27160 Federal Register / Vol. 63, No. 94 / Friday, May 15, 1998 / Proposed Rules

DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION

Federal Aviation Administration

14 CFR Part 71

[Airspace Docket No. 93–AWA–5]

RIN 2120–AE97

Proposed Establishment of Cincinnati/

Northern Kentucky International

Airport Class B Airspace Area, and

Revocation of Cincinnati/Northern

Kentucky International Class C

Airspace Area; KY

AGENCY: Federal Aviation

Administration (FAA), DOT.

ACTION: Notice of proposed rulemaking

(NPRM); reopening of comment period.

SUMMARY: On February 10, 1998, the

FAA published an NPRM, which

proposed to establish a Class B airspace

area and to revoke the existing Class C

airspace area at the Cincinnati/Northern

Kentucky International Airport. This

document announces the reopening of

the comment period for an additional 60

days.

DATES: Comments must be received on

or before July 14, 1998.

ADDRESSES: Comments on this NPRM

should be mailed, in triplicate, to:

Federal Aviation Administration, Office

of the Chief Counsel, Attention: Rules

Docket (AGC–200), Docket No. 93–

AWA–5, 800 Independence Avenue,

SW., Washington, DC 20591. Comments

may be also sent electronically to the

following Internet address: 9–NPRM–

CMTS@faa.dot.gov. Comments

delivered must be marked Docket No.

93–AWA–5. The official docket may be

examined in the Office of the Chief

Counsel, Room 915G, weekdays,

between 8:30 a.m. and 5:00 p.m., except

on Federal holidays.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:

Patricia Crawford, Airspace and Rules

Division, ATA–400, Office of Air Traffic

Airspace Management, Federal Aviation

Administration, 800 Independence

Avenue, SW, Washington, DC 20591;

telephone (202) 267–8783.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:

Background

Airspace Docket No. 93–AWA–5,

published on February 10, 1998 (63 FR

6818), proposed to establish a Class B

airspace area and to revoke the existing

Class C airspace area at the Cincinnati/

Northern Kentucky International

Airport (CVG). CVG qualified as a

candidate for Class B airspace based on

the enplaned passengers and airport

operations. The 60-day comment period

for the notice closed on April 13, 1998.

By letters, on April 8 and 13

respectively, the Aircraft Owners and

Pilots Association (AOPA) and

Mercantile Stores Co. Inc. requested that

the FAA extend the comment period

from 60 days, to as long as 90 days, to

enable those persons impacted by the

proposal to submit meaningful

comments. Additionally, AOPA

requested that the FAA take action to

conduct a second series of informal

airspace meetings to present this

proposal to the public.

The FAA agrees, in part, with these

recommendations. The plan to establish

a Class B airspace area for CVG and

revoke the existing Class C airspace

area, was introduced for public input at

informal airspace meetings conducted

in Ohio and Kentucky on September 3

and 4, 1992. These meetings were held

to allow the public an opportunity to

preview and comment on the planned

airspace design for CVG. Comments on

the planned design were received from

a variety of airspace users including the

Ad Hoc User Group Advisory

Committee for the area. All the

comments received during these

informal airspace meetings were given

due consideration prior to issuing the

NPRM. The proposed Class B airspace

area configuration discussed in the

NPRM is the same as presented during

the 1992 informal airspace meetings.

Therefore, the FAA finds that it is not

necessary to hold further informal

airspace meetings.

It is FAA policy to encourage full

public participation in all regulatory

actions. The FAA is aware that many

general aviation pilots and others

associated with the aviation industry

receive notification of proposed

rulemaking actions only through user

organizations. Also, the FAA recognizes

that a number of years have elapsed

since the informal airspace meetings

were held. Based on the above, the FAA

has determined that reopening the

comment period is reasonable and

would ensure that all interested parties

have an opportunity to respond to the

NPRM. Accordingly, the FAA is

reopening the comment period for this

rulemaking effort for an additional 60

days. This additional period allows for

a total comment period of 120 days

instead of the original 60-day comment

period.

Issued in Washington, DC on May 11,

1998.

Reginald C. Matthews,

Acting Program Director for Air Traffic

Airspace Management.

[FR Doc. 98–12981 Filed 5–14–98; 8:45 am]

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