21774 Federal Register / Vol. 81, No. 71 / Wednesday, April 13, 2016 / Proposed Rules 

DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION 

Federal Aviation Administration 

14 CFR Part 71 

[Docket No. FAA–2016–4429; Airspace 

Docket No. 16–ASW–8] 

Proposed Amendment of Class E 

Airspace for the Following Louisiana 

Towns; De Quincy, LA; Minden, LA; 

Slidell, LA; and Revocation of Class E 

Airspace; Homer, LA 

AGENCY: Federal Aviation 

Administration (FAA), DOT. 

ACTION: Notice of proposed rulemaking 

(NPRM). 

SUMMARY: This action proposes to 

modify Class E airspace extending 

upward from 700 feet above the surface 

at De Quincy Industrial Airpark, De 

Quincy, LA; Minden-Webster Airport, 

Minden, LA; and Slidell, Airport, 

Slidell, LA. Decommissioning of nondirectional radio beacon (NDB), 

cancellation of NDB approaches, and 

implementation of area navigation 

(RNAV) procedures have made this 

action necessary for the safety and 

management of Instrument Flight Rules 

(IFR) operations at the above airports. 

This action also proposes to remove 

Class E airspace extending upward from 

700 feet above the surface at Homer 

Municipal Airport, Homer, LA, as 

controlled airspace is no longer needed. 

Additionally, the geographic 

coordinates at De Quincy Industrial 

Airpark, Minden-Webster Airport, and 

Slidell Airport would be adjusted to 

coincide with the FAA’s aeronautical 

database. 

DATES: Comments must be received on 

or before May 31, 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–2016–4429; Airspace 

Docket No. 16–ASW–8, 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 

Group, Federal Aviation 

Administration, 800 Independence 

Avenue SW., Washington, DC 20591; 

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_federalregulations/ibr_locations.html. 

FAA Order 7400.9, Airspace 

Designations and Reporting Points, is 

published yearly and effective on 

September 15. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Jeffrey Claypool, Federal Aviation 

Administration, Operations Support 

Group, Central Service Center, 10101 

Hillwood Parkway, Fort Worth, TX 

76177; telephone (817) 222–5711. 

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 De Quincy 

Industrial Airpark, De Quincy, LA; 

Homer Municipal Airport, Homer, LA; 

Minden-Webster Airport, Minden, LA; 

and Slidell, Airport, Slidell, LA. 

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 

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–2016–4429/Airspace 

Docket No. 16–ASW–8.’’ 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 Federal 

Aviation Administration, Air Traffic 

Organization, Central Service Center, 

Operations Support Group, 10101 

Hillwood Parkway, Fort Worth, TX 

76177. 

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 

airspace extending upward from 700 

feet above the surface within a 7.5-mile 

radius of De Quincy Industrial Airpark, 

De Quincy, LA; within a 6.5-mile radius 

of Minden-Webster Airport, Minden, 

LA; and within a 6.5-mile radius of 


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Slidell Airport, Slidell, LA, with 

segments extending from the 6.5-mile 

radius to 9.2 miles north, and 9 miles 

south of the airport. Airspace 

reconfiguration is necessary due to the 

decommissioning of NDBs, cancellation 

of NDB approaches, and 

implementation of RNAV procedures at 

the above airports. The Class E airspace 

area extending upward from 700 feet 

above the surface within a 6.8-mile 

radius of Homer Municipal Airport, 

Homer, LA, would be removed as 

controlled airspace is no longer needed. 

Controlled airspace is necessary for the 

safety and management of the standard 

instrument approach procedures for IFR 

operations at the airports. 

Class E airspace designations are 

published in paragraph 6005 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 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 6005 Class E Airspace Areas 

Extending Upward From 700 Feet or More 

Above the Surface of the Earth. 

* * * * * 

ASW LA E5 De Quincy, LA [Amended] 

De Quincy Industrial Airpark, LA 

(Lat. 30°26′28′′ N., long. 93°28′25′′ W.) 

That airspace extending upward from 700 

feet above the surface within a 7.5-mile 

radius of De Quincy Industrial Airpark. 

* * * * * 

ASW LA E5 Homer, LA [Removed] 

* * * * * 

ASW LA E5 Minden, LA [Amended] 

Minden-Webster Airport, LA 

(Lat. 32°38′46′′ N., long. 93°17′53′′ W.) 

That airspace extending upward from 700 

feet above the surface within a 6.5-mile 

radius of Minden-Webster Airport. 

* * * * * 

ASW LA E5 Slidell, LA [Amended] 

Slidell Airport, LA 

(Lat. 30°20′47′′ N., long. 89°49′15′′ W.) 

That airspace extending upward from 700 

feet above the surface within a 6.5-mile 

radius of Slidell Airport, and within 4.0 

miles each side of the 360° bearing from the 

airport extending from the 6.5-mile radius to 

9.2 miles north of the airport, and within 4.0 

miles each side of the 180° bearing from the 

airport extending from the 6.5-mile radius to 

9.0 miles south of the airport. 

Issued in Fort Worth, Texas, on April 4, 

2016. 

Robert W. Beck, 

Manager, Operations Support Group, Central 

Service Center. 

[FR Doc. 2016–08393 Filed 4–12–16; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 4910–13–P 

CONSUMER PRODUCT SAFETY 

COMMISSION 

16 CFR Part 1025 

[CPSC Docket No. 2016–0006] 

Rules of Practice for Adjudicative 

Proceedings 

AGENCY: Consumer Product Safety 

Commission. 

ACTION: Notice of proposed rulemaking. 

SUMMARY: The United States Consumer 

Product Safety Commission 

(‘‘Commission,’’ ‘‘CPSC,’’ or ‘‘we’’) is 

issuing this notice of proposed 

rulemaking (‘‘NPR’’) to update the 

Commission’s Rules of Practice for 

Adjudicative Proceedings, (‘‘Rules of 

Practice’’ or ‘‘Rules’’). We are proposing 

to modernize the Rules of Practice to 

reflect changes in civil and 

administrative litigation since adoption 

of the Rules in 1980. Specifically, we 

propose changes to the Rules pertaining 

to discovery, electronic filing, the use of 

electronically stored information 

(‘‘ESI’’), and updates to the Federal 

Rules of Civil Procedure (‘‘Federal 

Rules’’), upon which our Rules are 

based. We also propose to update 

requirements for pleadings, motions, 

and motions for summary decisions, 

clarifications on the computation of 

time, and clarification on when 

amendments or supplemental pleadings 

require Commission approval. 

Additionally, we propose allowing a 

Presiding Officer to exercise discretion 

to avoid unnecessary delay or wasteful 

discovery and to consolidate cases in 

their entirety, or partially, for any 

purpose that serves the ends of justice. 

We also propose to set deadlines for the 

issuance of an Initial or Recommended 

Decision. Finally, we propose to remove 

outdated references to the Equal Access 

to Justice Act. We believe the proposed 

Rules will increase the efficiency of 

discovery, minimize the potential for 

delay in adjudicative proceedings, and 

ensure that, to the extent possible, 

Commission adjudicative proceedings 

address and resolve crucial issues of 

consumer product safety in a fair and 

impartial manner. This NPR seeks 

comments on the proposed changes to 

the Rules. 

DATES: Submit comments by June 13, 

2016. 

ADDRESSES: You may submit comments, 

identified by Docket No. CPSC 2016– 

0006, electronically or in writing, by 

any of the following methods: 

Electronic Submissions: Submit 

electronic comments to the Federal 

eRulemaking Portal at: http://


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