to being loaded on the vessel. 

(6) Commercial consignments. The 

tomatoes may be imported in 

commercial consignments only. 

(7) Phytosanitary certificate. Each 

consignment of tomatoes must be 

accompanied by a phytosanitary 

certificate issued by the NPPO of the 

exporting country, providing an 

additional declaration ‘‘These tomatoes 

were grown in registered production 

sites in [name of country] and the 

consignment has been inspected and 

found free of quarantine pests.’’ 

* * * * * 

Done in Washington, DC, this 27th day of 

July 2011. 

Kevin Shea, 

Acting Administrator, Animal and Plant 

Health Inspection Service. 

[FR Doc. 2011–19518 Filed 8–1–11; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 3410–34–P 

DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION 

Federal Aviation Administration 

14 CFR Part 71 

[Docket No. FAA–2011–0585; Airspace 

Docket No. 11–AWP–9] 

Proposed Modification of Class E 

Airspace; Blythe, CA 

AGENCY: Federal Aviation 

Administration (FAA), DOT. 

ACTION: Notice of proposed rulemaking 

(NPRM). 

SUMMARY: This action proposes to 

modify Class E airspace at Blythe, CA. 

Controlled airspace is necessary to 

accommodate aircraft using Area 

Navigation (RNAV) Global Positioning 

System (GPS) standard instrument 

approach procedures at Blythe Airport. 

The FAA is proposing this action to 

enhance the safety and management of 

aircraft operations at the airport. 

DATES: Comments must be received on 

or before September 16, 2011. 

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–2011– 

0585; Airspace Docket No. 11–AWP–9, 

at the beginning of your comments. You 

may also submit comments through the 

Internet at 

http://www.regulations.gov. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Eldon Taylor, Federal Aviation 

Administration, Operations Support 

Group, Western Service Center, 1601 

Lind Avenue, SW., Renton, WA 98057; 

telephone (425) 203–4537. 

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. 

Communications should identify both 

docket numbers (FAA Docket No. FAA 

2011–0585 and Airspace Docket No. 11– 

AWP–9) 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. 

Commenters 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 FAA 

Docket No. FAA–2011–0585 and 

Airspace Docket No. 11–AWP–9’’. The 

postcard will be date/time stamped and 

returned to the commenter. 


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