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bulletin board service (telephone: 202–

512–1661).

Internet users may reach the Federal

Register’s web page for access to

recently published rulemaking

documents at http://

www.access.gpo.gov/suldocs/aces/

aces140.html.

Any person may obtain a copy of this

Notice of Proposed Rulemaking (NPRM)

by submitting a request to the

Operations Branch, AAL–530, Federal

Aviation Administration, 222 West 7th

Avenue, Box 14, Anchorage, AK 99513–

7587. Communications must identify

the notice number of this NPRM.

Persons interested in being placed on a

mailing list for future NPRM’s should

also request a copy of Advisory Circular

No. 11–2A, which describes the

application procedure.

The Proposal

The FAA proposes to amend 14 CFR

part 71 by establishing Class E airspace

at Anaktuvuk Pass, AK, due to the

establishment of GPS and NDB

instrument approaches to Anaktuvuk

Pass, AK. The Anaktuvuk Pass Airport

status will be upgraded from VFR to

IFR. The intended effect of this proposal

is to provide adequate controlled

airspace for IFR operations at

Anaktuvuk Pass, AK.

The area would be depicted on

aeronautical charts for pilot reference.

The coordinates for this airspace docket

are based on North American Datum 83.

The Class E airspace areas designated as

700/1200 foot transition areas are

published in paragraph 6005 in FAA

Order 7400.9E, Airspace Designations

and Reporting Points, dated September

10, 1997, and effective September 16,

1997, which is incorporated by

reference in 14 CFR 71.1 (62 FR 52491;

October 8, 1997). The Class E airspace

listed in this document would be

published in the Order.

The FAA has determined that these

proposed regulations only involve 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 rule,

when promulgated, will not have a

significant economic impact on a

substantial number of small entities

under the criteria of the Regulatory

Flexibility Act.

List 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,

CLASS B, CLASS C, CLASS D, AND

CLASS E AIRSPACE AREAS;

AIRWAYS; ROUTES; AND REPORTING

POINTS

1. The authority citation for 14 CFR

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 7400.9E, Airspace

Designations and Reporting Points,

dated September 10, 1997, and effective

September 16, 1997, is to be amended

as follows:

Paragraph 6005 Class E airspace areas

extending upward from 700 feet or more

above the surface of the earth.

* * * * *

AAL AK E5 Anaktuvuk Pass, AK

Anaktuvuk Pass Airport, AK

(lat. 68° 08′04′′ N., long. 151°44′30′′ W.)

Anaktuvuk Pass VORTAC

(lat. 68°08′12′′ N., long. 151°44′39′′ W.)

That airspace extending upward from 700

feet above the surface within a 6.4-mile

radius of the Anaktuvuk Pass Airport and

within 5 miles either side of the Anaktuvuk

Pass NDB 240° bearing extending from the

NDB to 7 miles southwest of the airport.

* * * * *

Issued in Anchorage, AK, on July 28, 1998.

Trent S. Cummings,

Acting Manager, Air Traffic Division, Alaskan

Region.

[FR Doc. 98–20935 Filed 8–4–98; 8:45 am]

BILLING CODE 4910–13–P

DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION

Federal Aviation Administration

14 CFR Part 71

[Airspace Docket No. 97–ASW–23]

Proposed Modification to the Gulf of

Mexico Low Offshore Airspace Area

AGENCY: Federal Aviation

Administration (FAA), DOT.

ACTION: Notice of proposed rulemaking.

SUMMARY: This action proposes to

amend the Gulf of Mexico Low Offshore

Airspace Area. Specifically, this action

proposes to modify the Gulf of Mexico

Low Offshore Airspace Area by

extending the boundaries further south

and southwest of the current location to

the Houston Air Route Traffic Control

Center [ARTCC] Flight Information

Region/Control Area (FIR/CTA). This

proposal would provide additional

airspace in which domestic air traffic

control procedures would be used to

separate and manage aircraft operations.

This proposed change would enhance

the efficient utilization of that airspace.

DATES: Comments must be received on

or before September 8, 1998.

ADDRESSES: Send comments on the

proposal in triplicate to: Manager, Air

Traffic Division, ASW–500, Docket No.

97–ASW–23, Federal Aviation

Administration, 2601 Meacham

Boulevard, Fort Worth, TX 76193–0001.

The official docket may be examined

in the Rules Docket, Office of the Chief

Counsel, Room 916, 800 Independence

Avenue, SW., Washington, DC,

weekdays, except Federal holidays,

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

An informal docket may also be

examined during normal business hours

at the office of the Regional Air Traffic

Division, Federal Aviation

Administration, 2601 Meacham

Boulevard, Fort Worth, TX 76193–0001.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Ms.

Sheri Edgett Baron, 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:

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 the

airspace docket number 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,
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stamped postcard on which the

following statement is made:

‘‘Comments to Airspace Docket No. 97–

ASW–23.’’ The postcard will be date/

time stamped and returned to the

commenter. All communications

received on or 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 comments received. All comments

submitted will be available for

examination in the Rules Docket both

before and after the closing date for

comments. A report summarizing each

substantive public contact with FAA

personnel concerned with this

rulemaking will be filed in the docket.

Availability of NPRM’s

Any person may obtain a copy of this

NPRM by submitting a request to the

Federal Aviation Administration, Office

of Air Traffic Airspace Management,

800 Independence Avenue, SW.,

Washington, DC 20591, or by calling

(202) 267–8783. Communications must

identify the notice number of this

NPRM. Persons interested in being

placed on a mailing list for future

NPRM’s should call 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.

Background

On March 2, 1993, the FAA published

a final rule (58 FR 12128) which, in

part, redesignated certain control areas

over international waters as offshore

airspace areas. The redesignations were

necessary to comply with the Airspace

Reclassification final rule issued on

December 17, 1991 (56 FR 65638).

One of the areas affected by the March

2, 1993, final rule was the Gulf of

Mexico Control Area. This area was

divided vertically into two areas, one of

which was redesignated as the Gulf of

Mexico Low Offshore Airspace Area.

In June 1996 the FAA completed an

evaluation of the airspace over the Gulf

of Mexico. The evaluation was a

combined effort with representatives

from the FAA, Servicios a la Navegacion

en El Espacio Aereo Mexicano, and

other airspace users. The objective of

the evaluation was, in part, to identify

areas where air traffic services, air traffic

operations, and utilization of airspace

could be improved. One conclusion of

this evaluation was the determination

that system capacity would be enhanced

by modifying air traffic control (ATC)

procedures used to control aircraft

operations in the airspace over the Gulf

of Mexico.

Currently, International Civil Aviation

Organization (ICAO) oceanic ATC

procedures are used to separate and

manage aircraft operations that extend

beyond the lateral boundary of the

existing Gulf of Mexico Low Offshore

Airspace Area. Modifying the Gulf of

Mexico Low Offshore Airspace Area by

extending the boundaries further south

and southwest of the current location to

the Houston ARTCC FIR/CTA, would

allow the application of domestic ATC

separation procedures over a larger area.

This proposal to modify the offshore

airspace area would enhance system

capacity and allow for more efficient

utilization of that airspace.

The Proposal

The FAA is proposing an amendment

to part 71 of the Federal Aviation

Regulations (14 CFR part 71) to modify

the Gulf of Mexico Low Offshore

Airspace Area, by extending the present

airspace boundaries further south and

southwest of the current location to the

Houston ARTCC FIR/CTA. This

proposed modification would allow the

application of domestic ATC separation

procedures, in lieu of ICAO separation

procedures, which would enhance

system capacity and allow for more

efficient utilization of that airspace.

Offshore airspace area designations

are published in paragraph 6007 of FAA

Order 7400.9E, dated September 10,

1997, and effective September 16, 1997,

which is incorporated by reference in 14

CFR 71.1. The offshore airspace area

designation listed in this document

would 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 rule,

when promulgated, will not have a

significant economic impact on a

substantial number of small entities

under the criteria of the Regulatory

Flexibility Act.

ICAO Considerations

As part of this proposal relates to

navigable airspace outside the United

States, this notice is submitted in

accordance with the ICAO International

Standards and Recommended Practices.

The application of International

Standards and Recommended Practices

by the FAA, Office of Air Traffic

Airspace Management, in areas outside

U.S. domestic airspace is governed by

the Convention on International Civil

Aviation. Specifically, the FAA is

governed by Article 12 and Annex 11,

which pertain to the establishment of

necessary air navigational facilities and

services to promote the safe, orderly,

and expeditious flow of civil air traffic.

The purpose of the document is to

ensure that civil aircraft operations on

international air routes are performed

under uniform conditions.

The International Standards and

Recommended Practices in Annex 11

apply to airspace under the jurisdiction

of a contracting state, derived from

ICAO. Annex 11 provisions apply when

air traffic services are provided and a

contracting state accepts the

responsibility of providing air traffic

services over high seas or in airspace of

undetermined sovereignty. A

contracting state accepting this

responsibility may apply the

International Standards and

Recommended Practices that are

consistent with standards and practices

utilized in its domestic jurisdiction.

In accordance with Article 3 of the

Convention, state owned aircraft are

exempt from the Standards and

Recommended Practices of Annex 11.

The United States is a contracting state

to the Convention. Article 3(d) of the

Convention provides that participating

state aircraft will be operated in

international airspace with due regard

for the safety of civil aircraft.

Since this action involves, in part, the

designation of navigable airspace

outside the United States, the

Administrator is consulting with the

Secretary of State and the Secretary of

Defense in accordance with the

provisions of Executive Order 10854.

List 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:
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PART 71— DESIGNATION OF CLASS

A, CLASS B, CLASS C, CLASS D, AND

CLASS E, AIRSPACE AREAS;

AIRWAYS; 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 the Federal Aviation

Administration Order 7400.9E, Airspace

Designations and Reporting Points,

dated September 10, 1997, and effective

September 16, 1997, is amended as

follows:

Paragraph 6007—Offshore Airspace Areas

* * * * *

Gulf of Mexico Low [Revised]

That airspace extending upward from

1,200 feet MSL bounded on the west, north,

and east by a line 12 miles offshore and

parallel to the Texas, Louisiana, Mississippi,

Alabama, and Florida shorelines; bounded on

the south from east to west by the southern

boundary of the Jacksonville Air Route

Traffic Control Center, Miami Oceanic CTA/

FIR, Merida UTA/UIR, Houston CTA/FIR;

Monterrey UTA/UIR, Houston CTA/FIR; to

the point of beginning.

* * * * *

Issued in Washington, DC, on July 29,

1998.

Reginald C. Matthews,

Acting Program Director for Air Traffic

Airspace Management.

[FR Doc. 98–20788 Filed 8–4–98; 8:45 am]

BILLING CODE 4910–13–P

DEPARTMENT OF HOUSING AND

URBAN DEVELOPMENT

24 CFR Parts 5, 200, 207, 236, 266, 880,

881, 882, 883, 884, 886, 891, 965, 982,

and 983

[Docket Nos. FR–4280–N–02 and FR–4321–

N–02]

RIN Nos. 2501–AC45 and 2501–AC49

Notice of Re-Opening of Public

Comment Periods on Uniform Physical

Condition Standards and Physical

Inspection Requirements for Certain

HUD Housing and Uniform Financial

Reporting Standards for HUD Housing

Programs Proposed Rules

AGENCY: Office of the Secretary, HUD.

ACTION: Proposed rules; Notice of reopening of public comment periods.

SUMMARY: On June 30, 1998, HUD

published proposed rules that would

establish uniform physical condition

standards for housing assisted under

certain HUD programs (FR–4280), and

uniform annual financial reporting

standards for HUD’s Public Housing,

Section 8 housing, and multifamily

insured housing programs (FR–4321).

The public comment period on these

proposed rules ended July 30, 1998.

This notice re-opens the public

comment period on these two proposed

rules to August 13, 1998.

DATES: Comment Due Date: August 13,

1998.

ADDRESSES: Interested persons are

invited to submit comments regarding

these proposed rules to the Regulations

Division, Office of General Counsel,

Room 10276, Department of Housing

and Urban Development, 451 Seventh

Street, SW, Washington, DC 20410.

Communications should refer to the

above docket numbers and titles.

Facsimile (FAX) comments are not

acceptable. A copy of each

communication submitted will be

available for public inspection and

copying between 7:30 a.m. 5:30 p.m.

weekdays at the above address.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:

For further information contact the Real

Estate Assessment Center, Attention:

William Thorson, Department of

Housing and Urban Development, 4900

L’Enfant Plaza East, SW, Room 8204,

Washington, DC 20410; telephone (202)

755–0102 (this is not a toll-free

number). Persons with hearing or

speech impairments may access that

number via TTY by calling the Federal

Information Relay Service at (800) 877–

8339.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: On June

30, 1998, HUD published proposed

rules that would establish uniform

physical condition standards for

housing assisted under certain HUD

programs (FR–4280, at 63 FR 35650),

and uniform annual financial reporting

standards for HUD’s Public Housing,

Section 8 housing, and multifamily

insured housing programs (FR–4321, at

63 FR 35662).

The public comment period on these

proposed rules ended July 30, 1998. A

number of interested parties have

requested additional time to submit

their comments. Accordingly, the

Department has decided to re-open the

public comment period on these two

proposed rules to August 13, 1998.

Dated: July 31, 1998.

Camille E. Acevedo,

Assistant General Counsel for Regulations.

[FR Doc. 98–20948 Filed 7–31–98; 4:32 pm]

BILLING CODE 4210–33–M

DEPARTMENT OF THE TREASURY

Internal Revenue Service

26 CFR Part 1

[REG–209682–94]

RIN 1545–AS39

Adjustments Following Sales of

Partnership Interests

AGENCY: Internal Revenue Service (IRS),

Treasury.

ACTION: Change of time and location of

public hearing, and extension of time to

request to speak.

SUMMARY: This document changes the

time and location of the public hearing

and extends the date by which

commentators should submit requests to

speak on proposed regulations relating

to the optional adjustments to the basis

of partnership property following

certain transfers of partnership interests

under section 743, the calculation of

gain or loss under section 751(a)

following the sale or exchange of a

partnership interest, the allocation of

basis adjustments among partnership

assets under section 755, the allocation

of a partner’s basis in its partnership

interest to properties distributed to the

partner by the partnership under section

732(c), and the computation of a

partner’s proportionate share of the

adjusted basis of depreciable property

(or depreciable real property) under

section 1017. In addition, this document

announces that persons wishing to

testify who are outside the Washington,

DC area will be able to make their

presentations from a remote

teleconference site in Los Angeles, CA.

DATES: The public hearing is being held

on Thursday, September 10, 1998,

beginning at 1 p.m. (EDT). Requests to

speak and outlines of oral comments

must be received by Thursday, August

27, 1998.

ADDRESSES: The public hearing will be

held in room 3411, Internal Revenue

Building, 1111 Constitution Avenue,

NW., Washington, DC. The address of

the remote teleconference site is listed

below under Supplementary

Information.

Requests to speak and outlines of oral

comments should be mailed to Room

5226, Internal Revenue Service, POB

7604, Ben Franklin Station, Washington,

DC 20044. Submissions may be hand

delivered between the hours of 8 a.m.

and 5 p.m. to CC:DOM:CORP:R (REG–

209682–94), Courier’s Desk, 1111

Constitution Avenue, NW., Washington,

DC. Alternatively, taxpayers may submit

comments electronically via the Internet